Kenya

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Institutions: 320Research organisations of every kind
Publications: 159,7431900–2028
Citations: 3,417,217to those works
Open access: 73%116,397 free to read
International: 53%with a co-author outside the country

Output and citations by year

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Leading institutions

By publications

1University of NairobiNairobi · 15,450 scholars24,944436,806 citations
2Kenya Medical Research InstituteNairobi · 7,623 scholars13,398559,344 citations
3Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyNairobi · 9,460 scholars13,080115,254 citations
4Kenyatta UniversityNairobi · 8,955 scholars11,652111,118 citations
5Moi UniversityEldoret · 5,245 scholars7,889126,131 citations
6Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNairobi · 10,076 scholars7,459361,044 citations
7International Livestock Research InstituteNairobi · 3,059 scholars6,582276,810 citations
8International Centre of Insect Physiology and EcologyNairobi · 2,562 scholars5,607147,387 citations
9Egerton UniversityNakuru · 3,882 scholars5,51868,171 citations
10World Agroforestry CentreNairobi · 2,615 scholars5,155263,719 citations
11Maseno UniversityKisumu · 2,710 scholars4,20042,525 citations
12KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research ProgrammeKilifi · 1,774 scholars3,735189,490 citations
13African Population and Health Research CenterNairobi · 1,267 scholars3,12786,886 citations
14Mount Kenya UniversityThika · 3,016 scholars3,12411,792 citations
15Masinde Muliro University of Science and TechnologyKakamega · 2,419 scholars3,11814,265 citations
16International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterNairobi · 1,411 scholars3,064149,000 citations
17International Center for Tropical AgricultureNairobi · 1,929 scholars2,956140,544 citations
18Technical University of KenyaNairobi · 1,406 scholars2,71419,953 citations
19Aga Khan University NairobiNairobi · 1,408 scholars2,61869,301 citations
20Pwani UniversityKilifi · 1,319 scholars2,43320,149 citations
21Ministry of HealthNairobi · 1,970 scholars2,37398,847 citations
22National Museums of KenyaNairobi · 967 scholars2,371104,922 citations
23Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research OrganizationNairobi · 1,665 scholars2,32819,781 citations
24Strathmore UniversityNairobi · 1,435 scholars2,28115,362 citations
25University of EldoretEldoret · 1,837 scholars2,28117,196 citations
26United Nations Environment ProgrammeNairobi · 1,322 scholars2,213103,062 citations
27Kenyatta National HospitalNairobi · 1,884 scholars2,19056,402 citations
28Kisii UniversityKisii · 1,403 scholars1,8785,863 citations
29Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and TechnologyBondo · 1,148 scholars1,85518,670 citations
30Catholic University of Eastern AfricaNairobi · 1,659 scholars1,7995,501 citations
31Aga Khan University Hospital NairobiNairobi · 1,279 scholars1,64138,111 citations
32United States International University AfricaNairobi · 917 scholars1,50110,013 citations
33Chuka UniversityChuka · 1,360 scholars1,4406,922 citations
34International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsNairobi · 1,102 scholars1,43462,174 citations
35Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteNairobi · 1,219 scholars1,42943,580 citations
36Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and InnovationNairobi · 796 scholars1,33113,567 citations
37Kenya Methodist UniversityNairobi · 1,428 scholars1,3274,390 citations
38International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNairobi · 824 scholars1,26037,840 citations
39Dedan Kimathi University of TechnologyNyeri · 736 scholars1,2459,611 citations
40Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research InstituteMombasa · 656 scholars1,23631,981 citations
41BirdLife InternationalNairobi · 1,022 scholars1,21136,853 citations
42Kabarak UniversityNakuru · 916 scholars1,1772,988 citations
43University of EmbuEmbu · 692 scholars1,14912,339 citations
44South Eastern Kenya UniversityKitui · 660 scholars1,12713,158 citations
45Technical University of MombasaMombasa · 791 scholars1,1099,946 citations
46Meru University of Science and TechnologyMeru · 720 scholars1,0476,706 citations
47Institute for Security StudiesNairobi · 779 scholars1,0153,317 citations
48Institute of Primate ResearchNairobi · 544 scholars98249,764 citations
49Kibabii UniversityBungoma · 693 scholars9581,896 citations
50Maasai Mara UniversityNarok · 707 scholars9116,091 citations