Top-cited scientists by field in Kenya

12 fields · 28 subfields · Kenya

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In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Kenya?

82 researchers whose current affiliation is in Kenya are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 12 fields and 28 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (27, 32.9%), followed by Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry (20) and Biology (18); the largest subfield is General & Internal Medicine (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfield	Listed authors	Share	Top 100k	Highest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 27 listed authors (32.9%)
General & Internal Medicine	11	13.4%	1	Abajobir, Amanuel Alemu #63,446
Tropical Medicine	6	7.3%	1	Snow, Robert William #37,378
Neurology & Neurosurgery	2	2.4%	1	Qiu, Jane #39,014
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	2	2.4%	1	Temmerman, Marleen I.L. #24,522
Complementary & Alternative Medicine	1	1.2%	0	Ayeka, Peter Amwoga #652,152
Geriatrics	1	1.2%	1	Gyasi, Razak M. #80,178
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 20 listed authors (24.4%)
Agronomy & Agriculture	11	13.4%	4	Thornton, Philip K. #2,424
Food Science	3	3.7%	2	Tanga, Chrysantus M. #57,373
Dairy & Animal Science	2	2.4%	0	Arndt, Claudia #303,704
Veterinary Sciences	2	2.4%	0	Davies, F. Glyn #332,934
Forestry	1	1.2%	0	Muthuri, Catherine #371,948
Biology · 18 listed authors (22.0%)
Entomology	11	13.4%	1	Ekesi, Sunday #29,450
Ecology	3	3.7%	3	Young, Truman P. #46,643
Plant Biology & Botany	3	3.7%	1	Ismail, Abdelbagi M. #29,391
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	1	1.2%	1	Obura, David Obare #16,674
Zoology	1	1.2%	0	Coyne, Danny L. #318,008
Biomedical Research · 6 listed authors (7.3%)
Microbiology	5	6.1%	1	Kariuki, Samuel M. #18,547
Virology	2	2.4%	0	Ngure, Kenneth K. #368,415
Toxicology	1	1.2%	1	Kumar, Pushpam #78,292
Economics & Business · 3 listed authors (3.7%)
Agricultural Economics & Policy	2	2.4%	1	Kassie, Menale B. #34,846
Chemistry · 2 listed authors (2.4%)
Analytical Chemistry	1	1.2%	0	Noah, Naumih M. #121,059
Polymers	1	1.2%	0	Madivoli, E. S. #243,484
Public Health & Health Services · 1 listed authors (1.2%)
Public Health	4	4.9%	1	Wado, Yohannes Dibaba #95,980
Health Policy & Services	1	1.2%	1	Barasa, Edwine W. #99,879
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 1 listed authors (1.2%)
Materials	1	1.2%	1	Bodunrin, Michael Oluwatosin #81,204
Engineering · 1 listed authors (1.2%)
Environmental Engineering	1	1.2%	0	Mukherji, Aditi #102,569
Philosophy & Theology · 1 listed authors (1.2%)
Religions & Theology	1	1.2%	0	Chitando, Ezra #254,472
Social Sciences · 1 listed authors (1.2%)
Cultural Studies	1	1.2%	0	Hagmann, Tobias #321,803
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 1 listed authors (1.2%)

82 listed scientists in Kenya

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