Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 2.800 Scientists Citation in Kenya Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Open
distance and elearning
Global Burden of Diseases
Ecology and environmental conservati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,432
87,406
0.799
Get Full Access to Premium Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,122
13,225
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Development Economics
Trade
Entrepreneurship and Governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,279
4,717
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Basic Education
Science Education
Gender and Development
Quality Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,003
4,457
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Drug Abuse
Deviance
Education
Development and Communitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,265
3,185
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Developmental Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,118
5,386
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Health Economics
Development Economics
Microeconometrics and Poverty Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,616
2,083
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Health Economics
Public Health
Health Systems
Health Research System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,246
2,653
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Policy
Advocacy
Communication
Childright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,789
1,949
0.287
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
Unlock 360° Real-Time Institutional Analysis to identify your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Poverty
vulnerability
social protection
labour markets
refugees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,715
3,572
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Economics
impact
property rights
agroforestr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,594
1,328
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
tree germplasm
agroforestry systems
tree product marketing and extension
land health
climate chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,954
1,581
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Economics
finance
procurement
entreneurship
Human Resource Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,367
3,891
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Business
education
History
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,323
757
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Business and managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,763
1,491
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Entrepreneurship
Management
Finance
Supply Chain Management
Monitoring and Evaluatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,744
2,861
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Governance and political economy of developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,695
1,579
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Business and Development
Small Enterprise Development
Public Transpor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,467
936
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Start-ups
Fintech
Financial Inclusion
Entrepreneurial Universitie & Entrepreneurial Orientatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,105
3,176
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Law
Environmental law
Property Law
Gende
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,856
1,199
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Economics
Poverty
Envrionment and Development
Climate Change
Labour Market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,700
1,551
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Entrepreneurship Finance
Fintech
MSME and PFM Consultant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,671
2,376
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Goverannce
instituions and polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,463
1,052
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
anthropology
science and technology studies
climate change adaptation and mitigation
agropastoralism
rural developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,418
1,928
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Interfacing natural and social science research
technology development and diffussion
impact pathways
sustainable intensific
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,190
2,044
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,889
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter N. Keiyoro
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,432
87,406
0.799
Open
distance and elearning
Global Burden of Diseases
Ecology and environmental conservati
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,208
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Menale Kassie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,122
13,225
0.657
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,433
20
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Kamau
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,279
4,717
0.384
Development Economics
Trade
Entrepreneurship and Governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,810
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John Orodho
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,003
4,457
0.371
Basic Education
Science Education
Gender and Development
Quality Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,676
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kisilu Kombo
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,265
3,185
0.344
Drug Abuse
Deviance
Education
Development and Communitie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,848
39
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paul Oburu
Maseno University
Maseno, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,118
5,386
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,436
46
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mwabu, G
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,616
2,083
0.274
Health Economics
Development Economics
Microeconometrics and Poverty Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,112
51
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joses Muthuri Kirigia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,246
2,653
0.366
Health Economics
Public Health
Health Systems
Health Research System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,666
55
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Muthuri Joseph
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,789
1,949
0.287
Policy
Advocacy
Communication
Childright
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,549
57
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Julius Okello
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,715
3,572
0.532
Poverty
vulnerability
social protection
labour markets
refugees
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
Unlock 360° Real-Time Institutional Analysis to identify your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,619
58
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Frank Place
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,594
1,328
0.201
Economics
impact
property rights
agroforestr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,725
65
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tony Simons
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,954
1,581
0.266
tree germplasm
agroforestry systems
tree product marketing and extension
land health
climate chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,374
77
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Willy Muturi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,367
3,891
0.725
Economics
finance
procurement
entreneurship
Human Resource Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,024
79
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Davis Kb
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,323
757
0.142
Business
education
History
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,060
94
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alex Douglas
Management University of Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,763
1,491
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,866
98
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gregory Namusonge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,744
2,861
0.603
Entrepreneurship
Management
Finance
Supply Chain Management
Monitoring and Evaluatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,127
101
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karuti Kanyinga|Henry Karuti Kanyinga, HK Kanyinga, k karuti
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,695
1,579
0.336
Governance and political economy of developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,946
112
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dorothy Mccormick
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,467
936
0.210
Business and Development
Small Enterprise Development
Public Transpor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,625
132
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Muathe|Muathe Makau
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,105
3,176
0.774
Start-ups
Fintech
Financial Inclusion
Entrepreneurial Universitie & Entrepreneurial Orientatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,348
138
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Patricia Kameri-Mbote
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,856
1,199
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,473
143
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
J Kabubo-Mariara
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,700
1,551
0.419
Economics
Poverty
Envrionment and Development
Climate Change
Labour Market
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,375
144
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ambrose Jagongo
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,671
2,376
0.647
Entrepreneurship Finance
Fintech
MSME and PFM Consultant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,117
154
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Winnie Mitullah
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,463
1,052
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,400
156
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Todd A Crane
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,418
1,928
0.564
anthropology
science and technology studies
climate change adaptation and mitigation
agropastoralism
rural developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,704
167
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jimmy Pittchar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,190
2,044
0.641
Interfacing natural and social science research
technology development and diffussion
impact pathways
sustainable intensific