UoN maintains top rank in Kenya

Tuesday, August 23, 2022


Universities in Kenya as ranked by Webometrics July 2022

UoN has maintained its lead position in Kenya; ranked 14 in Africa and 1101 globally. This puts the University at the top 4% of all the universities ranked globally.

In Kenya, Kenyatta University followed at number 52, while Egerton University was ranked 74.

This was announced through the in the听ranking released in July 2022.听

South African Universities took position 1, 2 and 3 in Africa; University of Cape town, Witwatersrand and Stellen Bosch University respectively.

While in East Africa, Makerere University took lead at number 13.

Webometrics, through its website, revealed the different methodology used to arrive at the different ranks, 鈥淭he Presence indicator has been discontinued while Visibility took 50%, Transparency and Excellence took 10 % and 40% respectively.鈥� 听

INDICATORS

MEANING

METHODOLOGY

SOURCE

WEIGHT

PRESENCE

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听This indicator has been discontinued

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VISIBILITY

Web contents Impact

听Number of听external networks听(subnets) linking to the institution's webpages (normalized and then the maximum value is chosen)

听Ahrefs
听Majestic

50%

TRANSPARENCY
(or OPENNESS)

Top cited researchers

听Number of听citations听from听Top 210 authors听(EXCLUDING THE FIRST 20)
听 See听听for additional info, specially the reasons for exclusion

听Google Scholar
听Profiles

10%

EXCELLENCE
(or SCHOLAR)

Top cited
papers

听Number of听papers听amongst the top 10% most cited in each one of the all 27 disciplines of the full database
听 Data for the five year period:听2017-2021

听 Scimago

40%

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On the Indicators; this is how the University was ranked globally Impact 1091, Openness 808 and Excellence 1694.

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