University Rankings - University of Embu

Webometrics Ranking

The “Webometrics Ranking of World Universities” is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.

CSIC is among the first basic research organizations in Europe. The CSIC consisted in 2006 of 126 centers and institutes distributed throughout Spain.

CSIC is attached to the Ministry of Education and its main objective is to promote scientific research as to improve the progress of the scientific and technological level of the country which will contribute to increase the welfare of the citizens.

CSIC also plays an important role in the formation of new researchers and technicians in the different aspects of the science and the technology.

The specific areas of research include:

Development of Web indicators to be applied on the areas of the Spanish, European, Latinamerican and World R&D
Quantitative studies about the scientific communication through electronic journals and repositories, and the impact of the Open Access initiatives.
Development of indicators about resources in the Society of Information
Indicators and social networks visualization on the Web with friendly, dynamic and interactive graphic interfaces
Desing and evaluation of documental analysis techniques of Web resources
Genre studies applied to the scholar activity on the Web
Development of applied cybermetrics techniques based on the positioning on search engines of Web domains
Analysis of the information usage through Web data mining of log files

JULY 2025 WEBOMETRICS RANKING REPORT

The University of Embu (UoEm) has shown improvement in the Webometrics Rankings over recent years. The July 2025 edition, released on July 20, 2025, places the university in an impressive position 6 countrywide, a significant performance compared to the January 2025 performance which placed the university at position 12.

The following table shows the top 10 institutions:

KENYA RANK	WORLD RANK	UNIVERSITY NAME
1	1164	University of Nairobi
2	2432	Kenyatta University
3	2755	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
4	3371	Moi University
5	3509	Egerton University
6	3980	University of Embu
7	4011	Strathmore University
8	4340	Technical University of Kenya
9	4569	Maseno University
10	5743	Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

Source: https://figshare.com/articles/preprint/Ranking_Web_of_Universities_webometrics_info_July_2025_edition/29588921?file=56338199

JANUARY 2025 WEBOMETRICS RANKING REPORT

World Rank	University Name	Kenya Rank	World Rank
1047	University of Nairobi	1	1047
2085	Kenyatta University	2	2085
2387	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	3	2387
2890	Moi University	4	2890
2925	Egerton University	5	2925
3663	Strathmore University	6	3663
3969	Technical University of Kenya	7	3969
3980	Maseno University	8	3980
5001	Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology	9	5001
6042	Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)	10	6042
6161	Kenya Methodist University	11	6161
6263	University of Embu	12	6263
6354	Murang’a University of Technology	13	6354

The University of Embu (UoEm) has shown improvement in the Webometrics Rankings over recent years. The January 2025 edition, released on January 27, 2025, places the university in an impressive position 12 countrywide, a testament of active work to enhance website performance, as noted by Dr. Faith Mueni, the University Website Coordinator. The Webometrics Ranking evaluates universities based on three indicators: Visibility (50%), Transparency/Openness (10%), and Excellence (40%), focusing on web presence, citations, and highly cited papers. UoEm’s upward trend from 2022 to 2025 suggests continued efforts to improve its global and national standing.

Source: https://figshare.com/articles/preprint/_b_Ranking_Web_of_Universities_webometrics_info_January_2025_edition_b_/28284617?file=52302506