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Research in Arba Minch

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Arba Minch University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.8k
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
11.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Arba Minch

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Arba Minch?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Arba Minch UniversityUniversity 2,842 #2,242

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Arba Minch work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Arba Minch is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Medicine (17%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 623 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 331 fractional works · 20.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 83 fractional works · 5.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 70 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 54 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 53 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 128 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 374 fractional works · 23.4% of its workMedicine: 275 fractional works · 17.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 52 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 41 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 52 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 42 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 40 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 359 fractional works · 22.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 289 fractional works · 18.0% of its workPlant Science: 91 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSoil Science: 50 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 246 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEducation: 41 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArba Minch1,603fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science33120.7%
    2. Engineering1288.0%
    3. Computer Science563.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences362.2%
    5. Materials Science291.8%
    6. Mathematics130.8%
    7. Chemistry110.7%
    8. Energy100.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy70.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine27517.2%
    2. Health Professions523.2%
    3. Nursing422.6%
    4. Veterinary50.3%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences28918.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology352.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology271.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
    5. Neuroscience30.2%
    1. Social Sciences1288.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting332.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance312.0%
    4. Psychology301.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities130.8%
    6. Decision Sciences110.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Arba Minch strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Arba Minch is most concentrated in Soil Science, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change (10.8× the world share in Soil Science).

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 45.7 works11×
  2. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 62.0 works8.5×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 74.7 works7.0×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 22.2 works6.7×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 46.5 works6.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.78× its world share, 252 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 114 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.11× its world share, 288 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 244 worksMedicineNursing: 5.28× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.45× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.28×36 works
  2. Environmental Science4.11×288 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.78×252 works
  4. Veterinary2.45×5 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.45×20 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.33×29 works
  7. Health Professions1.22×45 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×28 works
  9. Medicine0.90×244 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.77×13 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.68×9 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×29 works
  14. Energy0.64×8 works
  15. Social Sciences0.64×113 works
  16. Psychology0.62×27 works
  17. Engineering0.54×114 works
  18. Chemistry0.51×11 works
  19. Materials Science0.51×25 works
  20. Computer Science0.47×51 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×30 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.36×2 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.28×12 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.22×7 works
  25. Neuroscience0.14×3 works
  26. Dentistry0.09×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Arba Minch?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Land Use Change, Sustainability, Water Resources, Adaptation and Sediment Transport.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change248▲ 5.7×62 topics
  2. Sustainability119▲ 3.0×53 topics
  3. Remote Sensing112▲ 5.7×21 topics
  4. Epidemiology94▲ 1.47×93 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling88▲ 23×5 topics
  6. Land Use Change78▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Water Resources72▲ 18×8 topics
  8. Adaptation57▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Sediment Transport49▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Model Evaluation46▲ 22×2 topics
  11. Global Hydrology44▲ 41×1 topic
  12. Uncertainty Assessment44▲ 41×1 topic
  13. GIS44▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Global Warming42▲ 6.2×8 topics
  15. Child Development42▲ 6.4×5 topics
  16. Risk Perception42▲ 9.8×5 topics
  17. Sustainable Agriculture41▲ 8.3×10 topics
  18. Livelihoods37▲ 67×2 topics
  19. Maternal Mortality37▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Food Security36▲ 4.2×13 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity35▲ 5.1×18 topics
  22. Smallholder Farmers34▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Groundwater Potential34▲ 79×1 topic
  24. Machine Learning Models34▲ 79×1 topic
  25. Disaster Management33▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Ecological Knowledge33▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Pastoralists33▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Rangeland Degradation33▲ 82×1 topic
  29. Flood Risk33▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease33▲ 8.3×3 topics
  31. Health Inequalities32▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Flood Inundation Modeling32▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Surface Water Mapping32▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Community Health Workers32▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Biodiversity Conservation31▲ 5.2×11 topics
  36. Maternal and Child Undernutrition30▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Water Sanitation Hygiene30▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Child Mortality30▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Health Systems30▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Agricultural Sustainability26▲ 15×4 topics

What research is done in Arba Minch?

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 41 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 31 fractional worksRangeland Management and…29Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 29 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershe…29Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 29 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…28Global Maternal and Child Health: 28 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…27Child Nutrition and Water Access: 27 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 15 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and Water Management: 14 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 13 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 12 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEnvironmental Engineering4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 41 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 31 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 29 works
  4. 4 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 29 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 28 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 27 works
  7. 7 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 15 works
  8. 8 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 14 works
  9. 9 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 13 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 12 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Arba Minch21.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.5% in 2024.

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