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Research in Awasa

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Awasa, Ethiopia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hawassa University and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.2k
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
68k
13.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Awasa

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 Awasa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hawassa UniversityUniversity 4,874 #2,733
2Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' RegionGovernment institution 229 #20,186
3REACH ETHIOPIAHospital / health system 59 not ranked

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 Awasa work in?

In 2022-now, 28% of research in Awasa is in Health Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 667 fractional works · 28.4% of its workMedicine: 526 fractional works · 22.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 76 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 61 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 59 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 70 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 43 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 54 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 52 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 651 fractional works · 27.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 270 fractional works · 11.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 69 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 62 fractional works · 2.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 195 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 59 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 53 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 49 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 561 fractional works · 23.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 457 fractional works · 19.4% of its workPlant Science: 156 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSoil Science: 68 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 46 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 42 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 38 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 470 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 270 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEducation: 89 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 61 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 39 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 55 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 46 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 43 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAwasa2,349fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences20%

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. Medicine52622.4%
    2. Health Professions703.0%
    3. Nursing542.3%
    4. Veterinary130.6%
    5. Dentistry40.2%
    1. Environmental Science27011.5%
    2. Engineering1958.3%
    3. Computer Science532.2%
    4. Materials Science492.1%
    5. Energy210.9%
    6. Mathematics190.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy160.7%
    8. Chemistry130.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45719.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology612.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology291.2%
    4. Neuroscience80.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
    1. Social Sciences27011.5%
    2. Psychology552.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting462.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance431.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities311.3%
    6. Decision Sciences251.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Awasa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Awasa is most concentrated in Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Nutrition and Dietetics (9.9× the world share in Soil Science).

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 60.6 works9.9×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 39.5 works8.2×
  3. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 45.5 works5.2×
← 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: 4.13× its world share, 399 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 179 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.35× its world share, 238 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 43 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 447 worksMedicineNursing: 4.76× its world share, 47 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.37× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 229 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.76×47 works
  2. Veterinary4.37×12 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.13×399 works
  4. Environmental Science2.35×238 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.19×24 works
  6. Health Professions1.16×62 works
  7. Medicine1.14×447 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.13×22 works
  9. Energy0.98×18 works
  10. Social Sciences0.89×229 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.83×36 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.78×6 works
  13. Psychology0.76×47 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×5 works
  15. Mathematics0.63×15 works
  16. Materials Science0.60×43 works
  17. Engineering0.59×179 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×38 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×51 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.47×28 works
  21. Chemistry0.37×12 works
  22. Dentistry0.32×3 works
  23. Computer Science0.29×46 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.27×12 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×7 works
  26. Neuroscience0.20×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Awasa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Adaptation, Epidemiology, Smallholder Farmers, Land Use Change and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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 Change213▲ 3.3×69 topics
  2. Sustainability172▲ 3.0×54 topics
  3. Epidemiology160▲ 1.71×103 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture85▲ 12×10 topics
  5. Adaptation85▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers69▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Environmental Impact67▲ 1.68×46 topics
  8. Land Use Change67▲ 9.6×7 topics
  9. Biodiversity Conservation64▲ 7.3×11 topics
  10. Renewable Energy61▲ 1.81×35 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality59▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Child Development58▲ 6.0×8 topics
  13. Livelihoods54▲ 66×2 topics
  14. Food Security53▲ 4.2×15 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity53▲ 5.2×18 topics
  16. Rural Development48▲ 6.0×10 topics
  17. Pastoralists47▲ 79×1 topic
  18. Rangeland Degradation47▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Health Inequalities47▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Community Health Workers46▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Child Mortality43▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Health Systems43▲ 26×1 topic
  23. Global Burden of Disease43▲ 7.4×4 topics
  24. Social Networks42▲ 6.7×8 topics
  25. Maternal and Child Undernutrition41▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Water Sanitation Hygiene41▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Services39▲ 4.3×10 topics
  28. Drought Tolerance36▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Technology Adoption33▲ 7.6×4 topics
  30. Agricultural Innovation32▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Livelihood Diversification32▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Soil Fertility31▲ 5.8×8 topics
  33. Vulnerability30▲ 5.5×5 topics
  34. Water Resources30▲ 5.2×8 topics
  35. Agricultural Sustainability30▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Poverty Reduction29▲ 9.5×5 topics
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy28▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. GIS26▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Gender Inequality25▲ 7.8×5 topics
  40. Nitrogen Fixation24▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Awasa?

Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 45 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 36 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…36Child Nutrition and Water Access: 36 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…27Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 27 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 18 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 17 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…16Climate change impacts on agriculture: 16 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 15 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 15 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 15 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 45 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 36 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 36 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 27 works
  5. 5 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  6. 6 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 17 works
  7. 7 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
  8. 8 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 15 works
  9. 9 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 15 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting10%20%30%Awasa22.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.2% in 2014.

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