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Research in Dire Dawa

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Haramaya University and Dire Dawa University.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.4k
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
72k
13.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1962-2026
65 years on the record
Dire Dawa

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 Dire Dawa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Haramaya UniversityUniversity 4,516 #2,849
2Dire Dawa UniversityUniversity 863 #6,806

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 Dire Dawa work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Dire Dawa is in Health Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (20%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 733 fractional works · 32.1% of its workMedicine: 547 fractional works · 24.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 86 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 85 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 56 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 53 fractional works · 2.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 99 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 66 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 70 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 66 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 582 fractional works · 25.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 459 fractional works · 20.1% of its workPlant Science: 150 fractional works · 6.6% of its workFood Science: 58 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSoil Science: 53 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 43 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 42 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 74 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 527 fractional works · 23.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 228 fractional works · 10.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 51 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 46 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 122 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 51 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 44 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 440 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 239 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEducation: 59 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 57 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 8 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: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 68 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 43 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDire Dawa2,282fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences19%

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. Medicine54724.0%
    2. Health Professions994.4%
    3. Nursing703.1%
    4. Veterinary130.6%
    5. Dentistry40.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45920.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology743.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology341.5%
    4. Neuroscience80.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.3%
    1. Environmental Science22810.0%
    2. Engineering1225.3%
    3. Computer Science512.2%
    4. Materials Science441.9%
    5. Chemistry200.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy180.8%
    7. Energy160.7%
    8. Mathematics130.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences110.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.2%
    1. Social Sciences23910.5%
    2. Psychology683.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance542.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting431.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities271.2%
    6. Decision Sciences80.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dire Dawa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dire Dawa is most concentrated in Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science and Nutrition and Dietetics (8.1× the world share in Agronomy and Crop Science).

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 37.4 works8.1×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 42.8 works7.3×
  3. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 58.2 works7.0×
  4. NursingField · 62.2 works6.5×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 27.9 works6.5×
← 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: 4.33× its world share, 403 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 104 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.00× its world share, 194 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 491 worksMedicineNursing: 6.48× its world share, 62 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.23× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 51 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 57 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 185 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.48×62 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.33×403 works
  3. Veterinary4.23×11 works
  4. Environmental Science2.00×194 works
  5. Health Professions1.74×90 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.52×30 works
  7. Medicine1.30×491 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×51 works
  9. Psychology0.95×57 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×5 works
  11. Social Sciences0.75×185 works
  12. Energy0.70×13 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×66 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×38 works
  15. Chemistry0.59×18 works
  16. Materials Science0.56×38 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.51×4 works
  18. Mathematics0.48×11 works
  19. Dentistry0.41×4 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.41×8 works
  21. Engineering0.35×104 works
  22. Computer Science0.29×44 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×7 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.22×9 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.17×10 works
  26. Neuroscience0.16×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Dire Dawa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Maternal Mortality, Sustainable Agriculture, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Child Development, Health Inequalities and Adaptation.

▲ 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 Change184▲ 3.0×67 topics
  2. Epidemiology163▲ 1.79×108 topics
  3. Sustainability135▲ 2.4×56 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality81▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture78▲ 11×11 topics
  6. Child Development74▲ 7.9×6 topics
  7. Public Health73▲ 2.2×38 topics
  8. Health Inequalities70▲ 25×3 topics
  9. Adaptation69▲ 10×7 topics
  10. Smallholder Farmers68▲ 14×5 topics
  11. Community Health Workers63▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Child Mortality62▲ 38×1 topic
  13. Health Systems62▲ 38×1 topic
  14. Genetic Diversity58▲ 5.8×21 topics
  15. Global Burden of Disease58▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Maternal and Child Undernutrition54▲ 29×1 topic
  17. Water Sanitation Hygiene54▲ 29×1 topic
  18. Food Security54▲ 4.3×16 topics
  19. Social Networks49▲ 7.9×6 topics
  20. Rural Development43▲ 5.5×8 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation42▲ 4.9×12 topics
  22. Global Burden39▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Land Use Change38▲ 5.6×7 topics
  24. Drought Tolerance37▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Livelihoods37▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Vulnerability37▲ 7.1×6 topics
  27. Global Warming37▲ 3.8×11 topics
  28. Agriculture36▲ 4.1×7 topics
  29. Conflict35▲ 9.4×6 topics
  30. Technology Adoption34▲ 8.0×4 topics
  31. Pastoralists34▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Rangeland Degradation34▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Poverty Reduction33▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Agricultural Innovation33▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Livelihood Diversification33▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Breeding31▲ 18×5 topics
  37. Gender Inequality27▲ 8.6×6 topics
  38. Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 7.2×6 topics
  39. Water Management26▲ 9.0×5 topics
  40. Climate Resilience26▲ 19×2 topics

What research is done in Dire Dawa?

Global Maternal and Chil…58Global Maternal and Child Health: 58 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 48 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 32 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 29 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 18 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…16Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 16 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 16 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 16 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 13 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 13 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 58 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 48 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 32 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 29 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 18 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 16 works
  7. 7 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
  8. 8 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  10. 10 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 13 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%Dire Dawa20.6% 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 28.8% in 2017.

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