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Research in Jijiga

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

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
997
▲ 160% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.9k
8.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1995-2026
32 years on the record
Jijiga

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 Jijiga?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Jigjiga UniversityUniversity 997 #3,946

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 Jijiga work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Jijiga is in Health Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (20%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 246 fractional works · 37.3% of its workMedicine: 181 fractional works · 27.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 28 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 27 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 177 fractional works · 26.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 134 fractional works · 20.3% of its workPlant Science: 32 fractional works · 4.8% of its workFood Science: 27 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 120 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 67 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 117 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 55 fractional works · 8.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJijiga660fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences27%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences18%

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. Medicine18127.4%
    2. Health Professions304.5%
    3. Nursing284.2%
    4. Veterinary71.0%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13420.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology233.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology172.6%
    4. Neuroscience20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences6710.2%
    2. Psychology182.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting142.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities40.7%
    6. Decision Sciences30.4%
    1. Environmental Science558.4%
    2. Engineering233.5%
    3. Computer Science162.4%
    4. Materials Science71.1%
    5. Chemistry50.8%
    6. Mathematics40.6%
    7. Energy20.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Jijiga strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Jijiga is most concentrated in Nutrition and Dietetics and Nursing (9.8× the world share in Nutrition and Dietetics).

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 24.3 works9.8×
  2. NursingField · 25.1 works8.9×
← 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: 4.21× its world share, 116 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.45× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 8.88× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.21× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing8.88×25 works
  2. Veterinary8.21×6 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.21×116 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.54×15 works
  5. Health Professions1.73×26 works
  6. Environmental Science1.69×48 works
  7. Medicine1.45×161 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×12 works
  9. Psychology0.86×15 works
  10. Social Sciences0.78×57 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×13 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×19 works
  13. Chemistry0.56×5 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.52×3 works
  15. Mathematics0.49×3 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.44×1 works
  17. Energy0.43×2 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.30×14 works
  20. Materials Science0.30×6 works
  21. Dentistry0.29×1 works
  22. Engineering0.24×20 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.22×4 works
  24. Neuroscience0.15×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Jijiga?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology66▲ 2.5×86 topics
  2. Climate Change48▲ 2.7×42 topics
  3. Sustainability37▲ 2.3×29 topics
  4. Child Development25▲ 9.2×5 topics
  5. Public Health24▲ 2.5×36 topics
  6. Adaptation22▲ 11×7 topics
  7. Sustainable Agriculture21▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Antioxidant20▲ 4.4×20 topics
  9. Global Burden of Disease19▲ 12×3 topics
  10. Health Benefits19▲ 8.7×10 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality19▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Maternal and Child Undernutrition19▲ 35×1 topic
  13. Water Sanitation Hygiene19▲ 35×1 topic
  14. Smallholder Farmers18▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Diabetes18▲ 5.5×8 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity17▲ 6.0×16 topics
  17. Diagnosis17▲ 2.8×25 topics
  18. Lactoferrin17▲ 63×2 topics
  19. Livelihoods16▲ 72×2 topics
  20. Biodiversity16▲ 3.2×15 topics
  21. Health Inequalities15▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Pastoralists15▲ 90×1 topic
  23. Rangeland Degradation15▲ 90×1 topic
  24. Vaccine15▲ 5.7×10 topics
  25. Proteins15▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Immune Response14▲ 3.8×14 topics
  27. Pathogenesis14▲ 4.3×15 topics
  28. Genomic14▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Therapeutic14▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Camel Milk14▲ 154×1 topic
  31. Nutritional14▲ 154×1 topic
  32. Genetics14▲ 3.0×13 topics
  33. Community Health Workers13▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Child Mortality13▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Health Systems13▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Drug Resistance12▲ 6.5×7 topics
  37. Social Networks11▲ 6.4×6 topics
  38. Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 4.5×8 topics
  39. Antimicrobial Resistance11▲ 8.1×7 topics
  40. Conflict9▲ 8.5×4 topics

What research is done in Jijiga?

Child Nutrition and Water Access: 17 fractional worksAnimal Diversity and Health Studies: 14 fractional worksRangeland Management and…14Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 14 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…11Global Maternal and Child Health: 11 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 8 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…6African history and culture analysis: 6 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 5 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 5 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 4 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsFood ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 17 works
  2. 2 Animal Diversity and Health Studies Food Science 14 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 8 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  7. 7 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 5 works
  9. 9 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 4 works

Research output over time

still counting200020102020
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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%Jijiga18.9% 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 29.9% in 2016.

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