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Research in Jimma

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

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.8k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
101k
14.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1957-2026
70 years on the record
Jimma

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 Jimma?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Jimma UniversityUniversity 6,712 #2,073
2Rift Valley UniversityUniversity 135 #29,382 all time

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 Jimma work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Jimma is in Health Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 936 fractional works · 32.6% of its workMedicine: 726 fractional works · 25.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 117 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 89 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 74 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 55 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 55 fractional works · 1.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 115 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 75 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 84 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 79 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 918 fractional works · 31.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 304 fractional works · 10.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 67 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 58 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 276 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 45 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 95 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 74 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 69 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 546 fractional works · 19.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 397 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPlant Science: 144 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFood Science: 57 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 74 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 52 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 475 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 234 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 73 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 46 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 92 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 55 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 55 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJimma2,875fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences17%

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. Medicine72625.2%
    2. Health Professions1154.0%
    3. Nursing842.9%
    4. Veterinary90.3%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Environmental Science30410.6%
    2. Engineering2769.6%
    3. Computer Science953.3%
    4. Materials Science742.6%
    5. Mathematics692.4%
    6. Chemistry311.1%
    7. Energy291.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy190.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences39713.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology742.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology521.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.4%
    5. Neuroscience100.4%
    1. Social Sciences2348.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting923.2%
    3. Psychology551.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance551.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities190.7%
    6. Decision Sciences190.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Jimma strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Jimma is most concentrated in Numerical Analysis, Nutrition and Dietetics and Agronomy and Crop Science (12.9× the world share in Numerical Analysis).

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 28.3 works13×
  2. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 73.1 works6.7×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 38.9 works6.4×
  4. NursingField · 77.6 works6.2×
  5. Soil ScienceSubfield · 40.7 works5.3×
← 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: 2.97× its world share, 363 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 89 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 244 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.03× its world share, 260 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 66 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.16× its world share, 65 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 106 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 649 worksMedicineNursing: 6.17× its world share, 78 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.22× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 85 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 202 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.17×78 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.97×363 works
  3. Veterinary2.22×8 works
  4. Mathematics2.16×65 works
  5. Environmental Science2.03×260 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.82×47 works
  7. Health Professions1.56×106 works
  8. Medicine1.31×649 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.19×11 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.03×85 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×52 works
  12. Energy0.89×21 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.86×8 works
  14. Materials Science0.73×66 works
  15. Chemistry0.72×29 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.70×17 works
  17. Engineering0.63×244 works
  18. Social Sciences0.62×202 works
  19. Psychology0.58×46 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×67 works
  21. Computer Science0.44×89 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×14 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.30×17 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.23×17 works
  25. Neuroscience0.22×9 works
  26. Dentistry0.20×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Jimma?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Child Development, Community Health Workers, Sustainability, Health Inequalities and Global Burden of Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology190▲ 1.66×113 topics
  2. Climate Change182▲ 2.3×65 topics
  3. Sustainability137▲ 1.95×50 topics
  4. Environmental Impact84▲ 1.72×43 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality82▲ 13×5 topics
  6. Child Development80▲ 6.7×7 topics
  7. Inflammation71▲ 1.16×51 topics
  8. Public Health69▲ 1.65×45 topics
  9. Community Health Workers68▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Health Inequalities67▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease67▲ 2.0×35 topics
  12. Global Burden of Disease65▲ 9.1×4 topics
  13. Child Mortality64▲ 31×1 topic
  14. Health Systems64▲ 31×1 topic
  15. Renewable Energy63▲ 1.51×30 topics
  16. Maternal and Child Undernutrition60▲ 26×1 topic
  17. Water Sanitation Hygiene60▲ 26×1 topic
  18. Land Use Change60▲ 7.0×6 topics
  19. Adaptation53▲ 6.2×6 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture53▲ 5.9×13 topics
  21. Global Burden52▲ 3.3×11 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation49▲ 4.5×12 topics
  23. Antioxidant Activity47▲ 2.6×26 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity45▲ 3.6×20 topics
  25. Food Security45▲ 2.9×17 topics
  26. Smallholder Farmers43▲ 7.1×6 topics
  27. Global Warming40▲ 3.2×11 topics
  28. Vaccine Development37▲ 5.0×11 topics
  29. Hydrological Modeling36▲ 5.3×4 topics
  30. Water Resources34▲ 4.8×7 topics
  31. Risk Perception32▲ 4.2×6 topics
  32. Drought Tolerance27▲ 6.8×9 topics
  33. Livelihoods26▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Insecticide Resistance25▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Land Management25▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Genome Sequence24▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Genetic Improvement24▲ 9.7×4 topics
  38. Ecological Knowledge24▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Pastoralists24▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Rangeland Degradation24▲ 33×1 topic

What research is done in Jimma?

Global Maternal and Chil…57Global Maternal and Child Health: 57 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…56Child Nutrition and Water Access: 56 fractional worksDifferential Equations and Numerical Methods: 23 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 22 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 20 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…18Malaria Research and Control: 18 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 15 fractional worksCoffee research and impacts: 14 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 13 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 13 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsNumerical AnalysisManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law6 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 57 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 56 works
  3. 3 Differential Equations and Numerical Methods Numerical Analysis 23 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 22 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 20 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 18 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 15 works
  8. 8 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 14 works
  9. 9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 13 works
  10. 10 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 13 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%Jimma27.0% 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 27.0% in 2025.

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