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Research in Sodo

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

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.2k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
9.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Sodo

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 Sodo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wolaita Sodo UniversityUniversity 2,150 #3,221

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 Sodo work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Sodo is in Health Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 396 fractional works · 37.7% of its workMedicine: 303 fractional works · 28.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 46 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 43 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 33 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 33 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 272 fractional works · 25.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 211 fractional works · 20.1% of its workPlant Science: 74 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSoil Science: 33 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 251 fractional works · 23.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 116 fractional works · 11.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 60 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 132 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSodo1,051fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences13%

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. Medicine30328.8%
    2. Health Professions484.5%
    3. Nursing333.1%
    4. Veterinary121.1%
    5. Dentistry20.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21120.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology312.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology252.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Environmental Science11611.1%
    2. Engineering605.7%
    3. Materials Science222.1%
    4. Computer Science212.0%
    5. Energy90.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.7%
    7. Chemistry60.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy50.4%
    9. Mathematics40.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Social Sciences656.1%
    2. Psychology262.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance171.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting131.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities60.6%
    6. Decision Sciences50.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sodo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sodo is most concentrated in Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Nursing (10.6× the world share in Soil Science).

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 30.6 works11×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 21.9 works9.6×
  3. NursingField · 31.2 works6.6×
← 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, 199 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.34× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.21× its world share, 106 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 278 worksMedicineNursing: 6.59× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.29× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary8.29×11 works
  2. Nursing6.59×31 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.33×199 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.34×23 works
  5. Environmental Science2.21×106 works
  6. Health Professions1.73×44 works
  7. Medicine1.49×278 works
  8. Energy0.98×9 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×3 works
  10. Psychology0.83×24 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×16 works
  12. Materials Science0.55×19 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×28 works
  14. Social Sciences0.46×57 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.42×4 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×6 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×12 works
  18. Chemistry0.39×6 works
  19. Engineering0.37×53 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.34×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.34×2 works
  22. Mathematics0.31×4 works
  23. Computer Science0.27×20 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.21×6 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.20×4 works
  26. Neuroscience0.07×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Sodo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Sustainable Agriculture, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Socio-economic Factors and Child Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology93▲ 2.2×95 topics
  2. Climate Change91▲ 3.2×57 topics
  3. Sustainability52▲ 2.0×34 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality42▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture37▲ 11×12 topics
  6. Health Inequalities36▲ 28×2 topics
  7. Public Health34▲ 2.2×36 topics
  8. Community Health Workers34▲ 37×2 topics
  9. Socio-economic Factors34▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Child Mortality34▲ 45×1 topic
  11. Health Systems34▲ 45×1 topic
  12. Adaptation31▲ 10.0×4 topics
  13. Smallholder Farmers30▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Child Development29▲ 6.8×5 topics
  15. Risk Factors29▲ 2.5×25 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 2.4×26 topics
  17. Food Security28▲ 4.8×12 topics
  18. Land Use Change27▲ 8.6×7 topics
  19. Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 16×6 topics
  20. Social Networks25▲ 8.9×3 topics
  21. Global Burden of Disease25▲ 9.4×4 topics
  22. Genetics23▲ 3.1×15 topics
  23. Maternal and Child Undernutrition23▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Water Sanitation Hygiene23▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Genetic Diversity22▲ 4.9×18 topics
  26. Drug Resistance21▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. Livelihoods21▲ 57×2 topics
  28. Rural Development20▲ 5.4×6 topics
  29. Ecological Knowledge19▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Pastoralists19▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Rangeland Degradation19▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Technology Adoption17▲ 8.6×2 topics
  33. Agricultural Innovation17▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Livelihood Diversification17▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Soil Fertility16▲ 6.8×7 topics
  36. Drought Tolerance16▲ 11×8 topics
  37. Mortality Rates16▲ 16×2 topics
  38. HIV Transmission15▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Maternal Outcomes14▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Perinatal Outcomes14▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Sodo?

Global Maternal and Chil…32Global Maternal and Child Health: 32 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 22 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 18 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 16 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 12 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…11Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 11 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 10 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 8 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 8 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences6 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 32 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 22 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 12 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 11 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 10 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 8 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  10. 10 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 8 works

Research output over time

still counting20052010201520202025
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 counting20%40%Sodo23.6% 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 31.6% in 2024.

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