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Science in Ethiopia

Ethiopia ranks #54 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#63 all time), with 43k research works and 23.4% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#54
of 192 · #63 all time
Works, 2022–2025
43k
▲ 163% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
23.4%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
1 in the top 1,000
Open access
80%
world 63%

What is Ethiopia strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Ethiopia ranks highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#11 of 126), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (#13 of 67) and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#10 of 48). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #11 of 126 22.4%7,256 Institutions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #13 of 67 34.9%1,416 Institutions
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #10 of 48 38.1%591 Institutions
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #15 of 70 27.9%646 Institutions
Soil ScienceSubfield #10 of 43 24.2%916 Institutions
MedicineField #45 of 155 22.7%11,449 Institutions
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #25 of 86 34.3%1,130 Institutions
Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield #19 of 62 21.6%1,089 Institutions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #27 of 86 29.2%1,569 Institutions
Plant ScienceSubfield #30 of 92 20.6%2,682 Institutions
Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield #15 of 46 31.7%570 Institutions
Health ProfessionsField #38 of 108 32.1%1,697 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 772.4 works7.5×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 916.5 works7.0×
  3. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 136.0 works6.3×
  4. ParasitologySubfield · 282.0 works6.1×
  5. ForestrySubfield · 270.2 works6.0×
  6. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 1,089.1 works5.9×
  7. NursingField · 1,157.5 works5.4×
  8. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 570.1 works4.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.51× its world share, 7,256 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 1,558 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 842 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 186 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 152 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 83 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 373 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 1,283 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 336 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 292 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 3,426 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 4,196 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 960 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 452 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 280 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 72 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 1,697 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 11k worksMedicineNursing: 5.44× its world share, 1,158 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.76× its world share, 163 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 357 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 999 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 280 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 916 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 975 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 3,729 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Ethiopia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Health Inequalities, Adaptation and Community Health Workers.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country'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. Epidemiology3,215▲ 1.87×137 topics
  2. Climate Change3,110▲ 2.7×112 topics
  3. Sustainability2,222▲ 2.1×107 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality1,320▲ 14×5 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture1,193▲ 8.6×17 topics
  6. Public Health1,133▲ 1.79×62 topics
  7. Child Development1,125▲ 6.2×8 topics
  8. Health Inequalities1,090▲ 21×5 topics
  9. Adaptation1,042▲ 8.4×14 topics
  10. Community Health Workers1,026▲ 28×2 topics
  11. Socio-economic Factors999▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Child Mortality998▲ 33×1 topic
  13. Health Systems998▲ 33×1 topic
  14. Genetic Diversity932▲ 4.8×22 topics
  15. Smallholder Farmers917▲ 9.5×6 topics
  16. Global Burden of Disease908▲ 8.5×4 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease877▲ 1.82×39 topics
  18. Land Use Change864▲ 6.5×8 topics
  19. Maternal and Child Undernutrition843▲ 24×1 topic
  20. Water Sanitation Hygiene843▲ 24×1 topic
  21. Biodiversity Conservation732▲ 4.5×17 topics
  22. Global Burden705▲ 3.0×12 topics
  23. Food Security702▲ 2.9×23 topics
  24. Drought Tolerance671▲ 11×9 topics
  25. Livelihoods654▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Vaccine639▲ 3.6×11 topics
  27. Social Networks606▲ 5.2×11 topics
  28. Rural Development599▲ 3.9×17 topics
  29. Ecological Knowledge578▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Land Management577▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Pastoralists576▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Rangeland Degradation576▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Drug Resistance574▲ 4.7×9 topics
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy555▲ 7.9×6 topics
  35. Hydrological Modeling507▲ 5.0×5 topics
  36. Breeding485▲ 15×5 topics
  37. Conflict454▲ 6.4×9 topics
  38. Genetic Improvement438▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Agricultural Sustainability427▲ 8.7×6 topics
  40. Nutritional Quality413▲ 12×4 topics

How many world-class institutions does Ethiopia hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

501st to 1,000th1

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 1 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Ethiopia lead research?

Addis Ababa University, University of Gondar and Bahir Dar University rank highest in Ethiopia on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 25.4733%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Addis Ababa University: 4,843, 22.5%University of Gondar: 3,027, 29.6%Bahir Dar University: 2,977, 26.8%Jimma University: 2,517, 23.7%Debre Markos University: 1,150, 29.7%Adama Science and Technology University: 1,111, 20.9%Hawassa University: 1,954, 22.9%Haramaya University: 1,583, 25.2%Wollo University: 1,234, 27.5%Arba Minch University: 1,407, 24.6%Addis Ababa Science and Technology University: 981, 23.3%Wolaita Sodo University: 966, 25.5%Ministry of Education: 512, 25.3%Debre Tabor University: 987, 25.9%Debre Berhan University: 777, 28.7%University of GondarBahir Dar UniversityJimma UniversityAddis Ababa University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Addis Ababa UniversityUniversity · Addis Ababa · #965 worldwide22.5% top 10% · 4.8k works
  2. 2University of GondarUniversity · Gonder · #1,119 worldwide29.6% top 10% · 3k works
  3. 3Bahir Dar UniversityUniversity · Bahir Dar · #1,197 worldwide26.8% top 10% · 3k works
  4. 4Jimma UniversityUniversity · Jimma · #1,635 worldwide23.7% top 10% · 2.5k works
  5. 5Debre Markos UniversityUniversity · Debre Mark’os · #2,327 worldwide29.7% top 10% · 1.1k works
  6. 6Adama Science and Technology UniversityUniversity · Nazrēt · #2,369 worldwide20.9% top 10% · 1.1k works
  7. 7Hawassa UniversityUniversity · Awasa · #2,448 worldwide22.9% top 10% · 2k works
  8. 8Haramaya UniversityUniversity · Dire Dawa · #2,561 worldwide25.2% top 10% · 1.6k works
  9. 9Wollo UniversityUniversity · Dessie · #2,652 worldwide27.5% top 10% · 1.2k works
  10. 10Arba Minch UniversityUniversity · Arba Minch · #2,876 worldwide24.6% top 10% · 1.4k works
  11. 11Addis Ababa Science and Technology UniversityUniversity · Addis Ababa · #2,888 worldwide23.3% top 10% · 981 works
  12. 12Wolaita Sodo UniversityUniversity · Sodo · #3,236 worldwide25.5% top 10% · 966 works
  13. 13Ministry of EducationGovernment institution · Addis Ababa · #3,254 worldwide25.3% top 10% · 512 works
  14. 14Debre Tabor UniversityUniversity · Debre Tabor · #3,384 worldwide25.9% top 10% · 987 works
  15. 15Debre Berhan UniversityUniversity · Debre Birhan · #3,565 worldwide28.7% top 10% · 777 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Ethiopia

Who are the top researchers in Ethiopia?

Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Kebede Deribe and Muthupandian Saravanan rank highest among researchers based in Ethiopia.

  1. 1 Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula · #5,290 worldwide 1.5k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Kebede Deribe · #7,237 worldwide 4.5k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Muthupandian Saravanan · #7,559 worldwide 1.6k citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Hailay Abrha Gesesew · #32,965 worldwide 815 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Gail Davey · #33,178 worldwide 2.5k citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Getachew Mullu Kassa · #66,388 worldwide 2.7k citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Ginenus Fekadu · #68,074 worldwide 458 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Gudeta W. Sileshi · #72,552 worldwide 465 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Senthilkumar Balakrishnan · #83,197 worldwide 596 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Amare Deribew · #111,036 worldwide 673 citations · 21 works
Top researchers in Ethiopia

Which cities in Ethiopia are research hubs?

  1. 1 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 44k works

How open and international is Ethiopia's research?

80% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 25% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available79.6%not open20.4%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Ethiopia's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 163% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Ethiopia