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Addis Ababa University

In research, Addis Ababa University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,545 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,546 of 9,585 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#899 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Parasitology and Soil Science (Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology is 7.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,338
of 22,385 · #3,382 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#7
of 55
Research works
17k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
237k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Addis Ababa University

What is Addis Ababa University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,545 of 9,902 10.7%1,582 #4252
Social SciencesDomain #2,546 of 9,585 12.2%1,155 #4148
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #899 of 3,157 14.0%534 #1297
MedicineField #2,482 of 8,541 9.8%1,292 #4429
Life SciencesDomain #2,157 of 6,403 13.2%825 #3934
Social SciencesField #2,207 of 5,988 12.5%728 #3231
Plant ScienceSubfield #709 of 1,317 13.2%174 #1325
Environmental ScienceField #1,824 of 3,334 10.2%523 #2207
Health ProfessionsField #1,038 of 1,895 15.6%157 #2099
EngineeringField #3,284 of 5,901 12.2%295 #6740

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Addis Ababa University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#4,252 #2,545
  2. Social Sciences#4,148 #2,546
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,297 #899
  4. Medicine#4,429 #2,482
  5. Life Sciences#3,934 #2,157
  6. Social Sciences#3,231 #2,207
  7. Plant Science#1,325 #709
  8. Environmental Science#2,207 #1,824
  9. Health Professions#2,099 #1,038
  10. Engineering#6,740 #3,284
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Addis Ababa University work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research at Addis Ababa University is in Health Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,803 fractional works · 33.4% of its workMedicine: 1,477 fractional works · 27.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 196 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 180 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 136 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 121 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 119 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 76 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 61 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 176 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 115 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 114 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 110 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,402 fractional works · 25.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 575 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 129 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 93 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 83 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 71 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 319 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 69 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 184 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 67 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 74 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 71 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,289 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 808 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEducation: 216 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 191 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 155 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 59 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 140 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 110 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 74 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 106 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 91 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 911 fractional works · 16.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 584 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPlant Science: 188 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSoil Science: 87 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 77 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 62 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 184 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 96 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKAddis AbabaUniversity5,405fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences24%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,80333.4%
    1. Medicine1,47727.3%
    2. Health Professions1763.2%
    3. Nursing1142.1%
    4. Veterinary280.5%
    5. Dentistry90.2%
    1. Environmental Science57510.6%
    2. Engineering3195.9%
    3. Computer Science1843.4%
    4. Materials Science741.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences711.3%
    6. Chemistry521.0%
    7. Mathematics490.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy360.7%
    9. Energy360.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.1%
  3. Social Sciences1,28923.8%
    1. Social Sciences80815.0%
    2. Psychology1402.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1102.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1062.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities911.7%
    6. Decision Sciences340.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences58410.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1843.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology961.8%
    4. Neuroscience270.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics200.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Addis Ababa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 20.0 works7.5×
  2. ParasitologySubfield · 35.7 works6.2×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 87.4 works5.4×
  4. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 109.8 works4.8×
  5. ForestrySubfield · 25.2 works4.5×
  6. NursingField · 114.2 works4.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 584 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 184 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 96 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 184 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 71 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 319 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.14× its world share, 574 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 74 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 176 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.42× its world share, 1,477 worksMedicineNursing: 4.31× its world share, 114 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.77× its world share, 28 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 91 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 106 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 110 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 140 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 808 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.31×114 works
  2. Veterinary3.77×28 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.27×584 works
  4. Environmental Science2.14×574 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.76×96 works
  6. Medicine1.42×1,477 works
  7. Health Professions1.23×176 works
  8. Social Sciences1.18×808 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×20 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×110 works
  11. Psychology0.85×140 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.83×71 works
  13. Mathematics0.77×49 works
  14. Energy0.73×36 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.65×34 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×184 works
  17. Chemistry0.62×52 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×106 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.58×91 works
  20. Computer Science0.44×184 works
  21. Engineering0.39×319 works
  22. Materials Science0.39×74 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.35×7 works
  24. Dentistry0.33×9 works
  25. Neuroscience0.31×27 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.30×36 works

Who are the top researchers at Addis Ababa University?

Ranked on the quality score, Charlotte Hanlon, Adugnaw Berhane and Gezahegn Yirgu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Addis Ababa University.

  1. 1 Charlotte Hanlon Ethiopia · #25,475 worldwide 19k citations · 480 works
  2. 2 Adugnaw Berhane Ethiopia · #136,819 worldwide 74k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Gezahegn Yirgu Ethiopia · #168,295 worldwide 6.7k citations · 145 works
  4. 4 Anagaw Derseh Mebratie Ethiopia · #170,672 worldwide 1.9k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Sibhatu Biadgilign Ethiopia · #194,447 worldwide 53k citations · 150 works
  6. 6 Lemu Golassa Ethiopia · #200,855 worldwide 3.1k citations · 136 works
  7. 7 Abebaw Fekadu Ethiopia · #224,598 worldwide 12k citations · 334 works
  8. 8 Demewoz Haile Ethiopia · #238,209 worldwide 22k citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Solomon Tessema Memirie Ethiopia · #244,879 worldwide 1.9k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Teshome Soromessa Ethiopia · #245,625 worldwide 6k citations · 132 works
All ranked researchers at Addis Ababa University

What are the most cited papers from Addis Ababa University?

The most cited paper from Addis Ababa University is "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al., 2016), with 7,829 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (6,558) and "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015" (6,333).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
2 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
3 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access185 authors 5 Dec 2016 6,333
4 The Global Burden of Cancer 2013 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access132 authors 28 May 2015 2,767
5 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access628 authors 27 Sep 2019 2,699
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Which keywords describe research at Addis Ababa University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Land Use Change, Conflict, Adaptation, Politics and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology440▲ 2.0×125 topics
  2. Climate Change384▲ 2.6×77 topics
  3. Sustainability266▲ 2.0×62 topics
  4. Public Health146▲ 1.85×46 topics
  5. Diagnosis129▲ 2.6×41 topics
  6. Treatment125▲ 1.90×49 topics
  7. Land Use Change122▲ 7.6×7 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation108▲ 5.3×14 topics
  9. Adaptation105▲ 6.5×10 topics
  10. Child Development104▲ 4.7×8 topics
  11. Conflict103▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Religion101▲ 4.0×14 topics
  13. Politics99▲ 7.0×9 topics
  14. History97▲ 2.6×11 topics
  15. Migration92▲ 5.0×8 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality91▲ 7.5×5 topics
  17. Culture86▲ 3.0×7 topics
  18. Global Burden of Disease86▲ 6.4×4 topics
  19. Global Burden85▲ 2.9×12 topics
  20. Society85▲ 8.2×2 topics
  21. Eritrea84▲ 118×1 topic
  22. Ethiopia84▲ 118×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Agriculture82▲ 4.9×10 topics
  24. Drug Resistance79▲ 5.1×8 topics
  25. Livelihoods79▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Gender Inequality78▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Maternal and Child Undernutrition78▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Water Sanitation Hygiene78▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Urbanization77▲ 3.5×8 topics
  30. Community Health Workers76▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Health Inequalities74▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Social Networks73▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Smallholder Farmers71▲ 6.2×5 topics
  34. Child Mortality70▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Health Systems70▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Poverty Reduction69▲ 9.9×5 topics
  37. Water Resources66▲ 5.0×8 topics
  38. Ecological Knowledge66▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Pastoralists65▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Rangeland Degradation65▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Addis Ababa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: African history and culture analysis, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

African history and culture analysis: 84 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 78 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…70Global Maternal and Child Health: 70 fractional worksRangeland Management and…65Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 65 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 45 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 33 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…32Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 32 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 32 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 31 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 28 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsNutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

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

  1. 1 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 84 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 78 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 70 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 65 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 45 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 33 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 32 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 32 works
  9. 9 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 31 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 28 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available74.6%not open25.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Addis Ababa University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Addis Ababa University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Addis Ababa University0.020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Addis Ababa University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Addis Ababa University10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2013.

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What is Addis Ababa University known for in research?

In research, Addis Ababa University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,545 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,546 of 9,585 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#899 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Parasitology and Soil Science (Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology is 7.5× its share of world research).

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