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Addis Ababa University

In research, Addis Ababa University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#39 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#620 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#678 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Soil Science and Forestry — Parasitology is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#965
of 28,054 · #2,137 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#1
of 56
Research works
17k
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
237k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Addis Ababa University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #39 of 3,409 30.6%534 #141
Health SciencesDomain #620 of 11,982 17.9%1,582 #1567
MedicineField #678 of 10,443 16.7%1,292 #1670
Life SciencesDomain #527 of 7,800 27.3%824 #1203
Social SciencesField #516 of 6,365 27.8%728 #1052
Social SciencesDomain #904 of 10,521 28.3%1,155 #1564
Physical SciencesDomain #1,471 of 12,888 19.9%1,282 #2990
EducationSubfield #242 of 1,892 33.9%194 #864
Environmental ScienceField #487 of 3,551 24.1%522 #927
EngineeringField #920 of 6,636 19.1%295 #2484

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#141 #39
  2. Health Sciences#1,567 #620
  3. Medicine#1,670 #678
  4. Life Sciences#1,203 #527
  5. Social Sciences#1,052 #516
  6. Social Sciences#1,564 #904
  7. Physical Sciences#2,990 #1,471
  8. Education#864 #242
  9. Environmental Science#927 #487
  10. Engineering#2,484 #920
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Addis Ababa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 32.0 works6.3×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 79.7 works5.5×
  3. ForestrySubfield · 23.6 works4.7×
  4. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 94.0 works4.5×
  5. Small AnimalsSubfield · 25.5 works4.3×
  6. NursingField · 97.8 works4.1×
← 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: 2.32× its world share, 534 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 164 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 85 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 48 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 169 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 64 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 295 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.17× its world share, 522 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 68 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 45 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 157 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 1,292 worksMedicineNursing: 4.12× its world share, 98 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.11× its world share, 27 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 83 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 97 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 100 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 114 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 728 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Addis Ababa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey and Gudeta W. Sileshi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Addis Ababa University.

  1. 1 Kebede Deribe Ethiopia · #7,237 worldwide 4.5k citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Gail Davey Ethiopia · #33,178 worldwide 2.5k citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Gudeta W. Sileshi Ethiopia · #72,552 worldwide 465 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Addis Ababa Ethiopia · #140,740 worldwide 131 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Woldeamlak Bewket Ethiopia · #169,441 worldwide 276 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Tariku J. Beyene Ethiopia · #216,964 worldwide 932 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Ermias Dagne Ethiopia · #223,347 worldwide 74 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Gudina Legese Feyisa Ethiopia · #250,989 worldwide 391 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Bereket Yakob Ethiopia · #252,125 worldwide 1.6k citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Gobena Ameni Ethiopia · #298,621 worldwide 82 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Addis Ababa University

Which keywords describe research at Addis Ababa University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Land Use Change, Conflict, Adaptation, Biodiversity Conservation and Politics.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology390▲ 2.0×123 topics
  2. Climate Change348▲ 2.7×76 topics
  3. Sustainability242▲ 2.0×57 topics
  4. Globalization128▲ 1.35×50 topics
  5. Public Health126▲ 1.79×45 topics
  6. Diagnosis116▲ 2.6×41 topics
  7. Land Use Change114▲ 7.7×7 topics
  8. Treatment112▲ 1.91×48 topics
  9. Biodiversity Conservation102▲ 5.7×14 topics
  10. Adaptation94▲ 6.8×10 topics
  11. Conflict92▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Religion91▲ 4.0×13 topics
  13. Politics89▲ 6.8×8 topics
  14. Child Development87▲ 4.3×8 topics
  15. History86▲ 2.5×9 topics
  16. Migration82▲ 5.0×8 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality79▲ 7.3×5 topics
  18. Culture78▲ 3.0×7 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture76▲ 5.0×10 topics
  20. Society76▲ 8.2×2 topics
  21. Eritrea76▲ 110×1 topic
  22. Ethiopia76▲ 110×1 topic
  23. Livelihoods73▲ 43×2 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease73▲ 6.1×4 topics
  25. Gender Inequality71▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Drug Resistance71▲ 5.2×8 topics
  27. Social Networks67▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Community Health Workers67▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition66▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Smallholder Farmers66▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Water Sanitation Hygiene66▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Health Inequalities66▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Poverty Reduction65▲ 10×5 topics
  34. Child Mortality63▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Health Systems63▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Ecological Knowledge61▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Pastoralists61▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Rangeland Degradation61▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Water Resources61▲ 5.2×8 topics
  40. Hydrological Modeling60▲ 5.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Addis Ababa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 76 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 66 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…63Global Maternal and Child Health: 63 fractional worksRangeland Management and…61Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 61 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 42 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 31 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …30Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 30 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 30 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 29 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 24 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 76 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 66 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 63 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 61 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 42 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 31 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 30 works
  8. 8 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 30 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 24 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 available74.5%not open25.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Addis Ababa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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.

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