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Ambo University

In research, Ambo University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#287 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,174 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,899 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Nutrition and Dietetics and Nursing — Soil Science is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,797
of 28,054 · #10,895 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#21
of 56
Research works
2k
▲ 234% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Ambo 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 #287 of 3,409 23.7%160 #980
Life SciencesDomain #2,174 of 7,800 22.4%207 #5371
Health SciencesDomain #3,899 of 11,982 25.1%256 #8272
MedicineField #4,510 of 10,443 25.3%187 #8599
Environmental ScienceField #1,696 of 3,551 27.8%77 #3239
Physical SciencesDomain #6,557 of 12,888 21.0%249 #13476
Social SciencesDomain #5,597 of 10,521 22.9%132 #8837
EngineeringField #4,504 of 6,636 21.2%79 #9028

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ambo 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#980 #287
  2. Life Sciences#5,371 #2,174
  3. Health Sciences#8,272 #3,899
  4. Medicine#8,599 #4,510
  5. Environmental Science#3,239 #1,696
  6. Physical Sciences#13,476 #6,557
  7. Social Sciences#8,837 #5,597
  8. Engineering#9,028 #4,504
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 Ambo University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 22.0 works8.7×
  2. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 21.9 works6.1×
  3. NursingField · 24.0 works5.8×
← 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: 4.01× its world share, 160 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.94× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 79 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 187 worksMedicineNursing: 5.82× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.72× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.15× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ambo University?

Ranked on the composite score, Emer Tucay Quezon and Karthikeyan Kaliyaperumal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ambo University.

  1. 1 Emer Tucay Quezon Ethiopia · #165,100 worldwide 239 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Karthikeyan Kaliyaperumal Ethiopia · #1,256,961 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ambo University

Which keywords describe research at Ambo University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Maternal Mortality, Epidemiology, Heat Transfer, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality and Health Systems.

▲ 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. Epidemiology63▲ 1.89×82 topics
  2. Climate Change62▲ 2.7×39 topics
  3. Sustainability42▲ 2.1×36 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality33▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Heat Transfer31▲ 7.4×11 topics
  6. Health Inequalities28▲ 28×2 topics
  7. Public Health26▲ 2.1×33 topics
  8. Community Health Workers26▲ 36×2 topics
  9. Child Mortality25▲ 42×1 topic
  10. Health Systems25▲ 42×1 topic
  11. Sustainable Agriculture24▲ 8.9×10 topics
  12. Child Development24▲ 6.6×5 topics
  13. Rural Development22▲ 7.5×7 topics
  14. Adaptation22▲ 9.0×4 topics
  15. Land Use Change20▲ 7.8×6 topics
  16. Remote Sensing20▲ 1.93×15 topics
  17. Experimental Investigation20▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Global Burden of Disease19▲ 9.1×2 topics
  19. Maternal and Child Undernutrition19▲ 27×1 topic
  20. Water Sanitation Hygiene19▲ 27×1 topic
  21. Smallholder Farmers18▲ 9.8×5 topics
  22. Vaccine15▲ 4.3×11 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity14▲ 3.8×13 topics
  24. Drug Resistance14▲ 5.8×7 topics
  25. Livelihoods14▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Social Networks14▲ 6.1×4 topics
  27. Biodiversity Conservation14▲ 4.3×8 topics
  28. Pastoralists13▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Rangeland Degradation13▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Antiretroviral Therapy12▲ 9.1×6 topics
  31. Review11▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Thermal Conductivity11▲ 8.2×3 topics
  33. Viscosity10▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Convective Transport10▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Nanofluids10▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Numerical Modeling10▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Friction Factor10▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Solar Air Heater10▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Agricultural Sustainability10▲ 9.9×3 topics
  40. Drought Tolerance9▲ 7.8×8 topics

Which research topics does Ambo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer.

Global Maternal and Chil…25Global Maternal and Child Health: 25 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 19 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 13 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 10 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 10 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 9 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…8Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 8 fractional worksCooperative Studies and Economics: 8 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 7 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 6 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawBiomedical Engineering6 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 25 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 19 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 13 works
  4. 4 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
  7. 7 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 8 works
  8. 8 Cooperative Studies and Economics Strategy and Management 8 works
  9. 9 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 7 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 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 available86.4%not open13.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ambo University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 234% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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 measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.