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Amoud University

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,757
of 22,385 · #19,200 all time
Rank in Somalia
#6
of 9
Research works
223
▲ 458% vs 2018-21
Citations
656
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Amoud University

Which fields of science does Amoud University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Amoud University is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (13%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 78 fractional works · 50.7% of its workMedicine: 56 fractional works · 36.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 24.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmoud University154fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences51%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5636.3%
    2. Health Professions117.5%
    3. Nursing106.7%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences2012.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.1%
    3. Psychology42.7%
    4. Decision Sciences42.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting42.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Environmental Science95.6%
    2. Mathematics63.9%
    3. Computer Science53.1%
    4. Engineering21.4%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.1%
    4. Neuroscience21.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 3.34× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.83× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.89× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 13.58× its world share, 10 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 13.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing13.58×10 works
  2. Mathematics3.34×6 works
  3. Health Professions2.83×12 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.70×4 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.30×4 works
  6. Medicine1.89×56 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.46×5 works
  8. Environmental Science1.14×9 works
  9. Social Sciences1.02×20 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.91×7 works
  11. Psychology0.88×4 works
  12. Neuroscience0.78×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×4 works
  14. Energy0.71×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×3 works
  17. Computer Science0.39×5 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  22. Engineering0.09×2 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Amoud University?

Ranked on the quality score, Abdisalam Hassan Muse, Yahye Hassan Muse and Abdirashid M. Yousuf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amoud University.

  1. 1 Abdisalam Hassan Muse Somalia · #662,802 worldwide 782 citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Yahye Hassan Muse Somalia · #767,641 worldwide 851 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Abdirashid M. Yousuf Somalia · #792,718 worldwide 85 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Hana Mahdi Dahir Somalia · #964,199 worldwide 13 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Hodo Abdikarim Somalia · #1,027,470 worldwide 97 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Mukhtar Abdi Hassan Somalia · #1,157,746 worldwide 149 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Mukhtaar Axmed Cumar Somalia · #1,274,546 worldwide 55 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Abdisalam Hassan Muse Somalia · #1,437,492 worldwide 59 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Hassan Ali Daoud Somalia · #1,576,626 worldwide 144 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mustafe Khadar Abdi Somalia · #2,077,630 worldwide 43 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Amoud University

What are the most cited papers from Amoud University?

The most cited paper from Amoud University is "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Mohsen Naghavi et al., 2025), with 500 citations. Next come "Prediction model on compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete filled steel tube columns" (93) and "KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR LAND DEGRADATION MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY THINKING" (88).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
2 Prediction model on compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete filled steel tube columns Abdikarim Idiris Nour, Esra Mete Güneyisi · Composites Part B Engineering 28 May 2019 93
3 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR LAND DEGRADATION MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY THINKING Mark S. Reed et al. · Land Degradation and Development Open access 17 Jun 2011 88
4 Axial compression capacity of circular CFST columns transversely strengthened by FRP Esra Mete Güneyisi, Abdikarim Idiris Nour · Engineering Structures 3 May 2019 81
5 Working together to rebuild health care in post-conflict Somaliland Andrew J M Leather, Edna Adan Ismail, Roda Ali et al. · The Lancet 22 Jul 2006 78
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Amoud University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Child Development, Health Inequalities, Maternal Mortality, Global Burden of Disease, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Maternal and Child Undernutrition.

▲ 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. Child Development12▲ 20×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology12▲ 1.95×36 topics
  3. Health Inequalities11▲ 59×2 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality11▲ 32×4 topics
  5. Global Burden of Disease11▲ 28×3 topics
  6. Community Health Workers10▲ 74×2 topics
  7. Child Mortality10▲ 89×1 topic
  8. Health Systems10▲ 89×1 topic
  9. Maternal and Child Undernutrition10▲ 77×1 topic
  10. Water Sanitation Hygiene10▲ 77×1 topic
  11. Public Health8▲ 3.5×19 topics
  12. Risk Factors8▲ 4.6×14 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.6×12 topics
  14. Climate Change5▲ 1.23×21 topics
  15. Sustainability5▲ 1.30×20 topics
  16. Gender Inequality5▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Globalization5▲ 1.55×16 topics
  18. Poverty Reduction5▲ 23×4 topics
  19. Conditional Cash Transfers4▲ 72×1 topic
  20. School Subsidies4▲ 72×1 topic
  21. Maternal Health3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  22. Obesity3▲ 2.9×5 topics
  23. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  24. Global Burden3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  25. Surgical Management3▲ 4.5×6 topics
  26. Vaccine3▲ 4.6×6 topics
  27. Diabetes3▲ 3.5×4 topics
  28. Social Determinants3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  30. Breastfeeding2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  31. Chronic Disease2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. HIV Prevention2▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Health Outcomes2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  34. Bayesian Inference2▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  36. Academic Achievement2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  37. Exclusive Breastfeeding2▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Infant Health2▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Poverty2▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Life Expectancy2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Amoud University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences.

Global Maternal and Chil…10Global Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…10Child Nutrition and Water Access: 10 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 2 fractional worksStatistical Distribution Estimation and Applications: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsSafety ResearchEpidemiology6 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 10 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 10 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  4. 4 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 2 works
  6. 6 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  7. 7 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  9. 9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available85.8%not open14.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.9%domestic only63.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Amoud University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 458% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Amoud University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Amoud University0.00100% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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