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University · Arba Minch · Ethiopia

Arba Minch University

In research, Arba Minch University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#359 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,127 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,948 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change — Soil Science is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,876
of 28,054 · #8,004 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#10
of 56
Research works
2.8k
▲ 228% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Arba Minch 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 #359 of 3,409 22.5%253 #1047
Health SciencesDomain #2,127 of 11,982 26.7%330 #5782
Physical SciencesDomain #2,948 of 12,888 21.1%548 #7737
Social SciencesDomain #2,714 of 10,521 33.7%218 #6239
Environmental ScienceField #1,035 of 3,551 20.8%287 #2390
MedicineField #3,262 of 10,443 25.3%244 #7841
Social SciencesField #2,093 of 6,365 30.0%113 #4294
Life SciencesDomain #2,594 of 7,800 22.1%311 #5320
EngineeringField #3,118 of 6,636 16.6%114 #6817
Plant ScienceSubfield #937 of 1,395 23.3%77 #2042

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arba Minch 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#1,047 #359
  2. Health Sciences#5,782 #2,127
  3. Physical Sciences#7,737 #2,948
  4. Social Sciences#6,239 #2,714
  5. Environmental Science#2,390 #1,035
  6. Medicine#7,841 #3,262
  7. Social Sciences#4,294 #2,093
  8. Life Sciences#5,320 #2,594
  9. Engineering#6,817 #3,118
  10. Plant Science#2,042 #937
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 Arba Minch University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 45.7 works11×
  2. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 62.0 works8.5×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 74.7 works7.0×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 22.2 works6.7×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 46.5 works6.1×
← 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: 3.78× its world share, 252 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 114 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.11× its world share, 288 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 244 worksMedicineNursing: 5.28× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.45× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arba Minch University?

Ranked on the composite score, Aseer Manilal, Anchit Bijalwan and Fekadu Massebo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arba Minch University.

  1. 1 Aseer Manilal Ethiopia · #127,469 worldwide 230 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Anchit Bijalwan Ethiopia · #1,410,997 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Fekadu Massebo Ethiopia · #1,523,965 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Arba Minch University

Which keywords describe research at Arba Minch University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Land Use Change, Sustainability, Water Resources, Adaptation and Sediment Transport.

▲ 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. Climate Change220▲ 5.8×59 topics
  2. Sustainability106▲ 3.1×48 topics
  3. Remote Sensing103▲ 5.9×19 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling84▲ 25×5 topics
  5. Epidemiology82▲ 1.47×90 topics
  6. Land Use Change70▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Water Resources67▲ 20×7 topics
  8. Adaptation51▲ 13×7 topics
  9. Sediment Transport45▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Environmental Impact44▲ 1.85×39 topics
  11. Model Evaluation42▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Global Hydrology41▲ 44×1 topic
  13. Uncertainty Assessment41▲ 44×1 topic
  14. Risk Perception39▲ 10×5 topics
  15. Global Warming39▲ 6.8×8 topics
  16. GIS38▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Child Development37▲ 6.3×4 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture36▲ 8.0×10 topics
  19. Maternal Mortality34▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Livelihoods33▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Disaster Management32▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Flood Risk32▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Flood Inundation Modeling31▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Surface Water Mapping31▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Food Security31▲ 4.0×12 topics
  26. Smallholder Farmers31▲ 9.8×6 topics
  27. Genetic Diversity31▲ 4.9×17 topics
  28. Community Health Workers29▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Pastoralists29▲ 78×1 topic
  30. Rangeland Degradation29▲ 78×1 topic
  31. Health Inequalities29▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Groundwater Potential29▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Machine Learning Models29▲ 83×1 topic
  34. Global Burden of Disease29▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Child Mortality28▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Health Systems28▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 5.2×11 topics
  38. Maternal and Child Undernutrition27▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Water Sanitation Hygiene27▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Agricultural Sustainability24▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Arba Minch University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis.

Hydrology and Watershed …41Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 41 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…31Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 31 fractional worksRangeland Management and…29Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 29 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershe…29Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 29 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…28Global Maternal and Child Health: 28 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…27Child Nutrition and Water Access: 27 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 15 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and Water Management: 14 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 13 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 12 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEnvironmental Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 41 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 31 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 29 works
  4. 4 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 29 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 28 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 27 works
  7. 7 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 15 works
  8. 8 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 14 works
  9. 9 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 13 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 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 available83.6%not open16.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arba Minch University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 228% 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 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.