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Asossa University

In research, Asossa University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,381 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,948 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,919 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,212
of 28,054 · #18,937 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#39
of 56
Research works
630
▲ 452% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Asossa 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,381 of 11,982 29.7%103 #10348
MedicineField #5,948 of 10,443 30.0%84 #12455
Life SciencesDomain #5,919 of 7,800 22.7%77 #10516
Physical SciencesDomain #11,555 of 12,888 8.5%96 #19537

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asossa 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. Health Sciences#10,348 #4,381
  2. Medicine#12,455 #5,948
  3. Life Sciences#10,516 #5,919
  4. Physical Sciences#19,537 #11,555
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.

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: 3.37× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.91× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.81× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 3.87× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Asossa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohd Yasir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asossa University.

  1. 1 Mohd Yasir Ethiopia · #728,056 worldwide 70 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Asossa University

Which keywords describe research at Asossa University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 1.75×65 topics
  2. Climate Change21▲ 2.4×27 topics
  3. Sustainability20▲ 2.6×29 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality16▲ 23×5 topics
  5. Health Inequalities12▲ 32×2 topics
  6. Child Mortality12▲ 51×1 topic
  7. Health Systems12▲ 51×1 topic
  8. Sustainable Agriculture11▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity10▲ 6.6×13 topics
  10. Environmental Impact9▲ 1.64×21 topics
  11. Public Health9▲ 1.90×27 topics
  12. Risk Factors9▲ 2.5×17 topics
  13. Adaptation8▲ 9.2×4 topics
  14. Renewable Energy8▲ 1.72×12 topics
  15. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.2×20 topics
  17. Livelihoods7▲ 62×2 topics
  18. Child Development7▲ 5.1×4 topics
  19. Pastoralists7▲ 79×1 topic
  20. Rangeland Degradation7▲ 79×1 topic
  21. Global Burden6▲ 3.6×10 topics
  22. Maternal Outcomes6▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Perinatal Outcomes6▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 4.9×6 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services6▲ 4.5×7 topics
  26. Diabetes6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. Water Resources5▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 8.8×6 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition5▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Rural Development5▲ 4.1×3 topics
  31. Water Sanitation Hygiene5▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Land Use Change4▲ 4.5×4 topics
  33. Conflict4▲ 8.0×3 topics
  34. Global Trends4▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Cesarean Section4▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 5.3×4 topics
  37. Vaginal Birth4▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Agroecology4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  39. Mortality Rates4▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Plant Breeding3▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Asossa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Global Maternal and Chil…12Global Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksRangeland Management and…7Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 7 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…5Child Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 4 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 3 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 3 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 3 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 3 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawNutrition and DieteticsObstetrics and Gynecology5 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 12 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  5. 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  7. 7 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  8. 8 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 3 works
  9. 9 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  10. 10 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available86.6%not open13.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Asossa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 452% 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.