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University · Bahir Dar · Ethiopia

Bahir Dar University

In research, Bahir Dar University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#55 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#723 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,191 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Nutrition and Dietetics — Soil Science is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,197
of 28,054 · #3,399 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#3
of 56
Research works
6.8k
▲ 217% vs 2013–17
Citations
88k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Bahir Dar 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 #55 of 3,409 30.6%442 #296
Life SciencesDomain #723 of 7,800 29.3%567 #2078
Health SciencesDomain #1,191 of 11,982 26.5%679 #2267
Social SciencesDomain #1,111 of 10,521 31.4%636 #2683
Social SciencesField #832 of 6,365 32.2%364 #1928
Physical SciencesDomain #1,748 of 12,888 23.1%1,095 #4367
EducationSubfield #265 of 1,892 43.3%116 #809
MedicineField #1,475 of 10,443 25.4%503 #3242
EngineeringField #1,090 of 6,636 22.5%372 #3222
Environmental ScienceField #592 of 3,551 26.7%319 #1189

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bahir Dar 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#296 #55
  2. Life Sciences#2,078 #723
  3. Health Sciences#2,267 #1,191
  4. Social Sciences#2,683 #1,111
  5. Social Sciences#1,928 #832
  6. Physical Sciences#4,367 #1,748
  7. Education#809 #265
  8. Medicine#3,242 #1,475
  9. Engineering#3,222 #1,090
  10. Environmental Science#1,189 #592
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 Bahir Dar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 76.8 works8.6×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 40.0 works5.7×
  3. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 66.0 works5.2×
  4. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 62.0 works5.2×
← 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: 3.12× its world share, 442 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.57× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 100 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 372 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.16× its world share, 319 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 151 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 99 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 503 worksMedicineNursing: 4.77× its world share, 70 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 76 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 56 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 83 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 364 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bahir Dar University?

Ranked on the composite score, Netsanet Fentahun, Henok Biresaw Netsere and Tamrat Tesfaye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bahir Dar University.

  1. 1 Netsanet Fentahun Ethiopia · #156,834 worldwide 2.6k citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Henok Biresaw Netsere Ethiopia · #260,655 worldwide 643 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Tamrat Tesfaye Ethiopia · #453,665 worldwide 96 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Seifu A. Tilahun Ethiopia · #591,364 worldwide 153 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Enyew Adgo Ethiopia · #721,917 worldwide 187 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Mulugeta Admasu Delele Ethiopia · #798,297 worldwide 81 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Derege Tsegaye Meshesha Ethiopia · #828,682 worldwide 135 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Tadele Assefa Aragaw Ethiopia · #842,524 worldwide 98 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Abeyou W. Worqlul Ethiopia · #843,069 worldwide 96 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Sally Walters Ethiopia · #888,739 worldwide 17 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Bahir Dar University

Which keywords describe research at Bahir Dar University?

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

▲ 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 Change218▲ 2.7×64 topics
  2. Sustainability171▲ 2.4×61 topics
  3. Epidemiology153▲ 1.30×105 topics
  4. Environmental Impact95▲ 1.88×45 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications71▲ 2.0×28 topics
  6. Sustainable Agriculture71▲ 7.5×12 topics
  7. Land Use Change68▲ 7.5×5 topics
  8. Renewable Energy68▲ 1.58×31 topics
  9. Child Development68▲ 5.4×6 topics
  10. Adaptation66▲ 7.8×10 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties61▲ 2.1×33 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality60▲ 9.1×5 topics
  13. Smallholder Farmers57▲ 8.6×4 topics
  14. Global Burden of Disease56▲ 7.7×4 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation56▲ 5.0×13 topics
  16. Food Security53▲ 3.2×14 topics
  17. Health Inequalities53▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity52▲ 3.9×19 topics
  19. Maternal and Child Undernutrition52▲ 21×1 topic
  20. Water Sanitation Hygiene52▲ 21×1 topic
  21. Community Health Workers49▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Socio-economic Factors48▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Heat Transfer47▲ 3.2×15 topics
  24. Child Mortality47▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Health Systems47▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Conflict47▲ 9.6×5 topics
  27. Rural Development46▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Politics46▲ 5.7×6 topics
  29. Migration45▲ 4.5×11 topics
  30. Religion45▲ 3.2×10 topics
  31. Social Networks45▲ 5.6×7 topics
  32. Livelihoods43▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Society42▲ 7.2×2 topics
  34. Eritrea41▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Ethiopia41▲ 98×1 topic
  36. Vulnerability38▲ 5.6×5 topics
  37. Pastoralists36▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Rangeland Degradation36▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Hydrological Modeling36▲ 5.1×5 topics
  40. Gender Inequality34▲ 8.3×6 topics

Which research topics does Bahir Dar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, African history and culture analysis and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Child Nutrition and Water Access: 52 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 47 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…41African history and culture analysis: 41 fractional worksRangeland Management and…36Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 36 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 24 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 24 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced…22Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 22 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 19 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 18 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 18 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPolitical Science and International RelationsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 52 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 47 works
  3. 3 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 41 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 36 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 works
  6. 6 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 24 works
  7. 7 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 22 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 19 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 18 works
  10. 10 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 18 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 available76.7%not open23.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bahir Dar University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 217% 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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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.