Question 1

What is Bahir Dar University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Bahir Dar University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#805 of 3,157 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,031 of 9,585 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,066 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Parasitology and Forestry (Soil Science is 8.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Bahir Dar University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Bahir Dar University ranks #2,168 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#3,000 all time), and #4 of 55 in Ethiopia.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Bahir Dar University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Addisu Dagnaw Melese, Feleke Mekonnen Demeke and Endalkachew Worku Mengesha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bahir Dar University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Bahir Dar University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Bahir Dar University is "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015" (Christina Fitzmaurice et al., 2016), with 6,333 citations. Next come "Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study" (3,188) and "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017" (2,699).

Question 5

Which research topics does Bahir Dar University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Bahir Dar University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Bahir Dar University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Bahir Dar University is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Bahir Dar University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher than in 2018-2021.