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Bule Hora University

In research, Bule Hora University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,160 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#788 of 2,578 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,112 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business, Management and Accounting and Strategy and Management — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,871
of 28,054 · #13,360 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#22
of 56
Research works
1.1k
▲ 870% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Bule Hora 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,160 of 10,521 29.3%278 #5937
Business, Management and AccountingField #788 of 2,578 33.1%135 #2175
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,112 of 3,409 27.0%66 #2741
Social SciencesField #2,417 of 6,365 29.8%86 #5670
Physical SciencesDomain #5,077 of 12,888 20.2%194 #11781
Life SciencesDomain #4,817 of 7,800 24.3%92 #10436
EngineeringField #4,300 of 6,636 19.6%61 #8238
Health SciencesDomain #8,686 of 11,982 20.4%117 #17898
MedicineField #8,767 of 10,443 19.4%76 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bule Hora 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. Social Sciences#5,937 #2,160
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#2,175 #788
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,741 #1,112
  4. Social Sciences#5,670 #2,417
  5. Physical Sciences#11,781 #5,077
  6. Life Sciences#10,436 #4,817
  7. Engineering#8,238 #4,300
  8. Health Sciences#17,898 #8,686
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 Bule Hora University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 24.6 works7.6×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 134.6 works6.1×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 36.0 works6.1×
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 21.3 works5.3×
← 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: 2.04× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.65× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 4.27× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.13× its world share, 135 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bule Hora University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ethiopia, Shashi Kant and Metasebia Adula lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bule Hora University.

  1. 1 Ethiopia Ethiopia · #397,918 worldwide 42 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Shashi Kant Ethiopia · #1,084,883 worldwide 58 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Metasebia Adula Ethiopia · #1,202,467 worldwide 31 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Bule Hora University

Which keywords describe research at Bule Hora University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Leadership, Climate Change, Entrepreneurship, Social Capital, Adaptation, Customer Satisfaction and Risk Management.

▲ 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. Sustainability62▲ 3.7×35 topics
  2. Climate Change50▲ 2.7×41 topics
  3. Leadership31▲ 9.6×16 topics
  4. Social Capital26▲ 7.3×10 topics
  5. Entrepreneurship26▲ 9.8×10 topics
  6. Innovation26▲ 3.6×22 topics
  7. Adaptation24▲ 12×4 topics
  8. Risk Management24▲ 7.2×9 topics
  9. Customer Satisfaction22▲ 10×4 topics
  10. Organizational Culture22▲ 8.4×6 topics
  11. Social Impact22▲ 8.2×6 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management22▲ 3.5×12 topics
  13. Employee Engagement20▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Corporate Governance20▲ 4.0×8 topics
  15. Poverty Alleviation19▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Emerging Markets18▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Frugal Innovation18▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Performance Measurement16▲ 8.3×4 topics
  19. Environmental Management16▲ 5.9×7 topics
  20. Child Development16▲ 5.5×4 topics
  21. Livelihoods16▲ 65×2 topics
  22. Governance15▲ 6.6×4 topics
  23. Organizational Performance15▲ 8.9×8 topics
  24. Ecological Knowledge14▲ 47×2 topics
  25. Land Management14▲ 57×2 topics
  26. Pastoralists14▲ 77×1 topic
  27. Rangeland Degradation14▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Finance14▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Institutional Quality13▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Human Resource Management13▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Financial Stability13▲ 9.4×2 topics
  32. ICT13▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Performance Analysis13▲ 8.7×2 topics
  34. Smallholder Farmers13▲ 8.5×5 topics
  35. Conflict13▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Ethical Identity13▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Global Burden of Disease12▲ 7.4×3 topics
  38. Inequality12▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Social Entrepreneurship12▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Organizational Learning12▲ 27×4 topics

Which research topics does Bule Hora University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Innovation and Socioecon…18Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 18 fractional worksRangeland Management and…14Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 14 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 13 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…12Child Nutrition and Water Access: 12 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…12Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 12 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 12 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 11 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…10African history and culture analysis: 10 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 8 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 8 fractional works
Business and International ManagementManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawAccountingNutrition and Dietetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 18 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 13 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 12 works
  5. 5 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 12 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 12 works
  7. 7 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 11 works
  8. 8 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 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 available73.0%not open27.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bule Hora University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 870% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.