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University · Debark’ · Ethiopia

Debark University

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,992
of 28,054 · #23,549 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#35
of 56
Research works
238
▲ 1955% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What does Debark University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 37.2 works5.6×
← 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: 5.63× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.78× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 4.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Debark University?

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

▲ 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. Sustainability9▲ 2.8×14 topics
  2. Climate Change9▲ 2.4×25 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation7▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 1.48×22 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Epidemiology6◆ 1.15×27 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality6▲ 19×5 topics
  8. Health Inequalities4▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Nanomaterials4▲ 2.9×5 topics
  10. Child Mortality4▲ 43×1 topic
  11. Health Systems4▲ 43×1 topic
  12. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 14×4 topics
  13. Climate Resilience4▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  15. Adaptation4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  16. Food Security4▲ 4.9×8 topics
  17. Nutritional Quality4▲ 35×4 topics
  18. Antimicrobial4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  19. Drought Tolerance3▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Soil Fertility3▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Agroforestry3▲ 37×3 topics
  22. Genetics3▲ 3.3×5 topics
  23. Nutritional Value3▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Pastoralists3▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Breeding3▲ 29×4 topics
  27. Genetic Diversity3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  28. Nitrogen Fixation3▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Social Capital3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  30. Toxicity3▲ 4.7×3 topics
  31. Land Use Change3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  32. Indigenous Fruits2▲ 77×1 topic
  33. Marker Development2▲ 37×3 topics
  34. Tree Domestication2▲ 77×1 topic
  35. Biological Synthesis2▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Silver2▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Urban Agriculture2▲ 38×2 topics
  40. Conflict2▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Debark University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…2African Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…2Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 2 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 2 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…2African history and culture analysis: 2 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional worksCassava research and cyanide: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawForestryMaterials Chemistry3 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 4 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  4. 4 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Cassava research and cyanide Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available86.1%not open13.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Debark University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1955% 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.