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University · Debre Birhan · Ethiopia

Debre Berhan University

In research, Debre Berhan University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#550 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,069 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,722 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics and Nursing — Nutrition and Dietetics is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,565
of 28,054 · #8,090 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#15
of 56
Research works
1.7k
▲ 550% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Debre Berhan 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 #550 of 3,409 28.0%125 #1364
Physical SciencesDomain #3,069 of 12,888 26.8%195 #7131
MedicineField #2,722 of 10,443 31.1%234 #5711
Health SciencesDomain #3,299 of 11,982 30.5%287 #5477
Life SciencesDomain #2,640 of 7,800 25.9%187 #5568
Social SciencesDomain #5,267 of 10,521 32.1%108 #9186
Environmental ScienceField #2,254 of 3,551 26.8%70 #3338

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Debre Berhan 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#1,364 #550
  2. Physical Sciences#7,131 #3,069
  3. Medicine#5,711 #2,722
  4. Health Sciences#5,477 #3,299
  5. Life Sciences#5,568 #2,640
  6. Social Sciences#9,186 #5,267
  7. Environmental Science#3,338 #2,254
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 Debre Berhan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 22.0 works6.6×
  2. NursingField · 22.4 works5.9×
← 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: 3.38× its world share, 125 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.81× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.81× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.98× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 234 worksMedicineNursing: 5.88× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Debre Berhan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hélène Claudot-Hawad and Solomon Gizaw lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Debre Berhan University.

  1. 1 Hélène Claudot-Hawad Ethiopia · #192,890 worldwide 24 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Solomon Gizaw Ethiopia · #1,160,139 worldwide 54 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Debre Berhan University

Which keywords describe research at Debre Berhan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Climate Change, Maternal Mortality, Child Development, Sustainability, Land Use Change and Global Burden of Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology66▲ 2.1×89 topics
  2. Climate Change48▲ 2.3×39 topics
  3. Sustainability42▲ 2.2×30 topics
  4. Infectious Diseases30▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality25▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Child Development24▲ 7.5×5 topics
  7. Land Use Change20▲ 8.4×5 topics
  8. Global Burden of Disease20▲ 10×4 topics
  9. Sustainable Agriculture20▲ 8.0×8 topics
  10. Adaptation19▲ 8.6×9 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 2.2×27 topics
  12. Health Inequalities19▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity19▲ 5.5×15 topics
  14. Population Dynamics18▲ 9.4×5 topics
  15. Maternal and Child Undernutrition18▲ 28×1 topic
  16. Water Sanitation Hygiene18▲ 28×1 topic
  17. Biodiversity Conservation17▲ 5.9×8 topics
  18. Predator-Prey Interactions16▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Child Mortality16▲ 30×1 topic
  20. Community Health Workers16▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Health Systems16▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Mathematical Modeling16▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers16▲ 9.3×4 topics
  24. Spatial Patterns16▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Disease Transmission16▲ 67×1 topic
  26. Epidemic Models16▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Social Networks16▲ 7.5×5 topics
  28. Rural Development14▲ 5.0×4 topics
  29. Livelihoods14▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Medicinal Plants13▲ 4.3×9 topics
  31. Antiretroviral Therapy12▲ 9.6×6 topics
  32. Marker-Assisted Selection11▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Technology Adoption11▲ 8.5×3 topics
  34. Population Genetics11▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Pastoralists11▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Rangeland Degradation11▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Agricultural Innovation10▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Livelihood Diversification10▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Public Health Interventions10▲ 17×1 topic
  40. transmission dynamics10▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Debre Berhan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Child Nutrition and Water Access: 18 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 16 fractional worksMathematical and Theoret…16Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 16 fractional worksRangeland Management and…11Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 11 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 10 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…8Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 8 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 6 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthManagement, 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 18 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  3. 3 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 11 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 10 works
  7. 7 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 8 works
  8. 8 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  9. 9 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  10. 10 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 6 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 available85.1%not open14.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Debre Berhan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 550% 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.