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Debre Markos University

In research, Debre Markos University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#290 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,267 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,649 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science and Nutrition and Dietetics — Soil Science is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,327
of 28,054 · #6,705 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#5
of 56
Research works
2.6k
▲ 355% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
90%
world 28%

What is Debre Markos 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 #290 of 3,409 35.8%167 #1037
Health SciencesDomain #1,267 of 11,982 27.3%465 #3516
MedicineField #1,649 of 10,443 26.9%375 #4336
Social SciencesDomain #1,968 of 10,521 34.9%176 #5004
Life SciencesDomain #1,471 of 7,800 33.0%244 #4082
Social SciencesField #1,203 of 6,365 40.3%93 #3097
Physical SciencesDomain #3,750 of 12,888 27.2%265 #8340
Environmental ScienceField #1,225 of 3,551 32.8%115 #2905
Plant ScienceSubfield #734 of 1,395 35.7%67 #1908
EngineeringField #3,618 of 6,636 21.7%68 #8329

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Debre Markos 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#1,037 #290
  2. Health Sciences#3,516 #1,267
  3. Medicine#4,336 #1,649
  4. Social Sciences#5,004 #1,968
  5. Life Sciences#4,082 #1,471
  6. Social Sciences#3,097 #1,203
  7. Physical Sciences#8,340 #3,750
  8. Environmental Science#2,905 #1,225
  9. Plant Science#1,908 #734
  10. Engineering#8,329 #3,618
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 Markos University specialise in?

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

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 22.6 works6.6×
  2. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 31.0 works6.3×
← 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: 3.06× its world share, 167 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.01× its world share, 115 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 55 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.70× its world share, 375 worksMedicineNursing: 5.78× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 93 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Debre Markos University?

Ranked on the composite score, Getachew Mullu Kassa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Debre Markos University.

  1. 1 Getachew Mullu Kassa Ethiopia · #66,388 worldwide 2.7k citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Debre Markos University

Which keywords describe research at Debre Markos University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Maternal Mortality, Sustainable Agriculture, Child Development, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers 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. Epidemiology93▲ 2.0×89 topics
  2. Climate Change80▲ 2.6×47 topics
  3. Sustainability42▲ 1.50×35 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality41▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Remote Sensing37▲ 2.6×22 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 2.9×28 topics
  7. Sustainable Agriculture35▲ 9.6×11 topics
  8. Child Development34▲ 7.2×5 topics
  9. Health Inequalities32▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Public Health32▲ 1.94×35 topics
  11. Community Health Workers30▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Child Mortality30▲ 37×1 topic
  13. Health Systems30▲ 37×1 topic
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy29▲ 16×6 topics
  15. Global Burden28▲ 4.5×12 topics
  16. Smallholder Farmers27▲ 10×4 topics
  17. Global Burden of Disease26▲ 9.2×4 topics
  18. Land Use Change26▲ 7.3×6 topics
  19. Maternal and Child Undernutrition25▲ 26×1 topic
  20. Water Sanitation Hygiene25▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Immune Response24▲ 3.7×14 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity21▲ 4.2×17 topics
  23. Adaptation21▲ 6.3×8 topics
  24. Biodiversity Conservation20▲ 4.8×10 topics
  25. Hydrological Modeling20▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Vaccine20▲ 4.2×9 topics
  27. Rural Development19▲ 4.8×5 topics
  28. Social Networks18▲ 5.9×5 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants18▲ 3.9×10 topics
  30. Risk Perception17▲ 5.5×5 topics
  31. Mortality Rates17▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Drought Tolerance16▲ 9.8×8 topics
  33. Drug Resistance16▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. HIV Transmission16▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Water Resources15▲ 5.5×7 topics
  36. Gender Inequality14▲ 9.0×5 topics
  37. Preexposure Prophylaxis14▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Stigma and Discrimination14▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Viral Load14▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Poverty Reduction13▲ 8.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Debre Markos University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Global Maternal and Chil…30Global Maternal and Child Health: 30 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 25 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 14 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 12 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 12 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 10 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …10Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 10 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 9 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 8 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsInfectious DiseasesGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences6 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 30 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 25 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 14 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  5. 5 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 12 works
  6. 6 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 10 works
  8. 8 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 9 works
  9. 9 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 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 available90.3%not open9.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Debre Markos University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 355% 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.