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Dilla University

In research, Dilla University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,491 of 11,982 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#794 of 3,409 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,691 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Nutrition and Dietetics is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,323
of 28,054 · #11,687 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#24
of 56
Research works
1.6k
▲ 210% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Dilla 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,491 of 11,982 24.8%309 #5307
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #794 of 3,409 22.2%96 #1765
MedicineField #2,691 of 10,443 23.7%236 #6425
Life SciencesDomain #3,486 of 7,800 22.4%126 #7149
Social SciencesDomain #4,784 of 10,521 28.3%167 #8381
Physical SciencesDomain #6,617 of 12,888 24.5%172 #12951
Social SciencesField #3,818 of 6,365 28.7%88 #7101
Environmental ScienceField #2,311 of 3,551 26.1%71 #4194

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dilla 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. Health Sciences#5,307 #2,491
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,765 #794
  3. Medicine#6,425 #2,691
  4. Life Sciences#7,149 #3,486
  5. Social Sciences#8,381 #4,784
  6. Physical Sciences#12,951 #6,617
  7. Social Sciences#7,101 #3,818
  8. Environmental Science#4,194 #2,311
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 Dilla University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 30.8 works9.3×
  2. NursingField · 32.2 works8.5×
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 43.4 works7.5×
← 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: 2.60× its world share, 96 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.84× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.65× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.59× its world share, 236 worksMedicineNursing: 8.49× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dilla University?

Ranked on the composite score, Giovanni Sgro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dilla University.

  1. 1 Giovanni Sgro Ethiopia · #1,141,479 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Dilla University

Which keywords describe research at Dilla University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Child Development, Health Inequalities, Climate Change, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Global Burden of Disease and Maternal and Child Undernutrition.

▲ 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. Climate Change52▲ 2.5×42 topics
  2. Epidemiology45▲ 1.47×79 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality40▲ 24×5 topics
  4. Sustainability39▲ 2.1×34 topics
  5. Child Development36▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Health Inequalities31▲ 34×2 topics
  7. Child Mortality29▲ 54×1 topic
  8. Health Systems29▲ 54×1 topic
  9. Global Burden of Disease28▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Maternal and Child Undernutrition26▲ 41×1 topic
  11. Water Sanitation Hygiene26▲ 41×1 topic
  12. Risk Factors20▲ 2.4×23 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 2.3×26 topics
  14. Remote Sensing18▲ 1.90×18 topics
  15. Land Use Change18▲ 7.5×5 topics
  16. Adaptation18▲ 8.0×6 topics
  17. Sustainable Agriculture17▲ 6.8×10 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling14▲ 7.8×5 topics
  19. Smallholder Farmers14▲ 8.1×5 topics
  20. Risk Perception13▲ 6.3×4 topics
  21. Antiretroviral Therapy13▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity13▲ 3.9×15 topics
  23. Livelihoods13▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Global Burden13▲ 3.1×12 topics
  25. Water Resources12▲ 6.2×4 topics
  26. Rural Development11▲ 4.1×7 topics
  27. Pastoralists11▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Rangeland Degradation11▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Maternal Outcomes10▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Perinatal Outcomes10▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Gender Inequality10▲ 8.9×6 topics
  32. Numerical Methods9▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Sediment Transport9▲ 6.9×3 topics
  34. Convection-Diffusion Problems8▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Singular Perturbation8▲ 41×1 topic
  36. HIV Transmission8▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Model Evaluation8▲ 8.6×2 topics
  38. Global Hydrology8▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Uncertainty Assessment8▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Mortality Rates8▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Dilla University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and Differential Equations and Numerical Methods.

Global Maternal and Chil…29Global Maternal and Child Health: 29 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…26Child Nutrition and Water Access: 26 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 11 fractional worksDifferential Equations and Numerical Methods: 8 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 8 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 8 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 7 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 6 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 6 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawNumerical Analysis6 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 29 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 26 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 11 works
  4. 4 Differential Equations and Numerical Methods Numerical Analysis 8 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 works
  7. 7 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  9. 9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 6 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 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 available86.3%not open13.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dilla University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 210% 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.