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Dire Dawa University

In research, Dire Dawa University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,722 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,275 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,626 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,091
of 28,054 · #19,670 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#32
of 56
Research works
863
▲ 281% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Dire Dawa 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 #4,722 of 11,982 19.0%121 #11434
MedicineField #6,275 of 10,443 17.8%93 #12567
Social SciencesDomain #6,626 of 10,521 23.0%96 #9721
Physical SciencesDomain #8,306 of 12,888 14.9%124 #16027

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dire Dawa 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#11,434 #4,722
  2. Medicine#12,567 #6,275
  3. Social Sciences#9,721 #6,626
  4. Physical Sciences#16,027 #8,306
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.

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: 1.28× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.00× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.29× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 6.56× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.57× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dire Dawa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mustefa Jibril and Belay Sitotaw Goshu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dire Dawa University.

  1. 1 Mustefa Jibril Ethiopia · #1,381,765 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Belay Sitotaw Goshu Ethiopia · #1,551,021 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Dire Dawa University

Which keywords describe research at Dire Dawa University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Child Development, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Global Burden of Disease, Community Health Workers, Maternal and Child Undernutrition, Water Sanitation Hygiene 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. Climate Change17▲ 1.67×30 topics
  2. Epidemiology16◆ 1.08×49 topics
  3. Child Development14▲ 8.7×5 topics
  4. Sustainability13▲ 1.44×28 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality13▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Inflammation12▲ 1.59×27 topics
  7. Environmental Impact12▲ 1.80×23 topics
  8. Globalization11▲ 1.52×19 topics
  9. Health Inequalities11▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.5×18 topics
  11. Renewable Energy10▲ 1.88×20 topics
  12. Global Burden of Disease10▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Public Health10▲ 1.79×25 topics
  14. Community Health Workers10▲ 30×2 topics
  15. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 31×1 topic
  16. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 31×1 topic
  17. Child Mortality9▲ 35×1 topic
  18. Economic Growth9▲ 2.9×13 topics
  19. Health Systems9▲ 35×1 topic
  20. Governance9▲ 7.2×3 topics
  21. Risk Management8▲ 4.6×10 topics
  22. Risk Factors8▲ 1.94×15 topics
  23. Poverty Reduction8▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 2.4×10 topics
  25. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 9.7×6 topics
  27. ICT6▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Inclusive Development6▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Inequality6▲ 6.7×2 topics
  30. Institutional Quality6▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Conflict6▲ 9.3×3 topics
  32. Knowledge Economy6▲ 14×1 topic
  33. financial access6▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 6.2×4 topics
  35. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  36. Finance5▲ 6.8×2 topics
  37. Gender Inequality4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  38. Mortality Rates4▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Maternal Outcomes4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Perinatal Outcomes4▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Dire Dawa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Economic Growth and Development and African history and culture analysis.

Child Nutrition and Water Access: 9 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 9 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 6 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 4 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 3 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 3 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInformation SystemsPolitical Science and International Relations6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  3. 3 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 6 works
  4. 4 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 3 works
  7. 7 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  8. 8 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 International Development and Aid Development 3 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 available87.0%not open13.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dire Dawa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 281% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

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