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Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute

In research, Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#987 of 3,157 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,569 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 12.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,763
of 22,385 · #21,520 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#48
of 55
Research works
491
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute

What is Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #987 of 3,157 14.8%82 #1694
Life SciencesDomain #2,569 of 6,403 14.6%100 #4114

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute is in Life Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Environmental Science (31%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 3.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 112 fractional works · 56.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 92 fractional works · 46.2% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 21.1% of its workForestry: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 33.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 62 fractional works · 31.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEthiopianBiodiversity…199fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences56%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9246.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology178.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science6231.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    3. Engineering10.6%
    4. Chemistry10.4%
    5. Computer Science10.3%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine115.7%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Veterinary10.5%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences41.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    3. Psychology10.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 41.9 works12×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 91.9 works9.7×
← 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: 9.74× its world share, 92 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.23× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.74×92 works
  2. Environmental Science6.23×62 works
  3. Veterinary3.91×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.61×17 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.36×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×1 works
  10. Medicine0.30×11 works
  11. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.21×1 works
  13. Psychology0.17×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.14×4 works
  15. Nursing0.11×0 works
  16. Energy0.09×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  22. Engineering0.04×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Melesse Maryo, Basazen Fantahun Lakew and Tesfaye Awas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute.

  1. 1 Melesse Maryo Ethiopia · #1,028,171 worldwide 409 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Basazen Fantahun Lakew Ethiopia · #1,263,829 worldwide 270 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Tesfaye Awas Ethiopia · #1,598,856 worldwide 670 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Feleke Woldeyes Ethiopia · #1,641,729 worldwide 411 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Zerihun Tsegaye Ethiopia · #2,152,563 worldwide 721 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Genene Tefera Ethiopia · #2,829,806 worldwide 458 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Demeke Datiko Ethiopia · #2,896,926 worldwide 251 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Befkadu Mewded Ethiopia · #3,032,343 worldwide 143 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Tesfalem Aseged Ethiopia · #3,188,069 worldwide 130 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Tesfu Fekensa Tujuba Ethiopia · #3,248,761 worldwide 40 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute

What are the most cited papers from Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute?

The most cited paper from Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute is "Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition" (Daniel S. Karp et al., 2018), with 649 citations. Next come "The Role of Microorganisms in Bioremediation- A Review" (466) and "Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Derashe and Kucha Districts, South Ethiopia" (357).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition Daniel S. Karp et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access156 authors 2 Aug 2018 649
2 The Role of Microorganisms in Bioremediation- A Review Endeshaw Abatenh, Birhanu Gizaw, Zerihun Tsegaye et al. · Open Journal of Environmental Biology Open access 10 Nov 2017 466
3 Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Derashe and Kucha Districts, South Ethiopia Kebu Balemie, Fassil Kebebew · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Open access Dec 2006 357
4 A global perspective of the richness and evenness of traditional crop-variety diversity maintained by farming communities Devra Ivy Jarvis et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 24 Mar 2008 355
5 The Potential Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Restoration of Degraded Lands Fisseha Asmelash, Tamrat Bekele, Emiru Birhane · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 25 Jul 2016 295
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainability, Genetic Diversity, Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity, Adaptation and Livelihoods.

▲ 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-now 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 Change48▲ 8.9×34 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation25▲ 34×11 topics
  3. Sustainability25▲ 5.1×12 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity20▲ 23×15 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture19▲ 31×11 topics
  6. Biodiversity19▲ 12×16 topics
  7. Adaptation18▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Livelihoods15▲ 224×2 topics
  9. Pastoralists15▲ 299×1 topic
  10. Rangeland Degradation15▲ 299×1 topic
  11. Land Use Change15▲ 25×6 topics
  12. Smallholder Farmers13▲ 32×5 topics
  13. Invasive Species13▲ 15×11 topics
  14. Conservation12▲ 14×11 topics
  15. Climate Resilience11▲ 94×3 topics
  16. Drought Tolerance11▲ 39×7 topics
  17. Agroforestry10▲ 77×4 topics
  18. Medicinal Plants10▲ 13×10 topics
  19. Nutritional Value10▲ 45×3 topics
  20. Environmental Services10▲ 145×1 topic
  21. Tropical Deforestation10▲ 145×1 topic
  22. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Global Change9▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Herbal Medicine9▲ 16×6 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services9▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Breeding8▲ 53×4 topics
  27. Plant Breeding8▲ 43×3 topics
  28. Antioxidant8▲ 5.7×18 topics
  29. Indigenous Fruits8▲ 170×1 topic
  30. Marker-Assisted Selection8▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Tree Domestication8▲ 170×1 topic
  32. Population Dynamics8▲ 15×6 topics
  33. Eutrophication7▲ 33×3 topics
  34. Water Quality7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  35. Ecosystem7▲ 34×3 topics
  36. Ethnobotanical Survey7▲ 111×1 topic
  37. Traditional Ecological Knowledge7▲ 82×1 topic
  38. Population Genetics7▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Anti-inflammatory7▲ 12×12 topics
  40. Community Ecology7▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies.

Rangeland Management and…15Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 15 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 10 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…8African Botany and Ecology Studies: 8 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medic…7Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 7 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 7 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 6 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and B…5Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 5 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional worksGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 3 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangeForestryPlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 15 works
  2. 2 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 8 works
  4. 4 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 7 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 works
  6. 6 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 6 works
  7. 7 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 5 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 works
  10. 10 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 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 available86.3%not open13.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute0.00075% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute8.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2024.

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