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Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute

In research, Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#699 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,622 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 11.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,904
of 28,054 · #18,535 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#43
of 56
Research works
491
▲ 299% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute 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 #699 of 3,409 22.0%82 #1344
Life SciencesDomain #4,622 of 7,800 21.7%100 #8094

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 35.4 works11×
← 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: 9.69× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.37× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.35× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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.

Which keywords describe research at Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Genetic Diversity, Adaptation, Biodiversity 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 2022–2025 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 Change45▲ 9.4×34 topics
  2. Sustainability24▲ 5.5×12 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation24▲ 36×11 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture18▲ 32×11 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity18▲ 23×15 topics
  6. Adaptation17▲ 34×3 topics
  7. Biodiversity17▲ 13×16 topics
  8. Livelihoods15▲ 237×2 topics
  9. Pastoralists15▲ 307×1 topic
  10. Rangeland Degradation15▲ 307×1 topic
  11. Land Use Change14▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Smallholder Farmers13▲ 32×5 topics
  13. Invasive Species11▲ 15×11 topics
  14. Conservation10▲ 13×10 topics
  15. Climate Resilience10▲ 89×3 topics
  16. Agroforestry10▲ 81×4 topics
  17. Environmental Services10▲ 156×1 topic
  18. Tropical Deforestation10▲ 156×1 topic
  19. Nutritional Value9▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Medicinal Plants9▲ 13×10 topics
  21. Drought Tolerance9▲ 34×7 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services8▲ 12×7 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 21×4 topics
  24. Global Change8▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Herbal Medicine8▲ 16×6 topics
  26. Marker-Assisted Selection8▲ 54×2 topics
  27. Plant Breeding8▲ 43×3 topics
  28. Indigenous Fruits7▲ 171×1 topic
  29. Tree Domestication7▲ 171×1 topic
  30. Food Security7▲ 7.0×7 topics
  31. Population Dynamics7▲ 15×6 topics
  32. Population Genetics7▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Breeding7▲ 49×4 topics
  34. Ecosystem6▲ 33×3 topics
  35. QTL Mapping6▲ 30×5 topics
  36. Water Quality6▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Ethnobotanical Survey6▲ 114×1 topic
  38. Eutrophication6▲ 34×3 topics
  39. Traditional Ecological Knowledge6▲ 83×1 topic
  40. Community Ecology6▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 Ecology Studies: 7 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 6 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 6 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…6Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 6 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 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 7 works
  4. 4 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 6 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  6. 6 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 6 works
  7. 7 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 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-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 299% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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