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Haramaya University

In research, Haramaya University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#173 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,577 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,509 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science and Animal Science and Zoology — Agronomy and Crop Science is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,561
of 28,054 · #6,212 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#8
of 56
Research works
4.5k
▲ 112% vs 2013–17
Citations
66k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Haramaya 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 #173 of 3,409 25.2%380 #522
Health SciencesDomain #1,577 of 11,982 24.4%537 #3851
Life SciencesDomain #1,509 of 7,800 24.0%474 #3332
MedicineField #2,206 of 10,443 22.2%398 #4215
Environmental ScienceField #928 of 3,551 27.1%169 #1897
Social SciencesDomain #3,165 of 10,521 29.7%253 #3988
Physical SciencesDomain #3,966 of 12,888 24.7%319 #8895
Health ProfessionsField #637 of 1,928 36.9%75 #2070
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #156 of 441 33.5%65 #558
Social SciencesField #2,419 of 6,365 28.4%139 #2529

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Haramaya 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#522 #173
  2. Health Sciences#3,851 #1,577
  3. Life Sciences#3,332 #1,509
  4. Medicine#4,215 #2,206
  5. Environmental Science#1,897 #928
  6. Social Sciences#3,988 #3,165
  7. Physical Sciences#8,895 #3,966
  8. Health Professions#2,070 #637
  9. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#558 #156
  10. Social Sciences#2,529 #2,419
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 Haramaya University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 36.4 works9.7×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 39.0 works8.2×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 27.5 works7.9×
  4. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 47.0 works6.9×
← 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: 5.05× its world share, 380 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 59 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.15× its world share, 169 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 75 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 398 worksMedicineNursing: 6.46× its world share, 50 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.97× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 139 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Haramaya University?

Ranked on the composite score, Senthilkumar Balakrishnan, Mekonnen Sisay and Fitsum Weldegebreal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Haramaya University.

  1. 1 Senthilkumar Balakrishnan Ethiopia · #83,197 worldwide 596 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Mekonnen Sisay Ethiopia · #134,928 worldwide 370 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Fitsum Weldegebreal Ethiopia · #156,471 worldwide 2.7k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Mengistu Ketema Ethiopia · #327,358 worldwide 82 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Belay Kassa Ethiopia · #327,738 worldwide 116 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Seid Ahmed Ethiopia · #371,355 worldwide 92 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Chemeda Fininsa Ethiopia · #379,257 worldwide 117 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Jema Haji Ethiopia · #458,165 worldwide 91 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Assefa Desalew Ethiopia · #530,969 worldwide 93 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Yoseph Mekasha Ethiopia · #619,085 worldwide 42 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Haramaya University

Which keywords describe research at Haramaya University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Adaptation, Smallholder Farmers and Health Inequalities.

▲ 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 Change140▲ 3.3×53 topics
  2. Epidemiology130▲ 2.1×91 topics
  3. Sustainability103▲ 2.7×45 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality64▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture64▲ 13×10 topics
  6. Adaptation59▲ 13×6 topics
  7. Public Health56▲ 2.5×34 topics
  8. Smallholder Farmers56▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Health Inequalities55▲ 29×3 topics
  10. Child Development51▲ 7.7×5 topics
  11. Community Health Workers50▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity49▲ 7.0×20 topics
  13. Child Mortality49▲ 44×1 topic
  14. Health Systems49▲ 44×1 topic
  15. Food Security43▲ 4.9×15 topics
  16. Global Burden of Disease41▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Social Networks40▲ 9.5×5 topics
  18. Maternal and Child Undernutrition38▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Water Sanitation Hygiene38▲ 29×1 topic
  20. Rural Development35▲ 6.4×7 topics
  21. Genetics35▲ 3.2×18 topics
  22. Drought Tolerance34▲ 15×8 topics
  23. Livelihoods33▲ 59×2 topics
  24. Pastoralists30▲ 72×1 topic
  25. Rangeland Degradation30▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Vulnerability29▲ 8.1×5 topics
  27. Breeding29▲ 24×5 topics
  28. Agriculture28▲ 4.4×6 topics
  29. Technology Adoption28▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Agricultural Innovation28▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Livelihood Diversification28▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Land Use Change27▲ 5.6×7 topics
  33. Biodiversity Conservation26▲ 4.5×9 topics
  34. Poverty Reduction23▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Nutritional Quality21▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Agricultural Sustainability21▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Climate Resilience21▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Water Management20▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Gender Inequality20▲ 9.3×5 topics
  40. Genetic Improvement20▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Haramaya 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 Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Global Maternal and Chil…49Global Maternal and Child Health: 49 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 38 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 30 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 28 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 15 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …14Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 14 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 14 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 12 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 12 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 12 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences5 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 49 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 38 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 30 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 28 works
  5. 5 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 15 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 14 works
  7. 7 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 14 works
  8. 8 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  9. 9 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 12 works
  10. 10 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 12 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 available82.5%not open17.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Haramaya University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 112% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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