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Hawassa University

In research, Hawassa University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#69 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,361 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,831 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law — Soil Science is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,448
of 28,054 · #5,939 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#7
of 56
Research works
4.9k
▲ 144% vs 2013–17
Citations
62k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Hawassa 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 #69 of 3,409 26.0%386 #368
Life SciencesDomain #1,361 of 7,800 24.6%467 #3192
Physical SciencesDomain #2,831 of 12,888 23.1%564 #7074
Health SciencesDomain #2,690 of 11,982 18.1%537 #5026
MedicineField #2,790 of 10,443 18.5%419 #6128
Social SciencesDomain #2,893 of 10,521 27.2%387 #5018
Environmental ScienceField #987 of 3,551 23.2%233 #1961
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #97 of 324 31.8%60 #427
EngineeringField #2,248 of 6,636 20.2%176 #4334
Social SciencesField #2,274 of 6,365 28.7%223 #4205

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hawassa 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#368 #69
  2. Life Sciences#3,192 #1,361
  3. Physical Sciences#7,074 #2,831
  4. Health Sciences#5,026 #2,690
  5. Medicine#6,128 #2,790
  6. Social Sciences#5,018 #2,893
  7. Environmental Science#1,961 #987
  8. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#427 #97
  9. Engineering#4,334 #2,248
  10. Social Sciences#4,205 #2,274
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 Hawassa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 58.5 works10.0×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 37.4 works8.1×
  3. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 60.4 works5.3×
  4. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 43.4 works5.2×
← 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: 4.15× its world share, 386 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 176 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.40× its world share, 233 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 419 worksMedicineNursing: 4.73× its world share, 45 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.13× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 222 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hawassa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jay Brand, Adugna Tolera and Habtemariam Kassa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hawassa University.

  1. 1 Jay Brand Ethiopia · #325,157 worldwide 119 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Adugna Tolera Ethiopia · #455,302 worldwide 91 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Habtemariam Kassa Ethiopia · #589,565 worldwide 96 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Dong‐Gill Kim Ethiopia · #654,970 worldwide 88 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Baseem Khan Ethiopia · #845,869 worldwide 112 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Aberra Melesse Ethiopia · #873,923 worldwide 28 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Motuma Tolera Ethiopia · #881,247 worldwide 65 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Zebene Asfaw Ethiopia · #938,812 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Teklu Erkossa Ethiopia · #940,464 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Bereket Duko Ethiopia · #1,037,220 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hawassa University

Which keywords describe research at Hawassa University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Adaptation, Sustainable Agriculture, Land Use Change, Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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 Change187▲ 3.5×60 topics
  2. Sustainability150▲ 3.2×51 topics
  3. Epidemiology130▲ 1.68×99 topics
  4. Adaptation77▲ 14×7 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture73▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Land Use Change60▲ 10.0×7 topics
  7. Smallholder Farmers60▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Environmental Impact59▲ 1.76×44 topics
  9. Biodiversity Conservation56▲ 7.7×10 topics
  10. Renewable Energy54▲ 1.93×31 topics
  11. Livelihoods50▲ 72×2 topics
  12. Child Development47▲ 5.7×7 topics
  13. Maternal Mortality44▲ 10×5 topics
  14. Food Security44▲ 4.1×12 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity44▲ 5.1×18 topics
  16. Pastoralists43▲ 83×1 topic
  17. Rangeland Degradation43▲ 83×1 topic
  18. Rural Development40▲ 5.8×9 topics
  19. Social Networks36▲ 6.9×8 topics
  20. Global Burden of Disease36▲ 7.4×4 topics
  21. Community Health Workers35▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Health Inequalities35▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Maternal and Child Undernutrition34▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Water Sanitation Hygiene34▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Child Mortality32▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Health Systems32▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Services32▲ 4.2×10 topics
  28. Drought Tolerance30▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 8.6×6 topics
  30. Technology Adoption27▲ 8.0×3 topics
  31. Water Resources27▲ 5.7×6 topics
  32. Poverty Reduction27▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Agricultural Innovation26▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Livelihood Diversification26▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Agricultural Sustainability26▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Vulnerability26▲ 5.8×5 topics
  37. Soil Fertility24▲ 5.4×8 topics
  38. Gender Inequality23▲ 8.6×5 topics
  39. Nitrogen Fixation22▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Climate Resilience20▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Hawassa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 43 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 34 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…32Global Maternal and Child Health: 32 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…26Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 26 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 18 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 17 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…16Climate change impacts on agriculture: 16 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 14 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 14 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 14 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawNutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences5 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 43 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 34 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 32 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 26 works
  5. 5 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  6. 6 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 17 works
  7. 7 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 14 works
  9. 9 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  10. 10 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 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 available81.8%not open18.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hawassa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 144% 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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