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International Water Management Institute

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,341
of 28,054 · #21,085 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#46
of 56
Research works
206
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
31.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What does International Water Management Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 26.4 works8.6×
← 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: 5.39× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.30× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.60× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 6.17× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Water Management Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, Tilahun Amede and Seleshi Bekele Awulachew lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Water Management Institute.

  1. 1 Alemseged Tamiru Haile Ethiopia · #353,004 worldwide 129 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Tilahun Amede Ethiopia · #584,558 worldwide 75 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Seleshi Bekele Awulachew Ethiopia · #624,509 worldwide 41 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Wolde Mekuria Ethiopia · #770,647 worldwide 102 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Alan Nicol Ethiopia · #1,131,225 worldwide 31 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Amare Haileslassie Ethiopia · #1,245,450 worldwide 31 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Fitsum Hagos Ethiopia · #1,353,527 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Petra Schmitter Ethiopia · #1,374,049 worldwide 47 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at International Water Management Institute

Which keywords describe research at International Water Management Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Water Resources, Land Use Change, Hydrological Modeling, Remote Sensing, Adaptation and Global Warming.

▲ 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 Change27▲ 16×26 topics
  2. Sustainability14▲ 9.2×16 topics
  3. Water Resources8▲ 56×4 topics
  4. Land Use Change8▲ 42×4 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling8▲ 52×5 topics
  6. Remote Sensing7▲ 9.5×11 topics
  7. Adaptation6▲ 32×4 topics
  8. Global Warming5▲ 21×4 topics
  9. Urbanization5▲ 18×3 topics
  10. System Dynamics4▲ 104×2 topics
  11. Reservoir Operation4▲ 181×1 topic
  12. Water Demand4▲ 181×1 topic
  13. Livelihoods4▲ 168×2 topics
  14. Sediment Transport4▲ 36×3 topics
  15. Food Security4▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Model Evaluation4▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 25×4 topics
  18. Global Hydrology3▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Uncertainty Assessment3▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Agriculture3▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Social Networks3▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Vulnerability3▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Pastoralists3▲ 185×1 topic
  25. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 185×1 topic
  26. Risk Perception3▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Flood Risk3▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Surface Water Mapping3▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Soil Degradation3▲ 82×2 topics
  31. Drought3▲ 45×3 topics
  32. Policy3▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Rural Development2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Agricultural Sustainability2▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Sediment Transport Models2▲ 101×1 topic
  36. Soil Erosion2▲ 101×1 topic
  37. Water Management2▲ 28×2 topics
  38. GIS2▲ 47×2 topics
  39. Technology Adoption2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Water2▲ 60×2 topics

Which research topics does International Water Management Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Water resources management and optimization, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Water resources manageme…4Water resources management and optimization: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …3Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 3 fractional worksRangeland Management and…3Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…3Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus …2Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…2Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksClimate variability and …2Climate variability and models: 2 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 2 works
  6. 6 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  7. 7 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models 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 available60.4%not open39.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.4%domestic only43.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Water Management Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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