Jigjiga University
In research, Jigjiga University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,882 of 9,902 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,076 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,225 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics and Nursing (Nutrition and Dietetics is 9.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,946 of 22,385 · #6,536 all time
- Rank in Ethiopia
- #25 of 55
- Research works
- 997 ▲ 160% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 8.9k 8.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 13.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.17× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 88% world 40%
- International
- 20% world 18%
What is Jigjiga University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,882 of 9,902 | 13.2% | 220 | #6263 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #2,076 of 6,403 | 12.9% | 152 | #4237 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #1,225 of 3,157 | 13.5% | 116 | #2199 | |
| MedicineField | #3,348 of 8,541 | 13.2% | 161 | #7115 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #5,960 of 9,585 | 13.3% | 103 | #9120 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #7,687 of 10,670 | 12.5% | 103 | #9480 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jigjiga 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#6,263 #2,882
- Life Sciences#4,237 #2,076
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,199 #1,225
- Medicine#7,115 #3,348
- Social Sciences#9,120 #5,960
- Physical Sciences#9,480 #7,687
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Jigjiga University work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research at Jigjiga University is in Health Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (20%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences24637.3%
- Medicine18127.4%
- Health Professions304.5%
- Nursing284.2%
- Veterinary71.0%
- Dentistry10.2%
- Life Sciences17726.8%
- Social Sciences12018.2%
- Social Sciences6710.2%
- Psychology182.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting142.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.1%
- Arts and Humanities40.7%
- Decision Sciences30.4%
- Physical Sciences11717.7%
- Environmental Science558.4%
- Engineering233.5%
- Computer Science162.4%
- Materials Science71.1%
- Chemistry50.8%
- Mathematics40.6%
- Energy20.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
- Physics and Astronomy10.2%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
What does Jigjiga University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 26.7 works9.5×
- NursingField · 27.8 works8.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Nursing8.60×28 works
- Veterinary7.39×7 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.28×134 works
- Immunology and Microbiology2.59×17 works
- Health Professions1.70×30 works
- Environmental Science1.68×55 works
- Medicine1.43×181 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×14 works
- Psychology0.88×18 works
- Social Sciences0.81×67 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.66×14 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×23 works
- Mathematics0.53×4 works
- Chemistry0.51×5 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×1 works
- Decision Sciences0.46×3 works
- Chemical Engineering0.42×1 works
- Energy0.41×2 works
- Dentistry0.34×1 works
- Computer Science0.31×16 works
- Materials Science0.30×7 works
- Engineering0.23×23 works
- Arts and Humanities0.23×4 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×2 works
- Neuroscience0.15×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
- Nursing 8.6×
- Veterinary 7.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 2.6×
- Health Professions 1.7×
- Environmental Science 1.7×
- Medicine 1.4×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.0×
- Psychology 0.9×
- Social Sciences 0.8×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Mathematics 0.5×
- Chemistry 0.5×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.5×
- Decision Sciences 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.4×
- Energy 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.3×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Jigjiga University?
Ranked on the quality score, Abdiwahab Hashi, Muktar Omer Omer and Anbissa Muleta Senbeta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jigjiga University.
- 1
Abdiwahab Hashi
Ethiopia · #60,034 worldwide 40k citations · 37 works
- 2
Muktar Omer Omer
Ethiopia · #253,223 worldwide 32k citations · 18 works
- 3
Anbissa Muleta Senbeta
Ethiopia · #558,586 worldwide 33k citations · 18 works
- 4
Daniel Adane Endalew
Ethiopia · #951,079 worldwide 3.6k citations · 19 works
- 5
Getu Alemayehu
Ethiopia · #988,944 worldwide 199 citations · 15 works
- 6
Aderaw Anteneh Belew
Ethiopia · #1,014,657 worldwide 232 citations · 16 works
- 7
Alinoor Mohamed Farah
Ethiopia · #1,412,493 worldwide 411 citations · 39 works
- 8
Samatar Abshir Mahamed
Ethiopia · #1,721,828 worldwide 702 citations · 31 works
- 9
Solomon Yared
Ethiopia · #1,735,854 worldwide 1.5k citations · 71 works
- 10
Tahir Yousuf Nour
Ethiopia · #1,813,598 worldwide 406 citations · 24 works
Which keywords describe research at Jigjiga University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Child Development, Adaptation, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Global Burden of Disease and Health Benefits.
- Conflict
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Drug Resistance
- Child Mortality
- Genetics
- Camel Milk
- Genomic
- Immune Response
- Vaccine
- Pastoralists
- Biodiversity
- Lactoferrin
- Genetic Diversity
- Smallholder Farmers
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition
- Health Benefits
- Antioxidant
- Adaptation
- Child Development
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Global Burden of Disease
- Maternal Mortality
- Water Sanitation Hygiene
- Diabetes
- Diagnosis
- Livelihoods
- Health Inequalities
- Rangeland Degradation
- Proteins
- Pathogenesis
- Therapeutic
- Nutritional
- Community Health Workers
- Health Systems
- Social Networks
- Antimicrobial Resistance
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
- Epidemiology66▲ 2.5×86 topics
- Climate Change48▲ 2.7×42 topics
- Sustainability37▲ 2.3×29 topics
- Child Development25▲ 9.2×5 topics
- Public Health24▲ 2.5×36 topics
- Adaptation22▲ 11×7 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture21▲ 10×10 topics
- Antioxidant20▲ 4.4×20 topics
- Global Burden of Disease19▲ 12×3 topics
- Health Benefits19▲ 8.7×10 topics
- Maternal Mortality19▲ 13×5 topics
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition19▲ 35×1 topic
- Water Sanitation Hygiene19▲ 35×1 topic
- Smallholder Farmers18▲ 13×5 topics
- Diabetes18▲ 5.5×8 topics
- Genetic Diversity17▲ 6.0×16 topics
- Diagnosis17▲ 2.8×25 topics
- Lactoferrin17▲ 63×2 topics
- Livelihoods16▲ 72×2 topics
- Biodiversity16▲ 3.2×15 topics
- Health Inequalities15▲ 19×3 topics
- Pastoralists15▲ 90×1 topic
- Rangeland Degradation15▲ 90×1 topic
- Vaccine15▲ 5.7×10 topics
- Proteins15▲ 25×2 topics
- Immune Response14▲ 3.8×14 topics
- Pathogenesis14▲ 4.3×15 topics
- Genomic14▲ 55×2 topics
- Therapeutic14▲ 23×3 topics
- Camel Milk14▲ 154×1 topic
- Nutritional14▲ 154×1 topic
- Genetics14▲ 3.0×13 topics
- Community Health Workers13▲ 22×2 topics
- Child Mortality13▲ 27×1 topic
- Health Systems13▲ 27×1 topic
- Drug Resistance12▲ 6.5×7 topics
- Social Networks11▲ 6.4×6 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 4.5×8 topics
- Antimicrobial Resistance11▲ 8.1×7 topics
- Conflict9▲ 8.5×4 topics
Which research topics does Jigjiga University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Animal Diversity and Health Studies and Global Maternal and Child Health.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 19 works
- 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 15 works
- 3 Animal Diversity and Health Studies Food Science 14 works
- 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 13 works
- 5 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 8 works
- 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
- 7 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 7 works
- 8 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
- 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 6 works
- 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 5 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Jigjiga University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 160% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Jigjiga University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0030% in 2024.
Fractional works of Jigjiga University 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 2016.
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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