Science Explorer Interactive view Map
University · Jijiga · Ethiopia

Jigjiga University

In research, Jigjiga University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#920 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,553 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,172 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics and Nursing — Nutrition and Dietetics is 9.8× its share of world research.

jju.edu.etROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#5,111
of 28,054 · #13,304 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#23
of 56
Research works
997
▲ 187% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.9k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is Jigjiga 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 #920 of 3,409 19.9%116 #2256
Health SciencesDomain #4,553 of 11,982 20.3%220 #11293
Life SciencesDomain #3,172 of 7,800 19.4%152 #7759
MedicineField #4,755 of 10,443 20.7%161 #11295
Physical SciencesDomain #6,121 of 12,888 23.0%103 #13102
Social SciencesDomain #5,807 of 10,521 24.2%103 #11411

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 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#2,256 #920
  2. Health Sciences#11,293 #4,553
  3. Life Sciences#7,759 #3,172
  4. Medicine#11,295 #4,755
  5. Physical Sciences#13,102 #6,121
  6. Social Sciences#11,411 #5,807
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 Jigjiga University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 24.3 works9.8×
  2. NursingField · 25.1 works8.9×
← 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: 4.21× its world share, 116 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.45× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 8.88× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.21× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Jigjiga University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Child Development, Adaptation, Sustainable Agriculture, Health Benefits, Sustainability and Global Burden of Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology59▲ 2.6×82 topics
  2. Climate Change41▲ 2.7×40 topics
  3. Sustainability32▲ 2.3×28 topics
  4. Child Development22▲ 9.2×5 topics
  5. Public Health21▲ 2.5×34 topics
  6. Adaptation20▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Antioxidant19▲ 4.8×19 topics
  8. Sustainable Agriculture18▲ 10×10 topics
  9. Health Benefits18▲ 9.5×10 topics
  10. Diabetes18▲ 6.2×8 topics
  11. Global Burden of Disease17▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality17▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Maternal and Child Undernutrition17▲ 35×1 topic
  14. Water Sanitation Hygiene17▲ 35×1 topic
  15. Lactoferrin16▲ 69×2 topics
  16. Smallholder Farmers16▲ 13×5 topics
  17. Diagnosis15▲ 2.8×22 topics
  18. Livelihoods15▲ 71×2 topics
  19. Biodiversity14▲ 3.3×15 topics
  20. Proteins14▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity14▲ 5.6×16 topics
  22. Therapeutic14▲ 26×3 topics
  23. Genomic14▲ 60×2 topics
  24. Camel Milk14▲ 165×1 topic
  25. Health Inequalities14▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Nutritional14▲ 165×1 topic
  27. Pastoralists14▲ 89×1 topic
  28. Rangeland Degradation14▲ 89×1 topic
  29. Genetics13▲ 3.3×13 topics
  30. Pathogenesis12▲ 4.0×15 topics
  31. Immune Response12▲ 3.5×14 topics
  32. Vaccine12▲ 5.0×10 topics
  33. Child Mortality11▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Health Systems11▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Drug Resistance11▲ 6.8×6 topics
  36. Social Networks10▲ 6.5×6 topics
  37. Antimicrobial Resistance10▲ 8.6×7 topics
  38. Competency-Based Education8▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Conflict8▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Chronic Disease8▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Jigjiga University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Animal Diversity and Health Studies, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Child Nutrition and Water Access: 17 fractional worksAnimal Diversity and Health Studies: 14 fractional worksRangeland Management and…14Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 14 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…11Global Maternal and Child Health: 11 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…8Higher Education Learning Practices: 8 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…6Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…6African history and culture analysis: 6 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 5 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 5 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 4 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsFood ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 17 works
  2. 2 Animal Diversity and Health Studies Food Science 14 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 8 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  7. 7 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 5 works
  9. 9 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 4 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 available87.5%not open12.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jigjiga University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 187% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.