Question 1

What is Jigjiga University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Jigjiga University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Jigjiga University ranks #3,946 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#6,536 all time), and #25 of 55 in Ethiopia.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Jigjiga University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Abdiwahab Hashi, Muktar Omer Omer and Anbissa Muleta Senbeta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jigjiga University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Jigjiga University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Jigjiga University is "Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study" (Jaimie D Steinmetz et al., 2020), with 3,188 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national burden of Parkinson's disease, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016" (2,874) and "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762).

Question 5

Which research topics does Jigjiga University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Jigjiga University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Jigjiga University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Jigjiga University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 160% higher than in 2018-2021.