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Madda Walabu University

In research, Madda Walabu University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,474 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#4,241 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,799 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,575
of 28,054 · #16,573 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#30
of 56
Research works
928
▲ 230% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is Madda Walabu 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,474 of 11,982 24.4%142 #9991
MedicineField #4,241 of 10,443 23.4%107 #10946
Life SciencesDomain #4,799 of 7,800 23.1%60 #8709
Social SciencesDomain #7,464 of 10,521 25.6%66 #12630
Physical SciencesDomain #9,689 of 12,888 18.5%66 #17521

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Madda Walabu 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. Health Sciences#9,991 #3,474
  2. Medicine#10,946 #4,241
  3. Life Sciences#8,709 #4,799
  4. Social Sciences#12,630 #7,464
  5. Physical Sciences#17,521 #9,689
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.

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: 2.86× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.92× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.30× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.67× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 9.41× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Madda Walabu University?

Ranked on the composite score, Biniyam Sahiledengle and Yohannes Tekalegn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Madda Walabu University.

  1. 1 Biniyam Sahiledengle Ethiopia · #481,454 worldwide 45 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Yohannes Tekalegn Ethiopia · #603,961 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Madda Walabu University

Which keywords describe research at Madda Walabu University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Child Development, Maternal Mortality, Epidemiology, Health Inequalities, Global Burden of Disease, Maternal and Child Undernutrition and Water Sanitation Hygiene.

▲ 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 Change32▲ 3.5×32 topics
  2. Epidemiology29▲ 2.2×69 topics
  3. Sustainability20▲ 2.5×21 topics
  4. Child Development18▲ 13×5 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality16▲ 22×5 topics
  6. Health Inequalities14▲ 35×3 topics
  7. Global Burden of Disease14▲ 17×3 topics
  8. Maternal and Child Undernutrition13▲ 48×1 topic
  9. Water Sanitation Hygiene13▲ 48×1 topic
  10. Adaptation13▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Child Mortality13▲ 54×1 topic
  12. Health Systems13▲ 54×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 11×9 topics
  14. Environmental Impact11▲ 1.94×26 topics
  15. Smallholder Farmers11▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Mental Health9▲ 1.92×16 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 7.4×8 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.5×22 topics
  19. Global Burden9▲ 5.0×11 topics
  20. Land Use Change9▲ 8.5×5 topics
  21. Depression9▲ 2.9×11 topics
  22. Risk Factors8▲ 2.2×19 topics
  23. Livelihoods8▲ 68×2 topics
  24. Pastoralists7▲ 82×1 topic
  25. Rangeland Degradation7▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Hydrological Modeling7▲ 8.7×5 topics
  27. Food Security6▲ 3.5×9 topics
  28. Water Resources6▲ 7.7×5 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants6▲ 4.5×6 topics
  30. Social Networks6▲ 6.5×3 topics
  31. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 10×6 topics
  32. Agroforestry6▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Chronic Disease5▲ 9.2×3 topics
  34. Psychological Distress5▲ 6.1×3 topics
  35. Conflict5▲ 9.4×3 topics
  36. Technology Adoption5▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Water Management5▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Agricultural Innovation5▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Livelihood Diversification5▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Climate Resilience5▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Madda Walabu University publish most on?

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

Child Nutrition and Wate…13Child Nutrition and Water Access: 13 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…13Global Maternal and Child Health: 13 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 7 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 5 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 4 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 3 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 13 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 13 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 works
  5. 5 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 4 works
  6. 6 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  7. 7 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 3 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 available88.3%not open11.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Madda Walabu University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 230% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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.

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.