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Water and Land Resource Centre

In research, Water and Land Resource Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,132 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,147
of 22,385 · #29,350 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#53
of 55
Research works
209
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Water and Land Resource Centre

What is Water and Land Resource Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #10,132 of 10,670 11.3%65 #15696

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Water and Land Resource Centre 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 fields of science does Water and Land Resource Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Water and Land Resource Centre is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (52%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 62.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 62 fractional works · 51.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 17 fractional works · 14.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 15.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWater and LandResource Centre119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences6%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science6251.6%
    2. Engineering65.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences64.8%
    4. Computer Science10.5%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Energy00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Medicine108.6%
    2. Nursing76.0%
    3. Health Professions11.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1613.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Social Sciences54.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.82× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.05× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.39× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 12.16× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing12.16×7 works
  2. Environmental Science10.39×62 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.05×6 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.82×16 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×1 works
  6. Medicine0.45×10 works
  7. Energy0.43×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.42×1 works
  9. Veterinary0.41×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.35×5 works
  11. Engineering0.34×6 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×1 works
  13. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.26×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.19×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  21. Psychology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Water and Land Resource Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Gete Zeleke, Tena Alamirew and Zeleke Agide Dejen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Water and Land Resource Centre.

  1. 1 Gete Zeleke Ethiopia · #267,610 worldwide 4.9k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Tena Alamirew Ethiopia · #1,354,910 worldwide 3.9k citations · 168 works
  3. 3 Zeleke Agide Dejen Ethiopia · #3,251,664 worldwide 162 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Ephrem Tesema Ethiopia · #3,921,786 worldwide 84 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Yosef Abebe Ethiopia · #4,873,751 worldwide 250 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Water and Land Resource Centre

What are the most cited papers from Water and Land Resource Centre?

The most cited paper from Water and Land Resource Centre is "Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world" (David Ellison et al., 2017), with 1,216 citations. Next come "Ten facts about land systems for sustainability" (447) and "Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes" (339).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world David Ellison et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access 9 Feb 2017 1,216
2 Ten facts about land systems for sustainability Patrick Meyfroidt et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 7 Feb 2022 447
3 Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes Jennyfer Wolf et al. · The Lancet Open access Jun 2023 339
4 Direct and indirect effects of invasive species: Biodiversity loss is a major mechanism by which an invasive tree affects ecosystem functioning Theo Edmund Werner Linders, Urs Schaffner, René Eschen et al. · Journal of Ecology Open access 13 Aug 2019 287
5 Implications of land use/land cover dynamics and Prosopis invasion on ecosystem service values in Afar Region, Ethiopia Hailu Shiferaw, Woldeamlak Bewket, Tena Alamirew et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 17 Apr 2019 211
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Water and Land Resource Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Land Use Change, Hydrological Modeling, Water Resources, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Sediment Transport and Model Evaluation.

▲ 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-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
  1. Climate Change41▲ 13×38 topics
  2. Land Use Change16▲ 45×5 topics
  3. Sustainability16▲ 5.3×15 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling15▲ 53×5 topics
  5. Water Resources15▲ 52×7 topics
  6. Remote Sensing15▲ 10×14 topics
  7. Environmental Impact9▲ 4.5×17 topics
  8. Sediment Transport8▲ 45×3 topics
  9. Model Evaluation8▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Global Hydrology8▲ 101×1 topic
  11. Uncertainty Assessment8▲ 101×1 topic
  12. Global Warming8▲ 15×8 topics
  13. Urbanization8▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Child Development7▲ 14×1 topic
  16. Maternal and Child Undernutrition7▲ 71×1 topic
  17. Risk Perception6▲ 20×5 topics
  18. Water Quality6▲ 13×8 topics
  19. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 12×7 topics
  20. GIS5▲ 58×2 topics
  21. Flood Risk5▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Flood Inundation Modeling5▲ 54×1 topic
  23. Surface Water Mapping5▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Adaptation5▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Drought4▲ 37×3 topics
  26. System Dynamics4▲ 64×2 topics
  27. Groundwater Potential4▲ 136×1 topic
  28. Machine Learning Models4▲ 136×1 topic
  29. Reservoir Operation4▲ 112×1 topic
  30. Water Demand4▲ 112×1 topic
  31. Agricultural Sustainability4▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Eutrophication4▲ 29×4 topics
  33. Multivariate Statistical Techniques4▲ 78×1 topic
  34. Water Quality Index4▲ 78×1 topic
  35. Sediment Transport Models4▲ 81×1 topic
  36. Soil Erosion4▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Toxicity4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  38. Livelihoods3▲ 80×2 topics
  39. Vulnerability3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Evapotranspiration3▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Water and Land Resource Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Water resources management and optimization.

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 8 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 7 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…5Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 5 fractional worksWater resources manageme…4Water resources management and optimization: 4 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 4 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 4 fractional worksSoil erosion and sedimen…4Soil erosion and sediment transport: 4 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 3 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyNutrition and DieteticsGlobal and Planetary ChangeOcean Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  4. 4 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 4 works
  7. 7 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 4 works
  8. 8 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available72.5%not open27.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.2%domestic only49.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Water and Land Resource Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Water and Land Resource Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Water and Land Resource Centre0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Water and Land Resource Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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