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Wolaita Sodo University

In research, Wolaita Sodo University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,495 of 11,982 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#430 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,377 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Nursing — Soil Science is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,236
of 28,054 · #8,745 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#12
of 56
Research works
2.2k
▲ 422% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

What is Wolaita Sodo 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 #1,495 of 11,982 26.0%365 #4377
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #430 of 3,409 30.1%199 #1411
Life SciencesDomain #2,377 of 7,800 26.7%253 #5887
MedicineField #3,380 of 10,443 24.7%277 #7706
Physical SciencesDomain #5,042 of 12,888 21.7%228 #9916
Social SciencesDomain #4,729 of 10,521 28.6%120 #9295
Environmental ScienceField #1,712 of 3,551 25.6%106 #3786
Plant ScienceSubfield #915 of 1,395 27.8%70 #2184

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wolaita Sodo 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#4,377 #1,495
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,411 #430
  3. Life Sciences#5,887 #2,377
  4. Medicine#7,706 #3,380
  5. Physical Sciences#9,916 #5,042
  6. Social Sciences#9,295 #4,729
  7. Environmental Science#3,786 #1,712
  8. Plant Science#2,184 #915
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 Wolaita Sodo University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 30.6 works11×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 21.9 works9.6×
  3. NursingField · 31.2 works6.6×
← 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: 4.33× its world share, 199 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.34× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.21× its world share, 106 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 278 worksMedicineNursing: 6.59× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.29× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wolaita Sodo University?

Ranked on the composite score, Azamal Husen, Haben Fesseha and Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wolaita Sodo University.

  1. 1 Azamal Husen Ethiopia · #647,259 worldwide 180 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Haben Fesseha Ethiopia · #1,018,546 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu Ethiopia · #1,441,780 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Wolaita Sodo University

Which keywords describe research at Wolaita Sodo University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Sustainable Agriculture, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Socio-economic Factors and Child Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology85▲ 2.2×93 topics
  2. Climate Change85▲ 3.3×53 topics
  3. Sustainability49▲ 2.1×33 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality40▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture35▲ 11×11 topics
  6. Health Inequalities34▲ 29×2 topics
  7. Community Health Workers32▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Socio-economic Factors32▲ 30×2 topics
  9. Child Mortality32▲ 47×1 topic
  10. Health Systems32▲ 47×1 topic
  11. Public Health31▲ 2.2×35 topics
  12. Adaptation30▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Smallholder Farmers28▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Child Development28▲ 6.9×4 topics
  15. Risk Factors27▲ 2.5×25 topics
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy26▲ 17×6 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 2.4×26 topics
  18. Food Security26▲ 4.8×12 topics
  19. Land Use Change24▲ 8.2×6 topics
  20. Global Burden of Disease23▲ 9.8×4 topics
  21. Social Networks23▲ 9.1×3 topics
  22. Genetics22▲ 3.3×15 topics
  23. Maternal and Child Undernutrition22▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Water Sanitation Hygiene22▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Genetic Diversity21▲ 4.9×18 topics
  26. Drug Resistance19▲ 7.1×7 topics
  27. Livelihoods19▲ 57×2 topics
  28. Rural Development18▲ 5.5×6 topics
  29. Ecological Knowledge18▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Pastoralists18▲ 70×1 topic
  31. Rangeland Degradation18▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Technology Adoption16▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. Agricultural Innovation16▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Livelihood Diversification16▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Drought Tolerance15▲ 11×8 topics
  36. Mortality Rates15▲ 16×2 topics
  37. HIV Transmission14▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Soil Fertility14▲ 6.5×7 topics
  39. Vulnerability14▲ 6.4×6 topics
  40. Maternal Outcomes13▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Wolaita Sodo University publish most on?

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

Global Maternal and Chil…32Global Maternal and Child Health: 32 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 22 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 18 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 16 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 12 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…11Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 11 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 10 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 8 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 8 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 32 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 22 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 12 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 11 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 10 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 8 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  10. 10 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 8 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 available89.4%not open10.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wolaita Sodo University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 422% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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.