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Woldia University

In research, Woldia University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,732 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,200 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,808 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics and Nursing — Nutrition and Dietetics is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,092
of 28,054 · #10,270 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#18
of 56
Research works
1.2k
▲ 1147% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Woldia 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 #1,732 of 11,982 32.8%285 #4727
MedicineField #2,200 of 10,443 33.0%222 #6008
Social SciencesDomain #2,808 of 10,521 41.0%170 #5682
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,147 of 3,409 26.3%69 #2414
Life SciencesDomain #2,988 of 7,800 26.8%111 #7437
Social SciencesField #3,168 of 6,365 37.2%77 #5317
Physical SciencesDomain #7,797 of 12,888 20.5%142 #14701

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Woldia 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#4,727 #1,732
  2. Medicine#6,008 #2,200
  3. Social Sciences#5,682 #2,808
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,414 #1,147
  5. Life Sciences#7,437 #2,988
  6. Social Sciences#5,317 #3,168
  7. Physical Sciences#14,701 #7,797
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 Woldia University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 23.1 works7.6×
  2. NursingField · 25.4 works7.3×
← 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: 2.06× its world share, 69 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.52× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 222 worksMedicineNursing: 7.31× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.28× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Woldia University?

Ranked on the composite score, Biruk Beletew Abate lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Woldia University.

  1. 1 Biruk Beletew Abate · #599,600 worldwide 52 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Woldia University

Which keywords describe research at Woldia University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Child Development, Health Inequalities, Socio-economic Factors, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology69▲ 2.5×81 topics
  2. Climate Change37▲ 1.96×42 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality31▲ 20×5 topics
  4. Child Development27▲ 9.1×4 topics
  5. Sustainability27▲ 1.56×35 topics
  6. Health Inequalities26▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Public Health24▲ 2.3×30 topics
  8. Socio-economic Factors23▲ 29×2 topics
  9. Child Mortality23▲ 46×1 topic
  10. Health Systems23▲ 46×1 topic
  11. Remote Sensing22▲ 2.5×17 topics
  12. Mental Health21▲ 2.1×19 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy21▲ 18×6 topics
  14. Risk Factors20▲ 2.6×23 topics
  15. Global Burden of Disease20▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Maternal and Child Undernutrition19▲ 33×1 topic
  17. Water Sanitation Hygiene19▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.3×25 topics
  19. Global Burden17▲ 4.5×11 topics
  20. Drug Resistance15▲ 7.5×7 topics
  21. Vaccine13▲ 4.5×10 topics
  22. Conflict13▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Mortality Rates12▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 5.2×8 topics
  25. GIS11▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Land Use Change11▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Adaptation11▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. HIV Transmission11▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Risk Perception10▲ 5.3×4 topics
  30. Smallholder Farmers10▲ 6.4×4 topics
  31. HIV Infection10▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Viral Load10▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Preexposure Prophylaxis9▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Stigma and Discrimination9▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Eritrea9▲ 89×1 topic
  36. Ethiopia9▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Chronic Disease9▲ 7.2×4 topics
  38. Poverty Reduction9▲ 9.5×5 topics
  39. Maternal Outcomes8▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Perinatal Outcomes8▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Woldia University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and African history and culture analysis.

Global Maternal and Chil…23Global Maternal and Child Health: 23 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 19 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 9 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 7 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 7 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 7 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 5 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsInfectious DiseasesPolitical Science and International Relations6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 23 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 19 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 9 works
  4. 4 African history and culture analysisPolitical Science and International Relations 9 works
  5. 5 Rangeland Management and Livestock EcologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  6. 6 Groundwater and Watershed AnalysisEnvironmental Engineering 7 works
  7. 7 Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsObstetrics and Gynecology 7 works
  8. 8 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthGeneral Health Professions 6 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Innovations and PracticesGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and DisordersHematology 5 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 available87.1%not open12.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Woldia University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1147% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.