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Wolkite University

In research, Wolkite University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,282 of 11,982 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,409 of 3,409 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,486 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,363
of 28,054 · #15,219 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#29
of 56
Research works
1.2k
▲ 910% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Wolkite 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 #4,282 of 11,982 26.0%191 #9753
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,409 of 3,409 20.2%87 #2733
MedicineField #4,486 of 10,443 26.4%151 #9704
Physical SciencesDomain #7,306 of 12,888 13.3%174 #12981
Social SciencesDomain #6,541 of 10,521 27.4%92 #10603
Life SciencesDomain #4,977 of 7,800 19.8%108 #10401

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wolkite 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#9,753 #4,282
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,733 #1,409
  3. Medicine#9,704 #4,486
  4. Physical Sciences#12,981 #7,306
  5. Social Sciences#10,603 #6,541
  6. Life Sciences#10,401 #4,977
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 Wolkite University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 25.1 works6.0×
← 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: 3.24× its world share, 87 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.03× its world share, 57 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.15× its world share, 23 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.53× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 151 worksMedicineNursing: 5.67× its world share, 16 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wolkite University?

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

▲ 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 Change42▲ 2.7×42 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality26▲ 21×5 topics
  3. Sustainability26▲ 1.86×32 topics
  4. Epidemiology25◆ 1.14×63 topics
  5. Child Development18▲ 7.8×4 topics
  6. Health Inequalities18▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Socio-economic Factors17▲ 27×2 topics
  8. Child Mortality17▲ 42×1 topic
  9. Health Systems17▲ 42×1 topic
  10. Inflammation17▲ 1.44×27 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture15▲ 8.6×10 topics
  12. Adaptation14▲ 8.4×6 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.1×22 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications13▲ 1.91×19 topics
  15. Remote Sensing12▲ 1.75×20 topics
  16. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 9.5×4 topics
  17. Global Burden of Disease12▲ 8.2×3 topics
  18. Maternal and Child Undernutrition11▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Water Sanitation Hygiene11▲ 24×1 topic
  20. Antioxidant10▲ 2.7×23 topics
  21. Poverty Reduction10▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Land Use Change10▲ 5.7×5 topics
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy10▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Livelihoods10▲ 48×2 topics
  25. Maternal Outcomes9▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Perinatal Outcomes9▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Genetic Diversity8▲ 3.4×15 topics
  28. Pastoralists8▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Rangeland Degradation8▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Pregnancy8▲ 6.7×8 topics
  31. Drought Tolerance7▲ 9.2×6 topics
  32. Entanglement7▲ 8.8×4 topics
  33. Global Trends7▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Social Networks7▲ 4.8×3 topics
  35. Risk Perception7▲ 4.7×4 topics
  36. Gender Inequality7▲ 9.0×6 topics
  37. Eutrophication6▲ 11×4 topics
  38. GIS6▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Cesarean Section6▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Vaginal Birth6▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Wolkite 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 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Global Maternal and Chil…17Global Maternal and Child Health: 17 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 11 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 8 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 5 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 5 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 4 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawObstetrics and Gynecology5 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 17 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 11 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 6 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 5 works
  9. 9 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  10. 10 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 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 available86.5%not open13.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wolkite University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 910% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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.