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Wollega University

In research, Wollega University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#476 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,680 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,734 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Nursing and Nutrition and Dietetics — Soil Science is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,172
of 28,054 · #9,197 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#19
of 56
Research works
2k
▲ 224% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Wollega 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #476 of 3,409 19.7%120 #1147
Health SciencesDomain #2,680 of 11,982 18.9%259 #5849
Physical SciencesDomain #4,734 of 12,888 22.0%341 #9490
Life SciencesDomain #2,880 of 7,800 19.1%160 #5309
MedicineField #4,175 of 10,443 18.1%190 #6739
Environmental ScienceField #1,912 of 3,551 23.5%104 #3499
Social SciencesDomain #6,073 of 10,521 19.3%139 #11466
EngineeringField #4,172 of 6,636 20.0%108 #8295
Social SciencesField #5,274 of 6,365 14.2%61 #8710

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wollega 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,147 #476
  2. Health Sciences#5,849 #2,680
  3. Physical Sciences#9,490 #4,734
  4. Life Sciences#5,309 #2,880
  5. Medicine#6,739 #4,175
  6. Environmental Science#3,499 #1,912
  7. Social Sciences#11,466 #6,073
  8. Engineering#8,295 #4,172
  9. Social Sciences#8,710 #5,274
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 Wollega University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 20.3 works7.5×
  2. NursingField · 31.5 works7.2×
  3. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 27.2 works7.1×
← 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: 2.81× its world share, 120 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 108 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.32× its world share, 104 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.94× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 7.15× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.82× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wollega University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ginenus Fekadu, Balachandra Pattanaik and Mitiku Badasa Moisa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wollega University.

  1. 1 Ginenus Fekadu Ethiopia · #68,074 worldwide 458 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Balachandra Pattanaik Ethiopia · #1,317,643 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Mitiku Badasa Moisa Ethiopia · #1,502,131 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Wollega University

Which keywords describe research at Wollega University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Maternal Mortality, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Child Development, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers and Adaptation.

▲ 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 Change61▲ 2.5×43 topics
  2. Epidemiology60▲ 1.67×71 topics
  3. Sustainability49▲ 2.2×35 topics
  4. Remote Sensing30▲ 2.7×17 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality29▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Child Development26▲ 7.0×3 topics
  7. Health Inequalities24▲ 23×3 topics
  8. Environmental Impact24▲ 1.58×29 topics
  9. Public Health23▲ 1.77×34 topics
  10. Community Health Workers23▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Adaptation22▲ 8.7×6 topics
  12. Child Mortality22▲ 35×1 topic
  13. Health Systems22▲ 35×1 topic
  14. Land Use Change22▲ 8.0×6 topics
  15. Global Burden of Disease22▲ 9.9×3 topics
  16. Maternal and Child Undernutrition21▲ 28×1 topic
  17. Water Sanitation Hygiene21▲ 28×1 topic
  18. Sustainable Agriculture20▲ 6.9×11 topics
  19. Infectious Diseases20▲ 6.7×9 topics
  20. Nanomaterials20▲ 2.0×14 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation19▲ 5.7×10 topics
  22. Vaccine17▲ 4.7×10 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity16▲ 4.0×16 topics
  24. Smallholder Farmers16▲ 7.9×5 topics
  25. Livelihoods14▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy13▲ 9.2×6 topics
  27. GIS13▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Population Dynamics13▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Ecological Knowledge13▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Pastoralists13▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Rangeland Degradation13▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Drought Tolerance12▲ 9.6×7 topics
  33. Social Networks12▲ 5.0×6 topics
  34. Spatial Patterns11▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Mathematical Modeling11▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Gender Inequality11▲ 8.7×3 topics
  37. Disease Transmission11▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Epidemic Models11▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Stochastic Differential Equations11▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Poverty Reduction10▲ 8.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Wollega 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 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 22 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 21 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 13 fractional worksMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 11 fractional worksSoil and Land Suitability Analysis: 8 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 7 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 7 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 6 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 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 22 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 21 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 13 works
  4. 4 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  5. 5 Soil and Land Suitability Analysis Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 7 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 6 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 available87.0%not open13.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wollega University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 224% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.