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Researcher · Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research · Ethiopia

Alemu Tirfessa

Alemu Tirfessa publishes mostly in Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics, on topics such as Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Bioenergy crop production and management.

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World rank
#1,282,180
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ethiopia
#1,471
of 7,423
Works
47
Citations
571
Citations per work
12.1
h-index
12
i10-index 15Top 40% in Plant Science
Alemu Tirfessa

What does Alemu Tirfessa research?

Alemu Tirfessa's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (74%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Nursing (2%).

Life Sciences: 44 works · 92.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 works · 73.9% of their workPlant Science: 18 works · 38.6% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 13 works · 28.3% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 works · 3.9% of their workFood Science: 1 works · 3.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 works · 18.9% of their workGenetics: 9 works · 18.9% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 5.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 1.6% of their workNursing: 1 works · 1.6% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 works · 1.6% of their workTHEIR WORKAlemu Tirfessa47works
Life Sciences93%Health Sciences2%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3573.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology918.9%
  2. Everything else35.6%
    1. Nursing11.6%
  1. 1Plant Science39% of their works
  2. 2Agronomy and Crop Science28% of their works
  3. 3Genetics19% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works
  5. 5Food Science3% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alemu Tirfessa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Improvement, QTL Mapping, Genome-wide Association Studies, Quantitative Trait Loci, Sustainable Agriculture, Cultivar Evaluation, Genotype-by-Environment Interaction and Bioenergy Crops.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Improvement483 topics
  2. QTL Mapping292 topics
  3. Genome-wide Association Studies211 topic
  4. Quantitative Trait Loci211 topic
  5. Sustainable Agriculture212 topics
  6. Cultivar Evaluation191 topic
  7. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction191 topic
  8. Bioenergy Crops151 topic
  9. Switchgrass151 topic
  10. Maize Yield141 topic
  11. Nitrogen Uptake141 topic
  12. Water Management122 topics
  13. Drought Resistance81 topic
  14. Rice81 topic
  15. Agricultural Productivity61 topic
  16. Intercropping61 topic
  17. Agriculture41 topic
  18. Climate Change41 topic
  19. Buckwheat31 topic
  20. Quinoa31 topic

Where does Alemu Tirfessa work?

Alemu Tirfessa's main affiliation in the publication record is Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia.

How many publications and citations does Alemu Tirfessa have?

OpenAlex counts 47 works and 571 citations for Alemu Tirfessa, an h-index of 12, ranking #1,282,180 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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