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Research in Ho

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Ho, Ghana. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ho Technical University, University of Health and Allied Sciences and Nurses' Training College, Ho.

Research institutions
4
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.9k
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
11.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Ho

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Ho?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Health and Allied SciencesUniversity 1,865 #4,365
2Ho Technical UniversityUniversity 683 #4,298
3Nurses' Training College, HoUniversity 320 #11,794
4Evangelical Presbyterian University CollegeUniversity 49 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Health and Allied Sciences: 63.9%Ho Technical University: 23.4%Nurses' Training College, Ho: 11.0%Evangelical Presbyterian University College: 1.7%64%largest
University of Health and Allied Sciences1,865 · 63.9%Ho Technical University683 · 23.4%Nurses' Training College, Ho320 · 11.0%Evangelical Presbyterian University College49 · 1.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Ho work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Ho is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Social Sciences (11%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 752 fractional works · 47.3% of its workMedicine: 549 fractional works · 34.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 100 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 74 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 50 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 47 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 141 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 86 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 55 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 fractional works · 2.0% of its workResearch and Theory: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 416 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 173 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 52 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 86 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 74 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 42 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 213 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 105 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 38 fractional works · 2.4% of its workParasitology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 207 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEngineering: 56 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 52 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHo1,588fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine54934.6%
    2. Health Professions1418.9%
    3. Nursing553.4%
    4. Dentistry50.3%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Social Sciences17310.9%
    2. Psychology865.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting744.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance422.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities221.4%
    6. Decision Sciences191.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1056.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology513.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology382.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.7%
    5. Neuroscience90.6%
    1. Engineering563.5%
    2. Environmental Science523.2%
    3. Computer Science422.7%
    4. Chemistry181.1%
    5. Materials Science140.9%
    6. Mathematics120.7%
    7. Energy60.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ho strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ho is most concentrated in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (6.4× the world share in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health).

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 60.8 works6.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 89 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.34× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.81× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.02× its world share, 102 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.79× its world share, 440 worksMedicineNursing: 5.94× its world share, 37 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.58× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 68 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 139 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.94×37 works
  2. Health Professions3.02×102 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.34×30 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.81×8 works
  5. Medicine1.79×440 works
  6. Psychology1.75×68 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.58×65 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.47×89 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.37×38 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.30×16 works
  11. Social Sciences0.86×139 works
  12. Chemistry0.80×16 works
  13. Dentistry0.79×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.71×45 works
  15. Mathematics0.69×10 works
  16. Veterinary0.67×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×42 works
  18. Energy0.47×6 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.45×17 works
  20. Neuroscience0.35×7 works
  21. Computer Science0.35×35 works
  22. Engineering0.24×46 works
  23. Materials Science0.24×11 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.22×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×4 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.09×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Ho?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Socio-economic Factors, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Global Burden.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Epidemiology158▲ 2.5×114 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality64▲ 18×5 topics
  3. Public Health62▲ 2.7×49 topics
  4. Risk Factors60▲ 3.4×34 topics
  5. Community Health Workers55▲ 39×2 topics
  6. Health Inequalities54▲ 28×3 topics
  7. Socio-economic Factors53▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Child Mortality52▲ 46×1 topic
  9. Health Systems52▲ 46×1 topic
  10. Global Burden52▲ 6.0×12 topics
  11. Mental Health52▲ 2.3×38 topics
  12. Depression44▲ 3.2×22 topics
  13. Quality of Life44▲ 1.93×47 topics
  14. COVID-1944▲ 2.1×19 topics
  15. Job Satisfaction43▲ 6.1×12 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease41▲ 2.3×35 topics
  17. Vaccine Development33▲ 8.0×10 topics
  18. Child Development32▲ 4.8×7 topics
  19. Global Burden of Disease29▲ 7.4×4 topics
  20. Risk Perception28▲ 6.6×7 topics
  21. Primary Care26▲ 4.4×13 topics
  22. Anxiety25▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Maternal and Child Undernutrition22▲ 17×1 topic
  24. Water Sanitation Hygiene22▲ 17×1 topic
  25. Insecticide Resistance22▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Genome Sequence21▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Antiretroviral Therapy20▲ 7.9×6 topics
  28. HIV Prevention20▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Social Determinants of Health20▲ 5.8×5 topics
  30. Quality Improvement20▲ 6.4×8 topics
  31. Artemisinin Resistance19▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Plasmodium falciparum19▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Patient Outcomes19▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Adolescent Health19▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Mortality Rates19▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Helminth Infections19▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Clinical Practice18▲ 7.7×4 topics
  38. Sexual Behavior18▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Youth Risk Behavior18▲ 31×1 topic
  40. HIV Transmission17▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Ho?

Global Maternal and Chil…43Global Maternal and Child Health: 43 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…19Child Nutrition and Water Access: 19 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…15Malaria Research and Control: 15 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 14 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 11 fractional worksResearch studies in Vietnam: 11 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 10 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions5 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 43 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 19 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 14 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 11 works
  6. 6 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 11 works
  7. 7 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 10 works
  8. 8 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  10. 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Ho19.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.6% in 2023.

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