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Research in Koforidua

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Koforidua, Ghana. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Koforidua Technical University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
648
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
9.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Koforidua

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 Koforidua?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Koforidua Technical UniversityUniversity 555 #7,338

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.

Which fields of science does Koforidua work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Koforidua is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (23%), Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 160 fractional works · 51.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 70 fractional works · 22.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 88 fractional works · 28.2% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 8.6% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 7.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKoforidua311fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences51%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting7022.5%
    2. Social Sciences5016.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance154.7%
    4. Decision Sciences113.5%
    5. Psychology103.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities41.3%
    1. Computer Science278.6%
    2. Engineering278.6%
    3. Environmental Science227.1%
    4. Materials Science41.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    6. Mathematics20.6%
    7. Energy20.6%
    8. Chemistry20.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    1. Medicine299.4%
    2. Health Professions92.9%
    3. Nursing41.1%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences165.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Koforidua strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Koforidua is most concentrated in Business, Management and Accounting (7.2× the world share in Business, Management and Accounting).

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 63.5 works7.2×
← 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: 1.02× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 2.23× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.18× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.39× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting7.18×64 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.61×10 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.39×14 works
  4. Nursing2.23×3 works
  5. Environmental Science1.39×19 works
  6. Social Sciences1.31×46 works
  7. Psychology1.12×9 works
  8. Computer Science1.08×23 works
  9. Health Professions1.07×8 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.02×13 works
  11. Energy0.63×2 works
  12. Engineering0.58×24 works
  13. Mathematics0.53×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.51×4 works
  15. Dentistry0.50×1 works
  16. Medicine0.44×23 works
  17. Materials Science0.41×4 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.26×1 works
  21. Veterinary0.26×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.18×1 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Koforidua?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Consumer Behavior, Sustainability, Risk Management, Environmental Management, Poverty Alleviation, Leadership and Ethical Consumption.

▲ 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. Sustainability22▲ 2.9×34 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management21▲ 7.5×14 topics
  3. Consumer Behavior17▲ 8.8×12 topics
  4. Risk Management14▲ 9.4×8 topics
  5. Environmental Management14▲ 11×7 topics
  6. Machine Learning13▲ 1.29×33 topics
  7. Poverty Alleviation10▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Renewable Energy10▲ 2.3×18 topics
  9. Social Media10▲ 2.4×15 topics
  10. Leadership10▲ 6.6×11 topics
  11. Ethical Consumption9▲ 28×2 topics
  12. Entrepreneurship8▲ 6.9×6 topics
  13. Environmental Innovation8▲ 29×1 topic
  14. Green Consumption8▲ 29×1 topic
  15. Corporate Governance8▲ 3.4×10 topics
  16. Social Capital8▲ 4.7×10 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction8▲ 5.5×6 topics
  18. Urbanization8▲ 6.0×6 topics
  19. Financial Performance7▲ 4.1×8 topics
  20. Social Impact7▲ 5.7×4 topics
  21. Health Equity6▲ 7.1×4 topics
  22. Leadership Style6▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Organizational Performance6▲ 7.9×8 topics
  24. Customer Satisfaction6▲ 6.1×5 topics
  25. Emerging Markets6▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Frugal Innovation6▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Performance Measurement6▲ 7.1×5 topics
  28. Psychological Capital6▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Transformational Leadership6▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Construction Projects6▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Human Resource Management6▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Project Success5▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Stakeholder Analysis5▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Organizational Learning5▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Land Tenure5▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Organizational Behavior5▲ 9.6×1 topic
  37. Work Engagement5▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Firm Performance4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  39. ICT4▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Slum Upgrading4▲ 50×1 topic

What research is done in Koforidua?

Environmental Sustainability in Business: 8 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 6 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…5Construction Project Management and Performance: 5 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…4Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 4 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…3Economic Growth and Development: 3 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty: 3 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 3 fractional works
MarketingBusiness and International ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchUrban Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 8 works
  2. 2 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 6 works
  3. 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  4. 4 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 4 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  9. 9 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 3 works
  10. 10 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 3 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%Koforidua19.1% 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 25.3% in 2019.

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