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Research in Tamale

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Tamale, Ghana. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University for Development Studies and Tamale Teaching Hospital.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.4k
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
53k
9.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Tamale

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 Tamale?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University for Development StudiesUniversity 4,669 #2,179
2Tamale Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 680 #6,459
3NewEnergyNonprofit 8 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.

Which fields of science does Tamale work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Tamale is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 937 fractional works · 36.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 462 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 133 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 120 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSafety Research: 45 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 187 fractional works · 7.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 49 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 155 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 114 fractional works · 4.4% of its workFinance: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 66 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 583 fractional works · 22.5% of its workMedicine: 390 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 76 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 67 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 111 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 74 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 77 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 72 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 559 fractional works · 21.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 236 fractional works · 9.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 52 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 126 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 114 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 58 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 516 fractional works · 19.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 420 fractional works · 16.2% of its workPlant Science: 120 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 77 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSoil Science: 54 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 47 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTamale2,595fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences36%

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. Social Sciences46217.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1877.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1556.0%
    4. Psychology662.5%
    5. Decision Sciences351.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities321.3%
    1. Medicine39015.0%
    2. Health Professions1114.3%
    3. Nursing773.0%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Environmental Science2369.1%
    2. Engineering1264.9%
    3. Computer Science1144.4%
    4. Mathematics261.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences170.7%
    6. Energy160.6%
    7. Materials Science140.5%
    8. Chemistry70.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42016.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology592.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology230.9%
    4. Neuroscience80.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tamale strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tamale is most concentrated in Soil Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Nutrition and Dietetics (7.4× the world share in Soil Science).

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 49.5 works7.4×
  2. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 65.0 works6.6×
  3. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 62.3 works6.5×
  4. Safety ResearchSubfield · 39.1 works6.3×
← 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: 3.48× its world share, 369 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 98 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 108 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.81× its world share, 200 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 23 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.61× its world share, 95 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 326 worksMedicineNursing: 6.02× its world share, 66 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.23× its world share, 161 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.01× its world share, 144 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 55 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 399 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.02×66 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.48×369 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.01×144 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.23×161 works
  5. Environmental Science1.81×200 works
  6. Health Professions1.61×95 works
  7. Social Sciences1.41×399 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.32×28 works
  9. Veterinary1.25×4 works
  10. Mathematics0.88×23 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×18 works
  12. Psychology0.80×55 works
  13. Medicine0.76×326 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×5 works
  15. Energy0.59×12 works
  16. Computer Science0.56×98 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×53 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.43×28 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×14 works
  20. Engineering0.32×108 works
  21. Neuroscience0.18×6 works
  22. Chemistry0.18×6 works
  23. Materials Science0.14×11 works
  24. Dentistry0.14×2 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.09×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.02×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Tamale?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Social Networks, Rural Development, Poverty Reduction and Food Security.

▲ 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. Sustainability190▲ 3.0×63 topics
  2. Climate Change168▲ 2.4×64 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers103▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Sustainable Development99▲ 2.5×45 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture95▲ 12×12 topics
  6. Environmental Impact89▲ 2.0×42 topics
  7. Social Networks88▲ 13×7 topics
  8. Globalization87▲ 1.70×57 topics
  9. Food Security80▲ 5.7×15 topics
  10. Economic Growth75▲ 3.5×21 topics
  11. Rural Development74▲ 8.2×12 topics
  12. Poverty Reduction72▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Child Development72▲ 6.7×7 topics
  14. Social Capital70▲ 5.2×16 topics
  15. Urbanization70▲ 6.7×6 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation68▲ 7.0×13 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality67▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Vulnerability62▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Economic Development62▲ 3.0×22 topics
  20. Community Health Workers61▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Health Inequalities61▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Gender Inequality59▲ 16×6 topics
  23. Global Burden of Disease59▲ 9.1×4 topics
  24. Agriculture57▲ 5.8×9 topics
  25. Technology Adoption57▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Child Mortality56▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Health Systems56▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Maternal and Child Undernutrition56▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Water Sanitation Hygiene56▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Adaptation56▲ 7.2×8 topics
  31. Risk Management55▲ 4.4×14 topics
  32. Poverty Alleviation52▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Agricultural Innovation51▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Livelihood Diversification51▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Market Participation51▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Gender Equality47▲ 6.5×8 topics
  37. Land Tenure44▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Political Economy40▲ 6.0×11 topics
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers36▲ 39×1 topic
  40. School Subsidies36▲ 39×1 topic

What research is done in Tamale?

Child Nutrition and Water Access: 48 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 47 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…44Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 44 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …34Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 34 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 32 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 27 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…25Agricultural risk and resilience: 25 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 20 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 19 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 18 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesSafety Research6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 48 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 47 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 44 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 34 works
  5. 5 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 32 works
  6. 6 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  7. 7 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 25 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 20 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 19 works
  10. 10 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 18 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Tamale22.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.4% in 2019.

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