Research in Tamale
Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Tamale, Ghana. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University for Development Studies and Tamale Teaching Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 3 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 5.4k ▲ 115% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.1% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University for Development StudiesUniversity | 4,669 | #1,991 | |
| 2 | Tamale Teaching HospitalHospital / health system | 680 | #12,912 | |
| 3 | NewEnergyNonprofit | 8 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
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).
- Soil ScienceSubfield · 49.5 works7.4×
- General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 65.0 works6.6×
- Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 62.3 works6.5×
- Safety ResearchSubfield · 39.1 works6.3×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Tamale?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Social Networks, Poverty Reduction, Rural Development and Urbanization.
- School Subsidies
- Land Tenure
- Genetic Diversity
- Livelihood Diversification
- Health Systems
- Water Sanitation Hygiene
- Technology Adoption
- Adaptation
- Global Burden of Disease
- Health Inequalities
- Vulnerability
- Maternal Mortality
- Child Development
- Rural Development
- Urbanization
- Economic Growth
- Globalization
- Social Networks
- Sustainable Development
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Smallholder Farmers
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Environmental Impact
- Food Security
- Poverty Reduction
- Social Capital
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Economic Development
- Gender Inequality
- Agriculture
- Community Health Workers
- Risk Management
- Poverty Alleviation
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition
- Child Mortality
- Agricultural Innovation
- Market Participation
- Gender Equality
- Conditional Cash Transfers
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Sustainability164▲ 3.0×60 topics
- Climate Change145▲ 2.4×56 topics
- Smallholder Farmers92▲ 18×5 topics
- Sustainable Development85▲ 2.4×38 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture83▲ 12×11 topics
- Social Networks80▲ 13×7 topics
- Environmental Impact77▲ 2.0×40 topics
- Globalization72▲ 1.65×48 topics
- Food Security71▲ 5.8×14 topics
- Economic Growth69▲ 3.6×20 topics
- Poverty Reduction67▲ 23×4 topics
- Urbanization66▲ 7.1×6 topics
- Social Capital64▲ 5.4×15 topics
- Rural Development63▲ 8.1×9 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation62▲ 7.5×13 topics
- Child Development60▲ 6.4×7 topics
- Economic Development56▲ 3.1×22 topics
- Maternal Mortality56▲ 11×5 topics
- Gender Inequality55▲ 18×6 topics
- Vulnerability54▲ 11×5 topics
- Agriculture51▲ 5.7×7 topics
- Health Inequalities50▲ 19×3 topics
- Community Health Workers50▲ 26×2 topics
- Global Burden of Disease50▲ 9.0×4 topics
- Risk Management50▲ 4.6×12 topics
- Adaptation50▲ 7.8×6 topics
- Poverty Alleviation49▲ 22×2 topics
- Technology Adoption49▲ 13×5 topics
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition48▲ 26×1 topic
- Water Sanitation Hygiene48▲ 26×1 topic
- Child Mortality47▲ 30×1 topic
- Health Systems47▲ 30×1 topic
- Agricultural Innovation45▲ 45×2 topics
- Livelihood Diversification44▲ 67×1 topic
- Market Participation44▲ 67×1 topic
- Genetic Diversity43▲ 4.3×18 topics
- Gender Equality42▲ 6.9×8 topics
- Land Tenure41▲ 44×2 topics
- Conditional Cash Transfers34▲ 41×1 topic
- School Subsidies34▲ 41×1 topic
What research is done in Tamale?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 48 works
- 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 47 works
- 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 44 works
- 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 34 works
- 5 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 32 works
- 6 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 27 works
- 7 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 25 works
- 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 20 works
- 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 19 works
- 10 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 18 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.