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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%

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Which research institutions are in Tamale?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University for Development StudiesUniversity 4,669 #1,991
2Tamale Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 680 #12,912
3NewEnergyNonprofit 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).

  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×
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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.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Sustainability164▲ 3.0×60 topics
  2. Climate Change145▲ 2.4×56 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers92▲ 18×5 topics
  4. Sustainable Development85▲ 2.4×38 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture83▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Social Networks80▲ 13×7 topics
  7. Environmental Impact77▲ 2.0×40 topics
  8. Globalization72▲ 1.65×48 topics
  9. Food Security71▲ 5.8×14 topics
  10. Economic Growth69▲ 3.6×20 topics
  11. Poverty Reduction67▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Urbanization66▲ 7.1×6 topics
  13. Social Capital64▲ 5.4×15 topics
  14. Rural Development63▲ 8.1×9 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation62▲ 7.5×13 topics
  16. Child Development60▲ 6.4×7 topics
  17. Economic Development56▲ 3.1×22 topics
  18. Maternal Mortality56▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Gender Inequality55▲ 18×6 topics
  20. Vulnerability54▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Agriculture51▲ 5.7×7 topics
  22. Health Inequalities50▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Community Health Workers50▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease50▲ 9.0×4 topics
  25. Risk Management50▲ 4.6×12 topics
  26. Adaptation50▲ 7.8×6 topics
  27. Poverty Alleviation49▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Technology Adoption49▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition48▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Water Sanitation Hygiene48▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Child Mortality47▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Health Systems47▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Agricultural Innovation45▲ 45×2 topics
  34. Livelihood Diversification44▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Market Participation44▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Genetic Diversity43▲ 4.3×18 topics
  37. Gender Equality42▲ 6.9×8 topics
  38. Land Tenure41▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers34▲ 41×1 topic
  40. School Subsidies34▲ 41×1 topic

What research is done in Tamale?

  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

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