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Accra Institute of Technology

In research, Accra Institute of Technology stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,514 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,282
of 28,054 · #40,368 all time
Rank in Ghana
#47
of 50
Research works
192
▲ 167% vs 2013–17
Citations
643
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Accra Institute of Technology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,514 of 10,521 19.8%67 #15300

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Accra Institute of Technology sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Accra Institute of Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 33.6 works9.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.78× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.91× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9.76× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.29× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.64× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Accra Institute of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management, Consumer Behavior, Social Capital, Economic Growth, Renewable Energy and Finance.

▲ 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 institution'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. Corporate Governance9▲ 12×10 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management7▲ 7.2×14 topics
  3. Risk Management7▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Sustainability7▲ 2.6×20 topics
  5. Renewable Energy7▲ 4.4×14 topics
  6. Economic Growth6▲ 6.4×12 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior6▲ 8.3×8 topics
  8. Social Capital6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  9. Finance5▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Financial Performance5▲ 8.1×4 topics
  11. Economic Development5▲ 5.2×4 topics
  12. Global Financial Crisis5▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Ethical Identity4▲ 33×1 topic
  14. Islamic Banking4▲ 10×1 topic
  15. Profitability4▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Financial Constraints4▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Leadership4▲ 7.8×9 topics
  18. Supply Chain4▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Fiscal Policy4▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Environmental Management4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  21. Poverty Reduction3▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Customer Satisfaction3▲ 9.6×4 topics
  23. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.3×6 topics
  24. Corporate Finance3▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Empowerment3▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Microfinance3▲ 60×1 topic
  27. SMEs3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  28. Entrepreneurship3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  29. Institutional Quality3▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Cyber-Physical Systems3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  31. Digital Twin3▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Investment Decisions3▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Trade Credit3▲ 98×1 topic
  34. Working Capital Management3▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Taxation2▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Financial Reporting2▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Infrastructure2▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Organizational Performance2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  39. Performance Measurement2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Public Investment2▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Accra Institute of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Working Capital and Financial Performance and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 3 fractional worksWorking Capital and Fina…3Working Capital and Financial Performance: 3 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…2Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Respons…2Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsInformation SystemsStrategy and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  3. 3 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 3 works
  4. 4 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 2 works
  7. 7 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 2 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  9. 9 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  10. 10 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available72.2%not open27.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Accra Institute of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 167% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Accra

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.