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Accra Technical University

In research, Accra Technical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,125 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,627 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,507
of 22,385 · #13,170 all time
Rank in Ghana
#18
of 45
Research works
883
▲ 122% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Accra Technical University

What is Accra Technical University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,125 of 9,585 8.1%154 #8777
Physical SciencesDomain #7,627 of 10,670 6.2%71 #8426

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Accra Technical University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Accra Technical University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Accra Technical University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (20%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 187 fractional works · 54.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 68 fractional works · 19.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 15.6% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 6.2% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 95 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAccra TechnicalUniversity346fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences54%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting6819.8%
    2. Social Sciences5415.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance288.1%
    4. Psychology154.3%
    5. Decision Sciences133.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities92.7%
    1. Engineering4011.7%
    2. Computer Science226.3%
    3. Environmental Science164.5%
    4. Energy51.4%
    5. Materials Science41.2%
    6. Mathematics30.7%
    7. Chemistry20.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    1. Medicine236.6%
    2. Health Professions92.6%
    3. Nursing30.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences205.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    4. Neuroscience20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.22× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.49× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 1.87× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.13× its world share, 68 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.78× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.79× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting6.13×68 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.79×28 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.78×13 works
  4. Nursing1.87×3 works
  5. Energy1.49×5 works
  6. Psychology1.40×15 works
  7. Social Sciences1.23×54 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.22×20 works
  9. Health Professions1.00×9 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.93×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.93×9 works
  12. Environmental Science0.91×16 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.82×22 works
  15. Engineering0.78×40 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.67×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.63×2 works
  18. Materials Science0.35×4 works
  19. Chemistry0.34×2 works
  20. Medicine0.34×23 works
  21. Neuroscience0.33×2 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×4 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Accra Technical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed, Elikem Chosniel Ocloo and Frank Frimpong Opuni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Accra Technical University.

  1. 1 Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed Ghana · #620,592 worldwide 124 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Elikem Chosniel Ocloo Ghana · #1,081,335 worldwide 513 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Frank Frimpong Opuni Ghana · #1,684,330 worldwide 303 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Hanson Obiri Yeboah Ghana · #1,739,956 worldwide 49 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Nana Benyi Ansah Ghana · #1,755,790 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Phyllis Otu Ghana · #1,845,043 worldwide 575 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Emelia Ohene Afriyie Ghana · #2,258,456 worldwide 123 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Isaac Sewornu Coffie Ghana · #2,328,949 worldwide 334 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Ernest Christian Winful Ghana · #2,416,738 worldwide 129 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Ebenezer Krampah Aidoo Ghana · #2,430,425 worldwide 123 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Accra Technical University

What are the most cited papers from Accra Technical University?

The most cited paper from Accra Technical University is "Self-Medication Practices with Antibiotics among Tertiary Level Students in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study" (Eric S. Donkor, Patience Borkor Tetteh-Quarcoo, Patrick Nartey et al., 2012), with 234 citations. Next come "Mesoporous silica supported orderly-spaced gold nanoparticles SERS-based sensor for pesticides detection in food" (228) and "Reviews on mechanisms of in vitro antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer activities of water-soluble plant polysaccharides" (226).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-Medication Practices with Antibiotics among Tertiary Level Students in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study Eric S. Donkor, Patience Borkor Tetteh-Quarcoo, Patrick Nartey et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 5 Oct 2012 234
2 Mesoporous silica supported orderly-spaced gold nanoparticles SERS-based sensor for pesticides detection in food Yi Xu, Felix Y.H. Kutsanedzie, Mehedi Hassan et al. · Food Chemistry 28 Jan 2020 228
3 Reviews on mechanisms of in vitro antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer activities of water-soluble plant polysaccharides Otu Phyllis Naa Yarley, Azumah Bright Kojo, Cunshan Zhou et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 29 May 2021 226
4 Signal-enhanced SERS-sensors of CAR-PLS and GA-PLS coupled AgNPs for ochratoxin A and aflatoxin B1 detection Felix Y.H. Kutsanedzie, Akwasi Akomeah Agyekum, Viswadevarayalu Annavaram et al. · Food Chemistry 20 Jan 2020 174
5 Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Developing Countries Studied using Remote Sensing and In Situ Methods Kwasi Appeaning Addo · Remote Sensing Open access 2 Feb 2010 104
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Accra Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Social Capital, Corporate Governance, Consumer Behavior, Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy.

▲ 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 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. Sustainability27▲ 3.2×40 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management19▲ 6.1×17 topics
  3. Risk Management16▲ 9.9×10 topics
  4. Machine Learning15▲ 1.29×34 topics
  5. Corporate Governance14▲ 5.3×10 topics
  6. Social Capital13▲ 7.3×10 topics
  7. Economic Growth13▲ 4.5×18 topics
  8. Globalization13▲ 1.86×19 topics
  9. Consumer Behavior12▲ 5.5×12 topics
  10. Renewable Energy12▲ 2.4×20 topics
  11. Innovation10▲ 3.0×19 topics
  12. Sustainable Development10▲ 1.94×22 topics
  13. Education10▲ 1.73×17 topics
  14. Economic Development10▲ 3.4×10 topics
  15. Leadership9▲ 5.3×8 topics
  16. Entrepreneurship8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  17. Environmental Management8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  18. Fiscal Policy8▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Digital Transformation8▲ 4.2×7 topics
  20. Customer Satisfaction8▲ 7.0×6 topics
  21. Performance Measurement8▲ 8.1×6 topics
  22. Poverty Alleviation7▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Organizational Performance7▲ 7.8×8 topics
  24. Institutional Quality7▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Poverty Reduction7▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Job Satisfaction6▲ 4.0×8 topics
  27. Facilities Management6▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Organizational Culture6▲ 4.5×6 topics
  29. Finance6▲ 9.1×3 topics
  30. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 10×4 topics
  31. ICT6▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Customer Experience6▲ 9.7×3 topics
  33. Sociology5▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Fashion5▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Technology Acceptance Model5▲ 9.7×2 topics
  36. Empowerment5▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Microfinance5▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Financial Reporting4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Knowledge Economy4▲ 12×1 topic
  40. financial access4▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Accra Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Economic Growth and Development, Fashion and Cultural Textiles and Facilities and Workplace Management.

Microfinance and Financi…5Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 5 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…4Economic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 4 fractional worksFacilities and Workplace Management: 4 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 4 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 4 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…4Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 4 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsMuseologySocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 4 works
  4. 4 Facilities and Workplace Management Social Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 4 works
  7. 7 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 4 works
  8. 8 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 4 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 3 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 available82.6%not open17.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Accra Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 122% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Accra Technical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Accra Technical University0.0015% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Accra Technical University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Accra Technical University13.3% 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 13.3% in 2025.

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