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Bolgatanga Technical University

In research, Bolgatanga Technical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,538 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,508
of 28,054 · #27,908 all time
Rank in ??
#453
of 692
Research works
195
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Bolgatanga Technical University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,538 of 16,945 18.6%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bolgatanga 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Bolgatanga Technical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 21.2 works8.1×
← 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: 2.05× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.08× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.52× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Bolgatanga Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Governance, Regulation, Financial Performance, Monetary Policy and Insurance.

▲ 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. Economic Growth8▲ 12×10 topics
  2. Risk Management6▲ 16×7 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management6▲ 7.4×8 topics
  4. Corporate Governance5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  5. Sustainability5▲ 2.4×17 topics
  6. Regulation4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  7. Financial Performance4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  8. Innovation4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  9. Monetary Policy4▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  11. Insurance3▲ 53×2 topics
  12. Finance3▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Policy Instruments3▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.8×10 topics
  15. Fiscal Policy3▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Public Procurement3▲ 273×1 topic
  17. Social Capital3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  18. Sustainable Procurement3▲ 273×1 topic
  19. Economic Development3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  20. Environmental Management3▲ 7.9×4 topics
  21. Financial Development2▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Financial Stability2▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Panel Data Analysis2▲ 18×2 topics
  24. ICT2▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Ethical Identity2▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Islamic Banking2▲ 6.3×1 topic
  27. Antimicrobial2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  28. Catastrophe Bonds2▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Financial Constraints2▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Firm Performance2▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Market Structure2▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Poverty Reduction2▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Business Cycles2▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Interest Rates2▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Investment Decisions2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Investor Protection2▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Ownership Structure2▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Shareholder Value2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Vulnerability2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Corporate Social Responsibility2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Bolgatanga Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Procurement and Policy, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Insurance and Financial Risk Management and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact.

Public Procurement and P…3Public Procurement and Policy: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…2Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 2 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…2Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 1 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementAccountingEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance3 others

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

  1. 1 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 3 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  3. 3 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 2 works
  8. 8 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 2 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 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 available80.2%not open19.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bolgatanga Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
grewheldshrank

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

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.