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Central University

In research, Central University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,627 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,801
of 22,385 · #14,569 all time
Rank in Ghana
#33
of 45
Research works
410
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Central University

What is Central 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 #6,627 of 9,585 15.3%79 #5196

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central 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 Central University work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Central University is in Social Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 84 fractional works · 63.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 25.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 16.7% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 15.0% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCentralUniversity132fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences64%

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. Social Sciences3325.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2216.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1914.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities42.7%
    5. Psychology42.7%
    6. Decision Sciences32.4%
    1. Medicine1310.2%
    2. Health Professions53.5%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science64.8%
    2. Computer Science53.5%
    3. Engineering10.9%
    4. Chemistry10.8%
    5. Energy10.5%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences75.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
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: 1.06× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.06× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.19× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.63× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.63×19 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.19×22 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.06×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.44×3 works
  5. Social Sciences1.97×33 works
  6. Nursing1.90×1 works
  7. Veterinary1.86×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.33×5 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×7 works
  11. Environmental Science0.96×6 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.95×4 works
  13. Psychology0.89×4 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×4 works
  15. Medicine0.53×13 works
  16. Chemistry0.51×1 works
  17. Energy0.50×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.44×4 works
  19. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  21. Engineering0.06×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.02×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Central University?

Ranked on the quality score, George Kofi Amoako, James‐Paul Kretchy and Robert Kwame Dzogbenuku lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central University.

  1. 1 George Kofi Amoako Ghana · #168,255 worldwide 2.3k citations · 141 works
  2. 2 James‐Paul Kretchy Ghana · #303,732 worldwide 2.4k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Robert Kwame Dzogbenuku Ghana · #729,179 worldwide 838 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Anthony Amoah Ghana · #818,072 worldwide 1.2k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Edmund Kwablah Ghana · #999,104 worldwide 357 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Desmond Kwadjo Kumi Ghana · #1,039,486 worldwide 425 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Christopher Boachie Ghana · #1,041,211 worldwide 355 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Justice Gameli Djokoto Ghana · #1,383,059 worldwide 787 citations · 92 works
  9. 9 Peter Anabila Ghana · #1,467,244 worldwide 469 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Joshua Kofi Doe Ghana · #1,783,039 worldwide 387 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Central University

What are the most cited papers from Central University?

The most cited paper from Central University is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (500) and "Medication management and adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives and experiences from low-and middle-income countries" (318).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
3 Medication management and adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives and experiences from low-and middle-income countries Irene Akwo Kretchy, Michelle Asiedu‐Danso, James‐Paul Kretchy · Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy Open access 15 Apr 2020 318
4 Migration and AIDS Josef Decosas, Fadel Kane, John Kwasi Anarfi et al. · The Lancet Open access Sep 1995 290
5 The moderating influence of financial literacy on the relationship between access to finance and firm growth in Ghana Samuel Adomako, Albert Danso, John Ofori Damoah · Venture Capital 29 Oct 2015 253
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Central University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Governance, Globalization, Institutional Quality, Poverty Reduction, Economic Development, Social Capital 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. Economic Growth11▲ 11×13 topics
  2. Globalization9▲ 3.5×15 topics
  3. Governance7▲ 16×5 topics
  4. Economic Development6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  5. Institutional Quality6▲ 42×2 topics
  6. Poverty Reduction5▲ 32×3 topics
  7. Social Capital5▲ 7.3×9 topics
  8. Corporate Governance5▲ 4.9×8 topics
  9. Identity5▲ 5.0×10 topics
  10. Fiscal Policy5▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Innovation4▲ 3.2×8 topics
  12. Mental Health4▲ 2.3×13 topics
  13. Inclusive Development4▲ 70×2 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  15. ICT4▲ 22×1 topic
  16. Urbanization4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  17. financial access4▲ 73×1 topic
  18. Multinational Firms4▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Job Satisfaction3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  20. Corruption3▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Environmental Management3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  22. Finance3▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Leadership3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  24. NGOs3▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship3▲ 5.2×7 topics
  26. Foreign Direct Investment3▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Institutional Environment3▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Energy Consumption2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  29. Financial Development2▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Income Tax2▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Labor Market2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  32. Panel Data Analysis2▲ 13×2 topics
  33. CO2 Emissions2▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Environmental Regulation2▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Inclusion2▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Political Economy2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  37. Empowerment2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Gender Inequality2▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Investment Decisions2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Postcolonialism2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Central University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Growth and Development, International Business and FDI, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

Economic Growth and Deve…4Economic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksInternational Business a…3International Business and FDI: 3 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…2Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…2Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 2 fractional worksInternational Developmen…2International Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…1Corporate Finance and Governance: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsStrategy and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance2 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  2. 2 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 3 works
  3. 3 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  7. 7 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  8. 8 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 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 available55.2%not open44.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Central University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Central University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Central University0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Central 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Central University7.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.1% in 2021.

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