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Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana

In research, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#71 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,506 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Horticulture, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science — Horticulture is 1736.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,291
of 28,054 · #4,627 all time
Rank in Ghana
#7
of 50
Research works
501
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #71 of 3,409 25.8%65 #80
Life SciencesDomain #1,506 of 7,800 24.5%71 #1578

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana 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 Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Horticulture takes 1736.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HorticultureSubfield · 22.4 works1737×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 65.1 works14×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 21.2 works13×
← 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: 14.27× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Agroforestry, Ecosystem Services, Soil Fertility, Disease Resistance, Cacao and Climate Change Resilience.

▲ 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. Genetic Diversity27▲ 63×12 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation26▲ 73×6 topics
  3. Agroforestry26▲ 408×3 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services24▲ 65×5 topics
  5. Soil Fertility24▲ 108×3 topics
  6. Disease Resistance23▲ 465×3 topics
  7. Cacao22▲ 1735×1 topic
  8. Climate Change Resilience22▲ 423×1 topic
  9. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 35×4 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Polyphenols7▲ 40×4 topics
  12. Climate Change7▲ 2.6×14 topics
  13. Drought Tolerance6▲ 47×7 topics
  14. Fermentation6▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Chocolate6▲ 285×1 topic
  16. Cocoa6▲ 285×1 topic
  17. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 17×6 topics
  18. Climate Resilience5▲ 84×2 topics
  19. Health Effects4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  20. Biodiversity4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  21. Nutritional Value3▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Nutritional Significance3▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Breeding3▲ 43×5 topics
  24. Plant Immunity3▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Gene Silencing3▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Viral RNA Silencing3▲ 85×1 topic
  27. Hypercholesterolemia3▲ 73×1 topic
  28. Indigenous Fruits3▲ 131×1 topic
  29. Plant Breeding3▲ 32×3 topics
  30. Policosanol3▲ 382×1 topic
  31. Tree Domestication3▲ 131×1 topic
  32. Diversity3▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Adaptation3▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Genome Sequencing3▲ 19×4 topics
  35. Genetic Improvement3▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Nutritional Quality3▲ 37×3 topics
  37. Agricultural Development3▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Cultivar Evaluation3▲ 119×1 topic
  39. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction3▲ 119×1 topic
  40. Livestock Farming3▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy, Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis, Plant Virus Research Studies and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Cocoa and Sweet Potato A…22Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 22 fractional worksFood Chemistry and Fat Analysis: 6 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 3 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 3 fractional worksNatural Products and Biological Research: 3 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 3 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 3 fractional worksCoffee research and impacts: 2 fractional worksPhytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens: 2 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional works
HorticultureFood SciencePlant ScienceForestry3 others

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

  1. 1 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 22 works
  2. 2 Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis Food Science 6 works
  3. 3 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 3 works
  5. 5 Natural Products and Biological Research Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  7. 7 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 2 works
  9. 9 Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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.