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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

In research, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#100 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,602 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#712 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Soil Science is 15.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,953
of 28,054 · #8,608 all time
Rank in Ghana
#5
of 50
Research works
1.8k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 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 #100 of 3,409 27.7%200 #449
Life SciencesDomain #1,602 of 7,800 26.5%231 #4000
Plant ScienceSubfield #712 of 1,395 23.3%100 #1548
Physical SciencesDomain #8,007 of 12,888 19.3%122 #12877
Environmental ScienceField #2,540 of 3,551 24.3%61 #3941

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#449 #100
  2. Life Sciences#4,000 #1,602
  3. Plant Science#1,548 #712
  4. Physical Sciences#12,877 #8,007
  5. Environmental Science#3,941 #2,540
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Council for Scientific and Industrial Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 20.2 works16×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 100.3 works14×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 199.9 works9.9×
← 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: 9.95× its world share, 200 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.91× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 3.59× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Williams Ackaah, Prince M. Etwire and Edward Martey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

  1. 1 Williams Ackaah Ghana · #721,737 worldwide 53 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Prince M. Etwire Ghana · #765,336 worldwide 88 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Edward Martey Ghana · #793,220 worldwide 87 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Wilson Dogbe Ghana · #818,007 worldwide 79 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 N.T. Dziedzoave Ghana · #934,110 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Mumuni Abudulai Ghana · #941,430 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Stephen Yeboah Ghana · #1,098,231 worldwide 36 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Papa Toah Akonor Ghana · #1,225,973 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Francis Kusi Ghana · #1,290,100 worldwide 42 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Charles Tortoe Ghana · #1,368,046 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Which keywords describe research at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Drought Tolerance, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Agriculture, Breeding, Smallholder Farmers and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Climate Change37▲ 3.3×50 topics
  2. Environmental Impact30▲ 4.2×35 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity29▲ 15×16 topics
  4. Sustainability28▲ 2.7×36 topics
  5. Drought Tolerance27▲ 44×7 topics
  6. Sustainable Agriculture22▲ 16×9 topics
  7. Breeding19▲ 59×5 topics
  8. Smallholder Farmers19▲ 20×6 topics
  9. Genetics18▲ 6.0×9 topics
  10. Nutritional Quality17▲ 52×4 topics
  11. Social Networks16▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Soil Fertility16▲ 17×7 topics
  13. Food Security16▲ 6.6×13 topics
  14. Climate Resilience14▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Marker Development14▲ 69×2 topics
  16. QTL Mapping14▲ 28×6 topics
  17. Agricultural Sustainability14▲ 28×4 topics
  18. Rural Development13▲ 8.6×6 topics
  19. Technology Adoption12▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Agricultural Innovation12▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Livelihood Diversification12▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Cowpea11▲ 109×1 topic
  23. Legume Crop11▲ 109×1 topic
  24. Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 7.2×9 topics
  25. Toxicity10▲ 5.7×11 topics
  26. Ecosystem Functioning10▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Microbial Communities10▲ 5.7×5 topics
  28. Genome Sequencing10▲ 15×8 topics
  29. Ecosystem Services10▲ 5.9×10 topics
  30. Food Safety9▲ 7.5×9 topics
  31. Fungal Pathogens9▲ 16×5 topics
  32. Biopesticides9▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Agroforestry9▲ 31×3 topics
  34. Genetic Improvement9▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Biological Control8▲ 13×7 topics
  36. Soil Carbon Sequestration8▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Vulnerability8▲ 8.5×5 topics
  38. Water Management8▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Disease Resistance8▲ 37×3 topics
  40. Genomic Sequencing8▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Council for Scientific and Industrial Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agricultural pest management studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Insect Pest Control Strategies.

Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 12 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 11 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…8Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 8 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…6Insect Pest Control Strategies: 6 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 5 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 5 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato A…5Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 5 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…5Heavy metals in environment: 5 fractional worksCassava research and cya…5Cassava research and cyanide: 5 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…4Agricultural risk and resilience: 4 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceSoil ScienceCell Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  2. 2 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 11 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 8 works
  4. 4 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 6 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 5 works
  6. 6 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 5 works
  7. 7 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 5 works
  8. 8 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 5 works
  9. 9 Cassava research and cyanide Plant Science 5 works
  10. 10 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 4 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 available74.0%not open26.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.6%domestic only63.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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