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Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

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Research works
106
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
21.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 7.10× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.81× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Forestry Research Institute of Ghana?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephen Adu‐Bredu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.

  1. 1 Stephen Adu‐Bredu ?? · #826,871 worldwide 129 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

Which keywords describe research at Forestry Research Institute of Ghana?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, Land Use Change, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Sustainable Agriculture and Agroforestry.

▲ 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. Biodiversity Conservation8▲ 72×8 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 8.9×27 topics
  3. Land Use Change4▲ 46×5 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 5.5×11 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 58×5 topics
  6. Biodiversity3▲ 14×9 topics
  7. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 30×6 topics
  8. Agroforestry3▲ 144×3 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services3▲ 23×7 topics
  10. Environmental Services2▲ 247×1 topic
  11. Tropical Deforestation2▲ 247×1 topic
  12. Allometric Models2▲ 160×2 topics
  13. Biomass Estimation2▲ 52×3 topics
  14. Forest Management2▲ 122×3 topics
  15. Invasive Species2▲ 17×7 topics
  16. Aboveground Biomass2▲ 80×2 topics
  17. Carbon Stocks2▲ 238×1 topic
  18. Conservation2▲ 16×6 topics
  19. Mechanical Properties2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  20. Nutritional Value2▲ 59×2 topics
  21. Tropical Forests2▲ 185×1 topic
  22. Global Change2▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Indigenous Fruits2▲ 261×1 topic
  26. Tree Domestication2▲ 261×1 topic
  27. Adaptation1▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Biological Invasions1▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Ecosystem1▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Community Ecology1▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Functional Diversity1▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Forest Carbon Sequestration1▲ 185×1 topic
  34. Urbanization1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  35. Agroecology1▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Bamboo1▲ 291×1 topic
  37. Carbon Sequestration1▲ 53×2 topics
  38. Structural Applications1▲ 291×1 topic
  39. Genetic Diversity1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  40. Soil Fertility1▲ 15×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest ecology and management, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…2African Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…1Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksBamboo properties and applications: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…1Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 1 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 1 fractional worksWood Treatment and Properties: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationForestryPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  5. 5 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Bamboo properties and applications Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 1 works
  10. 10 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 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 available52.6%not open47.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.3%domestic only45.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% 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.

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