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Garden City University College

In research, Garden City University College stands highest in Health Sciences (#18,590 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,229
of 28,054 · #38,594 all time
Rank in Ghana
#50
of 50
Research works
310
▲ 178% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Garden City University College 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
Health SciencesDomain #18,590 of 20,462 6.1%135

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Garden City University College 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).

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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.87× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.99× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.16× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Garden City University College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Elderly, Quality of Life, Neural Plasticity, Pain Management, Constraint-Induced Therapy and Motor Recovery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.6×34 topics
  2. Quality of Life6▲ 3.5×15 topics
  3. Rehabilitation5▲ 9.6×6 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 1.75×15 topics
  5. Elderly4▲ 14×4 topics
  6. Neural Plasticity4▲ 18×2 topics
  7. Global Burden4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  8. Constraint-Induced Therapy4▲ 38×1 topic
  9. Motor Recovery4▲ 38×1 topic
  10. Pain Management4▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.8×3 topics
  13. Treatment3▲ 2.2×10 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality3▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Botulinum Toxin3▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Community Health Workers3▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Economic Growth3▲ 2.9×7 topics
  18. Child Mortality3▲ 34×1 topic
  19. Health Systems3▲ 34×1 topic
  20. Psychological Factors3▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Primary Care3▲ 5.8×8 topics
  22. Social Support3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  23. Higher Education3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  24. Low Back Pain3▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Self-Efficacy2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  26. Dry Needling2▲ 97×1 topic
  27. Myofascial Trigger Points2▲ 97×1 topic
  28. Biomechanics2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  29. Chronic Pain2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Destination Image2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  32. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  33. Digital Divide2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  34. Stroke2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  36. High-Intensity Interval Training2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Disability2▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Measurement Properties2▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Weight Loss2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Patient Experience2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Garden City University College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Global Maternal and Child Health, Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksMyofascial pain diagnosi…2Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…2Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional worksGlobal Healthcare and Medical Tourism: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…1Diet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and…1Dysphagia Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…1Health and Well-being Studies: 1 fractional worksHuman Resource Developme…1Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 1 fractional works
RehabilitationPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthCell BiologyPharmacology6 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 4 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment Cell Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  9. 9 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 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 available80.5%not open19.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Garden City University College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 178% 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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