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Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

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Research works
67
▲ 209% vs 2013–17
Citations
482
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 7.06× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.61× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.71× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons?

Ranked on the composite score, Irène Akua Agyepong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.

  1. 1 Irène Akua Agyepong Ghana · #984,591 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

Which keywords describe research at Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Depression and Global Health.

▲ 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. Maternal Mortality4▲ 52×4 topics
  2. Community Health Workers4▲ 125×2 topics
  3. Child Mortality4▲ 148×1 topic
  4. Health Systems4▲ 148×1 topic
  5. Epidemiology4▲ 2.6×20 topics
  6. Primary Care4▲ 26×9 topics
  7. Quality Improvement3▲ 46×6 topics
  8. Depression3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  9. Global Health3▲ 44×3 topics
  10. Public Health2▲ 4.4×15 topics
  11. Quality of Life2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  13. Diabetes2▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations2▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Global Surgery2▲ 257×1 topic
  16. Health Development2▲ 257×1 topic
  17. Inflammation2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  18. Medical Education2▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Mental Health2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  20. Global Burden2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  21. Health Services2▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Health System Reform2▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Chronic Disease2▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 20×5 topics
  28. Corporate Political Activity1▲ 101×1 topic
  29. Global Trade1▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Health Promotion1▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Self-Management1▲ 58×2 topics
  32. Glycemic Control1▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Health Disparities1▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Behavior Change1▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Continuity of Care1▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Patient Activation1▲ 87×1 topic
  37. Patient-Centered Medical Home1▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Psychological Distress1▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Psychosocial Support1▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Trauma1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Health and Surgery, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Global Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery2Global Health and Surgery: 2 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…1Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Education: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  4. 4 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 1 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social 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 available82.2%not open17.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.3%domestic only49.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 209% 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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