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Ghana Education Service

In research, Ghana Education Service stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,462 of 9,585 worldwide), Education (#1,056 of 1,930 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,124 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,249
of 22,385 · #11,484 all time
Rank in Ghana
#22
of 45
Research works
574
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Ghana Education Service

What is Ghana Education Service known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,462 of 9,585 8.6%168 #8479
EducationSubfield #1,056 of 1,930 10.5%68 -
Social SciencesField #4,124 of 5,988 9.7%111 #7164

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ghana Education Service 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ghana Education Service work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Ghana Education Service is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 205 fractional works · 60.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 37.4% of its workEducation: 77 fractional works · 22.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 29 fractional works · 8.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 6.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 15.8% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 45 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGhana EducationService339fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences60%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12737.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting298.6%
    3. Psychology226.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities134.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance82.4%
    6. Decision Sciences51.4%
    1. Computer Science175.1%
    2. Mathematics113.3%
    3. Environmental Science103.1%
    4. Engineering92.8%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine278.1%
    2. Health Professions144.0%
    3. Nursing30.9%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences308.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ghana Education Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 76.6 works7.4×
← 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: 1.85× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.83× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 1.88× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.67× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.15× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 127 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.96×127 works
  2. Mathematics2.83×11 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.67×29 works
  4. Psychology2.15×22 works
  5. Nursing1.88×3 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.85×30 works
  7. Health Professions1.52×14 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.49×5 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.37×13 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.14×8 works
  11. Veterinary1.01×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.65×17 works
  13. Environmental Science0.62×10 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.56×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×0 works
  16. Medicine0.42×27 works
  17. Energy0.34×1 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.33×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×4 works
  21. Engineering0.19×9 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works
  25. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ghana Education Service?

Ranked on the quality score, ISAAC E. TAYLOR, Obeng Owusu-Boateng and Peace Kumah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ghana Education Service.

  1. 1 ISAAC E. TAYLOR Ghana · #2,412,308 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Obeng Owusu-Boateng Ghana · #2,646,583 worldwide 33 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Peace Kumah Ghana · #3,197,135 worldwide 122 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Charles Amoah Agyei Ghana · #4,527,759 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Isaac Odoi Danquah Ghana · #5,286,628 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Ghana Education Service

What are the most cited papers from Ghana Education Service?

The most cited paper from Ghana Education Service is "Linking international trade and foreign direct investment to CO2 emissions: Any differences between developed and developing countries?" (Obed Kwame Essandoh, Moinul Islam, Makoto Kakinaka, 2020), with 447 citations. Next come "Malaria: Ethnomedical perceptions and practice in an Adangbe farming community and implications for control" (168) and "Health risk assessment of pesticides residue in maize and cowpea from Ejura, Ghana" (156).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Linking international trade and foreign direct investment to CO2 emissions: Any differences between developed and developing countries? Obed Kwame Essandoh, Moinul Islam, Makoto Kakinaka · The Science of The Total Environment 7 Jan 2020 447
2 Malaria: Ethnomedical perceptions and practice in an Adangbe farming community and implications for control Irène Akua Agyepong · Social Science & Medicine Jul 1992 168
3 Health risk assessment of pesticides residue in maize and cowpea from Ejura, Ghana Osei Akoto, Henrietta Andoh, Godfred Darko et al. · Chemosphere Apr 2013 156
4 Determination of organochlorine pesticide residue in sediment and water from the Densu river basin, Ghana Harriet Kuranchie-Mensah, Sampson Manukure Atiemo, Linda Maud Naa-Dedei Palm et al. · Chemosphere 3 Dec 2011 155
5 Growth of yeasts, lactic and acetic acid bacteria in palm wine during tapping and fermentation from felled oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) in Ghana Wisdom Kofi Amoa‐Awua, E. Sampson, Kwaku Tano‐Debrah · Journal of Applied Microbiology Aug 2006 150
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ghana Education Service?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teaching Strategies, Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Teacher Professional Development, Learning Outcomes, Leadership and Online Learning.

▲ 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-now 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. Education26▲ 4.4×26 topics
  2. Teaching Strategies20▲ 21×5 topics
  3. Educational Technology20▲ 5.0×16 topics
  4. Technology Integration17▲ 16×9 topics
  5. Sustainable Development15▲ 2.9×20 topics
  6. Teacher Professional Development14▲ 25×5 topics
  7. E-Learning14▲ 4.2×7 topics
  8. Online Learning13▲ 4.7×11 topics
  9. Leadership12▲ 7.1×19 topics
  10. Learning Outcomes11▲ 8.1×6 topics
  11. Student Engagement11▲ 7.9×8 topics
  12. Higher Education10▲ 5.5×18 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis10▲ 4.9×5 topics
  14. Student Satisfaction10▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Gender Differences9▲ 7.2×7 topics
  16. Professional Development9▲ 13×10 topics
  17. 21st Century Skills8▲ 8.7×4 topics
  18. Pedagogy8▲ 5.0×9 topics
  19. Gender Inequality8▲ 17×6 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction8▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Teacher Education8▲ 18×6 topics
  22. Academic Achievement8▲ 13×10 topics
  23. Inclusive Education8▲ 6.1×8 topics
  24. Critical Thinking Skills7▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Development7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  26. Educational Leadership7▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Reflective Practice7▲ 11×4 topics
  28. School Improvement7▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Instructional Interventions7▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Nursing Education7▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Gender Equality7▲ 7.2×4 topics
  32. Metacognition7▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Assessment7▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Conditional Cash Transfers7▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Distance Education7▲ 10×3 topics
  36. School Subsidies7▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Creative Thinking7▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Mathematical Literacy6▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Problem-Solving6▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Professional Learning Communities6▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Ghana Education Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Critical Thinking Development, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Mathematics Education and Pedagogy.

Education and Critical T…7Education and Critical Thinking Development: 7 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …7Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 7 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 6 fractional worksMathematics Education an…6Mathematics Education and Pedagogy: 6 fractional worksEducational Assessment a…5Educational Assessment and Pedagogy: 5 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 5 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 4 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…4Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 4 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 3 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 3 fractional works
EducationSafety ResearchApplied MathematicsUrban Studies

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

  1. 1 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 7 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 7 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 6 works
  4. 4 Mathematics Education and Pedagogy Applied Mathematics 6 works
  5. 5 Educational Assessment and Pedagogy Education 5 works
  6. 6 Online and Blended Learning Education 5 works
  7. 7 African Education and Politics Education 4 works
  8. 8 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 4 works
  9. 9 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 3 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 3 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 available78.1%not open21.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.2%domestic only77.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ghana Education Service's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ghana Education Service as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Ghana Education Service0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ghana Education Service over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ghana Education Service8.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.7% in 2023.

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