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Heritage Christian University

hcu.edu.ghROR OpenAlex
Research works
51
▲ 2207% vs 2013–17
Citations
366
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Heritage Christian University 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: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.07× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.80× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.55× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.85× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Heritage Christian University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Big Data, Economic Development, Firm Performance, Regulation, Analytics and Business Intelligence.

▲ 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability4▲ 6.4×10 topics
  2. Big Data3▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management3▲ 13×5 topics
  4. Economic Development3▲ 13×4 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  6. Firm Performance2▲ 42×2 topics
  7. Machine Learning2▲ 2.4×7 topics
  8. Regulation2▲ 15×3 topics
  9. Analytics2▲ 80×1 topic
  10. Business Intelligence2▲ 80×1 topic
  11. ICT2▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Digital Divide2▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Broadband2▲ 144×1 topic
  14. Poverty Reduction2▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Telecommunications2▲ 141×1 topic
  16. Customer Experience1▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Information Systems1▲ 26×2 topics
  18. User Satisfaction1▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Institutional Quality1▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Internet of Things1▲ 4.8×4 topics
  21. Social Capital1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  22. Social Media1▲ 2.7×5 topics
  23. Surveillance1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Heritage Christian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Big Data and Business Intelligence, ICT Impact and Policies, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Consumer Retail Behavior Studies.

Big Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…1Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 1 fractional worksImpact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 0 fractional works
Management Information SystemsMedia TechnologyInformation Systems and ManagementMarketing4 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 2 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  8. 8 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 0 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 available58.5%not open41.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Heritage Christian University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2207% 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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