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Ho Technical University

In research, Ho Technical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,495 of 6,403 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,265 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,271 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#4,298
of 22,385 · #8,289 all time
Rank in Ghana
#9
of 45
Research works
683
▲ 116% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.6k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%

What is Ho Technical University 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,495 of 6,403 12.3%60 -
Social SciencesDomain #4,265 of 9,585 14.1%154 #7017
Physical SciencesDomain #5,271 of 10,670 10.9%90 #8557

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ho Technical University 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 Ho Technical University work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Ho Technical University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 176 fractional works · 43.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 51 fractional works · 12.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 104 fractional works · 25.6% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 68 fractional works · 16.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPlant Science: 18 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 59 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHo TechnicalUniversity406fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences43%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5613.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting5112.5%
    3. Psychology246.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance194.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities143.4%
    6. Decision Sciences133.1%
    1. Engineering399.6%
    2. Environmental Science235.6%
    3. Computer Science225.4%
    4. Materials Science41.0%
    5. Chemistry41.0%
    6. Energy40.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.8%
    8. Mathematics30.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5413.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology92.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.3%
    1. Medicine399.6%
    2. Health Professions133.1%
    3. Nursing71.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.80× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 3.29× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.16× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.89× its world share, 51 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.14× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.89×51 works
  2. Nursing3.29×6 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.21×13 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.80×54 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.14×19 works
  6. Psychology1.96×24 works
  7. Health Professions1.19×13 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.16×14 works
  9. Environmental Science1.13×23 works
  10. Social Sciences1.08×56 works
  11. Energy1.02×4 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.00×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.70×22 works
  14. Engineering0.64×39 works
  15. Chemistry0.63×4 works
  16. Mathematics0.56×3 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×2 works
  19. Medicine0.50×39 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×9 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.29×4 works
  23. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.20×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.19×2 works
  26. Veterinary0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ho Technical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew Quayson, Edem Maxwell Azila-Gbettor and Christopher Mensah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ho Technical University.

  1. 1 Matthew Quayson Ghana · #208,581 worldwide 1.3k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Edem Maxwell Azila-Gbettor Ghana · #655,691 worldwide 803 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Christopher Mensah Ghana · #806,071 worldwide 747 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Felix Kwashie Madilo Ghana · #833,606 worldwide 511 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Martin Kwasi Abiemo Ghana · #902,853 worldwide 279 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Courage Sedem Dzah Ghana · #939,526 worldwide 2.2k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Deodat E. Adenutsi Ghana · #1,163,838 worldwide 270 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Richard Fiifi Turkson Ghana · #1,304,485 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Melody Enyonam Appietu Ghana · #1,567,181 worldwide 193 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Maxwell Kwame Boakye Ghana · #2,006,232 worldwide 1.2k citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Ho Technical University

What are the most cited papers from Ho Technical University?

The most cited paper from Ho Technical University is "Qualitative research: deductive and inductive approaches to data analysis" (Theophilus Azungah, 2018), with 1,277 citations. Next come "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762) and "The effects of ultrasound assisted extraction on yield, antioxidant, anticancer and antimicrobial activity of polyphenol extracts: A review" (535).

All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ho Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Consumer Behavior, Leadership, Smallholder Farmers, Job Satisfaction, Risk Management, Work Engagement and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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. Sustainability26▲ 2.6×41 topics
  2. Consumer Behavior15▲ 6.0×10 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 1.26×32 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management14▲ 3.7×12 topics
  5. Leadership14▲ 6.8×13 topics
  6. Risk Management12▲ 6.2×9 topics
  7. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Job Satisfaction12▲ 6.7×10 topics
  9. Education12▲ 1.67×19 topics
  10. Mental Health11▲ 1.82×20 topics
  11. Work Engagement10▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Economic Growth10▲ 3.0×16 topics
  13. Sustainable Agriculture10▲ 7.8×5 topics
  14. Risk Perception9▲ 8.6×6 topics
  15. Organizational Culture9▲ 5.8×8 topics
  16. Well-being9▲ 5.7×10 topics
  17. Human Resource Management9▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation8▲ 5.6×8 topics
  19. Digital Transformation8▲ 3.8×5 topics
  20. Social Capital8▲ 3.9×11 topics
  21. Psychological Capital8▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Transformational Leadership8▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Organizational Behavior8▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Organizational Performance8▲ 7.4×5 topics
  25. Climate Resilience8▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Environmental Management8▲ 4.7×7 topics
  27. Job Demands-Resources Model8▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Mediation Analysis8▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Food Safety7▲ 6.2×11 topics
  30. Agroforestry7▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Nutritional Value7▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Customer Satisfaction6▲ 5.0×3 topics
  33. User Satisfaction6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  34. Indigenous Fruits6▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Technology Acceptance Model6▲ 9.4×2 topics
  36. Tree Domestication6▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Finance5▲ 7.1×3 topics
  38. Employee Behavior5▲ 16×2 topics
  39. ICT5▲ 9.5×3 topics
  40. Food Supply Chain5▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Ho Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

  1. 1 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 6 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 5 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 4 works
  5. 5 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 4 works
  8. 8 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  10. 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 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 available70.3%not open29.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.5%domestic only70.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ho Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 116% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ho Technical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Ho Technical University0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ho Technical University 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 counting10%20%30%Ho Technical University11.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2023.

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