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Kintampo Health Research Centre

In research, Kintampo Health Research Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,433 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,345
of 42,892
Rank in Ghana
#41
of 58
Research works
235
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Kintampo Health Research Centre 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 #13,433 of 20,462 29.7%148

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kintampo Health Research Centre 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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.16× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.61× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.19× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 9.54× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kintampo Health Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Seth Owusu‐Agyei, Alexander Manu and Kwaku Poku Asante lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kintampo Health Research Centre.

  1. 1 Seth Owusu‐Agyei Ghana · #393,292 worldwide 96 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Alexander Manu Ghana · #552,514 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Kwaku Poku Asante Ghana · #1,125,376 worldwide 65 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Kintampo Health Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Kintampo Health Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Renewable Energy, COVID-19, Global Burden of Disease, Respiratory Infections, Maternal Mortality, Household Fuel Use and Indoor Air Pollution.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 4.6×41 topics
  2. COVID-194▲ 5.5×12 topics
  3. Renewable Energy4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  4. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 25×4 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality3▲ 27×5 topics
  6. Respiratory Infections3▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Household Fuel Use3▲ 78×1 topic
  8. Indoor Air Pollution3▲ 78×1 topic
  9. Pandemic3▲ 5.1×10 topics
  10. Vaccine Development3▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Health Inequalities3▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Community Health Workers3▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.5×10 topics
  14. Child Mortality3▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Health Systems3▲ 71×1 topic
  16. Oxidative Stress3▲ 3.0×7 topics
  17. Global Burden3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  18. Vaccine3▲ 12×10 topics
  19. Mortality3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  20. Public Health2▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Risk Perception2▲ 16×3 topics
  22. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Health Effects2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Social Media2▲ 2.8×2 topics
  25. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Depression2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases2▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Air Pollution2▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Particulate Matter2▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Exposure Assessment2▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Immune Response2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  33. Immunity2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  34. Primary Care2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  35. Child Development2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  36. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Psychological Distress2▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Arboviral Diseases1▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Zika Virus1▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Kintampo Health Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Energy and Environment Impacts, Global Maternal and Child Health, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Energy and Environment Impacts: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksSelenium in Biological Systems: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional works
PollutionPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealthHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4 others

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

  1. 1 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 3 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  9. 9 Selenium in Biological Systems Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  10. 10 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 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 available76.1%not open23.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.7%domestic only43.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kintampo Health Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.