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Koforidua Technical University

In research, Koforidua Technical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,682 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#1,972 of 2,578 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,227 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,484
of 28,054 · #18,782 all time
Rank in Ghana
#28
of 50
Research works
555
▲ 166% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Koforidua Technical University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,682 of 10,521 23.1%133 #5640
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,972 of 2,578 22.2%60 #2798
Physical SciencesDomain #11,227 of 12,888 14.8%70 #17708

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Koforidua 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,640 #4,682
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#2,798 #1,972
  3. Physical Sciences#17,708 #11,227
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Koforidua Technical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 60.2 works7.5×
← 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: 1.08× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 2.46× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.52× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.66× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.55× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Koforidua Technical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Maxwell Owusu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Koforidua Technical University.

  1. 1 Maxwell Owusu Ghana · #1,045,325 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Koforidua Technical University

Which keywords describe research at Koforidua Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Consumer Behavior, Risk Management, Sustainability, Environmental Management, Poverty Alleviation, Ethical Consumption and Environmental Innovation.

▲ 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. Sustainability19▲ 3.1×33 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management17▲ 7.4×14 topics
  3. Consumer Behavior16▲ 10×12 topics
  4. Risk Management12▲ 10×8 topics
  5. Environmental Management12▲ 12×5 topics
  6. Machine Learning11▲ 1.41×29 topics
  7. Poverty Alleviation10▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Renewable Energy9▲ 2.6×17 topics
  9. Social Media9▲ 2.6×15 topics
  10. Ethical Consumption9▲ 33×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Development8▲ 2.0×16 topics
  12. Environmental Innovation8▲ 34×1 topic
  13. Green Consumption8▲ 34×1 topic
  14. Entrepreneurship8▲ 7.9×4 topics
  15. Urbanization7▲ 7.1×6 topics
  16. Corporate Governance7▲ 3.9×9 topics
  17. Leadership7▲ 5.8×10 topics
  18. Financial Performance7▲ 4.7×8 topics
  19. Social Impact6▲ 6.5×3 topics
  20. Health Equity6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  21. Customer Satisfaction6▲ 7.5×5 topics
  22. Performance Measurement6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  23. Social Capital6▲ 4.4×9 topics
  24. Emerging Markets6▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Frugal Innovation6▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Leadership Style5▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Organizational Performance5▲ 8.4×8 topics
  28. Construction Projects5▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Job Satisfaction5▲ 4.5×5 topics
  30. Land Tenure5▲ 46×2 topics
  31. Project Success5▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Stakeholder Analysis5▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Slum Upgrading4▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Urban Poverty4▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Consumer Engagement4▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Electronic Word-of-Mouth4▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Human Resource Management4▲ 10×3 topics
  38. ICT4▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Organizational Learning4▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Psychological Capital4▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Koforidua Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Environmental Sustainability in Business, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Construction Project Management and Performance and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

Environmental Sustainability in Business: 8 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 6 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…5Construction Project Management and Performance: 5 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…4Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…3Economic Growth and Development: 3 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality…3Customer Service Quality and Loyalty: 3 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…3Quality and Supply Management: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…3Energy and Environment Impacts: 3 fractional works
MarketingBusiness and International ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchUrban Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 8 works
  2. 2 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 6 works
  3. 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  4. 4 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 4 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  9. 9 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 3 works
  10. 10 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.6%domestic only61.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Koforidua Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 166% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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