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Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

In research, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,985 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,393 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,358
of 28,054 · #21,841 all time
Rank in Ghana
#27
of 50
Research works
841
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,985 of 11,982 10.1%186 #10075
MedicineField #6,393 of 10,443 10.0%163 #8804

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.74× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 2.87× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Amoah, Emmanuel Addo‐Yobo and Joseph Bonney lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 Michael Amoah Ghana · #402,549 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Emmanuel Addo‐Yobo Ghana · #1,080,793 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Joseph Bonney Ghana · #1,207,657 worldwide 13 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Baffour Awuah Ghana · #1,403,134 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Joseph K. Oppong Ghana · #1,421,007 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Maternal Mortality, Global Burden, Antiretroviral Therapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality Rates and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.9×90 topics
  2. Risk Factors18▲ 6.4×27 topics
  3. Inflammation13▲ 2.4×44 topics
  4. Public Health11▲ 3.0×33 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality11▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.7×22 topics
  7. Global Burden10▲ 7.6×12 topics
  8. Treatment10▲ 3.1×34 topics
  9. Diagnosis9▲ 3.7×27 topics
  10. Mortality8▲ 5.4×10 topics
  11. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 19×6 topics
  12. Quality of Life8▲ 2.1×24 topics
  13. Mortality Rates7▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Health Inequalities7▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Child Mortality7▲ 37×1 topic
  16. Health Systems7▲ 37×1 topic
  17. Medical Education6▲ 9.2×8 topics
  18. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 16×7 topics
  19. Genetics6▲ 3.2×17 topics
  20. Cancer Incidence6▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Immune Response6▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  23. Management6▲ 2.7×21 topics
  24. Primary Care5▲ 5.5×12 topics
  25. Health Disparities5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 7.3×8 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  28. Global Health4▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Quality Improvement4▲ 9.2×6 topics
  30. Drug Resistance4▲ 6.1×7 topics
  31. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  32. Health Outcomes4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  33. Preventive Services4▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Population-Based Study4▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Breast Cancer Screening4▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Global Surveillance4▲ 34×1 topic
  38. HIV Transmission4▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Preexposure Prophylaxis3▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Stigma and Discrimination3▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Global Health and Surgery.

Global Maternal and Chil…7Global Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…3HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery3Global Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 3 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOncologyInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  2. 2 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 3 works
  6. 6 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 2 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 available76.5%not open23.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.5%domestic only56.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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