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Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

In research, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,290 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,764 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,118
of 28,054 · #18,061 all time
Rank in Ghana
#11
of 50
Research works
1.2k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Korle Bu 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 #4,290 of 11,982 12.3%351 #8472
MedicineField #3,764 of 10,443 11.7%320 #7007

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korle Bu 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).

What does Korle Bu Teaching Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 26.2 works7.8×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 36.8 works6.2×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.52× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.88× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 320 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Lorna Renner, F.I.D. Konotey-Ahulu and Joel Yarney lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 Lorna Renner Ghana · #326,012 worldwide 52 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 F.I.D. Konotey-Ahulu Ghana · #524,397 worldwide 71 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Joel Yarney Ghana · #769,168 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Verna Vanderpuye Ghana · #908,406 worldwide 21 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Global Burden, Maternal Mortality, Medical Education, Treatment, Health Inequalities and Community Health Workers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology72▲ 4.1×107 topics
  2. Risk Factors32▲ 6.5×28 topics
  3. Global Burden22▲ 9.0×12 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality21▲ 21×5 topics
  5. Treatment20▲ 3.6×42 topics
  6. Inflammation19▲ 2.0×45 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 3.5×28 topics
  8. Diagnosis17▲ 4.1×31 topics
  9. Public Health16▲ 2.5×36 topics
  10. Quality of Life16▲ 2.5×39 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress16▲ 2.1×31 topics
  12. Medical Education15▲ 13×10 topics
  13. Health Inequalities13▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Radiotherapy13▲ 7.5×11 topics
  15. Community Health Workers13▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Child Mortality12▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Health Systems12▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Immune Response12▲ 4.8×16 topics
  19. Depression12▲ 3.0×15 topics
  20. Global Health11▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Cancer Incidence10▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Mortality10▲ 4.0×11 topics
  23. Drug Resistance10▲ 7.8×9 topics
  24. Vaccine10▲ 5.4×10 topics
  25. Diabetes10▲ 4.3×14 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 3.8×12 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 5.3×10 topics
  28. Vaccine Development9▲ 7.9×9 topics
  29. Quality Improvement9▲ 10×7 topics
  30. Mortality Rates8▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations8▲ 5.5×9 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  33. Pulmonary Hypertension7▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Global Access7▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Population-Based Study7▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Health Disparities7▲ 6.0×4 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 10×7 topics
  39. Preventive Services6▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Breast Cancer Screening6▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Korle Bu Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Global Health and Surgery and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Global Maternal and Chil…12Global Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 6 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery6Global Health and Surgery: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…5Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 5 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 5 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 4 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…4Malaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 4 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGenetics4 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 12 works
  2. 2 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  4. 4 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 5 works
  5. 5 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  6. 6 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  7. 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  9. 9 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 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 available74.3%not open25.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korle Bu Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% 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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