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Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine

In research, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine stands highest in Health Sciences (#18,610 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,571
of 28,054 · #25,469 all time
Rank in Ghana
#42
of 50
Research works
223
▲ 108% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine 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 #18,610 of 20,462 19.7%120

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine 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: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.12× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.49× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.94× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Helminth Infections, Vaccine, Antibiotic Resistance, Vaccine Development, Immune Response, Zoonotic Infections and Ivermectin.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 5.5×55 topics
  2. Helminth Infections6▲ 189×2 topics
  3. Public Health5▲ 4.0×22 topics
  4. Vaccine5▲ 14×11 topics
  5. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 15×9 topics
  6. Diagnosis4▲ 5.8×11 topics
  7. Vaccine Development4▲ 22×8 topics
  8. Immune Response4▲ 9.4×11 topics
  9. Treatment4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  10. Zoonotic Infections4▲ 92×2 topics
  11. Ivermectin4▲ 177×2 topics
  12. Lymphatic Filariasis4▲ 398×1 topic
  13. Onchocerciasis4▲ 398×1 topic
  14. COVID-193▲ 2.7×14 topics
  15. Pathogenesis3▲ 7.4×13 topics
  16. Disease Burden3▲ 48×2 topics
  17. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 45×3 topics
  18. Maternal Mortality3▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Global Burden3▲ 6.2×7 topics
  20. Global Epidemiology2▲ 69×2 topics
  21. Drug Resistance2▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  24. Immunomodulation2▲ 21×2 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-22▲ 8.3×4 topics
  26. Vector Control2▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Community Health Workers2▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Genome Sequence2▲ 31×3 topics
  29. Schistosomiasis2▲ 98×1 topic
  30. Soil-Transmitted Helminths2▲ 98×1 topic
  31. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 15×6 topics
  32. Health Inequalities2▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Child Mortality2▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Health Systems2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 11×8 topics
  36. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Mycobacterium avium2▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria2▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Infection2▲ 8.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Parasites and Host Interactions, Global Maternal and Child Health and Malaria Research and Control.

Parasitic Diseases Resea…4Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…2Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …1Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesParasitologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available84.6%not open15.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.6%domestic only39.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 108% 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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