Kumasi Technical University
In research, Kumasi Technical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,310 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,719 of 10,670 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,523 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Strategy and Management (Strategy and Management is 7.7× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #4,476 of 22,385 · #6,688 all time
- Rank in Ghana
- #11 of 45
- Research works
- 1.1k ▲ 62% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 10k 9.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.97× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 68% world 40%
- International
- 34% world 18%
What is Kumasi Technical University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #3,310 of 9,585 | 9.4% | 232 | #6204 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #5,719 of 10,670 | 11.8% | 136 | #7003 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #1,523 of 2,581 | 9.5% | 90 | #2146 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,565 of 5,988 | 11.3% | 64 | #6318 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kumasi 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#6,204 #3,310
- Physical Sciences#7,003 #5,719
- Business, Management and Accounting#2,146 #1,523
- Social Sciences#6,318 #3,565
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Kumasi Technical University work in?
In 2022-now, 50% of research at Kumasi Technical University is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences27850.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting10418.7%
- Social Sciences8114.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance366.4%
- Decision Sciences223.9%
- Psychology213.8%
- Arts and Humanities142.6%
- Physical Sciences16730.1%
- Engineering6411.5%
- Computer Science366.5%
- Environmental Science366.4%
- Mathematics142.5%
- Energy61.1%
- Materials Science50.9%
- Chemistry40.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
- Physics and Astronomy10.2%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
- Health Sciences6511.8%
- Medicine447.9%
- Health Professions173.1%
- Nursing40.7%
- Dentistry00.0%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Life Sciences458.0%
What does Kumasi Technical University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Strategy and Management takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 36.9 works7.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Business, Management and Accounting5.80×104 works
- Decision Sciences4.09×22 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.01×36 works
- Mathematics2.14×14 works
- Nursing1.52×4 works
- Environmental Science1.29×36 works
- Psychology1.25×21 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.24×33 works
- Energy1.17×6 works
- Health Professions1.17×17 works
- Social Sciences1.15×81 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×2 works
- Arts and Humanities0.90×14 works
- Computer Science0.83×36 works
- Engineering0.77×64 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.46×3 works
- Chemistry0.44×4 works
- Medicine0.41×44 works
- Chemical Engineering0.31×1 works
- Materials Science0.25×5 works
- Veterinary0.23×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×2 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×6 works
- Neuroscience0.20×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
- Dentistry0.06×0 works
- Business, Management and Accounting 5.8×
- Decision Sciences 4.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3.0×
- Mathematics 2.1×
- Nursing 1.5×
- Environmental Science 1.3×
- Psychology 1.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.2×
- Energy 1.2×
- Health Professions 1.2×
- Social Sciences 1.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.9×
- Arts and Humanities 0.9×
- Computer Science 0.8×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.5×
- Chemistry 0.4×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Chemical Engineering 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Kumasi Technical University?
Ranked on the quality score, Tomasz Zawiła‐Niedźwiecki, Francis Boadu and Lewis Abedi Asante lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kumasi Technical University.
- 1
Tomasz Zawiła‐Niedźwiecki
Ghana · #373,191 worldwide 3.3k citations · 57 works
- 2
Francis Boadu
Ghana · #376,495 worldwide 935 citations · 33 works
- 3
Lewis Abedi Asante
Ghana · #585,243 worldwide 853 citations · 68 works
- 4
Francis Kwesi Bondinuba
Ghana · #879,717 worldwide 609 citations · 80 works
- 5
Abdul‐Aziz Iddrisu
Ghana · #1,030,450 worldwide 432 citations · 32 works
- 6
Daniel Etse
Ghana · #1,274,143 worldwide 211 citations · 32 works
- 7
Sampson Anomah
Ghana · #1,296,977 worldwide 123 citations · 27 works
- 8
George Asumadu
Ghana · #1,307,547 worldwide 309 citations · 29 works
- 9
Christian Narh Opata
Ghana · #1,311,941 worldwide 420 citations · 25 works
- 10
Sampson Kofi Kyei
Ghana · #1,334,752 worldwide 475 citations · 36 works
Which keywords describe research at Kumasi Technical University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Social Capital, Sustainability, Environmental Management, Consumer Behavior, Corporate Governance and Environmental Impact.
- Land Tenure
- ICT
- Sustainability Reporting
- Institutional Theory
- Green Consumption
- Business Ethics
- Teaching Strategies
- Gender Differences
- Project Success
- Poverty Alleviation
- Circular Economy
- Leadership Style
- Entrepreneurship
- Financial Performance
- Globalization
- Innovation
- Consumer Behavior
- Environmental Management
- Social Capital
- Supply Chain Management
- Sustainability
- Risk Management
- Environmental Impact
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Development
- Corporate Governance
- Economic Growth
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Construction Projects
- Student Engagement
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Cost Overruns
- Urbanization
- Shareholder Value
- Institutional Quality
- Environmental Innovation
- Sustainable Construction
- Product Design
- Environmental Disclosure
- Stakeholder Theory
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Sustainability38▲ 2.8×55 topics
- Supply Chain Management30▲ 6.1×17 topics
- Risk Management26▲ 9.9×11 topics
- Social Capital23▲ 8.1×13 topics
- Environmental Impact23▲ 2.5×38 topics
- Environmental Management21▲ 9.2×9 topics
- Renewable Energy21▲ 2.6×29 topics
- Consumer Behavior19▲ 5.6×11 topics
- Sustainable Development19▲ 2.2×32 topics
- Innovation18▲ 3.2×30 topics
- Corporate Governance18▲ 4.5×15 topics
- Globalization17▲ 1.59×33 topics
- Economic Growth14▲ 3.1×17 topics
- Financial Performance14▲ 4.3×10 topics
- Corporate Social Responsibility12▲ 13×5 topics
- Entrepreneurship12▲ 5.3×10 topics
- Construction Projects11▲ 45×2 topics
- Leadership Style11▲ 15×2 topics
- Student Engagement11▲ 5.0×13 topics
- Circular Economy11▲ 7.0×7 topics
- Stakeholder Analysis11▲ 30×2 topics
- Poverty Alleviation10▲ 20×2 topics
- Cost Overruns10▲ 48×1 topic
- Project Success10▲ 48×1 topic
- Urbanization10▲ 4.6×4 topics
- Gender Differences10▲ 4.8×9 topics
- Shareholder Value9▲ 15×3 topics
- Teaching Strategies9▲ 5.7×5 topics
- Institutional Quality9▲ 15×2 topics
- Business Ethics8▲ 18×3 topics
- Environmental Innovation8▲ 16×1 topic
- Green Consumption8▲ 16×1 topic
- Sustainable Construction8▲ 19×5 topics
- Institutional Theory8▲ 14×2 topics
- Product Design8▲ 10×2 topics
- Sustainability Reporting8▲ 13×2 topics
- Environmental Disclosure8▲ 24×1 topic
- ICT8▲ 10×4 topics
- Stakeholder Theory8▲ 24×1 topic
- Land Tenure8▲ 33×2 topics
Which research topics does Kumasi Technical University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Construction Project Management and Performance, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 10 works
- 2 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 8 works
- 3 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 8 works
- 4 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 7 works
- 5 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 6 works
- 6 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 6 works
- 7 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 5 works
- 8 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 5 works
- 9 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 5 works
- 10 Facilities and Workplace Management Social Psychology 5 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Kumasi Technical University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kumasi Technical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.
Fractional works of Kumasi Technical University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Kumasi
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Garden City University College
- West End Hospital
- Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine
- Christian Service University College
- Ghana Baptist University College
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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