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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

In research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#12 of 3,409 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#83 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#564 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Horticulture, Business and International Management and Urban Studies — Horticulture is 49.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,078
of 28,054 · #2,647 all time
Rank in Ghana
#2
of 50
Research works
11k
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
141k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #12 of 3,409 27.0%489 #97
Arts and HumanitiesField #83 of 1,998 31.0%109 #436
Social SciencesDomain #564 of 10,521 32.4%1,294 #1155
Life SciencesDomain #511 of 7,800 23.1%683 #1477
Urban StudiesSubfield #7 of 102 45.7%68 #60
Health SciencesDomain #1,335 of 11,982 18.6%730 #2648
Environmental ScienceField #471 of 3,551 18.9%407 #1091
Social SciencesField #901 of 6,365 29.4%543 #1145
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #253 of 1,775 42.2%180 #791
Physical SciencesDomain #1,887 of 12,888 17.7%1,332 #4230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#97 #12
  2. Arts and Humanities#436 #83
  3. Social Sciences#1,155 #564
  4. Life Sciences#1,477 #511
  5. Urban Studies#60 #7
  6. Health Sciences#2,648 #1,335
  7. Environmental Science#1,091 #471
  8. Social Sciences#1,145 #901
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#791 #253
  10. Physical Sciences#4,230 #1,887
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 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Horticulture takes 49.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HorticultureSubfield · 26.7 works49×
  2. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 26.0 works6.1×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 68.3 works6.1×
  4. ForestrySubfield · 24.5 works5.8×
  5. Religious studiesSubfield · 39.0 works5.8×
  6. PollutionSubfield · 80.9 works5.1×
  7. Soil ScienceSubfield · 53.1 works4.4×
← 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: 2.55× its world share, 489 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 120 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 58 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 195 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.48× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 446 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.03× its world share, 407 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 44 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 136 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 524 worksMedicineNursing: 2.80× its world share, 55 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 109 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.23× its world share, 290 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 66 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.08× its world share, 180 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 105 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 543 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Williams Agyemang‐Duah and Yaw Ampem Amoako lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah Ghana · #88,045 worldwide 322 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Williams Agyemang‐Duah Ghana · #101,746 worldwide 630 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Yaw Ampem Amoako Ghana · #104,918 worldwide 3.6k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Fred Stephen Sarfo Ghana · #116,176 worldwide 157 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Alexander Kwarteng Ghana · #200,498 worldwide 98 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Prince Peprah Ghana · #207,597 worldwide 390 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Peter Donkor Ghana · #221,559 worldwide 91 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Albert Akpalu Ghana · #265,895 worldwide 116 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Robert Clement Abaidoo Ghana · #271,397 worldwide 111 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Nathaniel Boso Ghana · #289,130 worldwide 101 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Smallholder Farmers, Risk Management, Climate Change and Poverty Alleviation.

▲ 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. Sustainability250▲ 2.5×77 topics
  2. Climate Change182▲ 1.67×85 topics
  3. Epidemiology173◆ 1.08×117 topics
  4. Environmental Impact170▲ 2.5×51 topics
  5. Renewable Energy147▲ 2.5×40 topics
  6. Sustainable Development119▲ 1.86×50 topics
  7. Globalization109▲ 1.37×58 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation106▲ 7.1×12 topics
  9. Risk Management101▲ 5.2×15 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management100▲ 2.6×22 topics
  11. Social Capital96▲ 4.5×14 topics
  12. Urbanization94▲ 5.6×7 topics
  13. Public Health92▲ 1.56×52 topics
  14. Smallholder Farmers84▲ 9.3×6 topics
  15. Poverty Alleviation81▲ 20×2 topics
  16. Food Security80▲ 3.6×17 topics
  17. Economic Growth80▲ 2.3×25 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services80▲ 5.1×10 topics
  19. Genetic Diversity74▲ 4.1×22 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture73▲ 5.7×12 topics
  21. Social Networks67▲ 6.2×7 topics
  22. Land Tenure67▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Vulnerability63▲ 6.9×7 topics
  24. Health Equity63▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Community Participation62▲ 4.1×7 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction56▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Urban Poverty56▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Housing Policy55▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Slum Upgrading55▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Rural Development53▲ 3.8×11 topics
  31. Adaptation53▲ 4.6×11 topics
  32. Agroforestry49▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Respiratory Infections46▲ 9.7×3 topics
  34. Gender Inequality46▲ 8.2×6 topics
  35. Health Impacts44▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality43▲ 4.8×5 topics
  37. Household Fuel Use43▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Indoor Air Pollution43▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Community Health Workers37▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Climate Change Resilience35▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Energy and Environment Impacts, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Urban and Rural Developm…55Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 55 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…43Energy and Environment Impacts: 43 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 35 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 33 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 32 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 31 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 27 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…26Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 26 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 26 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 24 fractional works
Urban StudiesPollutionGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesNutrition and Dietetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 55 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 43 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 33 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 32 works
  6. 6 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 31 works
  7. 7 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 27 works
  8. 8 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 26 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 26 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 24 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 available68.4%not open31.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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