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Ministry of Food and Agriculture

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World rank, all time
#37,157
of 42,892
Rank in Ghana
#53
of 58
Research works
161
▲ 82% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

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: 8.42× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 3.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.58× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.81× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Food and Agriculture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Smallholder Farmers, Climate Change, Food Security, Epidemiology, Digital Transformation, Consumer Behavior and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.4×20 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 3.3×19 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity4▲ 18×9 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 30×5 topics
  5. Sustainability3▲ 2.6×12 topics
  6. Pandemic3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  7. Food Security3▲ 9.9×7 topics
  8. Digital Transformation3▲ 9.8×2 topics
  9. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.1×9 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  11. COVID-192▲ 3.8×5 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  13. Food Safety2▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Pathogenesis2▲ 9.8×8 topics
  15. Social Networks2▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Rural Development2▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Stock Market2▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Financial Markets2▲ 33×1 topic
  20. business impact2▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Vaccine2▲ 10.0×7 topics
  22. Adaptation2▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Gender Equality2▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Agricultural Innovation2▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Livelihood Diversification2▲ 122×1 topic
  26. Nutritional Quality2▲ 44×4 topics
  27. Chronic Disease2▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Genetic Characterization2▲ 69×2 topics
  29. Breeding2▲ 40×4 topics
  30. Food Insecurity2▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Health Outcomes2▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Immune Response2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  33. Ancient DNA1▲ 55×2 topics
  34. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 7.5×6 topics
  35. Biological Control1▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Viral Pathogenesis1▲ 45×2 topics
  37. Chicken Domestication1▲ 172×1 topic
  38. Diversity1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Livestock Farming1▲ 43×2 topics
  40. Village Poultry1▲ 172×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Food and Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and Livestock and Poultry Management.

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health…2Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Ma…1Livestock and Poultry Management: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksPublic Procurement and Policy: 1 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and T…1Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 1 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analys…1Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 1 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Ge…1Insect Resistance and Genetics: 1 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…1Agricultural pest management studies: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesGeneral Health ProfessionsAnimal Science and Zoology5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 1 works
  9. 9 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 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 available64.5%not open35.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.4%domestic only56.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Food and Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 82% 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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