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Sunyani Technical University

In research, Sunyani Technical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,313 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,438 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 4.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,017
of 22,385 · #9,775 all time
Rank in Ghana
#21
of 45
Research works
599
▲ 76% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Sunyani Technical University

What is Sunyani Technical University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,313 of 9,585 10.7%114 #6147
Physical SciencesDomain #6,438 of 10,670 13.6%96 #9334

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sunyani 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 fields of science does Sunyani Technical University work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Sunyani Technical University is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 163 fractional works · 43.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 54 fractional works · 14.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 141 fractional works · 37.9% of its workEngineering: 64 fractional works · 17.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 9.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 26 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSunyani TechnicalUniversity372fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences44%

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
    1. Social Sciences6116.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting5414.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities164.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance154.1%
    5. Psychology102.6%
    6. Decision Sciences82.1%
    1. Engineering6417.3%
    2. Computer Science369.8%
    3. Environmental Science266.9%
    4. Energy61.5%
    5. Materials Science30.7%
    6. Mathematics20.6%
    7. Chemistry20.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine287.7%
    2. Health Professions102.6%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences195.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sunyani Technical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 53.7 works4.5×
← 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: 1.06× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.48× its world share, 54 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.90× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.48×54 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.17×8 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.90×15 works
  4. Energy1.67×6 works
  5. Nursing1.58×3 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.47×16 works
  7. Environmental Science1.39×26 works
  8. Social Sciences1.30×61 works
  9. Computer Science1.25×36 works
  10. Engineering1.15×64 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×19 works
  12. Health Professions0.98×10 works
  13. Psychology0.85×10 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.66×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.51×2 works
  17. Dentistry0.48×1 works
  18. Medicine0.40×28 works
  19. Chemistry0.35×2 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.32×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.20×3 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.20×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×3 works
  24. Neuroscience0.10×1 works
  25. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sunyani Technical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kwadwo Boateng Prempeh, Ben Beklisi Kwame Ayawli and Peter Ansu‐Mensah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sunyani Technical University.

  1. 1 Kwadwo Boateng Prempeh Ghana · #987,749 worldwide 415 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Ben Beklisi Kwame Ayawli Ghana · #1,194,316 worldwide 522 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Peter Ansu‐Mensah Ghana · #1,319,245 worldwide 445 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Christian Kyeremeh Ghana · #1,632,004 worldwide 437 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Kwaku Amofah Ghana · #1,686,539 worldwide 358 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Stephen Agyeman Ghana · #1,934,851 worldwide 563 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Tahiru Alhassan Ghana · #1,963,586 worldwide 88 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Newman Amaning Ghana · #2,154,414 worldwide 138 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Ernest Kumi Ghana · #2,322,345 worldwide 51 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Felix Kwabena Danso Ghana · #2,367,317 worldwide 77 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sunyani Technical University

What are the most cited papers from Sunyani Technical University?

The most cited paper from Sunyani Technical University is "A systematic review of fundamental and technical analysis of stock market predictions" (Isaac Kofi Nti, Adebayo Felix Adekoya, Benjamin Asubam Weyori, 2019), with 535 citations. Next come "Electricity load forecasting: a systematic review" (395) and "A comprehensive evaluation of ensemble learning for stock-market prediction" (324).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A systematic review of fundamental and technical analysis of stock market predictions Isaac Kofi Nti, Adebayo Felix Adekoya, Benjamin Asubam Weyori · Artificial Intelligence Review Review 20 Aug 2019 535
2 Electricity load forecasting: a systematic review Isaac Kofi Nti, Moses Teimeh, Owusu Nyarko‐Boateng et al. · Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology ReviewOpen access 9 Sep 2020 395
3 A comprehensive evaluation of ensemble learning for stock-market prediction Isaac Kofi Nti, Adebayo Felix Adekoya, Benjamin Asubam Weyori · Journal Of Big Data Open access 11 Mar 2020 324
4 Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms with Different K Values in K-fold CrossValidation Isaac Kofi Nti, Owusu Nyarko‐Boateng, Justice Aning · International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science Open access 8 Dec 2021 271
5 Applications of artificial intelligence in engineering and manufacturing: a systematic review Isaac Kofi Nti, Adebayo Felix Adekoya, Benjamin Asubam Weyori et al. · Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Review 15 Apr 2021 236
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sunyani Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Machine Learning, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Economic Growth and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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-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
  1. Sustainability26▲ 2.9×44 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management23▲ 6.9×14 topics
  3. Machine Learning22▲ 1.78×37 topics
  4. Renewable Energy17▲ 3.1×19 topics
  5. Environmental Impact15▲ 2.3×27 topics
  6. Corporate Governance13▲ 4.7×15 topics
  7. Deep Learning13◆ 0.99×33 topics
  8. Innovation12▲ 3.2×18 topics
  9. Sustainable Development12▲ 2.1×23 topics
  10. Globalization12▲ 1.63×25 topics
  11. Economic Growth12▲ 3.8×13 topics
  12. Risk Management11▲ 6.1×9 topics
  13. Healthcare10▲ 2.5×11 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior8▲ 3.7×6 topics
  15. Leadership8▲ 4.5×11 topics
  16. Performance Measurement7▲ 7.5×5 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis7▲ 3.3×6 topics
  18. Environmental Management7▲ 4.7×6 topics
  19. Smart Cities7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  20. Social Capital7▲ 3.5×10 topics
  21. IoT7▲ 4.8×9 topics
  22. Digital Transformation7▲ 3.3×4 topics
  23. Organizational Performance7▲ 6.8×8 topics
  24. Urbanization7▲ 4.4×5 topics
  25. Policy Instruments6▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Facilities Management6▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Public Sector6▲ 35×3 topics
  28. Public Procurement6▲ 115×1 topic
  29. Sustainable Procurement6▲ 115×1 topic
  30. Heavy Metals6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Customer Satisfaction5▲ 4.2×4 topics
  32. Respiratory Infections5▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Household Fuel Use5▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Indoor Air Pollution5▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Lean Manufacturing4▲ 6.5×2 topics
  36. RFID Technology4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Leadership Style4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  38. Poverty Alleviation4▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Construction Projects4▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Project Success4▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Sunyani Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Public Procurement and Policy, Energy and Environment Impacts, Construction Project Management and Performance and BIM and Construction Integration.

Public Procurement and P…6Public Procurement and Policy: 6 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…5Energy and Environment Impacts: 5 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 4 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 3 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…3Quality and Supply Management: 3 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 3 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…3Heavy metals in environment: 3 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 3 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementPollutionManagement Science and Operations ResearchBuilding and Construction5 others

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

  1. 1 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 6 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 5 works
  3. 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  4. 4 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 3 works
  5. 5 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 3 works
  8. 8 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 3 works
  9. 9 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Online and Blended Learning Education 3 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 available78.5%not open21.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sunyani Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 76% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Sunyani Technical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Sunyani Technical University0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sunyani 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.

still counting10%20%30%Sunyani Technical University14.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.7% in 2019.

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