Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Hospital / health system · Tamale · Ghana

Tamale Teaching Hospital

In research, Tamale Teaching Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,526 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,596 of 9,585 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,502 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#6,459
of 22,385 · #10,183 all time
Rank in Ghana
#17
of 45
Research works
680
▲ 107% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
77%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%

What is Tamale Teaching Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,526 of 9,902 6.2%104 #9103
Social SciencesDomain #5,596 of 9,585 6.7%116 #8584
MedicineField #5,502 of 8,541 5.4%81 #8825
Physical SciencesDomain #8,420 of 10,670 9.4%70 #11385

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tamale Teaching Hospital 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.

  1. Health Sciences#9,103 #5,526
  2. Social Sciences#8,584 #5,596
  3. Medicine#8,825 #5,502
  4. Physical Sciences#11,385 #8,420
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Tamale Teaching Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research at Tamale Teaching Hospital is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 131 fractional works · 33.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 3.9% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 43 fractional works · 11.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 125 fractional works · 31.9% of its workMedicine: 96 fractional works · 24.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 20.8% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTamale TeachingHospital391fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences33%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5012.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4311.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance123.2%
    4. Psychology123.0%
    5. Decision Sciences92.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities51.2%
    1. Medicine9624.4%
    2. Health Professions195.0%
    3. Nursing92.3%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Computer Science328.3%
    2. Engineering225.7%
    3. Environmental Science194.7%
    4. Mathematics41.1%
    5. Materials Science20.5%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Energy10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4010.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology82.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.13× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 4.61× its world share, 9 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.40× its world share, 43 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.61×9 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.40×43 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.33×9 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.13×40 works
  5. Health Professions1.88×19 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.49×12 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.30×5 works
  8. Medicine1.27×96 works
  9. Computer Science1.07×32 works
  10. Social Sciences1.01×50 works
  11. Psychology0.97×12 works
  12. Environmental Science0.96×19 works
  13. Mathematics0.92×4 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.40×4 works
  16. Dentistry0.39×1 works
  17. Engineering0.38×22 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×8 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.21×1 works
  21. Energy0.15×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.14×2 works
  23. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tamale Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Bekele Hundie Kotu, Daniel Krah and Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tamale Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 Bekele Hundie Kotu Ghana · #573,122 worldwide 913 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Daniel Krah Ghana · #604,849 worldwide 661 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih Ghana · #730,940 worldwide 1.4k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Stephen Jeswinde Nuagah Ghana · #859,161 worldwide 563 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Mohammed Majeed Ghana · #1,047,784 worldwide 537 citations · 152 works
  6. 6 Benjamín Demah Nuertey Ghana · #1,883,028 worldwide 455 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Anwar Sadat Seidu Ghana · #1,966,990 worldwide 429 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Jacob Kofi Mensah Ghana · #2,128,769 worldwide 212 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Alhassan Fatawu Ghana · #2,144,800 worldwide 160 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Gideon Awenabisa Atanuriba Ghana · #2,238,539 worldwide 122 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Tamale Teaching Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Tamale Teaching Hospital?

The most cited paper from Tamale Teaching Hospital is "Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?" (M.K. van Ittersum et al., 2016), with 896 citations. Next come "Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata): Genetics, genomics and breeding" (348) and "Deep Transfer Learning Approaches in Performance Analysis of Brain Tumor Classification Using MRI Images" (342).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? M.K. van Ittersum et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Dec 2016 896
2 Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata): Genetics, genomics and breeding Ousmane Boukar, Nouhoun Belko, Siva K. Chamarthi et al. · Plant Breeding Open access 9 May 2018 348
3 Deep Transfer Learning Approaches in Performance Analysis of Brain Tumor Classification Using MRI Images Chetana Srinivas, Nandini Prasad K. S., Mohammed Zakariah et al. · Journal of Healthcare Engineering Open access 8 Mar 2022 342
4 Effects of charcoal production on maize yield, chemical properties and texture of soil Philip G. Oguntunde, Matthias Fosu, Ayodele Ebenezer Ajayi et al. · Biology and Fertility of Soils 9 Jan 2004 256
5 Maize-grain legume intercropping for enhanced resource use efficiency and crop productivity in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana M. Kermah, Angelinus Cornelius Franke, Samuel Adjei-Nsiah et al. · Field Crops Research Open access 10 Aug 2017 218
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tamale Teaching Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Epidemiology, Child Mortality and Health Systems.

▲ 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. Sustainability24▲ 2.5×32 topics
  2. Epidemiology24▲ 1.54×67 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management18▲ 5.2×12 topics
  4. Climate Change14▲ 1.30×29 topics
  5. Risk Factors12▲ 2.9×24 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality12▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Health Inequalities11▲ 23×2 topics
  8. Child Development11▲ 6.6×5 topics
  9. Public Health10▲ 1.83×29 topics
  10. Community Health Workers10▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Healthcare10▲ 2.3×13 topics
  12. Internet of Things10▲ 3.0×15 topics
  13. Child Mortality10▲ 36×1 topic
  14. Health Systems10▲ 36×1 topic
  15. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.1×22 topics
  16. Risk Management9▲ 4.8×11 topics
  17. Social Networks9▲ 8.3×4 topics
  18. Big Data9▲ 2.3×9 topics
  19. Environmental Management8▲ 5.2×8 topics
  20. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 9.9×4 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 6.7×7 topics
  22. Food Security8▲ 3.8×8 topics
  23. Social Capital8▲ 3.7×10 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 7.7×4 topics
  25. Maternal and Child Undernutrition7▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Water Sanitation Hygiene7▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Rural Development7▲ 5.1×5 topics
  28. Adaptation7▲ 5.7×6 topics
  29. Entrepreneurship6▲ 4.2×8 topics
  30. Vulnerability6▲ 6.9×5 topics
  31. Agriculture6▲ 4.1×4 topics
  32. Technology Adoption6▲ 8.2×2 topics
  33. Firm Performance6▲ 8.3×2 topics
  34. Poverty Alleviation6▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Predictive Analytics5▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Analytics5▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Business Intelligence5▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Agricultural Innovation5▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Livelihood Diversification5▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Drought Tolerance5▲ 8.5×7 topics

Which research topics does Tamale Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 5 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 3 works
  9. 9 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 3 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 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 available77.0%not open23.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tamale Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 107% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Tamale Teaching Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Tamale Teaching Hospital0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tamale Teaching Hospital 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Tamale Teaching Hospital7.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.4% in 2016.

Other research institutions in Tamale

All research institutions in Tamale

Share Tamale Teaching Hospital's ranking

Tamale Teaching Hospital on Science Explorer

A card with Tamale Teaching Hospital's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Tamale Teaching Hospital. Posts are plain text and can be reported.