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Tamale Technical University

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,235
of 28,054 · #35,775 all time
Rank in ??
#420
of 692
Research works
182
▲ 1488% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What does Tamale Technical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 22.5 works6.1×
← 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: 2.02× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.38× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.10× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.19× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Tamale Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Internet of Things, Big Data, Firm Performance, Predictive Analytics, Analytics and Business Intelligence.

▲ 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. Supply Chain Management14▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Sustainability14▲ 4.9×21 topics
  3. Internet of Things8▲ 8.0×12 topics
  4. Deep Learning8▲ 1.94×37 topics
  5. Machine Learning8▲ 2.0×32 topics
  6. Big Data7▲ 6.7×8 topics
  7. Healthcare6▲ 4.9×9 topics
  8. Social Media6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  9. Climate Change5▲ 1.76×16 topics
  10. Firm Performance5▲ 24×2 topics
  11. Predictive Analytics5▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Analytics5▲ 48×1 topic
  13. Business Intelligence5▲ 48×1 topic
  14. Social Capital4▲ 7.4×9 topics
  15. Entrepreneurship4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  16. Consumer Engagement4▲ 28×1 topic
  17. Electronic Word-of-Mouth4▲ 28×1 topic
  18. Security4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  19. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 2.3×13 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior3▲ 4.4×8 topics
  21. Risk Management3▲ 5.5×9 topics
  22. Smart Cities3▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Big Data Analytics3▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Privacy3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  25. E-commerce3▲ 4.0×2 topics
  26. Environmental Management3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  27. Information Systems3▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Technology Acceptance Model3▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Food Security3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  30. IoT Security3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. Social Impact3▲ 5.6×4 topics
  32. Blockchain2▲ 9.0×1 topic
  33. Smart Contracts2▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Social Networks2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  36. Customer Satisfaction2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  37. Cyber-Physical Systems2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  38. Poverty Alleviation2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Digital Twin2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Vulnerability2▲ 8.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Tamale Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Big Data and Business Intelligence, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

Big Data and Business In…5Big Data and Business Intelligence: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 3 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing2IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 2 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 1 fractional worksImpact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society: 1 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 1 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 1 fractional works
Management Information SystemsSociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and ManagementInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 5 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 3 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 2 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  7. 7 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  9. 9 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  10. 10 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tamale Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1488% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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