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UniMAC-GIJ

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,350
of 22,385 · #31,908 all time
Rank in Ghana
#44
of 45
Research works
153
▲ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
UniMAC-GIJ

Which fields of science does UniMAC-GIJ work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at UniMAC-GIJ is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (42%), Business, Management and Accounting (16%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 49 fractional works · 72.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 42.2% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 15.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 15.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniMAC-GIJ68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences73%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2942.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1115.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities35.1%
    4. Psychology34.0%
    5. Decision Sciences22.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.7%
    1. Environmental Science57.9%
    2. Computer Science34.0%
    3. Engineering23.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    5. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine34.5%
    2. Health Professions22.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.6%
    2. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.75× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.94× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.33× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.94×11 works
  2. Social Sciences3.33×29 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.85×2 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.75×3 works
  5. Environmental Science1.59×5 works
  6. Psychology1.32×3 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.28×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.96×3 works
  9. Health Professions0.91×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.51×3 works
  11. Engineering0.24×2 works
  12. Medicine0.24×3 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  14. Energy0.07×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at UniMAC-GIJ?

Ranked on the quality score, George Kwabena Asamoah, Albert Anani-Bossman and Isaac Tandoh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UniMAC-GIJ.

  1. 1 George Kwabena Asamoah Ghana · #1,431,009 worldwide 195 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Albert Anani-Bossman Ghana · #2,112,555 worldwide 152 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Isaac Tandoh Ghana · #2,520,910 worldwide 87 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Daniel Odoom Ghana · #2,644,910 worldwide 211 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Modestus Fosu Ghana · #3,894,228 worldwide 86 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at UniMAC-GIJ

What are the most cited papers from UniMAC-GIJ?

The most cited paper from UniMAC-GIJ is "COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world" (Lukoye Atwoli et al., 2022), with 245 citations. Next come "Green market orientation, green value-based innovation, green reputation and enterprise social performance of Ghanaian SMEs: the role of lean management" (57) and "Social Media and Elections in Ghana: Enhancing Democratic Participation" (51).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world Lukoye Atwoli et al. · BMJ Open access 18 Oct 2022 245
2 Green market orientation, green value-based innovation, green reputation and enterprise social performance of Ghanaian SMEs: the role of lean management Ebenezer Afum, Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah, Charles Baah et al. · Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing 17 Jan 2023 57
3 Social Media and Elections in Ghana: Enhancing Democratic Participation Wilberforce Sefakor Dzisah · African Journalism Studies 2 Jan 2018 51
4 Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Sustainability: The Moderating Role of Top Management Commitment Isaac Tandoh, Kwame Asare Duffour, Mavis Essandoh et al. · International Journal of Professional Business Review Open access 3 Feb 2022 48
5 Conceptual Framework—Artificial Intelligence and Better Entrepreneurial Decision-Making: The Influence of Customer Preference, Industry Benchmark, and Employee Involvement in an Emerging Market George Kofi Amoako, Paul Omari, Desmond Kwadjo Kumi et al. · Journal of risk and financial management Open access 13 Dec 2021 47
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Which keywords describe research at UniMAC-GIJ?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Digital Divide, Content Analysis, News Media, Infectious Diseases, Community Engagement, Public Health and Online Communication.

▲ 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. Social Media11▲ 12×10 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 3.0×10 topics
  3. Public Health5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  4. Digital Divide5▲ 27×4 topics
  5. Content Analysis4▲ 51×2 topics
  6. News Media4▲ 136×2 topics
  7. Community Engagement4▲ 19×2 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases4▲ 18×2 topics
  9. E-Learning4▲ 6.0×3 topics
  10. Online Communication4▲ 36×3 topics
  11. Globalization4▲ 2.8×14 topics
  12. Sustainability4▲ 2.2×9 topics
  13. Vulnerability4▲ 23×3 topics
  14. Crisis Communication4▲ 141×1 topic
  15. Online Learning4▲ 6.3×3 topics
  16. Public Relations4▲ 205×1 topic
  17. Agenda Setting3▲ 152×1 topic
  18. Blended Learning3▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Media Framing3▲ 152×1 topic
  20. Political Communication3▲ 92×2 topics
  21. Student Satisfaction3▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Community of Inquiry3▲ 87×1 topic
  23. Distance Education3▲ 25×1 topic
  24. Information Technology3▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Deliberative Democracy3▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Political Participation3▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Heat Waves3▲ 71×1 topic
  28. Human Health3▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Mortality3▲ 8.1×2 topics
  30. Social Justice2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Financial Performance2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  32. Rural Development2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  33. Consumer Behavior2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  34. Organizational Performance2▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Consumer Engagement2▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Electronic Word-of-Mouth2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Brand Equity2▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Institutional Theory2▲ 23×3 topics
  39. ICT2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Student Participation2▲ 71×2 topics

Which research topics does UniMAC-GIJ publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Public Relations and Crisis Communication, Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics and Online and Blended Learning.

Public Relations and Cri…4Public Relations and Crisis Communication: 4 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…3Media Studies and Communication: 3 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics3Social Media and Politics: 3 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…3Online and Blended Learning: 3 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…3Climate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 impact on air quality: 1 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 1 fractional worksCommunication in Education and Healthcare: 1 fractional works
CommunicationEducationHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 4 works
  2. 2 Media Studies and Communication Communication 3 works
  3. 3 Social Media and Politics Communication 3 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 3 works
  5. 5 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 impact on air quality Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Communication in Education and Healthcare Social Psychology 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 available65.0%not open35.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has UniMAC-GIJ's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is UniMAC-GIJ as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%UniMAC-GIJ0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of UniMAC-GIJ over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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