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University of Cape Coast

In research, University of Cape Coast stands highest in Social Sciences (#533 of 10,521 worldwide), Education (#114 of 1,892 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#438 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Safety Research is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,719
of 28,054 · #4,158 all time
Rank in Ghana
#3
of 50
Research works
7.2k
▲ 123% vs 2013–17
Citations
81k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is University of Cape Coast known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #533 of 10,521 34.0%1,381 #1062
EducationSubfield #114 of 1,892 37.1%234 #414
Social SciencesField #438 of 6,365 31.6%646 #764
Health SciencesDomain #1,095 of 11,982 21.8%577 #2643
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #198 of 1,775 50.4%201 #748
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #525 of 3,409 17.6%180 #1005
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #214 of 1,272 52.7%143 #740
MedicineField #2,068 of 10,443 19.1%409 #4002
Business, Management and AccountingField #520 of 2,578 33.5%238 #855
Physical SciencesDomain #2,757 of 12,888 24.2%482 #6283

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Cape Coast 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,062 #533
  2. Education#414 #114
  3. Social Sciences#764 #438
  4. Health Sciences#2,643 #1,095
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#748 #198
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,005 #525
  7. Economics and Econometrics#740 #214
  8. Medicine#4,002 #2,068
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#855 #520
  10. Physical Sciences#6,283 #2,757
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Cape Coast specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety Research takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 44.6 works5.9×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 57.2 works4.4×
  3. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 26.2 works3.8×
← 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: 1.39× its world share, 180 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 109 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.17× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 81 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 185 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 127 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 409 worksMedicineNursing: 2.76× its world share, 37 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.06× its world share, 84 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.71× its world share, 238 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.44× its world share, 201 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.08× its world share, 173 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 646 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Cape Coast?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Sonja Vrbovszky and Issahaku Adam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Cape Coast.

  1. 1 Richard Gyan Aboagye Ghana · #94,464 worldwide 502 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Sonja Vrbovszky Ghana · #326,291 worldwide 0 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Issahaku Adam Ghana · #438,603 worldwide 132 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Frederick Ato Armah Ghana · #466,874 worldwide 123 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Kwame Agyei Frimpong Ghana · #639,840 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 David O. Yawson Ghana · #701,094 worldwide 77 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 A. Kofi Amegah Ghana · #701,491 worldwide 104 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Samuel Kyei Ghana · #744,280 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Kofi Awusabo‐Asare Ghana · #764,521 worldwide 39 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Albert Abane Ghana · #786,089 worldwide 85 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at University of Cape Coast

Which keywords describe research at University of Cape Coast?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Leadership, Mental Health, Education, Sustainability, Poverty Reduction, Globalization and Monetary Policy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology124◆ 1.14×107 topics
  2. Sustainability107▲ 1.61×67 topics
  3. Climate Change100▲ 1.35×70 topics
  4. Globalization98▲ 1.83×61 topics
  5. Education96▲ 2.1×50 topics
  6. Mental Health96▲ 2.4×35 topics
  7. Economic Growth84▲ 3.6×21 topics
  8. Environmental Impact75▲ 1.62×45 topics
  9. Renewable Energy72▲ 1.82×26 topics
  10. Leadership67▲ 5.1×18 topics
  11. Online Learning63▲ 2.8×14 topics
  12. Risk Management53▲ 4.0×13 topics
  13. Social Capital52▲ 3.6×16 topics
  14. Higher Education52▲ 3.5×21 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior50▲ 2.9×12 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis49▲ 3.0×17 topics
  17. Monetary Policy47▲ 7.1×6 topics
  18. Poverty Reduction47▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Stock Market46▲ 7.0×3 topics
  20. Job Satisfaction46▲ 3.9×14 topics
  21. Child Development45▲ 3.9×8 topics
  22. Student Engagement43▲ 3.9×14 topics
  23. Student Satisfaction42▲ 8.1×2 topics
  24. Teaching Strategies41▲ 4.9×5 topics
  25. Development38▲ 4.1×14 topics
  26. Gender Inequality38▲ 10.0×6 topics
  27. Academic Achievement37▲ 8.0×10 topics
  28. Distance Education36▲ 6.5×3 topics
  29. Technology Integration36▲ 4.4×11 topics
  30. Blended Learning33▲ 8.6×4 topics
  31. Cognitive Engagement32▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Work Engagement32▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Instructional Design32▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Community Health Workers31▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Community of Inquiry30▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Social Presence30▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Health Inequalities29▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Financialization29▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Economic Policy Uncertainty28▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Oil Price Shocks28▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Cape Coast publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Online and Blended Learning, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Global Maternal and Child Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Online and Blended Learn…30Online and Blended Learning: 30 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…28Market Dynamics and Volatility: 28 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 27 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…25Child Nutrition and Water Access: 25 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…23Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 23 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 21 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 20 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…19Energy and Environment Impacts: 19 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 19 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 18 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and Dietetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Online and Blended Learning Education 30 works
  2. 2 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 28 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 27 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 25 works
  5. 5 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 23 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 21 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 20 works
  8. 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 19 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 19 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 18 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 available73.3%not open26.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Cape Coast's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 123% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Cape Coast

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.