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University of Ghana

In research, University of Ghana stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#102 of 3,409 worldwide), Social Sciences (#339 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#206 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Development, Parasitology and Business and International Management — Development is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,036
of 28,054 · #1,971 all time
Rank in Ghana
#1
of 50
Research works
14k
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
212k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is University of Ghana 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #102 of 3,409 27.7%362 #209
Social SciencesDomain #339 of 10,521 30.7%1,841 #493
Social SciencesField #206 of 6,365 30.2%915 #285
Health SciencesDomain #626 of 11,982 20.8%1,232 #1377
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #223 of 2,578 30.9%273 #530
MedicineField #931 of 10,443 20.5%931 #2018
Life SciencesDomain #743 of 7,800 25.2%613 #1596
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #173 of 1,775 35.3%293 #363
Arts and HumanitiesField #244 of 1,998 25.8%140 #712
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #170 of 1,272 40.1%198 #354

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Ghana 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#209 #102
  2. Social Sciences#493 #339
  3. Social Sciences#285 #206
  4. Health Sciences#1,377 #626
  5. Sociology and Political Science#530 #223
  6. Medicine#2,018 #931
  7. Life Sciences#1,596 #743
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#363 #173
  9. Arts and Humanities#712 #244
  10. Economics and Econometrics#354 #170
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 Ghana specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Development takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DevelopmentSubfield · 33.5 works7.5×
  2. ParasitologySubfield · 27.5 works5.9×
  3. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 26.8 works5.8×
  4. Safety ResearchSubfield · 56.4 works4.6×
← 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: 1.73× its world share, 362 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 140 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 71 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 185 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 131 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 248 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 39 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 207 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 931 worksMedicineNursing: 3.68× its world share, 79 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 140 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 273 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 55 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.11× its world share, 293 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 165 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 915 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Ghana?

Ranked on the composite score, Julius N. Fobil, John K.M. Kuwornu and Anna Lartey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Ghana.

  1. 1 Julius N. Fobil Ghana · #34,887 worldwide 648 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 John K.M. Kuwornu Ghana · #99,423 worldwide 193 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Anna Lartey Ghana · #120,797 worldwide 151 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Reginald Quansah Ghana · #196,686 worldwide 489 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Ernest Aryeetey Ghana · #198,635 worldwide 118 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Ama de‐Graft Aikins Ghana · #203,620 worldwide 140 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Martin Oteng‐Ababio Ghana · #258,198 worldwide 147 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 George Owusu Ghana · #264,292 worldwide 136 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Augustin Kwasi Fosu Ghana · #275,401 worldwide 146 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Seth Adu‐Afarwuah Ghana · #276,219 worldwide 143 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at University of Ghana

Which keywords describe research at University of Ghana?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Poverty Reduction, Economic Growth, Globalization, Maternal Mortality, Social Capital, Community Health Workers and Health Inequalities.

▲ 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. Epidemiology318▲ 1.82×122 topics
  2. Globalization192▲ 2.2×75 topics
  3. Climate Change147▲ 1.24×79 topics
  4. Economic Growth145▲ 3.9×25 topics
  5. Sustainability138▲ 1.29×70 topics
  6. Public Health128▲ 2.0×52 topics
  7. Mental Health125▲ 1.94×36 topics
  8. Poverty Reduction108▲ 19×6 topics
  9. Social Capital107▲ 4.6×18 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality101▲ 10×5 topics
  11. COVID-19100▲ 1.66×24 topics
  12. Colonialism95▲ 4.6×21 topics
  13. Global Burden87▲ 3.7×12 topics
  14. Economic Development87▲ 2.4×21 topics
  15. Governance82▲ 5.7×13 topics
  16. Community Health Workers80▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Health Inequalities78▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Social Networks78▲ 6.6×10 topics
  19. Socio-economic Factors75▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Child Mortality75▲ 24×1 topic
  21. Health Systems75▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Child Development75▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. Gender Inequality74▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Social Impact70▲ 4.0×10 topics
  25. Vaccine Development69▲ 6.2×10 topics
  26. Vulnerability66▲ 6.7×8 topics
  27. Genetic Diversity63▲ 3.2×20 topics
  28. Political Economy63▲ 5.5×12 topics
  29. Development62▲ 4.0×16 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease60▲ 5.6×4 topics
  31. Poverty Alleviation58▲ 13×3 topics
  32. NGOs54▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Maternal and Child Undernutrition53▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene53▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Smallholder Farmers52▲ 5.3×6 topics
  36. Poverty43▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Institutional Quality43▲ 9.1×3 topics
  38. Conditional Cash Transfers42▲ 26×1 topic
  39. School Subsidies42▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Genome Sequence42▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Ghana publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Malaria Research and Control.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 75 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 53 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 42 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 33 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 32 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 31 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…31Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 31 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 30 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 28 fractional worksAfrican cultural and phi…27African cultural and philosophical studies: 27 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsSafety ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 75 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 53 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 42 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 33 works
  5. 5 International Development and Aid Development 32 works
  6. 6 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 31 works
  7. 7 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 31 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 30 works
  9. 9 African history and culture studies Anthropology 28 works
  10. 10 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 27 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 available56.2%not open43.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Ghana's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% 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.

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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.