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Valley View University

In research, Valley View University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,931 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,327
of 28,054 · #26,299 all time
Rank in Ghana
#41
of 50
Research works
404
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Valley View University 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 #4,931 of 10,521 18.4%121 #7397

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Valley View University 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).

What does Valley View University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 40.2 works7.4×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.08× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.42× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.15× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.26× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Valley View University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Institutional Quality, Governance, Social Capital, Fiscal Policy, ICT, Supply Chain Management and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance13▲ 10×10 topics
  2. Institutional Quality12▲ 69×2 topics
  3. Education11▲ 3.7×10 topics
  4. Governance9▲ 17×5 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management9▲ 5.8×8 topics
  6. Social Capital9▲ 9.9×5 topics
  7. Economic Growth9▲ 6.0×11 topics
  8. Fiscal Policy8▲ 23×2 topics
  9. ICT8▲ 37×2 topics
  10. Sustainability8▲ 1.93×13 topics
  11. Globalization8▲ 2.4×16 topics
  12. Economic Development8▲ 5.5×6 topics
  13. Inequality8▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Knowledge Economy7▲ 40×1 topic
  15. financial access7▲ 110×1 topic
  16. Innovation7▲ 3.9×9 topics
  17. Leadership7▲ 8.2×9 topics
  18. Labor Market6▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Poverty Reduction6▲ 27×4 topics
  20. Corruption6▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Performance Measurement6▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Risk Management6▲ 6.9×4 topics
  23. Gender Equality6▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Development5▲ 9.3×7 topics
  25. Firm Performance5▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Informal Economy5▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Tax Evasion5▲ 63×1 topic
  28. Finance5▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Global Financial Crisis5▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Consumer Behavior4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  31. Entrepreneurship4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Ethical Identity4▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Islamic Banking4▲ 6.1×1 topic
  34. Empowerment4▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Microfinance4▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Customer Satisfaction4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Technology Integration4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Data Science3▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Investment Decisions3▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Technology Acceptance Model3▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Valley View University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic Growth and Development, Taxation and Compliance Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

Economic Growth and Development: 7 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 5 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…4Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…4Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…3Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 3 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 2 fractional works
Information SystemsEconomics and EconometricsAccountingManagement Information Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 7 works
  2. 2 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  8. 8 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 3 works
  9. 9 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 2 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 available75.0%not open25.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Valley View University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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