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West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,137
of 28,054 · #19,653 all time
Rank in Ghana
#34
of 50
Research works
164
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

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: 6.69× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.09× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.66× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Smallholder Farmers, Adaptation, Biodiversity Conservation, Global Warming, Renewable Energy and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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. Climate Change23▲ 12×42 topics
  2. Sustainability16▲ 8.8×21 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers9▲ 56×6 topics
  4. Adaptation9▲ 43×4 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 32×7 topics
  6. Global Warming8▲ 28×10 topics
  7. Renewable Energy7▲ 6.7×23 topics
  8. Remote Sensing6▲ 6.6×13 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services6▲ 21×7 topics
  10. Agroforestry6▲ 122×3 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 23×6 topics
  12. Vulnerability5▲ 31×5 topics
  13. Agroecology5▲ 44×2 topics
  14. Food Security5▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Livestock Farming5▲ 102×2 topics
  16. Agricultural Development4▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Work Organization4▲ 144×1 topic
  18. Agriculture4▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Climate Resilience4▲ 88×2 topics
  20. Biodiversity4▲ 7.0×11 topics
  21. Land Use Change4▲ 17×6 topics
  22. Nutritional Value4▲ 46×2 topics
  23. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.8×17 topics
  24. Indigenous Fruits4▲ 208×1 topic
  25. Tree Domestication4▲ 208×1 topic
  26. Water Management3▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Urbanization3▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Crop Production3▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Extreme Weather3▲ 139×1 topic
  30. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 14×8 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  32. Hydrological Cycle2▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Household Fuel Use2▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Indoor Air Pollution2▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Soil Fertility2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Extreme Events2▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Ocean Circulation2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Drought2▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Risk Perception2▲ 9.2×3 topics

Which research topics does West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Climate change impacts on agriculture and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…3Climate change impacts on agriculture: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…2Energy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato A…2Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 2 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestryPollutionGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 4 works
  3. 3 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 2 works
  8. 8 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available66.8%not open33.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.0%domestic only29.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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