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West End Hospital

In research, West End Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#10,551 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,108 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,608
of 42,892
Rank in Ghana
#47
of 58
Research works
258
▲ 117% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
34.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is West End Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #10,551 of 17,978 22.2%153
Health SciencesDomain #13,108 of 20,462 22.2%165

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West End Hospital 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).

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: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.47× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 2.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West End Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, W. H. McMenemey, C. Worster‐Drought and W. LLOYD ANDRIEZEN lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West End Hospital.

  1. 1 W. H. McMenemey Ghana · #102,698 worldwide 92 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 C. Worster‐Drought Ghana · #431,549 worldwide 58 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 W. LLOYD ANDRIEZEN Ghana · #809,846 worldwide 1 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at West End Hospital

Which keywords describe research at West End Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Disease Burden, Global Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Helminth Infections, Schistosomiasis, Reflective Practice and Interactive Evolutionary Computation.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.4×33 topics
  2. Risk Factors2▲ 5.3×13 topics
  3. Disease Burden2▲ 77×2 topics
  4. Global Epidemiology1▲ 119×2 topics
  5. COVID-191▲ 3.4×6 topics
  6. Helminth Infections1▲ 127×1 topic
  7. Schistosomiasis1▲ 182×1 topic
  8. Machine Learning1▲ 1.39×2 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.8×2 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 5.0×5 topics
  11. Reflective Practice1▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Interactive Evolutionary Computation1▲ 168×1 topic
  13. Music Generation1▲ 168×1 topic
  14. Public Health1▲ 2.5×9 topics

Which research topics does West End Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Parasites and Host Interactions, Music Technology and Sound Studies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Parasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…1Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health0COVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 0 fractional works
ParasitologyComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionHealthEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  2. 2 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 1 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 0 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 available41.7%not open58.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.3%domestic only45.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West End Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 117% 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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