Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Hospital / health system · Kumasi · Ghana

West End Hospital

In research, West End Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,937 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,333 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

westend-hospital.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#23,296
of 34,923
Rank in Ghana
#42
of 53
Research works
258
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.8k
34.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
West End Hospital

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
Health SciencesDomain #6,937 of 16,688 14.9%165
MedicineField #6,333 of 14,558 15.6%153

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does West End Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at West End Hospital is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Social Sciences (14%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 18 fractional works · 55.9% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 48.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWest End Hospital32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences23%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1548.1%
    2. Health Professions26.3%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences413.8%
    2. Psychology26.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology25.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    1. Computer Science25.0%
    2. Environmental Science12.8%
    3. Engineering01.3%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.59× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.50× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 2.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× 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, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.59×2 works
  2. Medicine2.50×15 works
  3. Health Professions2.38×2 works
  4. Nursing2.32×0 works
  5. Psychology1.98×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.09×4 works
  7. Dentistry0.97×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.64×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.56×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.40×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.30×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  18. Engineering0.09×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at West End Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Rolf Ström-Olsen, Geoffrey C. Knight and W. LLOYD ANDRIEZEN lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West End Hospital.

  1. 1 Rolf Ström-Olsen Ghana · #2,098,657 worldwide 407 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Geoffrey C. Knight Ghana · #2,225,261 worldwide 661 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 W. LLOYD ANDRIEZEN Ghana · #2,398,992 worldwide 248 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Hildred B. Carlill Ghana · #2,766,791 worldwide 35 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 W. E. Carnegie Dickson Ghana · #2,965,403 worldwide 334 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Emanuel Miller Ghana · #3,003,799 worldwide 122 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Cecil Worster-Drought Ghana · #3,017,377 worldwide 927 citations · 195 works
  8. 8 Lewis R. Yealland Ghana · #3,099,057 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Thos. D. Savill Ghana · #3,265,050 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 William H. McMenemey Ghana · #4,548,556 worldwide 1.5k citations · 129 works
All ranked researchers at West End Hospital

What are the most cited papers from West End Hospital?

The most cited paper from West End Hospital is "A Modified Card Sorting Test Sensitive to Frontal Lobe Defects" (Hazel E. Nelson, 1976), with 2,482 citations. Next come "Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province" (1,872) and "Increased Nigral Iron Content and Alterations in Other Metal Ions Occurring in Brain in Parkinson's Disease" (1,157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Modified Card Sorting Test Sensitive to Frontal Lobe Defects Hazel E. Nelson · Cortex Open access Dec 1976 2,482
2 Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province J. C. Wagner, C. A. Sleggs, P Marchand · Occupational and Environmental Medicine Open access Oct 1960 1,872
3 Increased Nigral Iron Content and Alterations in Other Metal Ions Occurring in Brain in Parkinson's Disease David Trevor Dexter, F. R. Wells, Alyssa Lee et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry Jun 1989 1,157
4 COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Andrew John Lees, Eileen M. Smith · Brain 1983 803
5 Ultrastructural changes after concentric and eccentric contractions of human muscle Di J. Newham, Graham McPhail, K. R. Mills et al. · Journal of the Neurological Sciences Sep 1983 601
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at West End Hospital?

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

▲ 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-now 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.9×38 topics
  2. Risk Factors2▲ 5.2×14 topics
  3. Disease Burden2▲ 69×2 topics
  4. COVID-191▲ 3.3×7 topics
  5. Global Epidemiology1▲ 99×2 topics
  6. Machine Learning1▲ 1.29×3 topics
  7. Helminth Infections1▲ 102×1 topic
  8. Schistosomiasis1▲ 149×1 topic
  9. Global Burden1▲ 7.1×6 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 4.7×6 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.3×2 topics
  12. Public Health1▲ 2.4×10 topics
  13. Reflective Practice1▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Interactive Evolutionary Computation1▲ 145×1 topic
  15. Music Generation1▲ 145×1 topic

Which research topics does West End Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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 worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …0Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 0 fractional works
ParasitologyComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionHealthEducation4 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 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has West End Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is West End Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%West End Hospital0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of West End Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

Other research institutions in Kumasi

All research institutions in Kumasi

Share West End Hospital's ranking

West End Hospital on Science Explorer

A card with West End Hospital's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about West End Hospital. Posts are plain text and can be reported.