Institute for Scientific and Technological Information

Research institute · Accra · Ghana

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Publications

255

2002–2026

Citations

2,835

To those publications

Scholars

195

101 carry an ORCID — 52% of them.

Research impact, 2016–2025

Field-weighted against the world’s papers

Publications: 2082016–2025
Citations: 2,714to papers published 2016–2025
Field-weighted impact: 3.111.00 is the world average · median 1.18
World top 10%: 34%71 of 207 papers, by citations in their field and year
Open access: 68%142 papers free to read

Diamond 46 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 52 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 24 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 8 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 12 · 6%A copy in a repository
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Output and citations by year

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

What it publishes in

By field, with field-weighted impact

Agricultural and Biological Sciences10550%FWCI 4.07
Engineering4321%FWCI 1.96
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4019%FWCI 3.80
Environmental Science3718%FWCI 2.07
Social Sciences3416%

Who it works with

58% of papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12346915Home

Most frequent partner countries

China46
Egypt32
India18
Korea15
South Africa11
Denmark10
France10
Germany9

Papers with at least one author in that country. 58% of all papers have a co-author abroad.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH184 papers
University of GhanaGH44 papers
Jiangsu UniversityCN35 papers
Benha UniversityEG32 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH30 papers
Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIN16 papers
University of CopenhagenDK10 papers
Yangzhou UniversityCN9 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH8 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH8 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchZA8 papers
Hanbat National UniversityKR7 papers

Research for the Sustainable Development Goals

128 papers address at least one goal

1No poverty41.9% of papers
2Zero hunger4622.1% of papers
3Good health and well-being10.5% of papers
4Quality education41.9% of papers

Who funds it

68 of 208 papers name a funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China14 papers
Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions14 papers
Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund7 papers
Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program6 papers
European Commission5 papers
Key Technology Research and Development Program of Shandong5 papers
National Key Research and Development Program of China5 papers
Government of Jiangsu Province4 papers
Udenrigsministeriet4 papers
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung3 papers

Most published scholars

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