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Ghana's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Ghana has 32 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 45.5% from 22 in 2024. That places Ghana 79th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 4 places. University of Ghana has the most listed scientists (8), followed by University of Cape Coast Ghana (5).

Single Year
70
+8 (+12.9%) vs 2024
Career Data
32
+10 (+45.5%) vs 2024
World rank by count
#79
up 4 places vs 2024
Institutes
19
+6 (+46.2%) vs 2024

Scientists in Ghana on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+16.7%
2022+21.4%
2023+0.0%
2024+29.4%
2025+45.5%
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YearSingle YearChangeCareer DataChange
20201712
202128+64.7%14+16.7%
202232+14.3%17+21.4%
202346+43.8%17+0.0%
202462+34.8%22+29.4%
202570+12.9%32+45.5%

Top 10 institutes in Ghana

By number of listed scientists

Career-long list2025
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  1. 1University of Ghana8
  2. 2University of Cape Coast Ghana5
  3. 3University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana3
  4. 4Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development1
  5. 5CSIR - Institute of Industrial Research1
  6. 6FOCOS Hospital1
  7. 7Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons1
  8. 8Ghana Communication Technology University1
  9. 9Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)1
  10. 10Ghana Medical Journal1

All 32 scientists

Career-long list2025

Everyone on the list, free to browse.

Rank in Ghana World rank Scientist Institute Sub-field Rank in sub-field
1 2,992 University of Ghana General & Internal Medicine Rank 69
2 64,589 INDEPTH Network Neurology & Neurosurgery Rank 4,311
3 66,754 University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Oncology & Carcinogenesis Rank 2,725
4 74,748 University of Ghana Business School Finance Rank 125
5 75,572 Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Economics Rank 656
6 78,788 Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana Immunology Rank 2,165
7 79,235 University of Ghana Development Studies Rank 58
8 93,711 FOCOS Hospital Orthopedics Rank 663
9 93,831 Ghana Communication Technology University Food Science Rank 524
10 101,945 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Public Health Rank 954
11 114,293 University of Cape Coast Ghana Public Health Rank 1,076
12 116,811 University of Ghana Microbiology Rank 2,914
13 123,091 University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Tropical Medicine Rank 261
14 127,551 University of Ghana Urology & Nephrology Rank 1,348
15 128,968 Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons Health Policy & Services Rank 348
16 134,130 University of Cape Coast Ghana Toxicology Rank 598
17 144,957 University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Tropical Medicine Rank 323
18 150,779 University of Ghana Public Health Rank 1,454
19 164,198 University of Ghana Nutrition & Dietetics Rank 1,099
20 168,329 University of Cape Coast Ghana Toxicology Rank 796
21 230,047 Northern Region Malaria Project Tropical Medicine Rank 523
22 237,548 University of Ghana Agronomy & Agriculture Rank 1,415
23 243,202 University of Cape Coast Ghana Environmental Sciences Rank 2,163
24 244,602 Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development Applied Physics Rank 6,635
25 249,198 University of Ghana Environmental Engineering Rank 1,369
26 289,718 University of Energy and Natural Resources Environmental Sciences Rank 2,681
27 298,385 CSIR - Institute of Industrial Research Energy Rank 4,974
28 301,005 Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Tropical Medicine Rank 701
29 355,482 Ghana Standards Authority General & Internal Medicine Rank 4,743
30 384,965 Trinity Theological Seminary Religions & Theology Rank 115
31 401,556 University of Cape Coast Ghana Anatomy & Morphology Rank 103
32 512,458 Ghana Medical Journal General & Internal Medicine Rank 7,001
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Ghana are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

70 scientists affiliated with Ghana are on the 2025 single-year list, and 32 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Ghana has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2025 career-long list, University of Ghana has the most listed scientists from Ghana, with 8. It is followed by University of Cape Coast Ghana with 5.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Ghana changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Ghana went from 12 scientists in 2020 to 32 in 2025, a change of +166.7%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.