Three UCC faculty members, namely Prof. David Teye Doku, Prof. Frederick Ato Armah, and Prof. Kofi Awusabo-Asare have been ranked among the top 50 scholars in Ghana in the first ever release of the AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index) - https://bit.ly/3n3psXx
Professor Doku, Professor Armah, and Professor Awusabo-Asare were ranked 11th, 25th and 28th in Ghana respectively.
Prof. Doku is a Public Health Scientist; Prof. Armah is an Environmental and Sustainability Scientist and Prof. Awusabo-Asare is a Population Studies and Adolescent Reproductive Health Scientist.
The institution-specific ranking for UCC scholars can be found here: https://bit.ly/38A6v6e
The AD Scientific Index, unlike other systems that provide evaluations of journals and universities, is a ranking and analysis system based on the scientific performance and the added value of the scientific productivity of individual scientists. Furthermore, it provides rankings of institutions based on the scientific characteristics of affiliated scientists.
This new index has been developed by using the total and last 5 years’ values of the i10 index, h-index, and citation scores in Google Scholar. In addition, the ratio of the last 5 years’ value to the total value of the above mentioned indexes is used. Using a total of nine parameters, the “AD Scientific Index” shows the ranking of an individual scientist by 12 subjects (Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law / Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Others), 256 branches, 11,700 institutions of employment, 186 countries, 11 regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, EECA, BRICS, USAN and COMESA) and in the world. The “AD Scientific Index” is the first and only study that shows the total and the last five-year productivity coefficients of scientists based on the h-index and i10 index scores and citations in Google Scholar. In other words, the “AD Scientific Index” provides both the academic ranking and analysis results.
One of the major differences of the AD Scientific Index is the provision of the last five years’ scores and the total scores of the h-index and the i10 index, and the total and last five years’ number of citations. Other unique differences of the AD Scientific Index include rankings in all fields and subjects of scientific interest and the emphasis on the scientific productivity of the scientist. Thus, scientists and universities can obtain their academic rankings and monitor developments in the ranking over time.