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![KW Lasantha K Weerasinghe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/38/358748.jpg)
Eco-physiology
Plantation Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,614
2,022
0.774
![Suriyagoda Lalith](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/291988.jpg)
Agronomy
Plant Nutrition
Crop Physiology
Crop Modelling
Bio-Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,387
1,727
0.724
![Dkng Pushpakumara Gamini Pushpakumara|G Pushpakumara](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/75/341423.jpg)
agrobiodiversity & pteridology
agroforestry & TOF
conservation biology
reproductive biology
tree domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,336
1,528
0.654
![Buddhi Marambe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b8/294242.jpg)
Climate Change Adaptation
Biology and Management of Invasive Alien Species
Herbicide-Resistance in Weeds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,167
1,345
0.621
![Pradeepa Silva](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/04/436566.jpg)
Animal Genetics and Breeding
Indigenous Animal Genetic Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,910
1,345
0.704
![Wajm De Costa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/83/341421.jpg)
Agriculture
Plant Sciences
Plant Physiology
Agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,381
1,043
0.438
![Sarath P Nissanka](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1f/341422.jpg)
Agronomy
Crop Physiology
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Agroforestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,936
992
0.512
![Jeevika Weerahewa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/aa/353116.jpg)
Agriculture
Economics
Trade
Policy
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,656
942
0.569
![MIM Mowjood](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ee/478957.jpg)
Biosystems Engineering
Water Resources Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
742
0.461
![Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake Bandaranayake](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/99/341318.jpg)
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Genomics
Transcriptomics
CRISPR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
616
0.690
![Uwa Vitharana](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bb/530683.jpg)
Soil Science
Proximal soil sensing
Digital soil mapping
Pedometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,258
613
0.487
![Bfa Basnayake](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Energy and Waste Management
Biochemical Transformation Kinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,116
519
0.465
![Ramya Malkanthi Fonseka](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/13/341424.jpg)
Agronomy
Plant Nutrition
Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
775
491
0.634
![Saman Dharmakeerthi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c7/434404.jpg)
soil fertility
plant nutrition
biochar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
481
0.556
![Inoka Welagedara](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
general relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
455
0.386
![Palitha Weerakkody](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/81/4975408.jpg)
Vegetable crops
protected culture
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
444
0.574
![Mangalika Wickramasinghe](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant molecular biology
Gene expression analysis
cereal grain quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
408
0.374
![Anurudda Kumara Karunarathna](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2f/4305880.jpg)
Waste Management
Biosystems Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
382
0.776
![DM De Costa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/301690.jpg)
Plant Pathology
Microbial Genomics
Host-pathogen interactions
Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
379
0.524
![Janaki Mohotti](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/341425.jpg)
Plant Physiology
Agronomy
Tea
Plantation crops
Spice crops
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
662
365
0.551
![CK Jayasinghe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/64/301654.jpg)
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
236
0.297
![JP Eeswara](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Horticulture
Plant Tissue Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
627
234
0.373
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Parakrama Weligamage](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/84/403984.jpg)
Agricultural Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
137
0.295
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Vishna Weerarathne](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2f/4732780.jpg)
Agronomy
Plant stress physiology
Crop Improvement Techniques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
108
0.850
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![W Nipuna U Perera](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f7/4747700.jpg)
Poultry Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
108
1.000
KW Lasantha K Weerasinghe
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,614
2,022
0.774
Eco-physiology
Plantation Agriculture
Suriyagoda Lalith
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,387
1,727
0.724
Agronomy
Plant Nutrition
Crop Physiology
Crop Modelling
Bio-Statistics
Dkng Pushpakumara Gamini Pushpakumara|G Pushpakumara
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,336
1,528
0.654
agrobiodiversity & pteridology
agroforestry & TOF
conservation biology
reproductive biology
tree domestication
Buddhi Marambe
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,167
1,345
0.621
Climate Change Adaptation
Biology and Management of Invasive Alien Species
Herbicide-Resistance in Weeds
Pradeepa Silva
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,910
1,345
0.704
Animal Genetics and Breeding
Indigenous Animal Genetic Resources
Wajm De Costa
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,381
1,043
0.438
Agriculture
Plant Sciences
Plant Physiology
Agronomy
Sarath P Nissanka
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,936
992
0.512
Agronomy
Crop Physiology
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Agroforestry
Jeevika Weerahewa
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,656
942
0.569
Agriculture
Economics
Trade
Policy
Poverty
MIM Mowjood
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
742
0.461
Biosystems Engineering
Water Resources Management
Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake Bandaranayake
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
616
0.690
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Genomics
Transcriptomics
CRISPR
Uwa Vitharana
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,258
613
0.487
Soil Science
Proximal soil sensing
Digital soil mapping
Pedometrics
Bfa Basnayake
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,116
519
0.465
Energy and Waste Management
Biochemical Transformation Kinetics
Ramya Malkanthi Fonseka
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
775
491
0.634
Agronomy
Plant Nutrition
Horticulture
Saman Dharmakeerthi
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
481
0.556
soil fertility
plant nutrition
biochar
Inoka Welagedara
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
455
0.386
Palitha Weerakkody
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
444
0.574
Vegetable crops
protected culture
sustainable agriculture
Mangalika Wickramasinghe
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
408
0.374
Plant molecular biology
Gene expression analysis
cereal grain quality
Anurudda Kumara Karunarathna
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
382
0.776
Waste Management
Biosystems Engineering
DM De Costa
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
379
0.524
Plant Pathology
Microbial Genomics
Host-pathogen interactions
Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Plant Pathology
Janaki Mohotti
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
662
365
0.551
Plant Physiology
Agronomy
Tea
Plantation crops
Spice crops
CK Jayasinghe
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
236
0.297
JP Eeswara
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
627
234
0.373
Horticulture
Plant Tissue Culture
Parakrama Weligamage
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
137
0.295
Agricultural Economics
Vishna Weerarathne
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
108
0.850
Agronomy
Plant stress physiology
Crop Improvement Techniques
W Nipuna U Perera
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
![Sri Lanka](/flags/lk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
108
1.000