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Highly Cited Researchers

University of Peradeniya Highly Cited Researchers CitationOthers Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Sri Lanka
Sam Kularatne
Tropical Medicine
Infections
Toxinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,468
2,866
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Sri Lanka
Suresh De Mel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,619
2,449
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Sri Lanka
Udaya Ralapanawa
Antioxidants and Biological markers
Dengue and Tropical diseases
Hypertension
Heart Failure and cardiovascular diseases
Non
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,470
1,272
0.865
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Sri Lanka
Mhf Sakeena
Antimicrobial resistance
Patient care
Transdermal drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
824
0.719
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Sri Lanka
Suneth Namal
Software Defined Networking
Mobility management
Mobile femtocells
Load balancing
Network virtualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,035
641
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Sri Lanka
Thiloka C Ariyasena
Solvation parameter model
atomic layer deposition
gas chromatography
liquid chromatography
ion chromatography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
800
587
0.734
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sri Lanka
Medagama Ushanka Arjuna B
Exercise in Diabetes Mellitus
nutrition in diabetes
Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
530
0.628
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Sri Lanka
Hdwt Damayanthi|Damayanthi Dassanayake
Nutrition
Geriatric Nursing
Nursing Administration
Community Health
Health Literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
465
0.971
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Sri Lanka
Nileththi Yasendra Jayanath
Food Innovations
Food Process Technology
Food Engineering
Biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
449
0.993
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sri Lanka
Lalith Rankoth
Agronomy
Sustainable Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
446
0.998
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Sri Lanka
Sinniah K. Navaratnarajah
Rail tracks
Ballast Behavior
Cyclic Loading
Artificial inclusion
geosynthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
427
0.868
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sri Lanka
Dmsb Dissanayaka (Samantha Dissanayaka)
Agronomy
Crop Science
Plant Nutritional Physiology
Metabolic Adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
412
0.912
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sri Lanka
Cs Bandara|Chaminda Senarathna Bandara Alagiyawanna Mohotti Appuhamilage, A.M.A.C.S. Bandara, Chaminda Bandara
Fatigue & Fracture
Steel Structures
Green Building
Damage Assessment of Structures
SHM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
385
0.804
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Sri Lanka
Tc Weeraratne
Vector Biology
Medical Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475
383
0.806
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sri Lanka
Malshani Pathirathna
Maternal and Child Health
Women's Health
Systematic Review & Meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
371
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Sri Lanka
Maheshi Danthurebandara
Life Cycle Assessment
Circular Economy
Waste Valorization
Process Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
370
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Sri Lanka
Sampath Tennakoon
chronic diseases
epidemiology
bio statistics
study designs
health disaster management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
357
0.733
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Sri Lanka
Thanabalasingam Vinayagathasan
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
354
0.709
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Sri Lanka
Ruwani Sagarika Kalupahana
Microbiological food safety and antimicrobial resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
474
345
0.728
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Sri Lanka
Athula Ekanayake
Accounting and corporate governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401
341
0.850
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sri Lanka
Zams Juman
Logistics & Supply Chain
Production-Inventory Control
Combinatorial Optimization
Vendor-Buyer Coordination
Operations Resear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386
341
0.883
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sri Lanka
Wa Priyanka P. De Silva
Ecology
Evolution and Behavior
Medical Entomology
Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
339
0.764
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Sri Lanka
Nadeesha Koralegedara
Environmental Geology
Geochemistry
Sedimentology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
337
0.892
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Sri Lanka
Rh Kuruppuge
Operations Management
Family Business
Knowledge Management
Organisational Development
Tourism Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
334
0.870
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Sri Lanka
Sajeevika Saumali Daundasekara
Nutrition
Obesity
Food security
Health Disparities
Food consumption behaviors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
324
0.982
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,613
Sri Lanka
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sam Kularatne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,468
2,866
0.524
Tropical Medicine
Infections
Toxinology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,579
Sri Lanka
79
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Suresh De Mel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,619
2,449
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,435
Sri Lanka
189
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Udaya Ralapanawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,470
1,272
0.865
Antioxidants and Biological markers
Dengue and Tropical diseases
Hypertension
Heart Failure and cardiovascular diseases
Non
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,445
Sri Lanka
294
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mhf Sakeena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
824
0.719
Antimicrobial resistance
Patient care
Transdermal drug delivery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,117
Sri Lanka
386
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Suneth Namal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,035
641
0.619
Software Defined Networking
Mobility management
Mobile femtocells
Load balancing
Network virtualization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,115
Sri Lanka
427
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thiloka C Ariyasena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
800
587
0.734
Solvation parameter model
atomic layer deposition
gas chromatography
liquid chromatography
ion chromatography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
688,463
Sri Lanka
476
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Medagama Ushanka Arjuna B
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
530
0.628
Exercise in Diabetes Mellitus
nutrition in diabetes
Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM)
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,036
Sri Lanka
544
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hdwt Damayanthi|Damayanthi Dassanayake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
465
0.971
Nutrition
Geriatric Nursing
Nursing Administration
Community Health
Health Literacy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,782
Sri Lanka
570
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nileththi Yasendra Jayanath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
449
0.993
Food Innovations
Food Process Technology
Food Engineering
Biosensors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
754,516
Sri Lanka
573
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lalith Rankoth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
446
0.998
Agronomy
Sustainable Agriculture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
771,467
Sri Lanka
590
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sinniah K. Navaratnarajah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
427
0.868
Rail tracks
Ballast Behavior
Cyclic Loading
Artificial inclusion
geosynthetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,378
Sri Lanka
610
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dmsb Dissanayaka (Samantha Dissanayaka)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
412
0.912
Agronomy
Crop Science
Plant Nutritional Physiology
Metabolic Adaptation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
814,562
Sri Lanka
644
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fatigue & Fracture
Steel Structures
Green Building
Damage Assessment of Structures
SHM
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
816,756
Sri Lanka
651
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tc Weeraratne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475
383
0.806
Vector Biology
Medical Entomology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830,436
Sri Lanka
665
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Malshani Pathirathna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
371
0.976
Maternal and Child Health
Women's Health
Systematic Review & Meta-analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,205
Sri Lanka
670
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maheshi Danthurebandara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
370
0.746
Life Cycle Assessment
Circular Economy
Waste Valorization
Process Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,525
Sri Lanka
686
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sampath Tennakoon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
357
0.733
chronic diseases
epidemiology
bio statistics
study designs
health disaster management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,118
Sri Lanka
688
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thanabalasingam Vinayagathasan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
354
0.709
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
861,087
Sri Lanka
705
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ruwani Sagarika Kalupahana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
474
345
0.728
Microbiological food safety and antimicrobial resistance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,265
Sri Lanka
710
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Athula Ekanayake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401
341
0.850
Accounting and corporate governance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,322
Sri Lanka
711
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zams Juman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386
341
0.883
Logistics & Supply Chain
Production-Inventory Control
Combinatorial Optimization
Vendor-Buyer Coordination
Operations Resear
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,703
Sri Lanka
715
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wa Priyanka P. De Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
339
0.764
Ecology
Evolution and Behavior
Medical Entomology
Toxicology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
871,458
Sri Lanka
717
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nadeesha Koralegedara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
337
0.892
Environmental Geology
Geochemistry
Sedimentology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
875,249
Sri Lanka
723
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rh Kuruppuge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
334
0.870
Operations Management
Family Business
Knowledge Management
Organisational Development
Tourism Management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888,566
Sri Lanka
744
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sajeevika Saumali Daundasekara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
324
0.982
Nutrition
Obesity
Food security
Health Disparities
Food consumption behaviors