University of Colombo is a prestigious public university established in 1921 in Sri Lanka. It is represented by 618 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Medical and Health Sciences (198 scientists), Social Sciences and Humanities (120 scientists), and Natural Sciences (87 scientists).

Total 618 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Upul Sonnadara
Particle Physics
Computational Science
Atmospheric Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
71
0.910
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Malagalage Kithsiri Jayananda
Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
Particle Physics
Instrumentation
Chaos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
65
0.956
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Ranil Jayawardena
Nutrition
Obesity
Non-communicable Diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
49
0.925
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Priyanga Ranasinghe
Clinical Pharmacology
Hypertension
Non-Communicable Diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
47
0.904
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Prasad Katulanda
Diabetes
Endocrinology and Non-Communicable Diseases
Epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
39
0.867
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Senaka Rajapakse
acute medicine
critical care
tropical medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
34
0.773
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Shaman Rajindrajith
Pediatrics
Gastroenterology
Medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Daya Ratnasooriya
Mammalian Biology
Physiology
Bio activity of natural products
Toxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
24
0.585
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nadira Karunaweera
Malaria
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Leishmaniasis
Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Umesh Jayarajah
Surgery
Cancer
Epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
37
0.974
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Achala Jayatilleke
Digital Health
Health Information Systems
NCDs
Injury & Violence Prevention
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
34
0.895
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
KM Nalin De Silva
Physical Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Drug Delivery
Water Purification
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
33
0.868
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Upul Senarath
Community Medicine
Public health nutrition
Maternal and child health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
28
0.824
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Saroj Jayasinghe
clinical reasoning
complexity science
health equity
social determinants of health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Gdn Perera
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
High energy Physics
Quantum Field Theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Chandrika Wijeyaratne
Women's Health
GDM
PCOS
Metabolic syndrome
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
25
0.781
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Deepika Fernando
Infectious diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Shiroma Handunnetti
Immunology
Cell Biology
Bioactivities of Medicinal plants
Infectious diseases and Vaccinology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Carukshi Arambepola
Non communicable disease epidemiology and prevention
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
26
0.839
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Preethi Vidya Udagama
immunology
medical biotechnology
bioprospecting for natural drug leads
cytokines in NIDS
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Jennifer Perera
Medical Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Resistance
Tuberculosis
Women's Health and Medical education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Rohini M De Silva
Materials Chemistry
Advanced Materials
Drug Delivery and Water Purification
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
27
0.931
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Ravi Wijesundera
Plant Pathology
Mycology
Natural Products
Post Harvest Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
E Dilip De Silva
Marine Natural Products
Isolation of biologically active compounds from endophytic fungi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Varuni A De Silva
Psychiatry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Upul Sonnadara
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
71
0.910
Particle Physics
Computational Science
Atmospheric Sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Malagalage Kithsiri Jayananda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
65
0.956
Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
Particle Physics
Instrumentation
Chaos
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ranil Jayawardena
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
49
0.925
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Priyanga Ranasinghe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
47
0.904
Clinical Pharmacology
Hypertension
Non-Communicable Diseases
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Prasad Katulanda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
39
0.867
Diabetes
Endocrinology and Non-Communicable Diseases
Epidemiology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Senaka Rajapakse
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
34
0.773
acute medicine
critical care
tropical medicine
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shaman Rajindrajith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daya Ratnasooriya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
24
0.585
Mammalian Biology
Physiology
Bio activity of natural products
Toxicology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nadira Karunaweera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
Malaria
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Leishmaniasis
Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Umesh Jayarajah
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
37
0.974
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Achala Jayatilleke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
34
0.895
Digital Health
Health Information Systems
NCDs
Injury & Violence Prevention
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
KM Nalin De Silva
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
33
0.868
Physical Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Drug Delivery
Water Purification
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Upul Senarath
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
28
0.824
Community Medicine
Public health nutrition
Maternal and child health
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Saroj Jayasinghe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
clinical reasoning
complexity science
health equity
social determinants of health
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gdn Perera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
High energy Physics
Quantum Field Theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chandrika Wijeyaratne
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
25
0.781
Women's Health
GDM
PCOS
Metabolic syndrome
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Deepika Fernando
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shiroma Handunnetti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
Immunology
Cell Biology
Bioactivities of Medicinal plants
Infectious diseases and Vaccinology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carukshi Arambepola
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
26
0.839
Non communicable disease epidemiology and prevention
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Preethi Vidya Udagama
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
immunology
medical biotechnology
bioprospecting for natural drug leads
cytokines in NIDS
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jennifer Perera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
Medical Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Resistance
Tuberculosis
Women's Health and Medical education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rohini M De Silva
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
27
0.931
Materials Chemistry
Advanced Materials
Drug Delivery and Water Purification
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ravi Wijesundera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
Plant Pathology
Mycology
Natural Products
Post Harvest Biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
E Dilip De Silva
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
Marine Natural Products
Isolation of biologically active compounds from endophytic fungi
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Varuni A De Silva
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643