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Top Research Scientists in Sri Lanka 2023- Top 2% Elsevier-Stanford list – 42 researchers

Top 2 percent Elsevier scientists 2023

Elsevier-Stanford list is a list of the top 2% most cited scientists in the world, based on data from the Elsevier Scopus database. The list is published annually, and it is used to identify some of the world’s most influential and productive scientists.

The Elsevier-Stanford list is based on a number of factors, including the number of citations a scientist has received, the number of papers they have published, and the impact of their research. The list is divided into 22 scientific fields, and it includes scientists from all over the world.

Thirty-eight (38) Sri Lankan Scientists have been included in this list published in 2023 October by Elsevier.
October 2023 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators” Published: 4 October 2023 DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6

42 Sri Lankan Scientists in the world’s top 2% Stanford University list of 2023

Here is a table with the authors ranked by the number of citations received during the calendar year 2022:

RankAuthorInstitution
1Vithanage, Meththika SuharshiniUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
2Shah, TushaarInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
3Jayawardena, RanilUniversity of Colombo
4Chandrasekara, AnomaWayamba University of Sri Lanka
5Rajapaksha, Anushka UpamaliUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
6Ekanayake, JanakaUniversity of Peradeniya
7Ranasinghe, P.University of Colombo
8Smakhtin, VladimirInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
9Uhlenbrook, StefanInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
10Igalavithana, Avanthi DeshaniUniversity of Peradeniya
11Sathiparan, NavaratnarajahUniversity of Jaffna
12Dharmaratne, Samath D.University of Peradeniya
13Rajapakse, SenakaUniversity of Colombo
14Seneweera, SamanNational Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka
15Kularatne, Senanayake A.M.University of Peradeniya
16Hanjra, Munir A.International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
17Sanjeewa, K. K.AsankaUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
18Silva, Bhagya NathaliUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
19Drechsel, PayInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
20McCartney, MatthewInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
21Thambugala, Kasun M.University of Sri Jayewardenepura
22Dissanayake, M. A.K.L.National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka
23de Silva, H. JanakaUniversity of Kelaniya
24Jayasumana, ChannaRajarata University of Sri Lanka
25Kasturiratne, AnuradhaniUniversity of Kelaniya
26Ramasamy, RanjanUniversity of Jaffna
27Jayasinghe, SarojUniversity of Colombo
28Munasinghe, MohanMunasinghe Institute for Development (MIND)
29Mendis, KaminiUniversity of Colombo
30Mettananda, SachithUniversity of Kelaniya
31Rajapakse, NiranjanUniversity of Peradeniya
32Udayanga, DhanushkaUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
33Ediriweera, Meran KeshawaUniversity of Colombo
34Jayasena, Dinesh DarshakaUniversity of Colombo
35Karunaweera, Nadira D.University of Colombo
36Suraweera, Himal A.University of Peradeniya
37Benjamin, Suresh P.National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka
38Mendis, EreshaUniversity of Peradeniya
39Mathanaranjan, ThilagarajahUniversity of Jaffna
40Dharmaratne, H. R.W.National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka
41Wickramasinghe, Nuwan DarshanaRajarata University of Sri Lanka
42de Silva, H. AsitaUniversity of Kelaniya
Please note that this table ranks the authors based on the number of citations received during the calendar year 2022.

Authors ranked by the number of citations received based on career-long data

(encompassing information until the end of 2022)

RankAuthorInstitution
1Uhlenbrook, StefanInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
2Ekanayake, JanakaUniversity of Peradeniya
3Shah, TushaarInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
4Smakhtin, VladimirInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
5Munasinghe, MohanMunasinghe Institute for Development (MIND)
6Kite, GeoffInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
7Senanayake, NimalUniversity of Peradeniya
8Dissanayake, Chandra B.University of Peradeniya
9de Silva, H. JanakaUniversity of Kelaniya
10Vithanage, Meththika SuharshiniUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
11Mendis, KaminiUniversity of Colombo
12Kularatne, Senanayake A.M.University of Peradeniya
13Ramasamy, RanjanUniversity of Jaffna
14Rajapakse, SenakaUniversity of Colombo
15De Silva, N. R.University of Kelaniya
16Dissanayake, M. A.K.L.National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka
17Suraweera, Himal A.University of Peradeniya
18Dias, W. P.S.University of Moratuwa
19Karunaweera, Nadira D.University of Colombo
20Langan, SimonInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
21Ratnasooriya, Wanigasekera DayaUniversity of Colombo
22Seneviratne, GaminiNational Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka
23Drechsel, PayInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
24Jayasinghe, SarojUniversity of Colombo
** Rank is based on career-long data (encompass information until the end of 2022)

Sri Lanka’s Research Impact: A Visual Exploration of Citation Indicators

Dr. Thiyanga Talagala, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Statistics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, has compiled this data. She holds a BSc Special (Hons) in Statistics from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, an MSc from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, and a PhD in Statistics from Monash University, Australia. Her data dashboard provides a valuable listing of data on Sri Lankan scientists.

https://www.sjp.ac.lk/datadashboard/

https://thiyangt.github.io/citation/

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