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Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

In research, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,423 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,366 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,739 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,191
of 28,054 · #16,581 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#13
of 37
Research works
1.6k
▲ 158% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,423 of 10,521 19.0%253 #4311
Physical SciencesDomain #7,366 of 12,888 14.5%218 #13312
Social SciencesField #3,739 of 6,365 15.9%105 #2885
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,651 of 2,578 19.1%62 #2530
Computer ScienceField #3,315 of 4,667 13.0%78 #5595
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,028 of 3,409 8.2%77 #4918
Life SciencesDomain #7,196 of 7,800 9.2%95 #13226

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,311 #3,423
  2. Physical Sciences#13,312 #7,366
  3. Social Sciences#2,885 #3,739
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#2,530 #1,651
  5. Computer Science#5,595 #3,315
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,918 #3,028
  7. Life Sciences#13,226 #7,196
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 77 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.62× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.65× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.10× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.03× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka?

Ranked on the composite score, Hasintha Wijesekara, Rajiva Wijesinha and Shanmuganathan Vasanthapriyan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.

  1. 1 Hasintha Wijesekara Sri Lanka · #316,219 worldwide 216 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Rajiva Wijesinha Sri Lanka · #559,542 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Shanmuganathan Vasanthapriyan Sri Lanka · #1,208,027 worldwide 14 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Chaminda Chandrasekara Sri Lanka · #1,245,089 worldwide 2 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Banage T. G. S. Kumara Sri Lanka · #1,381,519 worldwide 23 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Pushpa Herath Sri Lanka · #1,470,606 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Selvarajah Thuseethan Sri Lanka · #1,576,932 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Banujan Kuhaneswaran Sri Lanka · #1,589,335 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Which keywords describe research at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Machine Learning, Conflict, Consumer Behavior, Ethnicity, Deep Learning, Economic Growth and Environmental Impact.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning44▲ 2.1×40 topics
  2. Sustainability40▲ 2.7×46 topics
  3. Deep Learning36▲ 1.69×45 topics
  4. Climate Change30▲ 1.77×46 topics
  5. Environmental Impact26▲ 2.4×32 topics
  6. Globalization26▲ 2.1×32 topics
  7. Social Media24▲ 2.6×19 topics
  8. Consumer Behavior22▲ 5.5×10 topics
  9. Conflict21▲ 21×5 topics
  10. Economic Growth21▲ 4.0×19 topics
  11. Human Rights20▲ 3.1×7 topics
  12. Ethnicity17▲ 7.2×3 topics
  13. Food Security15▲ 4.5×11 topics
  14. COVID-1915▲ 1.77×16 topics
  15. Political Transition14▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Economic Development14▲ 2.8×13 topics
  17. Myanmar14▲ 146×1 topic
  18. state building14▲ 146×1 topic
  19. Social Networks13▲ 7.7×6 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 6.3×8 topics
  21. Agriculture11▲ 4.5×4 topics
  22. Smallholder Farmers11▲ 7.9×4 topics
  23. Environmental Management11▲ 4.2×6 topics
  24. Waste Management10▲ 4.1×6 topics
  25. Risk Management10▲ 3.4×8 topics
  26. Social Capital10▲ 3.1×10 topics
  27. Technology Adoption10▲ 9.7×3 topics
  28. Rural Development9▲ 4.3×5 topics
  29. Consumer Perception8▲ 6.2×7 topics
  30. User-Generated Content8▲ 9.7×2 topics
  31. Vulnerability8▲ 5.9×5 topics
  32. Customer Experience8▲ 8.6×3 topics
  33. Consumer Engagement8▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Electronic Word-of-Mouth8▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Livelihood Diversification7▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Market Participation7▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Food Supply Chain7▲ 9.5×2 topics
  39. Content Analysis7▲ 9.0×5 topics
  40. MOOCs7▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Online Learning and Analytics.

Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 14 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 8 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…7Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 7 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…7Online Learning and Analytics: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 6 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…6Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 6 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 5 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 5 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI4Smart Agriculture and AI: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesComputer Science Applications5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 7 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 6 works
  7. 7 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 6 works
  8. 8 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 5 works
  9. 9 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available57.6%not open42.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 158% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.