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Sri Lanka Foundation

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World rank, all time
#29,601
of 34,923
Rank in Sri Lanka
#36
of 44
Research works
144
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Sri Lanka Foundation

Which fields of science does Sri Lanka Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research at Sri Lanka Foundation is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 33.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 28.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 19.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 27.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSri LankaFoundation37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences34%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences617.5%
    2. Psychology38.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine719.5%
    2. Health Professions25.6%
    3. Nursing12.6%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Environmental Science512.4%
    2. Computer Science25.5%
    3. Engineering24.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences37.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.49× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 5.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.30×1 works
  2. Psychology2.78×3 works
  3. Environmental Science2.49×4 works
  4. Health Professions2.13×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.57×3 works
  7. Social Sciences1.38×6 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.16×1 works
  9. Medicine1.02×7 works
  10. Veterinary0.95×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.94×0 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.87×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.82×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.71×2 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.56×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×1 works
  19. Engineering0.33×2 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.23×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.21×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sri Lanka Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Lynne Sebastian, Nethu Wickramasinghe and L. J. Mendis Wickramasinghe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sri Lanka Foundation.

  1. 1 Lynne Sebastian Sri Lanka · #2,875,353 worldwide 192 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Nethu Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka · #3,050,297 worldwide 255 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 L. J. Mendis Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka · #4,892,696 worldwide 217 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana Sri Lanka · #4,964,526 worldwide 152 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Sri Lanka Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Sri Lanka Foundation?

The most cited paper from Sri Lanka Foundation is "The Psychology of Radicalization and Deradicalization: How Significance Quest Impacts Violent Extremism" (Arie W. Kruglanski, Michele Joy Gelfand, Jocelyn J. Bélanger et al., 2014), with 868 citations. Next come "A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets" (809) and "Terrorism—A (self) love story: Redirecting the significance quest can end violence." (238).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Psychology of Radicalization and Deradicalization: How Significance Quest Impacts Violent Extremism Arie W. Kruglanski, Michele Joy Gelfand, Jocelyn J. Bélanger et al. · Political Psychology 22 Jan 2014 868
2 A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets Eric Dinerstein, Carly Vynne, Enric Sala et al. · Science Advances Open access 5 Apr 2019 809
3 Terrorism—A (self) love story: Redirecting the significance quest can end violence. Arie W. Kruglanski, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Michele Joy Gelfand et al. · American Psychologist 2013 238
4 Open source software for disaster management Paul Currion, Chamindra de Silva, Bartel Van de Walle · Communications of the ACM Mar 2007 167
5 Do acoustic indices correlate with bird diversity? Insights from two biodiverse regions in Yunnan Province, south China Christos Mammides, Eben Goodale, Salindra K. Dayananda et al. · Ecological Indicators 21 Jul 2017 146
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Which keywords describe research at Sri Lanka Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Family Planning, Population Dynamics, COVID-19 Impact, Contraception, Unintended Pregnancy, Quantum Information and Mental Health.

▲ 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-now 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3▲ 3.0×13 topics
  2. Sustainability2▲ 2.3×10 topics
  3. Mental Health2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology2◆ 1.15×11 topics
  5. Family Planning2▲ 76×2 topics
  6. COVID-19 Impact2▲ 24×2 topics
  7. Economic Growth2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  8. Human Rights2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  9. Population Dynamics2▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Contraception1▲ 146×1 topic
  11. Quality of Life1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  12. Unintended Pregnancy1▲ 146×1 topic
  13. Quantum Information1▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Child Mortality1▲ 44×1 topic
  15. Community Health Workers1▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Destination Image1▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Habitat Selection1▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Maternal Mortality1▲ 14×1 topic
  19. Vulnerability1▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Community Perceptions1▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Global Warming1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  22. Internet of Things1▲ 3.4×3 topics
  23. Tourist Satisfaction1▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Child Development1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  25. Food Security1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  26. Neoliberalism1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  27. Well-being1▲ 7.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Sri Lanka Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive Health and Contraception, Global Maternal and Child Health, Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Reproductive Health and …1Reproductive Health and Contraception: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…1Global Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…1Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 1 fractional worksAdventure Sports and Sen…1Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking: 1 fractional worksRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Ap…1Quantum Mechanics and Applications: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking Social Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 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 available45.9%not open54.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sri Lanka Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sri Lanka Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Sri Lanka Foundation0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sri Lanka Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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