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University · Badulla · Sri Lanka

Uva Wellassa University

In research, Uva Wellassa University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,267 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,024 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,705 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,369
of 28,054 · #21,271 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#15
of 37
Research works
854
▲ 544% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Uva Wellassa University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,267 of 12,888 17.8%131 #15558
Social SciencesDomain #7,024 of 10,521 8.4%101 #10189
Life SciencesDomain #6,705 of 7,800 20.6%77 #12641

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Uva Wellassa University 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. Physical Sciences#15,558 #8,267
  2. Social Sciences#10,189 #7,024
  3. Life Sciences#12,641 #6,705
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: 3.49× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.64× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 2.43× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.86× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.18× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Uva Wellassa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake and Dinesh D. Jayasena lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Uva Wellassa University.

  1. 1 Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake Sri Lanka · #335,391 worldwide 180 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Dinesh D. Jayasena Sri Lanka · #1,608,190 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Uva Wellassa University

Which keywords describe research at Uva Wellassa University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: COVID-19, Pandemic, Consumer Behavior, Digital Transformation, Financial Markets, Stock Market, business impact and Food Supply Chain.

▲ 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. COVID-1938▲ 7.8×9 topics
  2. Pandemic37▲ 9.8×4 topics
  3. Consumer Behavior35▲ 15×6 topics
  4. Digital Transformation28▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Financial Markets26▲ 55×2 topics
  6. Stock Market26▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Food Supply Chain25▲ 59×1 topic
  8. business impact25▲ 73×1 topic
  9. Environmental Impact24▲ 4.0×32 topics
  10. Climate Change20▲ 2.1×49 topics
  11. Sustainability18▲ 2.1×35 topics
  12. Nanoparticles15▲ 3.4×11 topics
  13. Social Impact14▲ 9.9×3 topics
  14. Waste Management13▲ 8.8×6 topics
  15. Treatment13▲ 2.9×6 topics
  16. Health12▲ 8.4×2 topics
  17. Vaccine12▲ 8.4×3 topics
  18. Coronavirus12▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Genetic Diversity12▲ 7.6×13 topics
  20. Herbal Medicine12▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Recycling12▲ 8.7×6 topics
  22. economic burden12▲ 94×1 topic
  23. Biodiversity11▲ 4.1×15 topics
  24. Health Benefits10▲ 8.8×9 topics
  25. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 4.2×14 topics
  26. Antioxidant9▲ 3.7×20 topics
  27. User-Generated Content8▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Consumer Engagement8▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Electronic Word-of-Mouth8▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Metal Recovery8▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts7▲ 7.6×6 topics
  32. Pollution7▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Marine Environment7▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Antimicrobial7▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 6.0×8 topics
  36. Cancer Prevention6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Nutritional Significance6▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Phenolic Compounds6▲ 9.2×7 topics
  39. Fatty Acids6▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Bioavailability6▲ 8.4×4 topics

Which research topics does Uva Wellassa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Diverse Scientific Research Studies, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts25COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 25 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…12Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 12 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…8Digital Marketing and Social Media: 8 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 6 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 4 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 4 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 4 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 4 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsSociology and Political SciencePollution5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 25 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 12 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 6 works
  5. 5 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 4 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 4 works
  8. 8 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 4 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 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 available71.5%not open28.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Uva Wellassa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 544% 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.