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Researcher · University of the South Pacific · Fiji

Chinthaka Hewavitharane

Chinthaka Hewavitharane publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Physiology and Aquatic Science, on topics such as Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

ORCID 0000-0002-5549-6248 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,059,966
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Fiji
#214
of 368
Works
20
Citations
139
Citations per work
7.0
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 72% in Global and Planetary Change
Chinthaka Hewavitharane

What does Chinthaka Hewavitharane research?

Chinthaka Hewavitharane's work is mostly in Environmental Science (31%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%).

Everything else: 8 works · 40.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 36.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 30.7% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 works · 14.3% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 works · 8.2% of their workPollution: 2 works · 8.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 6.1% of their workOceanography: 1 works · 6.1% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 22.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 12.2% of their workPhysiology: 2 works · 12.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 10.2% of their workAquatic Science: 2 works · 10.2% of their workTHEIR WORKChinthakaHewavitharane20works
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences37%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else840.8%
    1. Environmental Science630.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology212.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences210.2%
  1. 1Global and Planetary Change14% of their works
  2. 2Physiology12% of their works
  3. 3Aquatic Science10% of their works
  4. 4Pollution8% of their works
  5. 5Nature and Landscape Conservation8% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Chinthaka Hewavitharane's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Environmental Impact, Marine Environment, Recycling, Waste Management, Aquaculture, Oogenesis, Spermatogenesis and Climate Change.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact82 topics
  2. Marine Environment82 topics
  3. Recycling72 topics
  4. Waste Management72 topics
  5. Aquaculture62 topics
  6. Oogenesis61 topic
  7. Spermatogenesis61 topic
  8. Climate Change52 topics
  9. Conservation42 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services41 topic
  11. Microplastics41 topic
  12. Oyster Reefs41 topic
  13. Terrestrial Ecosystems41 topic
  14. Conservation Challenges31 topic
  15. E-Waste31 topic
  16. Environmental Impacts31 topic
  17. Freshwater Biodiversity31 topic
  18. Anthropogenic Noise21 topic
  19. Fish21 topic
  20. Fish Feed21 topic
  21. Length-Weight Relationships21 topic
  22. Marine Mammals21 topic
  23. Nutrition21 topic

Where does Chinthaka Hewavitharane work?

Chinthaka Hewavitharane's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the South Pacific, Fiji.

How many publications and citations does Chinthaka Hewavitharane have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 139 citations for Chinthaka Hewavitharane, an h-index of 8, ranking #4,059,966 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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