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Researcher · University of Peradeniya · Sri Lanka

D. M. De Costa

D. M. De Costa publishes mostly in Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-1973-9871 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,336,559
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Sri Lanka
#268
of 423
Works
17
Citations
25
Citations per work
1.5

What does D. M. De Costa research?

Plant Science: 42.3%Cell Biology: 11.5%Molecular Biology: 7.7%Ecology: 7.7%other fields: 30.8%42%top field
Plant Science42.3%Cell Biology11.5%Molecular Biology7.7%Ecology7.7%other fields30.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Plant Science42% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology8% of their works
  4. 4Ecology8% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions8% of their works
  6. 6Food Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe D. M. De Costa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Host Specificity, Endophytic Fungi, Fungal Pathogens, Plant Immunity, Viral RNA Silencing, Biological Control, Genetics and Genomics.

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.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Host Specificity52 topics
  2. Endophytic Fungi31 topic
  3. Fungal Pathogens31 topic
  4. Plant Immunity31 topic
  5. Viral RNA Silencing31 topic
  6. Biological Control22 topics
  7. Genetics22 topics
  8. Genomics21 topic
  9. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria21 topic
  10. Banana11 topic
  11. Climate Change11 topic
  12. Domestication11 topic
  13. Grapevine11 topic
  14. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles11 topic
  15. Jasmonate Signaling11 topic
  16. Microbial Modulation11 topic
  17. Nematodes11 topic
  18. Plant-Parasitic11 topic
  19. Wine Yeasts11 topic

Where does D. M. De Costa work?

D. M. De Costa's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

How many publications and citations does D. M. De Costa have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 25 citations for D. M. De Costa, ranking #1,336,559 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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