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Researcher · Veterinary Research Institute · Sri Lanka

Hemal Kothalawala

Hemal Kothalawala publishes mostly in Parasitology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Infectious Diseases, on topics such as Vector-borne infectious diseases, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases and Viral Infections and Vectors.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,755,777
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Sri Lanka
#1,138
of 3,827
Works
33
Citations
609
Citations per work
18.5
h-index
16
i10-index 20Top 33% in Parasitology
Hemal Kothalawala

What does Hemal Kothalawala research?

Hemal Kothalawala's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (34%), Immunology and Microbiology (28%), Medicine (11%).

Life Sciences: 21 works · 62.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 works · 34.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 works · 18.3% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 works · 9.8% of their workInsect Science: 2 works · 6.1% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 works · 28.0% of their workParasitology: 9 works · 28.0% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 20.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 17.1% of their workMedicine: 4 works · 11.0% of their workInfectious Diseases: 4 works · 11.0% of their workVeterinary: 2 works · 6.1% of their workSmall Animals: 2 works · 6.1% of their workTHEIR WORKHemal Kothalawala33works
Life Sciences62%Health Sciences17%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1134.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology928.0%
  2. Everything else720.7%
    1. Medicine411.0%
    2. Veterinary26.1%
  1. 1Parasitology28% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics18% of their works
  3. 3Infectious Diseases11% of their works
  4. 4Agronomy and Crop Science10% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science6% of their works
  6. 6Small Animals6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hemal Kothalawala's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Public Health, Pathogenesis, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Genetic Characterization, Lyme Disease, Tick-Borne Diseases and Bluetongue Virus.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology434 topics
  2. Public Health262 topics
  3. Pathogenesis222 topics
  4. Host-Pathogen Interactions202 topics
  5. Genetic Characterization192 topics
  6. Lyme Disease181 topic
  7. Tick-Borne Diseases181 topic
  8. Bluetongue Virus141 topic
  9. Culicoides Biting Midges141 topic
  10. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers81 topic
  11. Zoonotic Infections81 topic
  12. African Swine Fever51 topic
  13. Foot-and-Mouth Disease51 topic
  14. Anthelmintic Resistance31 topic
  15. Nematodes31 topic
  16. Honey Bees21 topic
  17. Livestock Farming21 topic
  18. Neonicotinoids21 topic
  19. Rural Development21 topic
  20. Symbiont21 topic
  21. Wolbachia21 topic

Where does Hemal Kothalawala work?

Hemal Kothalawala's main affiliation in the publication record is Veterinary Research Institute, Sri Lanka.

How many publications and citations does Hemal Kothalawala have?

OpenAlex counts 33 works and 609 citations for Hemal Kothalawala, an h-index of 16, ranking #3,755,777 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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