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Researcher · University of Moratuwa · Sri Lanka

Hirushie Karunathilake

Hirushie Karunathilake publishes mostly in Building and Construction, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, on topics such as Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Sustainable Building Design and Assessment and Environmental Impact and Sustainability.

ORCID 0000-0003-1350-7444 OpenAlex
World rank
#868,482
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Sri Lanka
#118
of 3,827
Works
60
Citations
1.9k
Citations per work
32.3
h-index
23
i10-index 33Top 8.9% in Building and Construction
Hirushie Karunathilake

What does Hirushie Karunathilake research?

Hirushie Karunathilake's work is mostly in Engineering (38%), Energy (15%), Environmental Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 37 works · 61.8% of their workEngineering: 23 works · 37.6% of their workBuilding and Construction: 11 works · 18.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 works · 10.9% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 8.5% of their workEnergy: 9 works · 15.1% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 works · 10.3% of their workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 works · 4.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 9.1% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 works · 9.1% of their workEverything else: 23 works · 38.2% of their workTHEIR WORKHirushieKarunathilake60works
Physical Sciences62%

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. Engineering2337.6%
    2. Energy915.1%
    3. Environmental Science59.1%
  2. Everything else2338.2%
  1. 1Building and Construction18% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment10% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Energy Engineering and Power Technology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Hirushie Karunathilake's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Building Energy Consumption, Thermal Comfort, Energy Transition and Green Building.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Renewable Energy274 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency212 topics
  3. Environmental Impact192 topics
  4. Sustainability193 topics
  5. Building Energy Consumption151 topic
  6. Thermal Comfort151 topic
  7. Energy Transition132 topics
  8. Green Building121 topic
  9. Sustainable Construction121 topic
  10. Carbon Footprint111 topic
  11. Life Cycle Assessment111 topic
  12. CO2 Capture Technology81 topic
  13. Carbon Dioxide Capture81 topic
  14. District Heating81 topic
  15. Electrolysis81 topic
  16. Energy Systems81 topic
  17. Hydrogen81 topic
  18. Industrial Sector61 topic
  19. Manufacturing61 topic
  20. EROI51 topic
  21. Fossil Fuels51 topic

Where does Hirushie Karunathilake work?

Hirushie Karunathilake's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

How many publications and citations does Hirushie Karunathilake have?

OpenAlex counts 60 works and 1,939 citations for Hirushie Karunathilake, an h-index of 23, ranking #868,482 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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