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Researcher · Open University of Sri Lanka · Sri Lanka

K. O. L. C. Karunanayake

K. O. L. C. Karunanayake publishes mostly in Plant Science, Cell Biology and Biomaterials, on topics such as Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Banana Cultivation and Research and Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management.

ORCID 0000-0003-0657-9888 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,575,086
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Sri Lanka
#3,034
of 3,827
Works
15
Citations
119
Citations per work
7.9
h-index
7
i10-index 5Top 70% in Plant Science
K. O. L. C. Karunanayake

What does K. O. L. C. Karunanayake research?

K. O. L. C. Karunanayake's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Materials Science (7%).

Life Sciences: 12 works · 79.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 works · 58.1% of their workPlant Science: 8 works · 55.8% of their workInsect Science: 0 works · 2.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 21.0% of their workCell Biology: 2 works · 16.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 1 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 9.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 7.0% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 7.0% of their workBiomaterials: 1 works · 7.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 4.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 4.7% of their workEducation: 1 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKK. O. L. C.Karunanayake15works
Life Sciences79%Physical Sciences7%Social Sciences5%

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 Sciences958.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology321.0%
  2. Everything else19.2%
    1. Materials Science17.0%
    1. Social Sciences14.7%
  1. 1Plant Science56% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology16% of their works
  3. 3Biomaterials7% of their works
  4. 4Education5% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology5% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe K. O. L. C. Karunanayake's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Drought Tolerance, Endophytic Fungi, Fungal Pathogens, Banana, Ethylene Biosynthesis, Fruit Ripening, Genetics and Antioxidant Activity.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Drought Tolerance82 topics
  2. Endophytic Fungi71 topic
  3. Fungal Pathogens71 topic
  4. Banana61 topic
  5. Ethylene Biosynthesis61 topic
  6. Fruit Ripening61 topic
  7. Genetics61 topic
  8. Antioxidant Activity41 topic
  9. Phenolic Profile41 topic
  10. Chitin31 topic
  11. Chitosan31 topic
  12. Dormancy31 topic
  13. Fruit Trees31 topic
  14. Biosynthesis21 topic
  15. Cuticular Wax21 topic
  16. Forest Biomass11 topic
  17. Wood Residues11 topic

Where does K. O. L. C. Karunanayake work?

K. O. L. C. Karunanayake's main affiliation in the publication record is Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.

How many publications and citations does K. O. L. C. Karunanayake have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 119 citations for K. O. L. C. Karunanayake, an h-index of 7, ranking #6,575,086 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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