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Researcher · Plant & Food Research · New Zealand

Ranjith Pathirana

Ranjith Pathirana publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry, on topics such as Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies and Horticultural and Viticultural Research.

ORCID 0000-0003-0838-5163 OpenAlex
World rank
#381,069
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#1,283
of 4,714
Works
32
Citations
69
Citations per work
2.2

What does Ranjith Pathirana research?

Plant Science: 38.7%Molecular Biology: 32.3%Organic Chemistry: 9.7%Food Science: 6.5%other fields: 12.8%39%top field
Plant Science38.7%Molecular Biology32.3%Organic Chemistry9.7%Food Science6.5%other fields12.8%

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

  1. 1Plant Science39% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology32% of their works
  3. 3Organic Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Food Science6% of their works
  5. 5Biochemistry3% of their works
  6. 6Biotechnology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ranjith Pathirana's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation, Plant Secondary Metabolites, Antioxidant Activity, Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, Grapevine and Medicinal Plants.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation41 topic
  2. Plant Secondary Metabolites41 topic
  3. Antioxidant Activity22 topics
  4. Breeding21 topic
  5. Genetics21 topic
  6. Genomics21 topic
  7. Grapevine21 topic
  8. Medicinal Plants22 topics
  9. Pollen Tube Growth21 topic
  10. Self-Incompatibility21 topic
  11. Antimicrobial Activity11 topic
  12. Buckwheat11 topic
  13. Essential Oils11 topic
  14. Ethnobotanical Survey11 topic
  15. Plant Immunity11 topic
  16. Quinoa11 topic
  17. Traditional Ecological Knowledge11 topic
  18. Viral RNA Silencing11 topic

Where does Ranjith Pathirana work?

Ranjith Pathirana's main affiliation in the publication record is Plant & Food Research, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Ranjith Pathirana have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 69 citations for Ranjith Pathirana, ranking #381,069 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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