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Veranja Karunaratne

Veranja Karunaratne publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Plant Science and Organic Chemistry, on topics such as Lichen and fungal ecology, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity.

World rank
#303,577
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Sri Lanka
#29
of 423
Works
44
Citations
94
Citations per work
2.1

What does Veranja Karunaratne research?

Biomaterials: 10.3%Plant Science: 10.3%Organic Chemistry: 7.7%Inorganic Chemistry: 7.7%other fields: 64.0%10%top field
Biomaterials10.3%Plant Science10.3%Organic Chemistry7.7%Inorganic Chemistry7.7%other fields64.0%

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

  1. 1Biomaterials10% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science10% of their works
  3. 3Organic Chemistry8% of their works
  4. 4Inorganic Chemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology8% of their works
  6. 6General Agricultural and Biological Sciences8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Veranja Karunaratne's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Phylogenetic Analysis, Antioxidant Activity, Agriculture, Endophytic Fungi, Essential Oils, Fungal Pathogens, Lichen 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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Phylogenetic Analysis42 topics
  2. Antioxidant Activity32 topics
  3. Agriculture22 topics
  4. Endophytic Fungi21 topic
  5. Essential Oils22 topics
  6. Fungal Pathogens21 topic
  7. Lichen21 topic
  8. Medicinal Plants22 topics
  9. Policy22 topics
  10. Symbiosis21 topic
  11. Antimicrobial Activity11 topic
  12. Bioeconomy11 topic
  13. Biomass11 topic
  14. Botanical Insecticides11 topic
  15. Development11 topic
  16. Ethnobotanical Survey11 topic
  17. Food Preservation11 topic
  18. Insect Control11 topic
  19. Production11 topic
  20. Resource Sustainability11 topic
  21. Traditional Ecological Knowledge11 topic
  22. Water Management11 topic

Where does Veranja Karunaratne work?

Veranja Karunaratne's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

How many publications and citations does Veranja Karunaratne have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 94 citations for Veranja Karunaratne, ranking #303,577 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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