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Researcher · Anthem (United States) · United States

Viraj deSilva

Viraj deSilva publishes mostly in Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies.

ORCID 0000-0003-1725-7999 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,769,138
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,428,358
of 1,627,098
Works
22
Citations
155
Citations per work
7.0
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 94% in Water Science and Technology
Viraj deSilva

What does Viraj deSilva research?

Viraj deSilva's work is mostly in Environmental Science (54%), Engineering (12%).

Physical Sciences: 14 works · 65.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 12 works · 53.6% of their workWater Science and Technology: 4 works · 18.6% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 works · 14.0% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 works · 9.3% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 works · 7.0% of their workPollution: 1 works · 4.7% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 11.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 3 works · 11.6% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 34.8% of their workTHEIR WORKViraj deSilva22works
Physical Sciences65%

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. Environmental Science1253.6%
    2. Engineering311.6%
  2. Everything else834.8%
  1. 1Water Science and Technology19% of their works
  2. 2Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering14% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Chemistry9% of their works
  5. 5Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis7% of their works
  6. 6Pollution5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Viraj deSilva's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Health Effects, Wastewater Treatment, Perfluoroalkyl Substances, Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds, Wastewater Reuse, Water Scarcity, Anammox Bacteria and Carbon Dioxide Capture.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Effects62 topics
  2. Wastewater Treatment62 topics
  3. Perfluoroalkyl Substances41 topic
  4. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds41 topic
  5. Wastewater Reuse31 topic
  6. Water Scarcity31 topic
  7. Anammox Bacteria21 topic
  8. CO2 Capture Technology21 topic
  9. Carbon Dioxide Capture21 topic
  10. Desalination21 topic
  11. Disinfection By-Products21 topic
  12. Drinking Water21 topic
  13. Hydrosocial Cycle21 topic
  14. Membrane Technology21 topic
  15. Nitrogen-Cycling Network21 topic
  16. Water Privatization21 topic
  17. Catalytic11 topic
  18. Hydrogenation11 topic

Where does Viraj deSilva work?

Viraj deSilva's main affiliation in the publication record is Anthem (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Viraj deSilva have?

OpenAlex counts 22 works and 155 citations for Viraj deSilva, an h-index of 3, ranking #5,769,138 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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