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W. A. J. M. De Costa

W. A. J. M. De Costa publishes mostly in Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

World rank
#1,100,552
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Sri Lanka
#179
of 423
Works
23
Citations
35
Citations per work
1.5

What does W. A. J. M. De Costa research?

Plant Science: 21.7%Agronomy and Crop Science: 13.0%Global and Planetary Change: 13.0%Water Science and Technology: 8.7%other fields: 43.6%22%top field
Plant Science21.7%Agronomy and Crop Science13.0%Global and Planetary Change13.0%Water Science and Technology8.7%other fields43.6%

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

  1. 1Plant Science22% of their works
  2. 2Agronomy and Crop Science13% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change13% of their works
  4. 4Water Science and Technology9% of their works
  5. 5Forestry9% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. A. J. M. De Costa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sustainable Agriculture, Agroforestry, Maize Yield, Nitrogen Uptake, Agricultural Productivity, Biodiversity, Biological Control and Ecosystem Services.

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. Sustainable Agriculture33 topics
  2. Agroforestry22 topics
  3. Maize Yield21 topic
  4. Nitrogen Uptake21 topic
  5. Agricultural Productivity11 topic
  6. Biodiversity11 topic
  7. Biological Control11 topic
  8. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  9. Estimation11 topic
  10. Genomics11 topic
  11. Indigenous Fruits11 topic
  12. Intercropping11 topic
  13. Invasive Species11 topic
  14. Leaf Area11 topic
  15. Rice11 topic
  16. Sugarcane11 topic
  17. Tree Domestication11 topic
  18. Water Management11 topic

Where does W. A. J. M. De Costa work?

W. A. J. M. De Costa's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

How many publications and citations does W. A. J. M. De Costa have?

Science Explorer counts 23 works and 35 citations for W. A. J. M. De Costa, ranking #1,100,552 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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