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Researcher · National University of Samoa · Samoa

Wilfred A. Samarawickrema

Wilfred A. Samarawickrema publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, on topics such as Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,825,364
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Samoa
#19
of 33
Works
38
Citations
497
Citations per work
13.1
h-index
14
i10-index 23Top 34% in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Wilfred A. Samarawickrema

What does Wilfred A. Samarawickrema research?

Wilfred A. Samarawickrema's work is mostly in Medicine (48%), Environmental Science (19%), Immunology and Microbiology (10%).

Health Sciences: 18 works · 47.9% of their workMedicine: 18 works · 47.9% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 works · 26.6% of their workInfectious Diseases: 8 works · 21.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 19.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 7 works · 19.2% of their workEcology: 5 works · 12.8% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 works · 6.4% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 16.9% of their workLife Sciences: 6 works · 16.0% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 works · 9.6% of their workParasitology: 4 works · 9.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 6.4% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 6.4% of their workTHEIR WORKWilfred A.Samarawickrema38works
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences48%

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. Medicine1847.9%
    1. Environmental Science719.2%
  3. Everything else616.9%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology49.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences26.4%
  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health27% of their works
  2. 2Infectious Diseases21% of their works
  3. 3Ecology13% of their works
  4. 4Parasitology10% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science6% of their works
  6. 6Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wilfred A. Samarawickrema's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Helminth Infections, Vector Control, Arboviral Diseases, Ivermectin, Lymphatic Filariasis and Zika Virus.

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. Epidemiology242 topics
  2. Vaccine Development242 topics
  3. Helminth Infections232 topics
  4. Vector Control232 topics
  5. Arboviral Diseases191 topic
  6. Ivermectin191 topic
  7. Lymphatic Filariasis191 topic
  8. Zika Virus191 topic
  9. Ecosystem121 topic
  10. Parasites121 topic
  11. Insecticide Resistance112 topics
  12. Pest Management102 topics
  13. Cockroaches61 topic
  14. Pathogens61 topic
  15. Artemisinin Resistance51 topic
  16. Plasmodium falciparum51 topic
  17. Botanical Insecticides41 topic
  18. Essential Oils41 topic
  19. Public Perception41 topic
  20. Schistosomiasis41 topic
  21. Soil-Transmitted Helminths41 topic
  22. Sustainable Development41 topic

Where does Wilfred A. Samarawickrema work?

Wilfred A. Samarawickrema's main affiliation in the publication record is National University of Samoa, Samoa.

How many publications and citations does Wilfred A. Samarawickrema have?

OpenAlex counts 38 works and 497 citations for Wilfred A. Samarawickrema, an h-index of 14, ranking #4,825,364 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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