Top-cited scientists by field in Sri Lanka

13 fields · 32 subfields · Sri Lanka

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Sri Lanka?

68 researchers whose current affiliation is in Sri Lanka are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 13 fields and 32 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (25, 36.8%), followed by Engineering (6) and Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry (5); the largest subfield is General & Internal Medicine (12). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 25 listed authors (36.8%)
General & Internal Medicine1217.6%0Kularatne, Senanayake Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage #114,627
Tropical Medicine68.8%1Rajapakse, Senaka #54,928
Endocrinology & Metabolism22.9%2Ranasinghe, Priyanga Diloshini #39,619
Gastroenterology & Hepatology11.5%0Rajindrajith, Shaman #297,641
Immunology11.5%0Malavige, Gathsauri Neelika #175,328
Pediatrics11.5%1Mettananda, Sachith Gopeetha #79,229
Surgery11.5%0Jayarajah, Umesh Umesh #232,070
Engineering · 6 listed authors (8.8%)
Environmental Engineering34.4%2Vanham, Davy #68,121
Mechanical Engineering & Transports11.5%0Rajapakse, R. K.N.D. #174,030
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 5 listed authors (7.4%)
Agronomy & Agriculture22.9%0Hanjra, Munir A. #170,065
Dairy & Animal Science22.9%0Abeyrathne, Edirisinghe Dewage Nalaka Sandun #200,405
Food Science22.9%1Chandrasekara, Anoma #85,543
Chemistry · 5 listed authors (7.4%)
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry34.4%0Ediriweera, Meran Keshawa #127,130
General Chemistry22.9%0Alahakoon, Sampath B. #583,067
Organic Chemistry11.5%0de Silva, Keshara Manindri Nalin #205,598
Biomedical Research · 5 listed authors (7.4%)
Mycology & Parasitology57.4%0Thambugala, Kasun M. #146,151
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 4 listed authors (5.9%)
Environmental Sciences45.9%3Vithanage, Meththika Suharshini #6,762
Geochemistry & Geophysics11.5%0Ratnayake, Amila Sandaruwan #229,560
Information & Communication Technologies · 4 listed authors (5.9%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing22.9%1Meedeniya, Dulani A. #61,605
Networking & Telecommunications22.9%0Silva, Bhagya Nathali #204,266
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 4 listed authors (5.9%)
Biotechnology11.5%0Ariyadasa, Thilini U. #348,010
Energy11.5%0Ekanayake, Janaka Bandara #139,799
Materials11.5%0Ekanayake, Imesh Udara #231,645
Economics & Business · 3 listed authors (4.4%)
Agricultural Economics & Policy11.5%1Headey, Derek D. #8,623
Business & Management11.5%1Gunarathne, Nuwan #83,688
Logistics & Transportation11.5%0Subramaniam, Daniel N. #363,045
Built Environment & Design · 2 listed authors (2.9%)
Building & Construction34.4%1Sathiparan, Navaratnarajah #19,968
Biology · 2 listed authors (2.9%)
Plant Biology & Botany11.5%0Seneweera, Saman P. #153,281
Zoology11.5%0Benjamin, Suresh P. #574,979
Physics & Astronomy · 2 listed authors (2.9%)
Applied Physics11.5%0Tennakone, Kirthi #338,122
General Physics11.5%1Mathanaranjan, Thilagarajah #98,678
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 1 listed authors (1.5%)
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology11.5%1Huffman, Michael A. #80,441

68 listed scientists in Sri Lanka

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