Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
45 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

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Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Pollution, 11 papers in Water Science and Technology and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana's work include Heavy metals in environment (13 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (10 papers) and Coal and Its By-products (6 papers). Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (13 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (10 papers) and Coal and Its By-products (6 papers). Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Hong Kong and China. Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana's co-authors include Yong Sik Ok, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Jörg Rinklebe, Daniel S. Alessi, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Deyi Hou, Xiao Yang, Jie Luo, Eilhann E. Kwon and Donald L. Sparks and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana

44 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability

2020 793 citations Deyi Hou, Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana et al. profile →
Biochar-supported nZVI (nZVI/BC) for contaminant removal from soil and water: A critical review

2019 385 citations Shengsen Wang, Mingyue Zhao et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
Biochar-based adsorbents for carbon dioxide capture: A critical review

2019 326 citations Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Siming You et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana South Korea	34	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	781	665	45	5.0k
Deok Hyun Moon South Korea	41	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	616 0.8×	566 0.9×	126	4.9k
Shengdao Shan China	40	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	365 0.5×	157	4.7k
Zhengtao Shen China	37	2.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	335 0.5×	77	6.0k
Dimitrios Kalderis Greece	37	1.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	467 0.7×	107	5.4k
Mingxin Guo United States	26	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	923 1.2×	315 0.5×	76	5.7k
Ahmed Mosa Egypt	30	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	691 0.6×	816 1.0×	253 0.4×	92	4.0k
K. Thomas Klasson United States	38	1.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	2.2k 1.8×	760 1.0×	430 0.6×	131	6.1k
Ackmez Mudhoo Mauritius	39	973 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	714 0.9×	318 0.5×	88	4.6k
Xinni Xiong China	21	1.2k 0.7×	765 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	561 0.8×	35	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana

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Lim, Juin Yau, et al.. (2024). AI-guided investigation of biochar’s efficacy in Pb immobilization for remediation of Pb contaminated agricultural land. Applied Biological Chemistry. 67(1). 6 indexed citations

Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani, Xiangzhou Yuan, Chammi P. Attanayake, et al.. (2022). Sustainable management of plastic wastes in COVID-19 pandemic: The biochar solution. Environmental Research. 212(Pt E). 113495–113495. 48 indexed citations

Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani, Siming You, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2022). Progress, Barriers, and Prospects for Achieving a “Hydrogen Society” and Opportunities for Biochar Technology. ACS ES&T Engineering. 2(11). 1987–2001. 21 indexed citations

Rizwan, Muhammad, Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Zia‐ur‐Rehman, et al.. (2020). Effects of selenium on the uptake of toxic trace elements by crop plants: A review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 51(21). 2531–2566. 67 indexed citations

Jien, Shih‐Hao, Chien‐Sen Liao, Yu-Ting Wu, et al.. (2020). Effects of field scale in situ biochar incorporation on soil environment in a tropical highly weathered soil. Environmental Pollution. 272. 116009–116009. 33 indexed citations

Xia, Yinfeng, Ming Zhang, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2020). Recent advances in control technologies for non-point source pollution with nitrogen and phosphorous from agricultural runoff: current practices and future prospects. Applied Biological Chemistry. 63(1). 216 indexed citations

Zhong, Yuchi, Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana, Ming Zhang, et al.. (2020). Effects of aging and weathering on immobilization of trace metals/metalloids in soils amended with biochar. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 22(9). 1790–1808. 34 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengxue, Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana, Liheng Xu, et al.. (2020). Engineered/designer hierarchical porous carbon materials for organic pollutant removal from water and wastewater: A critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 51(20). 2295–2328. 35 indexed citations

Wu, Yichao, Yinfeng Xia, Xinxin Jing, et al.. (2019). Recent advances in mitigating membrane biofouling using carbon-based materials. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 382. 120976–120976. 89 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaotong, Ming Zhang, Jiewen Luo, et al.. (2019). Efficient succinic acid production using a biochar-treated textile waste hydrolysate in an in situ fibrous bed bioreactor. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 149. 107249–107249. 37 indexed citations

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Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani, Seung Wan Choi, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, et al.. (2019). Gasification biochar from biowaste (food waste and wood waste) for effective CO2 adsorption. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 391. 121147–121147. 179 indexed citations

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Xiong, Xinni, Iris K.M. Yu, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2019). Value-added chemicals from food supply chain wastes: State-of-the-art review and future prospects. Chemical Engineering Journal. 375. 121983–121983. 245 indexed citations

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Dissanayake, Pavani Dulanja, Siming You, Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana, et al.. (2019). Biochar-based adsorbents for carbon dioxide capture: A critical review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 119. 109582–109582. 326 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Shengsen, Mingyue Zhao, Min Zhou, et al.. (2019). Biochar-supported nZVI (nZVI/BC) for contaminant removal from soil and water: A critical review. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 373. 820–834. 385 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luo, Jie, Wenxiang He, Jörg Rinklebe, et al.. (2019). Distribution characteristics of Cd in different types of leaves of Festuca arundinacea intercropped with Cicer arietinum L.: A new strategy to remove pollutants by harvesting senescent and dead leaves. Environmental Research. 179(Pt A). 108801–108801. 24 indexed citations

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Rajapaksha, Anushka Upamali, Md. Samrat Alam, Ning Chen, et al.. (2018). Removal of hexavalent chromium in aqueous solutions using biochar: Chemical and spectroscopic investigations. The Science of The Total Environment. 625. 1567–1573. 191 indexed citations

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Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani, Sung‐Eun Lee, Young Han Lee, et al.. (2017). Heavy metal immobilization and microbial community abundance by vegetable waste and pine cone biochar of agricultural soils. Chemosphere. 174. 593–603. 281 indexed citations

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Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani, Sanchita Mandal, Nabeel Khan Niazi, et al.. (2017). Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 47(23). 2275–2330. 245 indexed citations

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Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani, Sang Soo Lee, Nabeel Khan Niazi, et al.. (2017). Assessment of Soil Health in Urban Agriculture: Soil Enzymes and Microbial Properties. Sustainability. 9(2). 310–310. 44 indexed citations

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Abid, Muhammad, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Irshad Bibi, et al.. (2015). Arsenic(V) biosorption by charred orange peel in aqueous environments. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 18(5). 442–449. 96 indexed citations

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