B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Food Science and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Water Science and Technology, 4 papers in Food Science and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (5 papers), Food Drying and Modeling (4 papers) and Edible Oils Quality and Analysis (2 papers). B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (5 papers), Food Drying and Modeling (4 papers) and Edible Oils Quality and Analysis (2 papers). B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Greece and United Kingdom. B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe's co-authors include R.A. Williams, Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage and Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Environmental Pollution and Journal of Food Engineering.

In The Last Decade

B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe

12 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Tea waste as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of Cu and Pb from wastewater

2007 710 citations B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe, R.A. Williams Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe Sri Lanka	8	664	166	142	142	134	14	1.1k
Ali Çelik Türkiye	11	762 1.1×	200 1.2×	105 0.7×	232 1.6×	139 1.0×	27	1.2k
Mohammed El Makhfouk Morocco	9	565 0.9×	129 0.8×	95 0.7×	153 1.1×	89 0.7×	14	837
Mambo Moyo Zimbabwe	20	454 0.7×	142 0.9×	95 0.7×	110 0.8×	162 1.2×	51	1.2k
Candelaria Tejada-Tovar Colombia	15	717 1.1×	141 0.8×	91 0.6×	123 0.9×	133 1.0×	159	1.0k
Ömer Yavuz Türkiye	10	508 0.8×	154 0.9×	77 0.5×	124 0.9×	140 1.0×	15	1.2k
Mile Klašnja Serbia	18	993 1.5×	312 1.9×	223 1.6×	139 1.0×	242 1.8×	31	1.5k
Concepción Lao Luque Spain	14	430 0.6×	131 0.8×	225 1.6×	58 0.4×	163 1.2×	30	921
Qaisar Manzoor Pakistan	11	518 0.8×	120 0.7×	104 0.7×	176 1.2×	119 0.9×	30	856
Ningchuan Feng China	14	1.1k 1.6×	247 1.5×	204 1.4×	194 1.4×	159 1.2×	22	1.6k
Muhammad Salman Pakistan	20	932 1.4×	185 1.1×	204 1.4×	230 1.6×	171 1.3×	85	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B.M.W.P.K. Amarasinghe

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Giannakoudakis, Dimitrios A., et al.. (2021). Propensity and appraisal of biochar performance in removal of oil spills: A comprehensive review. Environmental Pollution. 288. 117676–117676. 62 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2020). Study on Fluidization Behaviour of Raw and Dry Sri Lankan Black Pepper. 113–118. 1 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2020). Adsorption and desorption studies of Ni²⁺ ions on to coconut shell char. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 427(1). 12005–12005. 5 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2019). Kinetics and Mathematical Modeling of Drying of Parboiled Paddy in a Packed Bed Dryer. 4. 181–186. 1 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2019). Drying kinetics, quality and moisture diffusivity of spouted bed dried Sri Lankan black pepper. Journal of Food Engineering. 263. 38–45. 46 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2018). Rice Husk Char-Clay Composite for the Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye. Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium. 22(0).

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2018). Kinetics And Mathematical Modeling Of Microwave Drying Of Sri Lankan Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 10 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2013). Fixed Bed Adsorption Column Studies for the Removal of Aqueous Phenol from Activated Carbon Prepared from Sugarcane Bagasse. Energy Procedia. 34. 83–90. 95 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K.. (2011). Lead and Cadmium Removal from Aqueous Medium Using Coir Pith as Adsorbent: Batch and Fixed bed Column Studies. 1(1). 13 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2009). Rice Husk Based Adsorbents for Textile Effluent Treatment. Engineer Journal of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka. 42(4). 122–122.

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2008). Effect of method of stabilization on aqueous extraction of rice bran oil. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 87(2). 108–114. 87 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2007). Adsorption of Cibacron Blue Dye from Aqueous Solutions onto HCL Treated Waste Biomass. Engineer Journal of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka. 40(3). 7–7. 1 indexed citations

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K. & R.A. Williams. (2007). Tea waste as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of Cu and Pb from wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal. 132(1-3). 299–309. 710 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K., et al.. (2004). Rice Bran Oil Extraction in Sri Lanka: Data for Process Equipment Design. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 82(1). 54–59. 53 indexed citations

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