Deepa Weerasekera

17.0k total citations
12 papers, 253 citations indexed

About

Deepa Weerasekera is a scholar working on Physiology, Health and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Deepa Weerasekera has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 253 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 4 papers in Health and 2 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Deepa Weerasekera's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (11 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (4 papers) and School Health and Nursing Education (2 papers). Deepa Weerasekera is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (11 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (4 papers) and School Health and Nursing Education (2 papers). Deepa Weerasekera collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand and Australia. Deepa Weerasekera's co-authors include Richard Edwards, Nick Wilson, Robert Templeton, Niki Stefanogiannis, George Thomson, Heather Gifford, Judy Li, Li‐Chia Yeh, Jane Zhang and Ron Borland and has published in prestigious journals such as BMC Public Health, Tobacco Control and Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

In The Last Decade

Deepa Weerasekera

12 papers receiving 240 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deepa Weerasekera New Zealand 9 167 83 50 38 33 12 253
Antoni Baena Spain 9 218 1.3× 78 0.9× 90 1.8× 47 1.2× 47 1.4× 20 297
Anette Kira New Zealand 11 184 1.1× 108 1.3× 98 2.0× 48 1.3× 29 0.9× 26 331
Sabrina L Smiley United States 12 195 1.2× 84 1.0× 59 1.2× 27 0.7× 61 1.8× 42 320
L. Roberts Ireland 7 221 1.3× 95 1.1× 74 1.5× 50 1.3× 42 1.3× 11 342
Raphaël Andler France 9 149 0.9× 80 1.0× 58 1.2× 16 0.4× 46 1.4× 31 311
Larry Williams United States 8 202 1.2× 82 1.0× 74 1.5× 70 1.8× 38 1.2× 17 317
Juan Antonio Riesco Miranda Spain 11 237 1.4× 51 0.6× 59 1.2× 50 1.3× 26 0.8× 40 326
Mark Wallace‐Bell New Zealand 8 184 1.1× 74 0.9× 78 1.6× 44 1.2× 54 1.6× 19 286
Natalie Sansone Canada 5 228 1.4× 99 1.2× 53 1.1× 25 0.7× 67 2.0× 6 333
Luis Zavala‐Arciniega United States 13 226 1.4× 134 1.6× 38 0.8× 16 0.4× 44 1.3× 29 298

Countries citing papers authored by Deepa Weerasekera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deepa Weerasekera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deepa Weerasekera

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Deepa Weerasekera. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Deepa Weerasekera based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Deepa Weerasekera. Deepa Weerasekera is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Edwards, Richard, et al.. (2012). Support for a tobacco endgame and increased regulation of the tobacco industry among New Zealand smokers: results from a National Survey. Tobacco Control. 22(e1). e86–e93. 31 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nick, Deepa Weerasekera, Christopher W. Kahler, Ron Borland, & Richard Edwards. (2012). Hazardous patterns of alcohol use are relatively common in smokers: ITC Project (New Zealand).. PubMed. 125(1348). 34–41. 6 indexed citations
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Stefanogiannis, Niki, et al.. (2012). The health of New Zealand Adults 2011/12: Key findings of the New Zealand health survey. Massey Research Online (Massey University). 91 indexed citations
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Waa, Andrew, et al.. (2011). Parental behaviours, but not parental smoking, influence current smoking and smoking susceptibility among 14 and 15 year‐old children. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35(6). 530–536. 24 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nick, et al.. (2011). Smokers have varying misperceptions about the harmfulness of menthol cigarettes: national survey data. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35(4). 364–367. 5 indexed citations
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Thomson, George, Nick Wilson, Deepa Weerasekera, & Richard Edwards. (2010). Strong smoker interest in ‘setting an example to children’ by quitting: national survey data. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35(1). 81–84. 10 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nick, Deepa Weerasekera, Tony Blakely, et al.. (2010). What is behind smoker support for new smokefree areas? National survey data. BMC Public Health. 10(1). 498–498. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Judy, et al.. (2010). Characteristics and quitting success of roll-your-own versus tailor-made cigarette smokers.. PubMed. 123(1308). 64–73. 14 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nick, et al.. (2009). Characteristics of smoker support for increasing a dedicated tobacco tax: National survey data from New Zealand. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 12(2). 168–173. 25 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nick, Ron Borland, Deepa Weerasekera, Richard Edwards, & Marie Russell. (2009). Smoker interest in lower harm alternatives to cigarettes: National survey data. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 11(12). 1467–1473. 8 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nick, et al.. (2009). Misperceptions of "light" cigarettes abound: National survey data. BMC Public Health. 9(1). 126–126. 20 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nick, Tony Blakely, Richard Edwards, Deepa Weerasekera, & George Thomson. (2009). Support by New Zealand smokers for new types of smokefree areas: national survey data.. PubMed. 122(1303). 80–9. 9 indexed citations

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