Hasintha Wijesekara

5.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
46 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Hasintha Wijesekara is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Hasintha Wijesekara has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Pollution, 18 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 11 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Hasintha Wijesekara's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (7 papers). Hasintha Wijesekara is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (7 papers). Hasintha Wijesekara collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Australia and United States. Hasintha Wijesekara's co-authors include Nanthi Bolan, Meththika Vithanage, Yong Sik Ok, M.B. Kirkham, Jörg Rinklebe, Thilakshani Atugoda, Hailong Wang, Lauren Bradney, Michael S. Bank and Siming You and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Hasintha Wijesekara

44 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Particulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2021 2019 2023 2021 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Particulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element uptake by aquatic and terrestrial organisms and human health risk
    2019 446 citations Lauren Bradney, Hasintha Wijesekara et al. Environment International profile →
  2. Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport
    2021 409 citations Thilakshani Atugoda, Meththika Vithanage et al. Environment International profile →
  3. Soil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review
    2019 373 citations Nanthi Bolan, M.B. Kirkham et al. profile →
  4. Impacts of climate change on the fate of contaminants through extreme weather events
    2023 229 citations Shiv Bolan, Lokesh P. Padhye et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  5. Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review
    2021 224 citations Nanthi Bolan, Manish Kumar et al. Environment International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hasintha Wijesekara Sri Lanka 25 1.8k 1.1k 504 419 414 46 3.3k
Nélson Abrantes Portugal 29 1.7k 0.9× 935 0.8× 892 1.8× 285 0.7× 349 0.8× 91 3.7k
Lisbet Sørensen Norway 31 1.9k 1.0× 989 0.9× 913 1.8× 533 1.3× 657 1.6× 86 3.5k
Hua Zou China 32 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 657 1.3× 401 1.0× 165 0.4× 105 4.1k
Bin Huang China 25 1.5k 0.8× 472 0.4× 540 1.1× 288 0.7× 562 1.4× 67 3.1k
Chitsan Lin Taiwan 42 2.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 2.4× 377 0.9× 650 1.6× 172 5.2k
Lin Luo China 30 1.5k 0.8× 455 0.4× 422 0.8× 244 0.6× 598 1.4× 76 3.5k
Sanjay K. Mohanty United States 32 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 481 1.0× 243 0.6× 159 0.4× 81 3.0k
Dane Lamb Australia 29 1.9k 1.0× 489 0.4× 719 1.4× 278 0.7× 292 0.7× 87 3.4k
Amanullah Mahar Pakistan 19 1.4k 0.8× 950 0.8× 362 0.7× 283 0.7× 351 0.8× 37 3.1k
Tom Sizmur United Kingdom 23 1.6k 0.9× 459 0.4× 766 1.5× 410 1.0× 828 2.0× 72 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koswattage, Kaveenga Rasika, et al.. (2025). Nanomaterials for microplastics remediation in wastewater: A viable step towards cleaner water. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 19. 100773–100773. 3 indexed citations
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Palansooriya, Kumuduni Niroshika, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Ali El‐Naggar, et al.. (2025). Biochar-based controlled-release fertilizers for enhancing plant growth and environmental sustainability: a review. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(4). 701–715. 8 indexed citations
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Silva, Nuwan De, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of nano zero valent zinc-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite using a novel electrochemical technique for the adsorptive degradation of methyl orange. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 703. 135250–135250. 8 indexed citations
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Bolan, Shiv, Shailja Sharma, Santanu Mukherjee, et al.. (2024). The distribution, fate, and environmental impacts of food additive nanomaterials in soil and aquatic ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 170013–170013. 22 indexed citations
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Sewwandi, Madushika, et al.. (2024). Microplastic abundance, characteristics, and heavy metal contamination in coastal environments of Western Sri Lanka. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 136. 103770–103770. 4 indexed citations
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Bolan, Shiv, Timothy J. McCarthy, Hasintha Wijesekara, et al.. (2023). Sustainable management of hazardous asbestos-containing materials: Containment, stabilization and inertization. The Science of The Total Environment. 881. 163456–163456. 25 indexed citations
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Bolan, Shiv, Hasintha Wijesekara, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Boron contamination and its risk management in terrestrial and aquatic environmental settings. The Science of The Total Environment. 894. 164744–164744. 39 indexed citations
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Wijesekara, Hasintha, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of the effect of landfill leachate on surface and groundwater quality: a case study in tropical Sri Lanka using the evidence of stable isotopes. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 194(9). 628–628. 8 indexed citations
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Bolan, Nanthi, Manish Kumar, Ekta Singh, et al.. (2021). Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review. Environment International. 158. 106908–106908. 224 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Ling, Changjin Ou, Dhammika Magana-Arachchi, et al.. (2021). Indoor Particulate Matter in Urban Households: Sources, Pathways, Characteristics, Health Effects, and Exposure Mitigation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(21). 11055–11055. 72 indexed citations
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Hoang, Son A., Binoy Sarkar, Balaji Seshadri, et al.. (2021). Mitigation of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated hazardous soils using organic amendments: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 416. 125702–125702. 81 indexed citations
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Wijesekara, Hasintha, Kim Colyvas, Son A. Hoang, et al.. (2021). Carbon sequestration value of biosolids applied to soil: A global meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Management. 284. 112008–112008. 23 indexed citations
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Bradney, Lauren, Hasintha Wijesekara, Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya, et al.. (2019). Particulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element uptake by aquatic and terrestrial organisms and human health risk. Environment International. 131. 104937–104937. 446 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thangarajan, Ramya, Nanthi Bolan, Anitha Kunhikrishnan, et al.. (2017). The potential value of biochar in the mitigation of gaseous emission of nitrogen. The Science of The Total Environment. 612. 257–268. 74 indexed citations
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Kunhikrishnan, Anitha, Girish Choppala, Balaji Seshadri, et al.. (2016). Impact of wastewater derived dissolved organic carbon on reduction, mobility, and bioavailability of As(V) and Cr(VI) in contaminated soils. Journal of Environmental Management. 186(Pt 2). 183–191. 40 indexed citations
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Kumarathilaka, Prasanna, et al.. (2016). Insights into Starch Coated Nanozero Valent Iron-Graphene Composite for Cr(VI) Removal from Aqueous Medium. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2016. 1–10. 31 indexed citations
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Vithanage, Meththika, J. Hettiarachchi, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Hasintha Wijesekara, & Tilak Hewawasam. (2011). Heavy metals in Ratnapura alluvial gem sediments, Sri Lanka. AGUFM. 2011.
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Weerasooriya, Rohan, et al.. (2004). Macroscopic and vibration spectroscopic evidence for specific bonding of arsenate on gibbsite. Chemosphere. 55(9). 1259–1270. 14 indexed citations
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Weerasooriya, Rohan, et al.. (2003). On the mechanistic modeling of As(III) adsorption on gibbsite. Chemosphere. 51(9). 1001–1013. 47 indexed citations
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Weerasooriya, Rohan, et al.. (2002). Surface complexation modeling of cadmium adsorption on gibbsite. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 207(1-3). 13–24. 30 indexed citations

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