Indika Herath

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Indika Herath is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Indika Herath has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pollution, 12 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 9 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Indika Herath's work include Heavy metals in environment (13 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (12 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (7 papers). Indika Herath is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (13 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (12 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (7 papers). Indika Herath collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Australia and South Korea. Indika Herath's co-authors include Meththika Vithanage, Jochen Bundschuh, Yong Sik Ok, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Dinesh Mohan, S. S. Mayakaduwa, Jyoti Prakash Maity, Adel S. Abduljabbar, Adel R. A. Usman and Jörg Rinklebe and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Indika Herath

33 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Antimony as a global dilemma: Geochemistry, mobility, fat... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Antimony as a global dilemma: Geochemistry, mobility, fate and transport
    2017 393 citations Indika Herath, Meththika Vithanage et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Indika Herath Sri Lanka 24 1.2k 1.1k 911 568 358 34 2.7k
Muhammad Bilal Shakoor Pakistan 35 1.9k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.6× 787 1.4× 423 1.2× 72 4.7k
Dane Lamb Australia 29 1.9k 1.6× 707 0.7× 608 0.7× 719 1.3× 356 1.0× 87 3.4k
Massimo Pigna Italy 29 1.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 549 0.6× 506 0.9× 202 0.6× 51 2.9k
Xiulan Yan China 24 927 0.8× 521 0.5× 623 0.7× 402 0.7× 374 1.0× 68 2.1k
Jūratė Kumpienė Sweden 24 1.8k 1.5× 884 0.8× 437 0.5× 742 1.3× 347 1.0× 70 3.1k
Seunghun Hyun South Korea 25 1.1k 0.9× 452 0.4× 690 0.8× 507 0.9× 596 1.7× 98 2.8k
Jingzi Beiyuan China 34 1.9k 1.5× 552 0.5× 679 0.7× 643 1.1× 479 1.3× 70 3.6k
C. K. Jain India 27 1.6k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 2.1k 2.3× 778 1.4× 351 1.0× 48 4.2k
Chuanping Liu China 27 2.1k 1.7× 1.2k 1.1× 342 0.4× 898 1.6× 286 0.8× 52 3.2k
Chao Cai China 22 1.7k 1.4× 588 0.6× 566 0.6× 708 1.2× 308 0.9× 48 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Indika Herath

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Indika Herath

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, Chuxia, et al.. (2024). Exploring the hidden environmental pollution of microplastics derived from bioplastics: A review. Chemosphere. 355. 141773–141773. 12 indexed citations
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Herath, Indika, et al.. (2024). Modeling Tetracycline Adsorption onto Blast Furnace Slag Using Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches. Sustainability. 16(1). 464–464. 6 indexed citations
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Herath, Indika, et al.. (2023). Contribution of free hydroxyl radical to the formation of micro(nano)plastics and release of additives during polyethylene degradation in water. Environmental Pollution. 337. 122590–122590. 9 indexed citations
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Herath, Indika, et al.. (2023). Industrial waste-based adsorbents as a new trend for removal of water-borne emerging contaminants. Environmental Pollution. 343. 123140–123140. 23 indexed citations
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Bundschuh, Jochen, Jerusa Schneider, Mohammad Ayaz Alam, et al.. (2021). Seven potential sources of arsenic pollution in Latin America and their environmental and health impacts. The Science of The Total Environment. 780. 146274–146274. 117 indexed citations
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Sayeed, Abu, Hafizur Rahman, Jochen Bundschuh, et al.. (2021). Handwashing with soap: A concern for overuse of water amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 13. 100561–100561. 31 indexed citations
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Herath, Indika, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Jochen Bundschuh, et al.. (2020). Microbe mediated immobilization of arsenic in the rice rhizosphere after incorporation of silica impregnated biochar composites. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 398. 123096–123096. 63 indexed citations
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Morales-Simfors, Nury, Jochen Bundschuh, Indika Herath, et al.. (2019). Arsenic in Latin America: A critical overview on the geochemistry of arsenic originating from geothermal features and volcanic emissions for solving its environmental consequences. The Science of The Total Environment. 716. 135564–135564. 79 indexed citations
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Herath, Indika, et al.. (2019). Biochar versus bone char for a sustainable inorganic arsenic mitigation in water: What needs to be done in future research?. Environment International. 127. 52–69. 114 indexed citations
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Herath, Indika, Meththika Vithanage, Saman Seneweera, & Jochen Bundschuh. (2018). Thiolated arsenic in natural systems: What is current, what is new and what needs to be known. Environment International. 115. 370–386. 50 indexed citations
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Vithanage, Meththika, Indika Herath, Yaser A. Almaroai, et al.. (2017). Effects of carbon nanotube and biochar on bioavailability of Pb, Cu and Sb in multi-metal contaminated soil. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 39(6). 1409–1420. 54 indexed citations
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Herath, Indika, et al.. (2017). Mechanistic understanding of crystal violet dye sorption by woody biochar: implications for wastewater treatment. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 41(4). 1647–1661. 135 indexed citations
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Mayakaduwa, S. S., Indika Herath, Yong Sik Ok, Dinesh Mohan, & Meththika Vithanage. (2016). Insights into aqueous carbofuran removal by modified and non-modified rice husk biochars. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(29). 22755–22763. 56 indexed citations
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Bandara, Tharanga, Indika Herath, Prasanna Kumarathilaka, et al.. (2015). Role of fungal-bacterial co-inoculation and woody biochar on soil enzyme activity and heavy metal immobilization in serpentine soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 1 indexed citations
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Mayakaduwa, S. S., Prasanna Kumarathilaka, Indika Herath, et al.. (2015). Equilibrium and kinetic mechanisms of woody biochar on aqueous glyphosate removal. Chemosphere. 144. 2516–2521. 185 indexed citations
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Vithanage, Meththika, S. S. Mayakaduwa, Indika Herath, Yong Sik Ok, & Dinesh Mohan. (2015). Kinetics, thermodynamics and mechanistic studies of carbofuran removal using biochars from tea waste and rice husks. Chemosphere. 150. 781–789. 181 indexed citations
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Herath, Indika, M. C. M. Iqbal, Mohammad I. Al‐Wabel, et al.. (2015). Bioenergy-derived waste biochar for reducing mobility, bioavailability, and phytotoxicity of chromium in anthropized tannery soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 17(3). 731–740. 39 indexed citations

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