Manjula Weerasinghe

1.3k total citations
28 papers, 340 citations indexed

About

Manjula Weerasinghe is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manjula Weerasinghe has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 340 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Insect Science and 12 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Manjula Weerasinghe's work include Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (17 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (13 papers) and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (12 papers). Manjula Weerasinghe is often cited by papers focused on Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (17 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (13 papers) and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (12 papers). Manjula Weerasinghe collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and Denmark. Manjula Weerasinghe's co-authors include Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, Melissa Pearson, Andrew Dawson, Shaluka Jayamanne, David Gunnell, Wim van der Hoek, Chris Metcalfe, Duleeka Knipe and Suneth Agampodi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Manjula Weerasinghe

23 papers receiving 332 citations

Peers

Manjula Weerasinghe
R Fernando Sri Lanka
Melissa Pearson Sri Lanka
Sachidananda Mohanty India
Leah Utyasheva United Kingdom
Farooq Khan United Kingdom
Márcio Rossato Badke Brazil
Parichat Ong-Artborirak Thailand
Seok Shin Tan Malaysia
KC Premarajan India
Maryam S. Makowski United States
R Fernando Sri Lanka
Manjula Weerasinghe
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manjula Weerasinghe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Manjula Weerasinghe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Manjula Weerasinghe 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 Manjula Weerasinghe. Manjula Weerasinghe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Agampodi, Thilini Chanchala, et al.. (2024). Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 14(11). e088714–e088714. 1 indexed citations
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Schalkwyk, May CI van, et al.. (2024). “Ad hoc policy decisions” in the news: Media framing analysis of a pesticide import ban in Sri Lanka. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(7). e0003497–e0003497. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Peter, Keith Hawton, Rob Poole, et al.. (2024). Financial Stress Amongst People Who Self-Harm in Sri Lanka. Archives of Suicide Research. 29(3). 700–717.
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Weerasinghe, Manjula, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, et al.. (2023). Differences in the characteristics of people who purchase pesticides from shops for self‐harm versus those who use pesticides available in the domestic environment in Sri Lanka. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 28(12). 901–911. 1 indexed citations
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Weatherall, Teagan J., Leslie London, Melissa Pearson, et al.. (2023). The role of alcohol use in pesticide suicide and self-harm: a scoping review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 59(2). 211–232. 3 indexed citations
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Weerasinghe, Manjula, Suneth Agampodi, Aisha Holloway, et al.. (2022). Involvement of alcohol in injury cases in rural Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors among in-patients in three primary care hospitals. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 514–514.
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Weerasinghe, Manjula, Melissa Pearson, David Gunnell, et al.. (2021). Risk factors for deliberate self-harm in young people in rural Sri Lanka: a prospective cohort study of 22,000 individuals. Ceylon Medical Journal. 66(2). 87–87. 3 indexed citations
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Pearson, Melissa, et al.. (2020). A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Harm and Suicide in Sri Lankan Printed Newspapers. Crisis. 42(1). 56–63. 8 indexed citations
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Weerasinghe, Manjula, Melissa Pearson, Flemming Konradsen, et al.. (2020). Emerging pesticides responsible for suicide in rural Sri Lanka following the 2008–2014 pesticide bans. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 780–780. 18 indexed citations
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Weerasinghe, Manjula, et al.. (2020). Using ex‐ante economic evaluation to inform research priorities in pesticide self‐poisoning prevention: the case of a shop‐based gatekeeper training programme in rural Sri Lanka. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 25(10). 1205–1213. 5 indexed citations
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Knipe, Duleeka, D. Gunnell, Manjula Weerasinghe, et al.. (2017). Is socioeconomic position associated with risk of attempted suicide in rural Sri Lanka? A cross-sectional study of 165 000 individuals. BMJ Open. 7(3). e014006–e014006. 27 indexed citations
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Pearson, Melissa, Chris Metcalfe, Shaluka Jayamanne, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 390(10105). 1863–1872. 70 indexed citations
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Weerasinghe, Manjula, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, et al.. (2015). Risk factors associated with purchasing pesticide from shops for self-poisoning: a protocol for a population-based case–control study. BMJ Open. 5(5). e007822–e007822. 6 indexed citations
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Knipe, Duleeka, Melissa Pearson, Manjula Weerasinghe, et al.. (2014). Challenges and opportunities of a paperless baseline survey in Sri Lanka. BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 452–452. 12 indexed citations
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Weerasinghe, Manjula, Melissa Pearson, Andrew Dawson, et al.. (2013). The role of private pesticide vendors in preventing access to pesticides for self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka. Injury Prevention. 20(2). 134–137. 13 indexed citations
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Pearson, Melissa, Flemming Konradsen, David Gunnell, et al.. (2011). A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: study protocol. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 879–879. 31 indexed citations
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