Nimal Senanayake

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Nimal Senanayake is a scholar working on Plant Science, Psychiatry and Mental health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nimal Senanayake has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nimal Senanayake's work include Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (12 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (9 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (5 papers). Nimal Senanayake is often cited by papers focused on Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (12 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (9 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (5 papers). Nimal Senanayake collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Australia and United Kingdom. Nimal Senanayake's co-authors include Lakshman Karalliedde, Nicholas A. Buckley, Martin Johnson, Andrew Dawson, Michael Eddleston, Gerard Hutchinson, Douglas Murray, Ravindra Fernando, Geoffrey K. Isbister and Surjit Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Nimal Senanayake

31 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Neurotoxic Effects of Organohosphorus Insecticides

1987 383 citations Nimal Senanayake, Lakshman Karalliedde New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nimal Senanayake Sri Lanka	17	1.0k	393	308	292	277	32	1.6k
N Senanayake Sri Lanka	17	453 0.4×	121 0.3×	204 0.7×	100 0.3×	178 0.6×	42	1.1k
E. Villanueva Spain	18	218 0.2×	71 0.2×	163 0.5×	134 0.5×	80 0.3×	75	1.2k
Robert P. Chilcott United Kingdom	23	613 0.6×	120 0.3×	119 0.4×	207 0.7×	35 0.1×	69	1.4k
Jan Willems Belgium	20	243 0.2×	32 0.1×	295 1.0×	53 0.2×	92 0.3×	61	1.2k
Ahmed Ismail Egypt	19	434 0.4×	17 0.0×	330 1.1×	132 0.5×	135 0.5×	74	1.1k
Matthew E. Price United Kingdom	16	371 0.4×	25 0.1×	701 2.3×	197 0.7×	206 0.7×	27	1.3k
Thomas H. Milby United States	16	425 0.4×	58 0.1×	268 0.9×	112 0.4×	66 0.2×	37	1.2k
Helga Idel Germany	24	451 0.4×	15 0.0×	579 1.9×	82 0.3×	283 1.0×	49	1.4k
Enrique Villanueva Spain	15	234 0.2×	30 0.1×	149 0.5×	85 0.3×	78 0.3×	29	749
Birgitta Kolmodin‐Hedman Sweden	23	270 0.3×	18 0.0×	666 2.2×	73 0.3×	71 0.3×	61	1.5k

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Kularatne, S.A.M. & Nimal Senanayake. (2013). Venomous snake bites, scorpions, and spiders. Handbook of clinical neurology. 120. 987–1001. 29 indexed citations

Senanayake, Nimal, et al.. (2012). Electrophysiological correlates of respiratory failure in acute organophosphate poisoning: Evidence for differential roles of muscarinic and nicotinic stimulation. Clinical Toxicology. 50(4). 250–253. 27 indexed citations

Senanayake, Nimal, et al.. (2009). Electrophysiological correlates of intermediate syndrome following acute organophosphate poisoning. Clinical Toxicology. 47(3). 193–205. 32 indexed citations

Dawson, Andrew, et al.. (2008). The Spectrum of Intermediate Syndrome Following Acute Organophosphate Poisoning: A Prospective Cohort Study from Sri Lanka. PLoS Medicine. 5(7). e147–e147. 59 indexed citations

Kalupahana, Nishan S., et al.. (2007). Abnormal parameters of magnetically evoked motor-evoked potentials in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. The Spine Journal. 8(4). 645–649. 11 indexed citations

Gawarammana, Indika, et al.. (2004). Parallel infusion of hydrocortisone ± chlorpheniramine bolus injection to prevent acute adverse reactions to antivenom for snakebites. The Medical Journal of Australia. 180(1). 20–23. 67 indexed citations

Eddleston, Michael, Lakshman Karalliedde, Nicholas A. Buckley, et al.. (2002). Pesticide poisoning in the developing world—a minimum pesticides list. The Lancet. 360(9340). 1163–1167. 367 indexed citations

Senanayake, Nimal, et al.. (1995). Mortality related to convulsive disorders in a developing country in Asia: trends over 20 years. Seizure. 4(4). 273–277. 13 indexed citations

Senanayake, Nimal. (1995). Classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes using the 1989 International League against epilepsy classification: A hospital-based study of 1,250 patients in a developing country. Journal of Epilepsy. 8(1). 33–40. 5 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal, et al.. (1994). A Scale to Assess Severity in Organophosphorus Intoxication: POP Scale. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 36(3). 301–301. 12 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal, et al.. (1994). Delayed cerebellar ataxia complicating falciparum malaria: A clinical study of 74 patients. Journal of Neurology. 241(7). 456–459. 65 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal & Gustavo C. Román. (1992). Disorders of neuromuscular transmission due to natural environmental toxins. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 107(1). 1–13. 29 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal. (1992). Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy in Sri Lanka. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 46(2). 409–411. 7 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal. (1989). Epilepsia arithmetices revisited. Epilepsy Research. 3(2). 167–173. 11 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal. (1988). Self-induction of seizures in photosensitive patients in a tropical country. Epilepsy Research. 2(1). 61–64. 1 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal & Lakshman Karalliedde. (1988). Pattern of acute poisoning in a medical unit in central Sri Lanka. Forensic Science International. 36(1-2). 101–104. 33 indexed citations

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Karalliedde, Lakshman & Nimal Senanayake. (1988). Acute organophosphorus insecticide poisoning in Sri Lanka. Forensic Science International. 36(1-2). 97–100. 40 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal & Lakshman Karalliedde. (1987). Neurotoxic Effects of Organohosphorus Insecticides. New England Journal of Medicine. 316(13). 761–763. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Senanayake, Nimal & Martin Johnson. (1982). Acute Polyneuropathy after Poisoning by a New Organophosphate Insecticide. New England Journal of Medicine. 306(3). 155–157. 97 indexed citations

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Senanayake, Nimal & J Jeyaratnam. (1981). TOXIC POLYNEUROPATHY DUE TO GINGILI OIL CONTAMINATED WITH TRI-CRESYL PHOSPHATE AFFECTING ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN SRI LANKA. The Lancet. 317(8211). 88–89. 30 indexed citations

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