Praveen Weeratunga

1.4k total citations
53 papers, 676 citations indexed

About

Praveen Weeratunga is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Praveen Weeratunga has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 676 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 19 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Praveen Weeratunga's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (20 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (10 papers). Praveen Weeratunga is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (20 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (10 papers). Praveen Weeratunga collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Australia and United Kingdom. Praveen Weeratunga's co-authors include Senaka Rajapakse, Sumadhya Deepika Fernando, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Nipun Lakshitha de Silva, Chathurani Sigera, Ling‐Pei Ho, David R. Möller, Saroj Jayasinghe, Ranjanie Gamage and Shiroma Handunnetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Praveen Weeratunga

49 papers receiving 650 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Praveen Weeratunga Sri Lanka 16 276 238 186 77 63 53 676
Nipun Lakshitha de Silva Sri Lanka 15 168 0.6× 338 1.4× 258 1.4× 58 0.8× 44 0.7× 51 896
Marty Chaplin United Kingdom 14 163 0.6× 229 1.0× 53 0.3× 103 1.3× 86 1.4× 32 703
Jae Hyoung Im South Korea 15 100 0.4× 331 1.4× 107 0.6× 95 1.2× 97 1.5× 51 793
Nasir Salam India 13 261 0.9× 165 0.7× 94 0.5× 144 1.9× 132 2.1× 25 876
Saravanan Munisankar India 17 64 0.2× 282 1.2× 267 1.4× 106 1.4× 70 1.1× 46 663
Ar Kar Aung Australia 17 91 0.3× 162 0.7× 84 0.5× 137 1.8× 31 0.5× 58 737
Beth A. Dy United States 14 210 0.8× 92 0.4× 61 0.3× 80 1.0× 22 0.3× 20 1.1k
Soundravally Rajendiran India 17 493 1.8× 328 1.4× 45 0.2× 60 0.8× 71 1.1× 54 809
Chi Eziefula United Kingdom 11 304 1.1× 143 0.6× 74 0.4× 94 1.2× 44 0.7× 21 587
Chul-Min Kim South Korea 14 107 0.4× 247 1.0× 325 1.7× 47 0.6× 32 0.5× 55 794

Countries citing papers authored by Praveen Weeratunga

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Fields of papers citing papers by Praveen Weeratunga

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Praveen Weeratunga

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weeratunga, Praveen, Martin J. Sergeant, Joshua A. Bull, et al.. (2025). Temporo-spatial cellular atlas of the regenerating alveolar niche in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7150–7150. 1 indexed citations
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Weeratunga, Praveen, David R. Möller, & Ling‐Pei Ho. (2024). Immune mechanisms of granuloma formation in sarcoidosis and tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(1). 31 indexed citations
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Weeratunga, Praveen, et al.. (2024). Nine fatal cases of dengue: a case series from an intensive care unit in Sri Lanka. Tropical Medicine and Health. 52(1). 90–90.
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Karunanayake, Panduka, Saroj Jayasinghe, Senaka Rajapakse, et al.. (2023). Hirudin versus citrate as an anticoagulant for ROTEM platelet whole blood impedance aggregometry in thrombocytopenic patients. Platelets. 34(1). 2229909–2229909. 1 indexed citations
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Valencia, Braulio M., Chathurani Sigera, Thiruni Adikari, et al.. (2023). Genomic Surveillance of Recent Dengue Outbreaks in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Viruses. 15(7). 1408–1408. 8 indexed citations
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Leung, Preston, Chathurani Sigera, Daniel D. Murray, et al.. (2023). Development of a machine learning model for early prediction of plasma leakage in suspected dengue patients. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(3). e0010758–e0010758. 8 indexed citations
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Fraser, Emily, Praveen Weeratunga, & Ling‐Pei Ho. (2022). Management of Sarcoidosis: When to Treat, How to Treat and for How Long?. 11(4). 151–159. 2 indexed citations
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Karunanayake, Panduka, Saroj Jayasinghe, Senaka Rajapakse, et al.. (2022). Rotational thromboelastometry in critical phase of dengue infection: Association with bleeding. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 6(3). e12704–e12704. 4 indexed citations
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Weeratunga, Praveen, David R. Möller, & Ling‐Pei Ho. (2022). Immune mechanisms in fibrotic pulmonary sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Review. 31(166). 220178–220178. 13 indexed citations
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Sigera, Chathurani, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Nipun Lakshitha de Silva, et al.. (2021). Direct costs of managing in-ward dengue patients in Sri Lanka: A prospective study. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258388–e0258388. 7 indexed citations
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Weeratunga, Praveen, et al.. (2020). Anemia as a predictor of functional disability in the early stage of ischemic stroke in a South Asian Population. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. 23(4). 515–515. 3 indexed citations
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Sigera, Chathurani, Senaka Rajapakse, Praveen Weeratunga, et al.. (2020). Dengue and post-infection fatigue: findings from a prospective cohort—the Colombo Dengue Study. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 115(6). 669–676. 28 indexed citations
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Rajapakse, Senaka, et al.. (2020). Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in an endemic mixed urban and semi-urban setting—A community-based study in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(5). e0008309–e0008309. 8 indexed citations
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Sigera, Chathurani, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Senaka Rajapakse, et al.. (2019). Risk prediction for severe disease and better diagnostic accuracy in early dengue infection; the Colombo dengue study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19(1). 680–680. 26 indexed citations
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Rodrigo, Chaturaka, Praveen Weeratunga, Sumadhya Deepika Fernando, & Senaka Rajapakse. (2017). Amphotericin B for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective comparative clinical studies including dose-ranging studies. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 24(6). 591–598. 18 indexed citations
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Constantine, GR, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Praveen Weeratunga, et al.. (2017). Addition of Propranolol in Resistant Arterial hypertension Treatment (APROPRIATE study): study protocol for a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Trials. 18(1). 124–124. 5 indexed citations
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Weeratunga, Praveen, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Sumadhya Deepika Fernando, & Senaka Rajapakse. (2017). Control methods forAedes albopictusandAedes aegypti. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 18 indexed citations
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Rajapakse, Senaka, Praveen Weeratunga, Roshan Niloofa, et al.. (2016). A Diagnostic Scoring Model for Leptospirosis in Resource Limited Settings. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(6). e0004513–e0004513. 24 indexed citations
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Weeratunga, Praveen, et al.. (2015). Cardiovascular risk in lupus nephritis: Do renal disease-related and other traditional risk factors play a role?. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 26(3). 526–526. 7 indexed citations
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Rajapakse, Senaka, Praveen Weeratunga, Narmada Fernando, et al.. (2015). Clinical and laboratory associations of severity in a Sri Lankan cohort of patients with serologically confirmed leptospirosis: a prospective study. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 109(11). 710–716. 14 indexed citations

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