Ranjith Premasiri

819 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 624 citations indexed

About

Ranjith Premasiri is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Ranjith Premasiri has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 624 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 5 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Ranjith Premasiri's work include Extraction and Separation Processes (8 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (7 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (5 papers). Ranjith Premasiri is often cited by papers focused on Extraction and Separation Processes (8 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (7 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (5 papers). Ranjith Premasiri collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Japan. Ranjith Premasiri's co-authors include N.P. Ratnayake, Nimila Dushyantha, Bandara Abeysinghe, Nadeera Batapola, Kithsiri Dissanayake, I.M.S.K. Ilankoon, Sudath Rohitha, Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake, Peter Styles and Nigel J. Cassidy and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science and Pollution Research and Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ranjith Premasiri

16 papers receiving 609 citations

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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.

The story of rare earth elements (REEs): Occurrences, global distribution, genesis, geology, mineralogy and global production

2020 476 citations Nimila Dushyantha, Nadeera Batapola et al. Ore Geology Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ranjith Premasiri Sri Lanka	7	301	267	100	91	77	19	624
Bandara Abeysinghe Sri Lanka	4	290 1.0×	246 0.9×	97 1.0×	87 1.0×	69 0.9×	13	539
Nimila Dushyantha Sri Lanka	12	430 1.4×	354 1.3×	152 1.5×	111 1.2×	106 1.4×	38	901
Zhou Wen-bin China	9	198 0.7×	220 0.8×	68 0.7×	79 0.9×	95 1.2×	34	641
Georgios Charalampides Greece	11	187 0.6×	131 0.5×	53 0.5×	62 0.7×	67 0.9×	23	542
Clinton W. Noack United States	9	169 0.6×	240 0.9×	47 0.5×	107 1.2×	92 1.2×	9	522
Sarah M. Hayes United States	10	183 0.6×	116 0.4×	74 0.7×	35 0.4×	160 2.1×	26	615
Sergio Carrero Spain	15	127 0.4×	275 1.0×	55 0.6×	125 1.4×	114 1.5×	27	843
Danqing Liu China	17	230 0.8×	112 0.4×	32 0.3×	46 0.5×	65 0.8×	45	719
Peter Nason Sweden	8	116 0.4×	250 0.9×	32 0.3×	79 0.9×	48 0.6×	15	614
J. Dykstra Eusden United States	14	81 0.3×	316 1.2×	155 1.6×	61 0.7×	192 2.5×	34	999

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ranjith Premasiri

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19 of 19 papers shown

Rathnayake, Namal, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence to evaluate the impact of urban green and blue spaces on chlorophyll-a concentrations. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(59). 31397–31409.

Abeysinghe, Bandara, et al.. (2025). Transforming nickel toxicity into resource recovery through phytomining: opportunities and applications in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 22(9). 8405–8424.

Ratnayake, N.P., Bandara Abeysinghe, Ranjith Premasiri, et al.. (2024). Soil-to-resource approach to assess the Ni hyperaccumulating potential of native plant species for phytomining at Ginigalpelessa serpentinite deposit, Sri Lanka. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 17(3). 1 indexed citations

Premasiri, Ranjith, et al.. (2024). Potential for the complementary and integrative use of citizen science and modern science in flood risk reduction: A case study from Sri Lanka. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 103. 104331–104331. 4 indexed citations

Abeysinghe, Bandara, Ranjith Premasiri, Nimila Dushyantha, et al.. (2023). The role of nickel (Ni) as a critical metal in clean energy transition: applications, global distribution and occurrences, production-demand and phytomining. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 259. 105912–105912. 38 indexed citations

Abeysinghe, Bandara, et al.. (2023). Nickel phytomining potential in serpentine soil of Sri Lanka: an implication for sustainable mining. 3(1). 11–14. 2 indexed citations

Batapola, Nadeera, N.P. Ratnayake, Bandara Abeysinghe, et al.. (2023). The potential of REEs in the Eppawala Phosphate Deposit, Sri Lanka: REE enrichment, mineralization, and economic significance. Environmental Earth Sciences. 82(19). 1 indexed citations

Ratnayake, N.P., Bandara Abeysinghe, Ranjith Premasiri, et al.. (2023). Assessment of Ni phytomining potential in Ginigalpelessa serpentinite deposit, Southeast Sri Lanka. 31–35. 2 indexed citations

Batapola, Nadeera, N.P. Ratnayake, Bandara Abeysinghe, et al.. (2022). Exploration for rare earth elements (REES) in different geological formations of Sri Lanka and their recovery potential. 2(1). 47–50.

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Batapola, Nadeera, N.P. Ratnayake, Bandara Abeysinghe, et al.. (2022). Rare Earth Element Enrichment in Intrusive Rocks of Sri Lanka as a Potential Low-Grade Source. 15. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Dushyantha, Nimila, N.P. Ratnayake, Ranjith Premasiri, et al.. (2022). Geochemical exploration for prospecting new rare earth elements (REEs) sources: REE potential in lake sediments around Eppawala Phosphate Deposit, Sri Lanka. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 243. 105515–105515. 9 indexed citations

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Konthesingha, Chaminda, et al.. (2022). Metamorphic rocks for manufactured sand and coarse aggregate for concrete and mortar. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Dushyantha, Nimila, et al.. (2021). Potential ecological risk assessment of heavy metals (Cr, Ni, and Co) in serpentine soil at Ginigalpelessa in Sri Lanka. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 14(13). 7 indexed citations

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Batapola, Nadeera, Nimila Dushyantha, N.P. Ratnayake, et al.. (2021). Rare earth element potential in the beach placers along the southwest coast of Sri Lanka. 1 indexed citations

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Dushyantha, Nimila, Nadeera Batapola, I.M.S.K. Ilankoon, et al.. (2020). The story of rare earth elements (REEs): Occurrences, global distribution, genesis, geology, mineralogy and global production. Ore Geology Reviews. 122. 103521–103521. 476 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ratnayake, Amila Sandaruwan, et al.. (2018). Influence of nearshore sediment dynamics on the distribution of heavy mineral placer deposits in Sri Lanka. Environmental Earth Sciences. 77(21). 45 indexed citations

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Ratnayake, N.P., et al.. (2018). Erosion processes driven by monsoon events after a beach nourishment and breakwater construction at Uswetakeiyawa beach, Sri Lanka. SN Applied Sciences. 1(1). 26 indexed citations

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Premasiri, Ranjith, et al.. (2016). Development of Suitability Index for Locating Rock Quarrying Sites in Sri Lanka. 21. 2 indexed citations

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Premasiri, Ranjith, Peter Styles, Victor I. Shrira, Nigel J. Cassidy, & Jean‐Luc Schwenninger. (2015). OSL Dating and GPR Mapping of Palaeotsunami Inundation: A 4000-Year History of Indian Ocean Tsunamis as recorded in Sri Lanka. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 172(12). 3357–3384. 8 indexed citations

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