Samodha C. Fernando

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Samodha C. Fernando is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samodha C. Fernando has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Samodha C. Fernando's work include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (33 papers), Gut microbiota and health (21 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (13 papers). Samodha C. Fernando is often cited by papers focused on Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (33 papers), Gut microbiota and health (21 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (13 papers). Samodha C. Fernando collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Mexico. Samodha C. Fernando's co-authors include Christopher L. Anderson, Udaya DeSilva, Fares Z. Najar, B.A. Roe, T. G. Nagaraja, P.J. Kononoff, H. T. Purvis, C. R. Krehbiel, Henry A. Paz and Om Prakash and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Samodha C. Fernando

93 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Rumen Microbial Population Dynamics during Adaptation to ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Rumen Microbial Population Dynamics during Adaptation to a High-Grain Diet
    2010 566 citations Samodha C. Fernando, T. G. Nagaraja et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samodha C. Fernando United States 28 1.2k 1.1k 483 451 343 100 2.8k
Bianca Castiglioni Italy 34 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 261 0.5× 608 1.3× 366 1.1× 150 3.4k
María Filippa Addis Italy 38 1.0k 0.9× 1.5k 1.4× 337 0.7× 251 0.6× 257 0.7× 131 3.6k
Ashok Kumar Mohanty India 27 530 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 278 0.6× 453 1.0× 170 0.5× 164 2.5k
Neil McEwan United Kingdom 33 1.9k 1.6× 1.4k 1.3× 472 1.0× 458 1.0× 473 1.4× 136 3.9k
Matthew S. McCabe Ireland 31 832 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 200 0.4× 438 1.0× 168 0.5× 68 2.6k
Alison L. Van Eenennaam United States 38 813 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 585 1.2× 1.7k 3.7× 214 0.6× 138 3.9k
Niel A. Karrow Canada 33 739 0.6× 749 0.7× 679 1.4× 573 1.3× 132 0.4× 194 3.8k
Sinéad M. Waters Ireland 35 2.2k 1.9× 860 0.8× 723 1.5× 1.5k 3.3× 278 0.8× 164 3.8k
Athol V. Klieve Australia 26 1.0k 0.9× 776 0.7× 196 0.4× 216 0.5× 435 1.3× 81 2.1k
André M. Almeida Portugal 33 779 0.7× 833 0.8× 1.3k 2.7× 633 1.4× 251 0.7× 178 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samodha C. Fernando

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fernando, Samodha C., et al.. (2025). International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology: Stochastic and deterministic factors that shape the rumen microbiome. Journal of Dairy Science. 108(7). 7576–7590. 1 indexed citations
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Lau, Soon Kiat, Samodha C. Fernando, Jeyamkondan Subbiah, et al.. (2024). Effects of relative humidity on dry-aged beef quality. Meat Science. 213. 109498–109498. 10 indexed citations
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Adams, Seidu, Noèlia Carrasco-Querol, Kathy S. Chiou, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiota profiling in injection drug users with and without HIV-1 infection in Puerto Rico. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1470037–1470037. 1 indexed citations
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Adamowicz, Michael S., et al.. (2023). The persistence and stabilization of auxiliary genes in the human skin virome. Virology Journal. 20(1). 49–49. 5 indexed citations
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Kittana, Hatem, João Carlos Gomes‐Neto, Yibo Xian, et al.. (2023). Evidence for a Causal Role for Escherichia coli Strains Identified as Adherent-Invasive (AIEC) in Intestinal Inflammation. mSphere. 8(2). e0047822–e0047822. 20 indexed citations
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Adamowicz, Michael S., et al.. (2022). Genome Sequence of Feline Papillomavirus Strain P20 Assembled from Metagenomic Data from the Skin of a House Cat Owner. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 11(7). e0107021–e0107021. 2 indexed citations
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Broadway, Paul R., et al.. (2022). The effects of administering different metaphylactic antimicrobials on growth performance and health outcomes of high-risk, newly received feedlot steers. Translational Animal Science. 6(4). txac140–txac140. 7 indexed citations
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Yadav, Pooja, Sanjay Antony‐Babu, Donald Pan, et al.. (2021). Complete Genome Sequence of Geobacter sp. Strain FeAm09, a Moderately Acidophilic Soil Bacterium. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10(2). 2 indexed citations
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Anderson, Christopher L. & Samodha C. Fernando. (2021). Insights into rumen microbial biosynthetic gene cluster diversity through genome-resolved metagenomics. Communications Biology. 4(1). 818–818. 30 indexed citations
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Fernando, Samodha C., et al.. (2020). The effects of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthio-butanoic acid supplementation on the rumen microbial population and duodenal flow of microbial nitrogen. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(11). 10161–10174. 1 indexed citations
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Islam, Mohammad Mazharul, Samodha C. Fernando, & Rajib Saha. (2019). Metabolic Modeling Elucidates the Transactions in the Rumen Microbiome and the Shifts Upon Virome Interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2412–2412. 26 indexed citations
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Abbas, Waseem, et al.. (2018). 458 Impact of Rumen Bacteria on Marbling in Wagyu Cattle.. Journal of Animal Science. 96(suppl_2). 245–246. 4 indexed citations
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Anderson, Christopher L., Matthew B. Sullivan, & Samodha C. Fernando. (2017). Dietary energy drives the dynamic response of bovine rumen viral communities. Microbiome. 5(1). 155–155. 78 indexed citations
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Paz, Henry A., et al.. (2016). Rumen Bacterial Community Composition in Holstein and Jersey Cows Is Different under Same Dietary Condition and Is Not Affected by Sampling Method. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1206–1206. 153 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Hugo, Ezequias Castillo‐Lopez, Christopher L. Anderson, et al.. (2016). Reduced-fat dried distillers grains with solubles reduces the risk for milk fat depression and supports milk production and ruminal fermentation in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 99(3). 1912–1928. 27 indexed citations
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Castillo‐Lopez, Ezequias, Hugo Ramírez, Terry J. Klopfenstein, et al.. (2014). Ration formulations containing reduced-fat dried distillers grains with solubles and their effect on lactation performance, rumen fermentation, and intestinal flow of microbial nitrogen in Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 97(3). 1578–1593. 32 indexed citations

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