Sunil J. Wimalawansa

13.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
208 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

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Sunil J. Wimalawansa is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunil J. Wimalawansa has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 42 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sunil J. Wimalawansa's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (70 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (41 papers) and Bone health and treatments (27 papers). Sunil J. Wimalawansa is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (70 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (41 papers) and Bone health and treatments (27 papers). Sunil J. Wimalawansa collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. Sunil J. Wimalawansa's co-authors include Chandra Yallampalli, Pandu R. Gangula, I. MacIntyre, Daniel L. Hurley, E. Michael Lewiecki, Steven M. Petak, Rachel Pessah‐Pollack, Nelson B. Watts, Neil Binkley and Steven T. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sunil J. Wimalawansa

196 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis — 2016--Executive Summary

2016 939 citations Sunil J. Wimalawansa et al. profile →
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis—2020 Update

2020 659 citations Sunil J. Wimalawansa et al. profile →
Vitamin D supplementation guidelines

2017 514 citations Paweł Płudowski, William B. Grant et al. profile →
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis — 2016

2016 359 citations Sunil J. Wimalawansa et al. profile →
Vitamin D Deficiency: Effects on Oxidative Stress, Epigenetics, Gene Regulation, and Aging

2019 300 citations Sunil J. Wimalawansa Biology profile →
Vitamin D: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Recommendations for Population Guidelines

2025 28 citations William B. Grant, Sunil J. Wimalawansa et al. Nutrients profile →
Minerals and Human Health: From Deficiency to Toxicity

2025 25 citations Mohammed S. Razzaque, Sunil J. Wimalawansa Nutrients profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sunil J. Wimalawansa United States	47	2.3k	2.3k	2.2k	2.2k	1.8k	208	9.5k
Kerrie M. Sanders Australia	54	3.1k 1.3×	565 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	192	10.2k
Dominique D. Pierroz Switzerland	42	2.0k 0.8×	427 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	61	7.3k
Kevin E. Yarasheski United States	65	1.9k 0.8×	834 0.4×	4.7k 2.1×	476 0.2×	1.0k 0.6×	189	16.8k
Ryoichi Takayanagi Japan	57	549 0.2×	566 0.2×	4.7k 2.1×	855 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	312	12.4k
Giovanni Lombardi Italy	45	1.1k 0.5×	579 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	874 0.4×	844 0.5×	249	7.2k
Abdul Rashid Qureshi Sweden	63	381 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.1×	652 0.3×	2.0k 1.1×	299	14.2k
Bo Gullberg Sweden	53	2.5k 1.1×	271 0.1×	1.4k 0.6×	803 0.4×	3.0k 1.6×	188	11.3k
Guðný Eiríksdóttir Iceland	58	834 0.4×	262 0.1×	1.9k 0.9×	921 0.4×	2.4k 1.3×	199	13.3k
Annlia Paganini‐Hill United States	55	860 0.4×	303 0.1×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	910 0.5×	195	11.6k
Rong‐Sen Yang Taiwan	56	1.9k 0.8×	220 0.1×	2.5k 1.1×	716 0.3×	2.7k 1.5×	356	10.2k

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Grant, William B., Sunil J. Wimalawansa, Paweł Płudowski, & Richard Z. Cheng. (2025). Vitamin D: Evidence-Based Health Benefits and Recommendations for Population Guidelines. Nutrients. 17(2). 277–277. 28 indexed citations breakdown →

Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2025). Enhancing the Design of Nutrient Clinical Trials for Disease Prevention—A Focus on Vitamin D: A Systematic Review. Nutrition Reviews. 83(7). e1740–e1781. 6 indexed citations

Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2025). Vitamin D Deficiency Meets Hill’s Criteria for Causation in SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility, Complications, and Mortality: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 17(3). 599–599. 3 indexed citations

Grant, William B., Barbara J. Boucher, Richard Z. Cheng, Paweł Płudowski, & Sunil J. Wimalawansa. (2025). Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Health: A Narrative Review of Risk Reduction Evidence. Nutrients. 17(13). 2102–2102. 4 indexed citations

Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2025). Vitamin D’s Impact on Cancer Incidence and Mortality: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 17(14). 2333–2333.

Appuhamillage, Gayan A., et al.. (2025). Impact of Vitamin D on Skin Aging, and Age-Related Dermatological Conditions. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark. 30(1). 25463–25463. 3 indexed citations

Razzaque, Mohammed S. & Sunil J. Wimalawansa. (2025). Minerals and Human Health: From Deficiency to Toxicity. Nutrients. 17(3). 454–454. 25 indexed citations breakdown →

Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2024). Unveiling the Interplay—Vitamin D and ACE-2 Molecular Interactions in Mitigating Complications and Deaths from SARS-CoV-2. Biology. 13(10). 831–831. 5 indexed citations

Wimalawansa, Sunil J., Scott T. Weiss, & B W Hollis. (2024). Integrating Endocrine, Genomic, and Extra-Skeletal Benefits of Vitamin D into National and Regional Clinical Guidelines. Nutrients. 16(22). 3969–3969. 9 indexed citations

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Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2024). Decoding the paradox: Understanding Elevated Hospitalization and Reduced Mortality in SARS-CoV-2 Variants. 6(2). 1–20. 5 indexed citations

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Wimalawansa, Sunil J. & C.B. Dissanayake. (2023). Nanocrystal-induced chronic tubular-nephropathy in tropical countries: diagnosis, mitigation, and eradication. European journal of medical research. 28(1). 221–221. 5 indexed citations

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Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2023). Infections and Autoimmunity—The Immune System and Vitamin D: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 15(17). 3842–3842. 51 indexed citations

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Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2023). Physiological Basis for Using Vitamin D to Improve Health. Biomedicines. 11(6). 1542–1542. 28 indexed citations

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Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2020). Does fluoride cause the mysterious chronic kidney disease of multifactorial origin?. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 42(9). 3035–3057. 19 indexed citations

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Chauhan, Madhu, et al.. (2003). Evidence for the existence of a new receptor for CGRP, which is not CRLR. Peptides. 24(1). 65–71. 27 indexed citations

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Wimalawansa, Sunil J., et al.. (2003). Bones and nutrition: common sense supplementation for osteoporosis.. PubMed. 3(3). 187–92. 12 indexed citations

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Wimalawansa, Sunil J.. (2000). Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis: Efficacy of Combination of Hormone Replacement Therapy with Other Antiresorptive Agents. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 3(2). 187–201. 38 indexed citations

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Fang, Li, et al.. (2000). Frequency-Dependent Effect of Nitric Oxide Donor Nitroglycerin on Bone. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 15(6). 1119–1125. 40 indexed citations

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Wimalawansa, Sunil J., et al.. (1995). Comparative immunohistochemical distribution of amylin-like and calcitonin gene related peptide like immunoreactivity in the rat central nervous system. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 73(7). 945–956. 43 indexed citations

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Zaidi, Mone, Baljit S. Moonga, Peter J.R. Bevis, et al.. (1991). Expression and Function of the Calcitonin Gene Products. Vitamins and hormones. 46. 87–164. 19 indexed citations

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