Thinesh Selvaratnam

1.5k total citations
32 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Thinesh Selvaratnam is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Thinesh Selvaratnam has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 8 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 6 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Thinesh Selvaratnam's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (18 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (4 papers). Thinesh Selvaratnam is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (18 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (4 papers). Thinesh Selvaratnam collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Pakistan. Thinesh Selvaratnam's co-authors include Peter J. Lammers, Nagamany Nirmalakhandan, Wayne Van Voorhies, Ashiqur Rahman, S.M. Henkanatte-Gedera, Shuguang Deng, Ambica Pegallapati, Tapaswy Muppaneni, Tabish Nawaz and F. Omar Holguín and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Thinesh Selvaratnam

30 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thinesh Selvaratnam United States 17 595 380 209 139 127 32 1.1k
Alma Toledo‐Cervantes Mexico 18 632 1.1× 242 0.6× 109 0.5× 120 0.9× 165 1.3× 23 1.0k
Ruoyu Chu China 10 714 1.2× 323 0.8× 127 0.6× 53 0.4× 105 0.8× 11 1.0k
Ignacio Monje–Ramírez Mexico 15 500 0.8× 257 0.7× 197 0.9× 52 0.4× 91 0.7× 27 850
R.P. van Hille South Africa 13 248 0.4× 353 0.9× 111 0.5× 135 1.0× 70 0.6× 18 853
Manoranjan Nayak India 18 872 1.5× 296 0.8× 85 0.4× 51 0.4× 97 0.8× 40 1.1k
Yutaka Dote Japan 16 456 0.8× 694 1.8× 154 0.7× 162 1.2× 48 0.4× 47 1.1k
Joanna Kazimierowicz Poland 21 469 0.8× 300 0.8× 157 0.8× 79 0.6× 148 1.2× 80 1.1k
Mahmut Altınbaş Türkiye 21 267 0.4× 387 1.0× 325 1.6× 70 0.5× 271 2.1× 58 1.3k
Ignacio de Godos Spain 20 1.5k 2.5× 311 0.8× 407 1.9× 78 0.6× 472 3.7× 45 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Thinesh Selvaratnam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thinesh Selvaratnam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thinesh Selvaratnam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thinesh Selvaratnam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thinesh Selvaratnam 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 Thinesh Selvaratnam. Thinesh Selvaratnam 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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Selvaratnam, Thinesh, et al.. (2025). Beyond Biomass: Reimagining Microalgae as Living Environmental Nano-Factories. Environments. 12(7). 221–221. 2 indexed citations
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Fahrenfeld, Nicole, et al.. (2024). Lessons Learned from a Cross-Institutional Environmental Engineering and Science Faculty-to-Faculty Mentoring Program. Environmental Engineering Science. 41(2). 43–47. 1 indexed citations
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Nikookar, Mohammad, et al.. (2023). Cyanidiales-Based Bioremediation of Heavy Metals. BioTech. 12(2). 29–29. 8 indexed citations
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Selvaratnam, Thinesh, et al.. (2023). Removal of Cadmium and Lead from Synthetic Wastewater Using Galdieria sulphuraria. Environments. 10(10). 174–174. 10 indexed citations
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Selvaratnam, Thinesh, et al.. (2023). Establishing a regional interdisciplinary resilience center: a bottom-up approach. Environment Systems & Decisions. 43(2). 191–199. 2 indexed citations
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Nikookar, Mohammad, et al.. (2023). Durability, workability, and setting time of cementitious systems containing chloride-rich oil and gas production wastewater. Construction and Building Materials. 403. 132862–132862. 4 indexed citations
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Rahman, Ashiqur, et al.. (2020). A Review of Algae-Based Produced Water Treatment for Biomass and Biofuel Production. Water. 12(9). 2351–2351. 71 indexed citations
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Das, Rajib, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Different Hydrotalcite Solid Adsorbents on Adsorptive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuel Oil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 22–22. 3 indexed citations
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Nawaz, Tabish, et al.. (2020). A Review of Landfill Leachate Treatment by Microalgae: Current Status and Future Directions. Processes. 8(4). 384–384. 45 indexed citations
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Brake, Nicholas & Thinesh Selvaratnam. (2020). Peer Mentorship and a 3D Printed Design-Build-Test Project: Enhancing the First Year Civil Engineering Experience. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 3 indexed citations
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Rashid, Naim, Won-Kun Park, & Thinesh Selvaratnam. (2017). Binary culture of microalgae as an integrated approach for enhanced biomass and metabolites productivity, wastewater treatment, and bioflocculation. Chemosphere. 194. 67–75. 67 indexed citations
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Selvaratnam, Thinesh, S.M. Henkanatte-Gedera, Tapaswy Muppaneni, et al.. (2016). Maximizing recovery of energy and nutrients from urban wastewaters. Energy. 104. 16–23. 37 indexed citations
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Muppaneni, Tapaswy, Harvind K. Reddy, Thinesh Selvaratnam, et al.. (2016). Hydrothermal liquefaction of Cyanidioschyzon merolae and the influence of catalysts on products. Bioresource Technology. 223. 91–97. 89 indexed citations
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Reddy, Harvind K., Tapaswy Muppaneni, Sundaravadivelnathan Ponnusamy, et al.. (2016). Temperature effect on hydrothermal liquefaction of Nannochloropsis gaditana and Chlorella sp.. Applied Energy. 165. 943–951. 132 indexed citations
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Henkanatte-Gedera, S.M., Thinesh Selvaratnam, Maung Thein Myint, et al.. (2016). Removal of dissolved organic carbon and nutrients from urban wastewaters by Galdieria sulphuraria: Laboratory to field scale demonstration. Algal Research. 24. 450–456. 102 indexed citations
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Henkanatte-Gedera, S.M., et al.. (2015). Algal-based, single-step treatment of urban wastewaters. Bioresource Technology. 189. 273–278. 69 indexed citations
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Selvaratnam, Thinesh, Ambica Pegallapati, Harvind K. Reddy, et al.. (2015). Algal biofuels from urban wastewaters: Maximizing biomass yield using nutrients recycled from hydrothermal processing of biomass. Bioresource Technology. 182. 232–238. 38 indexed citations
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Selvaratnam, Thinesh, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of a thermo-tolerant acidophilic alga, Galdieria sulphuraria, for nutrient removal from urban wastewaters. Bioresource Technology. 156. 395–399. 96 indexed citations

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