Tushara Chaminda

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Tushara Chaminda is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Tushara Chaminda has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Pollution, 9 papers in Water Science and Technology and 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Tushara Chaminda's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (9 papers), Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (5 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (4 papers). Tushara Chaminda is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (9 papers), Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (5 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (4 papers). Tushara Chaminda collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, Japan and India. Tushara Chaminda's co-authors include Manish Kumar, Anindita Gogoi, Alicia Kyoungjin An, Payal Mazumder, Vinay Kumar Tyagi, Ryo Honda, Hiroaki Furumai, Bhagwana Ram, Vũ Đức Cảnh and S. K. Weragoda and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Tushara Chaminda

28 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in water environment: A review

2018 574 citations Anindita Gogoi, Payal Mazumder et al. Groundwater for Sustainable Development profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tushara Chaminda Sri Lanka	16	643	349	327	159	144	28	1.2k
Wentao Zhao China	15	854 1.3×	318 0.9×	364 1.1×	165 1.0×	189 1.3×	24	1.3k
Fernando F. Sodré Brazil	21	976 1.5×	306 0.9×	581 1.8×	172 1.1×	89 0.6×	67	1.6k
Anthony Gachanja Kenya	20	631 1.0×	198 0.6×	317 1.0×	102 0.6×	116 0.8×	46	1.3k
Mònica Escolà Casas Spain	20	1.0k 1.6×	288 0.8×	383 1.2×	289 1.8×	160 1.1×	40	1.5k
Willie F. Harper United States	23	669 1.0×	231 0.7×	408 1.2×	181 1.1×	147 1.0×	57	1.4k
Patrick De Wispelaere Belgium	11	701 1.1×	337 1.0×	276 0.8×	95 0.6×	212 1.5×	13	1.1k
Sanjeeb Mohapatra Singapore	19	719 1.1×	295 0.8×	350 1.1×	269 1.7×	132 0.9×	36	1.6k
Yizhe Zhang China	23	881 1.4×	203 0.6×	407 1.2×	286 1.8×	102 0.7×	74	1.8k
A. Galletti Italy	5	901 1.4×	335 1.0×	309 0.9×	279 1.8×	176 1.2×	6	1.3k
Ravi Kumar Chhetri Denmark	14	513 0.8×	356 1.0×	322 1.0×	210 1.3×	116 0.8×	25	974

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tushara Chaminda

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Otaki, Yurina, et al.. (2024). Raising Awareness for Sustainable Faecal Treatment Using Augmented Reality. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(12). 1634–1634. 1 indexed citations

Deka, Jyoti Prakash, et al.. (2024). Long-Range Transport of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Metals in High Altitude Lacustrine Environments of the Eastern Himalayas: Speciation, and Source Apportionment Perspectives. ACS ES&T Water. 4(8). 3400–3411. 4 indexed citations

Wei, Yuansong, Tushara Chaminda, Tharindu Ritigala, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal Assessment of Water Pollution for Beira Lake, Sri Lanka. Water. 16(11). 1616–1616. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Manish, et al.. (2023). Drinking water treatment and associated toxic byproducts: Concurrence and urgence. Environmental Pollution. 320. 121009–121009. 36 indexed citations

Otaki, Yurina, et al.. (2022). Demand-side water management using alternative water sources based on residential end-use. Water Practice & Technology. 17(4). 949–959. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Manish, Kiran Dhangar, Alok Thakur, et al.. (2021). Antidrug resistance in the Indian ambient waters of Ahmedabad during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 416. 126125–126125. 29 indexed citations

Otaki, Yurina, et al.. (2020). Hygiene risk of waterborne pathogenic viruses in rural communities using onsite sanitation systems and shallow dug wells. The Science of The Total Environment. 752. 141775–141775. 18 indexed citations

Kumar, Manish, Tushara Chaminda, Arbind Kumar Patel, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the tropical rivers of Sri Lanka and India. Environmental Research. 188. 109765–109765. 26 indexed citations

Kumar, Manish, et al.. (2020). Treatment enhances the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in the wastewater of Sri Lanka, and India. Environmental Research. 183. 109179–109179. 72 indexed citations

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Kumar, Manish, Tushara Chaminda, & Ryo Honda. (2020). Seasonality impels the antibiotic resistance in Kelani River of the emerging economy of Sri Lanka. npj Clean Water. 3(1). 27 indexed citations

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Kumar, Manish, Bhagwana Ram, Ryo Honda, et al.. (2019). Concurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), viruses, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in ambient waters of Guwahati, India: Urban vulnerability and resilience perspective. The Science of The Total Environment. 693. 133640–133640. 119 indexed citations

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Takagi, Kaori, Masahiro Otaki, Yurina Otaki, & Tushara Chaminda. (2019). Availability and public acceptability of residential rainwater use in Sri Lanka. Journal of Cleaner Production. 234. 467–476. 15 indexed citations

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Gogoi, Anindita, Payal Mazumder, Vinay Kumar Tyagi, et al.. (2018). Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in water environment: A review. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 6. 169–180. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kawakami, Tomonori, et al.. (2018). Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and chromium in well water, rice, and human urine in Sri Lanka in relation to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology. Journal of Water and Health. 16(2). 212–222. 65 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Tomonori, et al.. (2017). Potential risk of drinking water to human health in Sri Lanka. Environmental Forensics. 18(3). 241–250. 25 indexed citations

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Gogoi, Anindita, Tushara Chaminda, Alicia Kyoungjin An, et al.. (2016). Influence of ligands on metal speciation, transport and toxicity in a tropical river during wet (monsoon) period. Chemosphere. 163. 322–333. 32 indexed citations

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Chaminda, Tushara, et al.. (2014). Root and leaf extract allelopathic effect of Limnocharis flava on seed germination and growth of rice.. World Journal of Agriculture and Soil Science. 10(1). 14–17. 2 indexed citations

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Chaminda, Tushara, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga, & Futoshi Kurisu. (2013). Metal (Zn, Cu, Cd and Ni) Complexation by Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent. Journal of Water and Environment Technology. 11(3). 153–161. 10 indexed citations

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Chaminda, Tushara, et al.. (2013). Preliminary study on the influence of water level on the growth and morphology ofLimnocharis flava(L.) Buchenau. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 49(4). 249–254. 6 indexed citations

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Chaminda, Tushara, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga, & Futoshi Kurisu. (2010). Comparison of metal (Zn and Cu) complexation characteristics of DOM in urban runoff, domestic wastewater and secondary effluent. Water Science & Technology. 62(9). 2044–2050. 13 indexed citations

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