RESEARCHER PROFILE
Hasintha Wijesekara
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Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Hasintha Wijesekara works in Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies, Heavy metals in environment, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal. Recorded institutional associations include Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.
84Publications
6,368Citations
33H-index
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Selected research works
Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.
Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage
2021 · 631 citationsImpacts of climate change on the fate of contaminants through extreme weather events
2023 · 626 citationsParticulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element uptake by aquatic and terrestrial organisms and human health risk
2019 · 571 citationsSoil organic carbon dynamics: Impact of land use changes and management practices: A review
2019 · 569 citationsInteractions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport
2021 · 555 citationsRemediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils – To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?
2020 · 365 citationsAntimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review
2021 · 351 citationsAdsorptive interaction of antibiotic ciprofloxacin on polyethylene microplastics: Implications for vector transport in water
2020 · 247 citationsMicroplastics and plastics-associated contaminants in food and beverages; Global trends, concentrations, and human exposure
2022 · 235 citationsTreatment processes to eliminate potential environmental hazards and restore agronomic value of sewage sludge: A review
2021 · 189 citationsNanoplastic occurrence, transformation and toxicity: a review
2022 · 177 citationsFrom mine to mind and mobiles – Lithium contamination and its risk management
2021 · 162 citationsIndoor Particulate Matter in Urban Households: Sources, Pathways, Characteristics, Health Effects, and Exposure Mitigation
2021 · 130 citationsPhosphorus–cadmium interactions in paddy soils
2016 · 123 citationsMitigation of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated hazardous soils using organic amendments: A review
2021 · 121 citationsTrace element dynamics of biosolids-derived microbeads
2018 · 100 citationsRETRACTED: Boron contamination and its risk management in terrestrial and aquatic environmental settings
2023 · 97 citationsThe potential value of biochar in the mitigation of gaseous emission of nitrogen
2017 · 87 citationsBeryllium contamination and its risk management in terrestrial and aquatic environmental settings
2023 · 63 citationsThe impact of biosolids application on organic carbon and carbon dioxide fluxes in soil
2017 · 61 citationsOn the mechanistic modeling of As(III) adsorption on gibbsite
2003 · 60 citationsSustainable management of hazardous asbestos-containing materials: Containment, stabilization and inertization
2023 · 55 citationsImpact of wastewater derived dissolved organic carbon on reduction, mobility, and bioavailability of As(V) and Cr(VI) in contaminated soils
2016 · 50 citationsTungsten contamination, behavior and remediation in complex environmental settings
2023 · 50 citationsThe distribution, fate, and environmental impacts of food additive nanomaterials in soil and aquatic ecosystems
2024 · 49 citations
