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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
70
Citations
17552
World Ranking
1682
National Ranking
77

Ashantha Goonetilleke publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ashantha Goonetilleke sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 428 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Ashantha Goonetilleke D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ashantha Goonetilleke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Ashantha Goonetilleke is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia, focusing primarily on Environmental Science. Their research spans topics related to aquatic environments, pollution, and water management among other areas.

Goonetilleke's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Their research subfields are:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Prasanna Egodawatta
  • Buddhi Wijesiri
  • Godwin A. Ayoko
  • Erick R. Bandala
  • An Liu

Goonetilleke's recent papers include the following:

  • Water-sediment interactions and mobility of heavy metals in aquatic environments (2021), published in Water Research
  • Adsorption-desorption behavior of heavy metals in aquatic environments: Influence of sediment, water and metal ionic properties (2021), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Dispersal and transport of microplastics in river sediments (2021), published in Environmental Pollution
  • Influential factors on microplastics occurrence in river sediments (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Engineered technologies for the separation and degradation of microplastics in water: A review (2021), published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Publications are frequently found in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

In addition to articles, Goonetilleke has published books with Springer International Publishing, including:

  • Environmental Risks Posed by Microplastics in Urban Waterways (2023)
  • Human Health Risk Assessment of Toxic Chemical Pollutants in Stormwater (2023)

Best Publications

  • Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in water: A review

    Oscar M. Rodriguez-Narvaez;Juan Manuel Peralta-Hernandez;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Erick R. Bandala;Erick R. Bandala

  • Understanding the role of land use in urban stormwater quality management

    Ashantha Goonetilleke;Evan C. Thomas;Simon P. Ginn;Dale Gilbert

  • Source characterisation of road dust based on chemical and mineralogical composition

    Chandima Gunawardana;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Prasanna Egodawatta;Les A. Dawes

  • Comparison of pollution indices for the assessment of heavy metal in Brisbane River sediment

    Godfred Odame Duodu;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Godwin A. Ayoko

  • Development of a hybrid pollution index for heavy metals in marine and estuarine sediments

    James P. Brady;Godwin A. Ayoko;Wayde N. Martens;Ashantha Goonetilleke

  • Analysis of heavy metals in road-deposited sediments.

    Lars Herngren;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Godwin A. Ayoko

  • Understanding heavy metal and suspended solids relationships in urban stormwater using simulated rainfall.

    Lars F. Herngren;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Godwin A. Ayoko

  • Water-sediment interactions and mobility of heavy metals in aquatic environments.

    Lorena S. Miranda;Buddhi Wijesiri;Godwin A. Ayoko;Prasanna Egodawatta

  • Mathematical interpretation of pollutant wash-off from urban road surfaces using simulated rainfall.

    Prasanna Egodawatta;Evan Thomas;Ashantha Goonetilleke

  • Abundance, distribution patterns, and identification of microplastics in Brisbane River sediments, Australia.

    Beibei He;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Godwin A. Ayoko;Llew Rintoul

  • Real-time PCR detection of pathogenic microorganisms in roof-harvested rainwater in Southeast Queensland, Australia.

    Warish Ahmed;Warish Ahmed;Flavia Huygens;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Ted Gardner;Ted Gardner

  • Atmospheric deposition as a source of heavy metals in urban stormwater

    Janaka Gunawardena;Prasanna Egodawatta;Godwin A. Ayoko;Ashantha Goonetilleke

  • A critical review of social resilience assessment frameworks in disaster management

    Abdul Majeed Aslam Saja;Abdul Majeed Aslam Saja;Abdul Majeed Aslam Saja;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Melissa Teo;Abdul Mohamed Ziyath

  • Adsorption-desorption behavior of heavy metals in aquatic environments: Influence of sediment, water and metal ionic properties.

    Lorena S. Miranda;Godwin A. Ayoko;Prasanna Egodawatta;Ashantha Goonetilleke

  • Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in urban stormwater.

    Yukun Ma;Prasanna Egodawatta;James McGree;An Liu

  • Health Risk from the Use of Roof-Harvested Rainwater in Southeast Queensland, Australia, as Potable or Nonpotable Water, Determined Using Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment

    W Ahmed;A Vieritz;A Goonetilleke;Ted Gardner

  • An inclusive and adaptive framework for measuring social resilience to disasters

    Abdul Majeed Aslam Saja;Abdul Majeed Aslam Saja;Abdul Majeed Aslam Saja;Melissa Teo;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Abdul Mohamed Ziyath

  • Understanding the physical processes of pollutant build-up and wash-off on roof surfaces.

    Prasanna Egodawatta;Evan Thomas;Ashantha Goonetilleke

  • Influence of rainfall and catchment characteristics on urban stormwater quality.

    An Liu;Prasanna Egodawatta;Yuntao Guan;Ashantha Goonetilleke

  • Dispersal and transport of microplastics in river sediments.

    Beibei He;Mitchell Smith;Prasanna Egodawatta;Godwin A. Ayoko

  • Role of particle size and composition in metal adsorption by solids deposited on urban road surfaces

    Chandima Gunawardana;Prasanna Egodawatta;Ashantha Goonetilleke

  • Potential bioavailability assessment, source apportionment and ecological risk of heavy metals in the sediment of Brisbane River estuary, Australia

    Godfred Odame Duodu;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Godwin A. Ayoko

Frequent Co-Authors

Prasanna Egodawatta
Prasanna Egodawatta Queensland University of Technology
Godwin A. Ayoko
Godwin A. Ayoko Queensland University of Technology
Tan Yigitcanlar
Tan Yigitcanlar Queensland University of Technology
Warish Ahmed
Warish Ahmed Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Serge Kokot
Serge Kokot Queensland University of Technology
Meththika Vithanage
Meththika Vithanage University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Wayde N. Martens
Wayde N. Martens Queensland University of Technology
Ray L. Frost
Ray L. Frost Queensland University of Technology
Shunsuke Managi
Shunsuke Managi Kyushu University
Clevo Wilson
Clevo Wilson Queensland University of Technology

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