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Harindra J. S. Fernando

Harindra J. S. Fernando

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 53 3387 3240 1000 913 334 11151
Environmental Sciences 64 2334 2228 935 866 443 14302

Harindra J. S. Fernando publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Harindra J. S. Fernando between 1958 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Harindra J. S. Fernando published across 68 years, from 1958 to 2025, averaging 7.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2021. 25 of the 521 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1958 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2021. 1958: 1 publication 1959: 0 publications 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 12 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 13 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 18 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 14 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 22 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 34 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 10 publications
1958 2025

521 publications in total across all disciplines

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Harindra J. S. Fernando: publications per year, 1958 to 2025
Year Publications
1958 1
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 0
1985 4
1986 1
1987 3
1988 3
1989 5
1990 4
1991 11
1992 6
1993 9
1994 12
1995 8
1996 13
1997 8
1998 10
1999 14
2000 6
2001 10
2002 12
2003 18
2004 8
2005 14
2006 11
2007 15
2008 17
2009 13
2010 15
2011 14
2012 20
2013 19
2014 16
2015 22
2016 20
2017 21
2018 17
2019 22
2020 24
2021 34
2022 8
2023 7
2024 15
2025 10
Total 521
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Harindra J. S. Fernando publications per year - data summary

  • Harindra J. S. Fernando, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Notre Dame, has 521 publications recorded across 68 years, from 1958 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1958 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 34 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1958, 1983 and 1986, with 1 publication each.
  • 25 of the 68 years in the span carry no publications at all (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 12.1 per year counting only the 43 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 74 publications, 14% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1958-1980: 1 publication (0.0 per year); 1981-2003: 158 publications (6.9 per year); 2004-2025: 362 publications (16.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Harindra J. S. Fernando 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 Harindra J. S. Fernando sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 441–450 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 443 publications — 95th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25 443
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Harindra J. S. Fernando publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Harindra J. S. Fernando, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Notre Dame, records 443 publications - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Harindra J. S. Fernando, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Harindra J. S. Fernando ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Harindra J. S. Fernando 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 Harindra J. S. Fernando sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124 64
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Harindra J. S. Fernando D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Harindra J. S. Fernando, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Notre Dame, records 64 D-Index - the 77th percentile of the discipline.
  • 77% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Harindra J. S. Fernando, and about 23% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Harindra J. S. Fernando ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributing greatly to fundamental and applied environmental fluid mechanics, including notable discoveries for how turbulence interacts with stably stratified inversion layers via waves, instabilities and mixing events
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Harindra J. S. Fernando is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Green roofs and green walls layouts for improved urban air quality by mitigating particulate matter," 2021, Building and Environment
  • "C-FOG: Life of Coastal Fog," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "A Review of Coastal Fog Microphysics During C-FOG," 2021, Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • "Analysis of Random Forest Modeling Strategies for Multi-Step Wind Speed Forecasting," 2020, Energies
  • "Decreasing wind speed extrapolation error via domain-specific feature extraction and selection," 2020, Wind Energy Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Ismail Gültepe
  • Raghavendra Krishnamurthy
  • Qing Wang
  • Clive E. Dorman
  • Stef L. Bardoel

Recognition for their contributions includes several fellowships and memberships:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2009
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2004, noted for contributions to environmental fluid mechanics, including studies on turbulence interacting with stably stratified inversion layers through waves, instabilities, and mixing events
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002

Best Publications

  • TURBULENT MIXING IN STRATIFIED FLUIDS

    Harindra J. S. Fernando

  • Entrainment and mixing in stratified shear flows

    E. J. Strang;H. J. S. Fernando

  • Observations by the International Tsunami Survey Team in Sri Lanka

    Philip L.-F. Liu;Patrick Lynett;Harindra Fernando;Bruce E. Jaffe

  • Fluid Dynamics of Urban Atmospheres in Complex Terrain

    H.J.S. Fernando

  • Observations of Flow and Turbulence in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer over a Slope

    P. Monti;H. J. S. Fernando;M. Princevac;W. C. Chan

  • Green and cool roofs to mitigate urban heat island effects in the Chicago metropolitan area: evaluation with a regional climate model

    A. Sharma;P. Conry;H. J.S. Fernando;Alan F. Hamlet

  • Urban heat islands in humid and arid climates: role of urban form and thermal properties in Colombo, Sri Lanka and Phoenix, USA

    Rohinton Emmanuel;Harindra J.S. Fernando

  • Urban fluid mechanics : Air circulation and contaminant dispersion in cities

    H.J.S. Fernando;S.M. Lee;J. Anderson;M. Princevac

  • Oscillating grids as a source of nearly isotropic turbulence

    I. P. D. De Silva;H. J. S. Fernando

  • The diffusive regime of double-diffusive convection

    D.E. Kelley;H.J.S. Fernando;A.E. Gargett;J. Tanny

  • Effects of rotation on convective turbulence

    Harindra J. S. Fernando;Rui-Rong Chen;Don L. Boyer

  • Flow, turbulence, and pollutant dispersion in urban atmospheresa)

    H. J. S. Fernando;D. Zajic;S. Di Sabatino;R. Dimitrova

  • The MATERHORN: Unraveling the Intricacies of Mountain Weather

    H. J. S. Fernando;E. R. Pardyjak;S. Di Sabatino;F. K. Chow

  • Stratified flow past a sphere

    Q. Lin;W. R. Lindberg;D. L. Boyer;H. J. S. Fernando

  • The Nature, Theory, and Modeling of Atmospheric Planetary Boundary Layers

    Alexander A. Baklanov;Branko Grisogono;Robert Bornstein;Larry Mahrt

  • Turbulence structure near a sharp density interface

    Imad A. Hannoun;Harindra J. S. Fernando;E. John List

  • The Perdigão: Peering into Microscale Details of Mountain Winds

    H. J. S. Fernando;J. Mann;J. M. L. M. Palma;Julie K. Lundquist

  • Forecasting PM10 in metropolitan areas: Efficacy of neural networks.

    H.J.S. Fernando;M.C. Mammarella;G. Grandoni;P. Fedele

  • Vertical Mixing and Transports through a Stratified Shear Layer

    E. J. Strang;H. J. S. Fernando

  • Sri Lanka Field Survey after the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

    James Goff;Philip L.-F. Liu;Bretwood Higman;Robert Morton;Robert Morton

  • A CFD Model for Simulating Urban Flow and Dispersion

    Jong-Jin Baik;Jae-Jin Kim;Harindra J. S. Fernando

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrey A. Grachev
Andrey A. Grachev Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Ashish Sharma
Ashish Sharma University of New South Wales
Silvana Di Sabatino
Silvana Di Sabatino University of Bologna
Alan F. Hamlet
Alan F. Hamlet University of Notre Dame
Christopher W. Fairall
Christopher W. Fairall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Byron Blomquist
Byron Blomquist University of Colorado Boulder
Fei Chen
Fei Chen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Sergej Zilitinkevich
Sergej Zilitinkevich Finnish Meteorological Institute

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