OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Coincidence of inductive photoperiod and early vegetative phase leads to early flowering and increased yield in selected Sri Lankan traditional rice varieties	29
Development of wind energy prediction models using statistical, machine learning and hybrid techniques: a case study	12
Implementation of adaptive lasso regression based on multiple Theil-Sen Estimators using differential evolution algorithm with heavy tailed errors	10
First record of Thottea duchartrei Sivar., A. Babu & Balach. (Aristolochiaceae) in Sri Lanka	8
Single and combined effect of fluoride and hardness of drinking water on nephrotoxicity: <em>in-vivo</em> study using Wistar rats as an animal model	8
Unveiling the depths of underwater image enhancement with spatial blended CNN: Diving into clarity	8
Use of carbonised wood particles as filler replacement in hot mix asphalt	7
Faecal indicator bacteria and microbial source tracking as tools for testing water quality and sources of contamination of Rawan-Oya tributary of the Mahaweli River, in Sri Lanka	7
Development of pasta using composite flour of sweet potato (<em>Ipomoea batatas</em>), soy (<em>Glycine max</em>) & rice (<em>Oryza sativa</em>) fl	7
Assessment of tree cover density of Sri Lanka using visual interpretation of open-source high-resolution imagery and geographic information system interface mapping	5
Weedex : Deep learning enabled autonomous robot for detection and removal of paddy weeds	5
The first report on the <em>in-vitro</em> HDAC inhibitory potential of Sri Lankan traditional rice varieties	5
Developing a model to predict the propagation of sulphide stress corrosion of steel used for petroleum pipelines	5
The odd modified Burr-III exponential distribution: properties, estimation and application	4
Insights into the ecological roles of assembling genomes for stimulated methanogenic archaea Methanoculleus in coal seams	4
Symbiosis between science and technology	4
Fractal characteristics of creeping discharges propagating on nano-epoxy composite insulators immersed in coconut oil	4
Reliability of the primary scientific literature	4
Optimal control strategies for diabetes population management using mathematical models.	4
COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for global health security	4
Forecasting the track and the intensity of the cyclone Burevi using WRF	3
Evaluation of genotypic variability and yield performance of selected indigenous and improved  <em>Ipomoea batatas</em> L. genotypes under poly sack cultivation	3
Determination of noise level and acoustic analysis of toys for children in Sri Lanka market	3
Interpretability and accessibility of machine learning in selected food processing, agriculture and health applications	3
A coupled system of stochastic differential equations for probabilistic wind speed modelling	3

Prevalence of subclinical mastitis in a selected group of cows in Matara District of Sri Lanka: Risk factors, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance	3
An electrical double-layer supercapacitor based on a biomass-activated charcoal electrode and ionic liquid with excellent charge-discharge cycle stability	3
Comparative analysis of three memory selection methods for time integration of Fractional Reaction-Diffusion Equations	3
Russell’s viper (<em>Daboia russelii</em>) in the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka bears signatures of incipient genetic divergence from the South Indian population	3
Proposed mix design improvements of compressed stabilized earth blocks (CSEB) with particle packing optimization and coir reinforcement	3
Vector transport of microplastics bound potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in water systems	3
Optimal fissile distribution in multiplying systems: Illustrative examples with Monte Carlo simulation and Pontryagin’s maximum principle	2
A holistic conservation approach for threatened filmy and grammitid ferns of Sri Lanka	2
First report of rubber circular leaf spot disease pathogen Colletotrichum siamense Prihastuti, L. Cai & K.D. Hyde in Cinnamomum zeylanicum blume in Sri Lanka	2
Decadal trends in antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in chicken from small-scale farm shops in Kandy district, Sri Lanka	2
Simulation of coloured particles radiation spectra from black holes	2
Comparison of physicochemical and sensory properties of African butter seed (Pentadesma butyracea) and cocoa fats for potential use in future food applications	2
Fast and reliable identification of abnormal crowd behaviour in surveillance footage	2
Impact of probiotics mixture as a water additive on water quality, growth performance and survival of <em>Catla catla</em> fry	2
Ocean circulation around Sri Lanka	2
Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production potential of naturally existing cyanobacterial blooms	2
Skeletal point analysis to determine the accuracy of forehand smash shots played by badminton players	2
Enhanced privacy-preserving federated convivial learning for internet of medical things (IoMT) through blockchain-enabled trust Q-learning	2
Prevalence, isolation and identification of histamine forming bacteria in selected stages of supply chain of Yellowfin tuna export industry in Sri Lanka	2
Anomalous propagation pathway of the Sri Lanka Dome in summer 2014	2
Thermal performance of glass facade under fire loading: a numerical approach	2
Failure prediction of solid resilient tyres due to kerb impact: A finite element modelling approach	2
Effect of Degree of Saturation on soil-nail Pullout Resistance	2
Ergonomic assessment and gait analysis of a knee joint model with an active spring-reinforced centrally-rollable knee bypass support system	2
Cycle structures with more than three nontrivial cycles of automorphisms of Latin squares	2
Combined use of non-destructive tests, visual inspection and service life prediction to ensure the reliability of reinforced concrete water tanks	2
Meta-heuristic method to schedule vehicle routing with moving shipments at the cross-docking facility	2
An upper bound for star chromatic index of simple connected sub-cubic graphs and applications	2
Aerial crack detection in building structures using convolutional neural networks	2
Influence of different bone meal particle size induced calcium specific appetite on performance and egg quality parameters of layer chickens	1
Guest Editorial - A tribute for fifty years of dedication and teamwork	1
The culture of laziness	1
Big molecules that do not go away	1
Assessing the impact of salinity stress on Na<sup>+</sup>, K<sup>+</sup>, and Ca<sup>2+</sup> contents of 125 rice genotypes	1
Structural brain network topology in migraine vs. healthy subjects: A graph theory study	1
Construction of an effective telephone bandwidth specifically for speaker recognition	1
Multiscale analysis of land use and land cover changes in Sri Lanka by remote sensing: the impacts of post-war infrastructure development in the last 20 Years (2002-2022)	1
Revan indices for the hexadentate-3-hydroxypyridinonesterminated dendrimers	1
Effect of initial imperfections on the seismic performance of thin-walled steel hollow piers: A numerical approach.	1
A new multivariate transmuted family of distributions: theory and application for modelling of daily world COVID-19 cases	1
A multidimensional study on Spotted Sardinella: Biometric, ecological, and heavy metal perspectives from Negombo, Sri Lanka	1
Variations of Pre-monsoon season related atmospheric parameters over Kakinada region	1
Effect of PEGylated gold nanorods on the circulating vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, and miR-29a in CD-1 mice	1
Land-use and land cover changes along the coastal belt of Hambantota district, southern Sri Lanka, over the period 1996- 2017	1
Additions of two Lamiaceae (Lamiales) species to Sri Lanka’s angiosperm check list from Northern dry zone.	1
Impact of Gliricidia sepium mulch enriched with native Sri Lankan bacterial strains on cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)	1
Evaluation of Taekwondo Poomsae movements using skeleton points	1
Athlete body power and strength estimation using skeleton point cloud	1
Variation in plant morphology and leaf essential oil composition of a representative <em>Cinnamomum verum</em> collection from Sri Lanka	1
Annual and seasonal trends in extreme precipitation events in the dry zone of Sri Lanka	1

The human gut microbiome: A meeting place for Ayurveda and modern medicine	1
Establishment and evaluation of real-time PCR based SELEX platform for the identification of protein binding aptamers: A pilot study in Sri Lanka	1
Rediscovery, identity, and conservation strategies of a critically endangered endemic plant, <em>Hedyotis quinquinervia</em> Thwaites (Rubiaceae) in Sri Lanka	1
On recurrence relations for moments of dual generalized order statistics for a general transmuted power function distributions with characterizations	1
Natural α-glucosidase inhibitors from selected medicinal plants in Malaysia	1
Visualizing changes in internal layers of Chinese chives leaf under short-term ozone exposure with biospeckle optical coherence tomography	1
Effect of oviposition-site deprivation on reproductive performance and life history parameters of dengue vector Aedes aegypti	1
Error detection through modified phase II process monitoring under different classical estimators	1
All Ramsey critical graphs for large cycles vs a complete graph of order six	1
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and food safety: A review	1
Molecular and phenotypic characterization of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Colletotrichum plurivorum</em> and <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Colletotrichum</e	1
Genetic control of fruit length, external colour and number of fruits per vine in bitter gourd studied using Charantia × Muricata crosses	1
Network analysis of tuberculosis spread with forecasting and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution	1
M-polynomial and topological indices for the anti-tuberculosis drugs	1
Molecular logic-based computation and fluorescent sensors: The story so far	1
A preliminary study on milk composition of three buffalo breeds located in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka	1
On recursive computation for the moments of generalized order statistics for the Kumaraswamy family of distributions with characterizations	1
Magnetic properties of body-centred cubic ferromagnetic thin films described by the fourth order perturbed Heisenberg Hamiltonian	1