Charitha Pattiaratchi

12.8k citations
303 papers · 9.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

    • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Oceanography top 0.1%
    • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
    • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
    • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Papers in

    • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 95
    • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing 46
    • Marine and coastal ecosystems 40
    • Coastal and Marine Dynamics 91
    • Geological formations and processes 42

Charitha Pattiaratchi

294 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Charitha Pattiaratchi's Hit Papers

The vertical distribution of buoyant plastics at sea: an observational study in the North Atlantic Gyre 2015 · 384 citations
3840+4+8Years since publication100200300400

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Charitha Pattiaratchi
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  • Earth-Surface Processes 3.0k
  • Oceanography 3.9k
  • Atmospheric Science 2.4k
  • Pollution 1.5k
  • Ecology 3.2k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Charitha Pattiaratchi, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates
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2014408
2
The vertical distribution of buoyant plastics at sea: an observational study in the North Atlantic Gyre
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2015384
3 2013366
4
Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas
1998191
5 2017186
6 2011183
7 2001166
8 2013137
9 1987130
10 2014127
11 1993122
12 1999122
13 2015116
14 1997116
15 2013114
16 1997105
17 2014102
18 2013102
19 1997101
20 200699

About Charitha Pattiaratchi

Charitha Pattiaratchi is a scholar working on Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 303 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (95 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (91 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (46 papers), Geological formations and processes (42 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (42 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (40 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (36 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Earth-Surface Processes (3.0k citations), Oceanography (3.9k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.4k citations), Pollution (1.5k citations) and Ecology (3.2k citations). Charitha Pattiaratchi has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Sarath Wijeratne, Gerd Masselink, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Ivan D. Haigh, Michael B. Collins, Júlia Reisser, Maíra Proietti, Gregory N. Ivey, D.M. Johnson and Michele Thums. Their work appears in journals such as Continental Shelf Research, Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Geology, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans and Marine and Freshwater Research.

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