An article published in PLOS Biology on 08-10-2020 with authors from Stanford University and Elsevier BV is linked to a publicly available database of 100,000 top-ranked scientists, together with the top 2% of scientists for every subfield. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. Ranking of scientists has reportedly been done using standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator. The career wide database covers the years 1996 to 2019, and includes articles, reviews and conference papers in the Scopus database (and corresponding citations). There are 16 scientists working out of Sri Lanka on this career-wide database. The database for 2019 alone has 14 scientists working out of Sri Lanka. The Academy congratulates these scientists, wishes them even greater outputs and outcomes from their work, and encourages others too. We can be proud that many of the scientists are Fellows of the Academy (indicated in red), including its current President and Vice-President.
Career-wide Database (1996-2019)
| Mendis, Shanthi | Colombo North Teaching Hospital |
| Ekanayake, Janaka | University of Peradeniya |
| Uhlenbrook, S. | Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo |
| Smakhtin, Vladimir | Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo |
| Kite, Geoff | Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo |
| Senanayake, Nimal | University of Peradeniya |
| Bandara, Jayasundera | National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka |
| Mendis, Kamini | University of Colombo |
| Dissanayake, C. B. | University of Peradeniya |
| de Silva, Nilanthi | University of Kelaniya |
| de Silva, Hithanadura Janaka | University of Kelaniya |
| Kularatne, Senanayake A.M. | University of Peradeniya |
| Rajapakse, S. | University of Colombo |
| Ratnasooriya, W. D. | University of Colombo |
| Suraweera, Himal A. | University of Peradeniya |
| Dias, Priyan | University of Moratuwa |
Database for 2019
| Mendis, Shanthi | Colombo North Teaching Hospital |
| Vithanage, Meththika | University of Sri Jayewardenepura |
| Uhlenbrook, S. | Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo |
| Smakhtin, Vladimir | Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo |
| Rajapaksha, Anushka Upamali | University of Sri Jayewardenepura |
| Chandrasekara, Anoma | Wayamba University of Sri Lanka |
| Kularatne, Senanayake A.M. | University of Peradeniya |
| Dissanayake, C. B. | University of Peradeniya |
| Bandara, Jayasundera | National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka |
| Rajapakse, S. | University of Colombo |
| de Silva, Nilanthi | University of Kelaniya |
| Rajapakse, Niranjan | University of Peradeniya |
| Suraweera, Himal A. | University of Peradeniya |
| Mendis, Eresha | University of Peradeniya |
| Karunaweera, Nadira | University of Colombo, Faculty of Medicine |