University, Subject, Country, Region, World

Sri Lanka University Rankings 2024

As described in the university ranking section, it is not easy to obtain and standardize data from 1 countries, 56 universities/ institutions for the country ranking. Therefore, we based our ranking system on the number of meritorious scientists. Four criteria are used to rank the countries. The first one is the number of scientists in the top 3 % list. The second criterion is the number of scientists in the top 10%, Top 20%, Top 40%, top 60% and top 80% list. The third one is the number of scientists listed in the AD Scientific Index. In the case of equalities after applying all these three criteria, the world rank of the meritorious scientist of that country is used. Click for individual or institutional registration.

AD Scientific Index - Country Rankings 2024
Region Ranking World Ranking Country Total Institutios in Country Total Scientists in Index Best Public University In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Private University In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Institution In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Company In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Hospital In Country
World Rank / Name
21 64 Sri Lanka 56 3,194 1,106
University of Colombo
1,049
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
447
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
1,332
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
312
Durdans Hospital
Table I. Number of scientists in Sri Lanka top 3.000 according to Country Click for details
# Country Country Region Rank Country World Rank Scientists in Top 3.000 Total University Total Scientist
1 Sri Lanka 21 64 3000 56 3194
Table II. General Universities in Sri Lanka top 3.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in Sri Lanka Top 3.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 3.000 / Total Scientist)
1 University of Colombo 1 404 1762 Sri Lanka Public 1921 375 403 0.931
2 International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 2 446 1896 Sri Lanka Institution 1985 66 66 1.000
3 University of Peradeniya 3 614 2401 Sri Lanka Public 1942 396 402 0.985
4 National Institute of Fundamental Studies Sri Lanka 4 692 2585 Sri Lanka Institution 1939 46 49 0.939
5 University of Sri Jayewardenepura 5 943 3183 Sri Lanka Public 1959 247 255 0.969
6 University of Kelaniya 6 1007 3359 Sri Lanka Public 1959 328 339 0.968
7 University of Ruhuna 7 1147 3741 Sri Lanka Public 1978 181 186 0.973
8 Rajarata University 8 1706 5252 Sri Lanka Public 1966 103 105 0.981
9 Sabaragamuwa University 9 1766 5416 Sri Lanka Public 1907 108 111 0.973
10 General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University 10 2076 6111 Sri Lanka Private 1980 97 108 0.898
Table III. Public Universities in Sri Lanka top 3.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Founded Scientists in Sri Lanka Top 3.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 3.000 / Total Scientist)
1 University of Colombo 1 404 1762 Sri Lanka 1921 375 403 0.931
2 University of Peradeniya 3 614 2401 Sri Lanka 1942 396 402 0.985
3 University of Sri Jayewardenepura 5 943 3183 Sri Lanka 1959 247 255 0.969
4 University of Kelaniya 6 1007 3359 Sri Lanka 1959 328 339 0.968
5 University of Ruhuna 7 1147 3741 Sri Lanka 1978 181 186 0.973
6 Rajarata University 8 1706 5252 Sri Lanka 1966 103 105 0.981
7 Sabaragamuwa University 9 1766 5416 Sri Lanka 1907 108 111 0.973
8 University of Moratuwa 12 2844 7930 Sri Lanka 1978 127 135 0.941
9 University of Jaffna 13 2861 7959 Sri Lanka 1974 136 142 0.958
10 Open University of Sri Lanka 14 2914 8092 Sri Lanka 1978 163 166 0.982
Table IV. Private Universities in Sri Lanka top 3.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Founded Scientists in Sri Lanka Top 3.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 3.000 / Total Scientist)
1 General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University 10 2076 6111 Sri Lanka 1980 97 108 0.898
2 Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology 11 2097 6150 Sri Lanka 1999 86 94 0.915
3 Sri Lanka Technological Campus 15 3150 8639 Sri Lanka 2015 43 48 0.896
4 Informatics Institute of Technology Sri Lanka 21 5297 12998 Sri Lanka 1990 14 15 0.933
5 University Grants Commission 26 6337 15031 Sri Lanka 1956 6 8 0.750
6 NSBM Green University 30 7245 16508 Sri Lanka 2011 25 31 0.806
7 Kaatsu International University Sri Lanka 34 8940 19291 Sri Lanka 2009 12 13 0.923
8 SLINTEC Academy 38 9839 20705 Sri Lanka 2008 2 2 1.000
9 Saegis Campus 46 10395 21721 Sri Lanka 2000 2 5 0.400
10 International College of Business and Technology 47 10406 21736 Sri Lanka 2000 3 5 0.600
Table V. Universities Founded After 2010 in Sri Lanka Top 3.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in Sri Lanka Top 3.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 3.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Sri Lanka Technological Campus 15 3150 8639 Sri Lanka Private 2015 43 48 0.896
2 Ocean University of Sri Lanka 27 6540 15334 Sri Lanka Public 2014 17 20 0.850
3 University of Vavuniya 28 7108 16302 Sri Lanka Public 2021 14 15 0.933
4 NSBM Green University 30 7245 16508 Sri Lanka Private 2011 25 31 0.806
5 Hayleys Group-Dipped Products PLC 40 9991 20983 Sri Lanka Company 2011 1 1 1.000
Table VI. Universities Founded After 2000 in Sri Lanka Top 3.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in Sri Lanka Top 3.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 3.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Sri Lanka Technological Campus 15 3150 8639 Sri Lanka Private 2015 43 48 0.896
2 Uva Wellassa University 18 3796 10045 Sri Lanka Public 2005 75 78 0.962
3 WSO2 LLC 24 5738 13869 Sri Lanka Company 2005 2 2 1.000
4 Ocean University of Sri Lanka 27 6540 15334 Sri Lanka Public 2014 17 20 0.850
5 University of Vavuniya 28 7108 16302 Sri Lanka Public 2021 14 15 0.933
6 NSBM Green University 30 7245 16508 Sri Lanka Private 2011 25 31 0.806
7 University of Vocational Technology Ratmalana 31 7295 16587 Sri Lanka Public 2009 8 9 0.889
8 Kaatsu International University Sri Lanka 34 8940 19291 Sri Lanka Private 2009 12 13 0.923
9 SLINTEC Academy 38 9839 20705 Sri Lanka Private 2008 2 2 1.000
10 Hayleys Group-Dipped Products PLC 40 9991 20983 Sri Lanka Company 2011 1 1 1.000
Table VII A. Sri Lanka Top 10 Productivity i10 Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Sri Lanka Table VII A. Sri Lanka Top 10 Productivity i10 Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 336 1489 N Wickramage N Wickramage

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
high energy physics |
192 141 0.734 698 659 0.944 172591 98916 0.573
2 2 2287 12284 Wgd Dharmaratna|Welathantri G D Dharmaratna, Welathantri Dharmaratna, W Dharmaratna Wgd Dharmaratna|Welathantri G D Dharmaratna, Welathantri Dharmaratna, W Dharmaratna

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics | Condensed Matter Physics |
85 72 0.847 298 258 0.866 67142 28855 0.430
1 3 2681 14540 Upul Sonnadara Upul Sonnadara

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics | Computational Science | Atmospheric Sciences |
65 58 0.892 278 218 0.784 16677 13241 0.794
1 4 3613 19929 Meththika Vithanage Meththika Vithanage

Sri Lanka
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Microplastics | Biochar | Emerging Contaminants | Remediation |
74 70 0.946 242 232 0.959 23542 19738 0.838
1 5 3682 20290 Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez

Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Country Representative IWMI Pakistan, Regional Representative Central Asia
Water Resources Management |
52 47 0.904 240 208 0.867 10873 8850 0.814
1 6 4841 26672 HJ De Silva HJ De Silva

Sri Lanka
University of Kelaniya Clinical Medicine|
Medicine |
64 41 0.641 212 131 0.618 17659 8395 0.475
2 7 6157 34329 Pay Drechsel Pay Drechsel

Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Resource recovery & reuse | Urban agriculture | Safe wastewater use | Soil fertility & plant nutrition |
69 41 0.594 188 125 0.665 16530 7508 0.454
3 8 7168 40093 Stefan Uhlenbrook Stefan Uhlenbrook

Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
water resources | food systems | environment | sustainability | global change |
70 46 0.657 174 114 0.655 17045 7489 0.439
2 9 7927 44345 Malagalage Kithsiri Jayananda Malagalage Kithsiri Jayananda

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Natural Sciences / Physics
Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics | Particle Physics | Instrumentation | Chaos |
53 49 0.925 165 148 0.897 11773 8477 0.720
2 10 8020 44951 Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe

Sri Lanka
University of Kelaniya Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Public Health |
58 40 0.690 164 124 0.756 16460 9066 0.551
Table VII B. Sri Lanka Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Sri Lanka Table VII B. Sri Lanka Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 155 750 N Wickramage N Wickramage

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
high energy physics |
192 141 0.734 698 659 0.944 172591 98916 0.573
2 2 1408 6715 Wgd Dharmaratna|Welathantri G D Dharmaratna, Welathantri Dharmaratna, W Dharmaratna Wgd Dharmaratna|Welathantri G D Dharmaratna, Welathantri Dharmaratna, W Dharmaratna

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics | Condensed Matter Physics |
85 72 0.847 298 258 0.866 67142 28855 0.430
1 3 1817 8783 Meththika Vithanage Meththika Vithanage

Sri Lanka
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Microplastics | Biochar | Emerging Contaminants | Remediation |
74 70 0.946 242 232 0.959 23542 19738 0.838
1 4 2082 10105 Upul Sonnadara Upul Sonnadara

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics | Computational Science | Atmospheric Sciences |
65 58 0.892 278 218 0.784 16677 13241 0.794
1 5 2325 11325 Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez

Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Country Representative IWMI Pakistan, Regional Representative Central Asia
Water Resources Management |
52 47 0.904 240 208 0.867 10873 8850 0.814
2 6 4879 24231 Malagalage Kithsiri Jayananda Malagalage Kithsiri Jayananda

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Natural Sciences / Physics
Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics | Particle Physics | Instrumentation | Chaos |
53 49 0.925 165 148 0.897 11773 8477 0.720
3 7 4895 24280 Nimantha Perera Nimantha Perera

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna University of Ruhuna, CERN
Gas Electron Mulltipliers | Lepton Flavor Violation |
48 47 0.979 148 148 1.000 8157 8148 0.999
1 8 6127 30942 HJ De Silva HJ De Silva

Sri Lanka
University of Kelaniya Clinical Medicine|
Medicine |
64 41 0.641 212 131 0.618 17659 8395 0.475
2 9 6777 34081 Pay Drechsel Pay Drechsel

Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Resource recovery & reuse | Urban agriculture | Safe wastewater use | Soil fertility & plant nutrition |
69 41 0.594 188 125 0.665 16530 7508 0.454
2 10 6896 34760 Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe

Sri Lanka
University of Kelaniya Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Public Health |
58 40 0.690 164 124 0.756 16460 9066 0.551
Table VII C. Sri Lanka Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Sri Lanka Table VII C. Sri Lanka Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 31 269 N Wickramage N Wickramage

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
high energy physics |
192 141 0.734 698 659 0.944 172591 98916 0.573
1 2 514 3394 Samath D Dharmaratne Samath D Dharmaratne

Sri Lanka
University of Peradeniya Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Injury Prevention | road traffic injury prevention | health economics | global health |
80 79 0.988 129 120 0.930 181223 130056 0.718
2 3 768 4937 Wgd Dharmaratna|Welathantri G D Dharmaratna, Welathantri Dharmaratna, W Dharmaratna Wgd Dharmaratna|Welathantri G D Dharmaratna, Welathantri Dharmaratna, W Dharmaratna

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics | Condensed Matter Physics |
85 72 0.847 298 258 0.866 67142 28855 0.430
1 4 898 5630 Meththika Vithanage Meththika Vithanage

Sri Lanka
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Microplastics | Biochar | Emerging Contaminants | Remediation |
74 70 0.946 242 232 0.959 23542 19738 0.838
1 5 1978 11520 Upul Sonnadara Upul Sonnadara

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics | Computational Science | Atmospheric Sciences |
65 58 0.892 278 218 0.784 16677 13241 0.794
2 6 3781 21567 Malagalage Kithsiri Jayananda Malagalage Kithsiri Jayananda

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Natural Sciences / Physics
Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics | Particle Physics | Instrumentation | Chaos |
53 49 0.925 165 148 0.897 11773 8477 0.720
1 7 4327 24674 Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez Mohammad Mohsin Hafeez

Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Country Representative IWMI Pakistan, Regional Representative Central Asia
Water Resources Management |
52 47 0.904 240 208 0.867 10873 8850 0.814
3 8 4363 24948 Nimantha Perera Nimantha Perera

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna University of Ruhuna, CERN
Gas Electron Mulltipliers | Lepton Flavor Violation |
48 47 0.979 148 148 1.000 8157 8148 0.999
3 9 4524 25638 Ranil Jayawardena Ranil Jayawardena

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrition | Obesity | Non-communicable Diseases |
48 46 0.958 86 83 0.965 18152 16243 0.895
2 10 4755 27058 Stefan Uhlenbrook Stefan Uhlenbrook

Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
water resources | food systems | environment | sustainability | global change |
70 46 0.657 174 114 0.655 17045 7489 0.439
Table VII D. Sri Lanka Top 10 Total Citiation Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Sri Lanka Table VII D. Sri Lanka Top 10 Total Citiation Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 60 865 Samath D Dharmaratne Samath D Dharmaratne

Sri Lanka
University of Peradeniya Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Injury Prevention | road traffic injury prevention | health economics | global health |
80 79 0.988 129 120 0.930 181223 130056 0.718
1 2 70 943 N Wickramage N Wickramage

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
high energy physics |
192 141 0.734 698 659 0.944 172591 98916 0.573
2 3 499 5592 Wgd Dharmaratna|Welathantri G D Dharmaratna, Welathantri Dharmaratna, W Dharmaratna Wgd Dharmaratna|Welathantri G D Dharmaratna, Welathantri Dharmaratna, W Dharmaratna

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics | Condensed Matter Physics |
85 72 0.847 298 258 0.866 67142 28855 0.430
1 4 516 5682 Dinith Imalsha Kasthuriarachchi Dinith Imalsha Kasthuriarachchi

Sri Lanka
Informatics Institute of Technology Sri Lanka Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence |
13 7 0.538 13 6 0.462 66490 22830 0.343
1 5 573 6201 Achala Jayatilleke Achala Jayatilleke

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo
Digital Health | Health Information Systems | NCDs | Injury & Violence Prevention |
38 35 0.921 44 42 0.955 62922 54520 0.866
1 6 3065 29325 Meththika Vithanage Meththika Vithanage

Sri Lanka
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Microplastics | Biochar | Emerging Contaminants | Remediation |
74 70 0.946 242 232 0.959 23542 19738 0.838
2 7 4044 37080 Priyanga Ranasinghe Priyanga Ranasinghe

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology | Hypertension | Non-Communicable Diseases |
49 43 0.878 83 73 0.880 19980 17627 0.882
1 8 4089 37415 Rachael Mcdonnell Rachael Mcdonnell

Sri Lanka
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
drought | water | climate change | policy |
25 17 0.680 43 25 0.581 19856 3616 0.182
3 9 4730 42383 Ranil Jayawardena Ranil Jayawardena

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrition | Obesity | Non-communicable Diseases |
48 46 0.958 86 83 0.965 18152 16243 0.895
1 10 4939 43942 HJ De Silva HJ De Silva

Sri Lanka
University of Kelaniya Clinical Medicine|
Medicine |
64 41 0.641 212 131 0.618 17659 8395 0.475
Table VII E. Sri Lanka Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Sri Lanka Table VII E. Sri Lanka Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 32 345 Samath D Dharmaratne Samath D Dharmaratne

Sri Lanka
University of Peradeniya PeradeniyaSriLanka
Injury Prevention|road traffic injury prevention|health economics|global health|
67 66 0.985 113 106 0.938 125224 103257 0.825
1 2 61 593 N Wickramage N Wickramage

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
high energy physics|
171 137 0.801 628 605 0.963 139910 87113 0.623
1 3 288 2833 Achala Upendra Jayatilleke Achala Upendra Jayatilleke

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Digital Health|Health Information Systems|NCDs|Injury & Violence Prevention|
35 33 0.943 46 44 0.957 38392 37370 0.973
2 4 1025 8782 Wgd Dharmaratna Wgd Dharmaratna

Sri Lanka
University of Ruhuna Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics|Condensed Matter Physics|
69 50 0.725 187 156 0.834 43616 18211 0.418
1 5 1074 9121 Dinith Imalsha Kasthuriarachchi Dinith Imalsha Kasthuriarachchi

Sri Lanka
Informatics Institute of Technology Sri Lanka Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence|
10 5 0.500 10 5 0.500 51048 17816 0.349
1 6 1847 15231 Meththika Vithanage Meththika Vithanage

Sri Lanka
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Ecosphere Resilience Sri JayewardenepuraNugegodaSri …
Microplastics|Biochar|Emerging Contaminants|Remediation|
56 53 0.946 180 175 0.972 14303 12909 0.903
1 7 4188 32140 Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe

Sri Lanka
University of Kelaniya Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Public Health|
52 38 0.731 143 107 0.748 12733 7974 0.626
2 8 5096 38164 HJ De Silva HJ De Silva

Sri Lanka
University of Kelaniya Clinical Medicine|
Medicine|
58 40 0.690 190 122 0.642 14076 7111 0.505
2 9 5568 41650 Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha

Sri Lanka
University of Sri Jayewardenepura Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Physical Chemistry|Chemical Kinetics|Surface Chemistry|Environmental Science|Environmental Chemistry|
30 29 0.967 48 47 0.979 7647 6701 0.876
2 10 6221 45782 Priyanga Ranasinghe Priyanga Ranasinghe

Sri Lanka
University of Colombo Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology
Medicine|Pharmacology|Hypertension|Diabetes Mellitus|Non-Communicable Diseases|
39 33 0.846 73 66 0.904 7473 6280 0.840