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Microplastics in the Ocean:: Scientometric analysis of the scientific literature
Summary
A scientometric analysis of microplastics in ocean research from 2014 to 2024 using Web of Science and Scopus identified the most productive countries, journals, and authors, and the primary research themes around marine food web impacts. The analysis documents how microplastics affect marine organism physiology and reproductive success as they transfer through trophic levels.
In recent years, scientific and environmental concerns have grown due to microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems. Current studies have shown that microplastics have impacted the trophic network, as they are ingested by marine organisms when mistaken for food, thus affecting their physiology, nutrition, and reproductive success. This article aims to explore the impact of microplastics on the marine food web. Using information collected through scientometric algorithms from queries in the WoS and Scopus databases, a scientometric analysis of the scientific literature produced between 2014 and 2024 was carried out. The countries, journals, and authors who have published on this topic were taken into account. The results indicate the most frequently addressed fields in relation to the effects of microplastics on marine organisms, how these plastics pass from one level to another in the food web, and the ecological implications this entails.