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Global trends and hotspots evolution in soil microplastic pollution research: A bibliometric analysis based on the Web of Science

Researchers analyzed global trends in soil microplastic research using bibliometric tools and found the field is still developing compared to water-based studies, with hotspots growing rapidly since 2018. China, the US, the Netherlands, and Australia lead publications, and the field needs to shift focus from measuring toxicity to understanding how microplastics affect entire soil ecosystems.

2024 Ecological Indicators 20 citations
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Effect and environmental behaviour of microplastics in soil

This bibliometric analysis and review covers research on microplastic environmental behavior in soils from 2012 to 2022, documenting rapid growth in publications and identifying key research themes including transport, persistence, and interactions with soil biota and chemicals. The review highlights remaining knowledge gaps and emerging trends in the field of soil microplastic pollution.

2023 Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 5 citations
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Soil Pollution due to Microplastics

This bibliometric analysis reviewed the scientific literature on soil microplastic pollution to map research trends, key contributors, and knowledge gaps. The study found growing global research interest in this area and highlighted that microplastics entering the food chain through contaminated soil represents an underappreciated pathway to human exposure.

2020 Insecta mundi 2 citations
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Bibliometric Analysis and Research Trends on Microplastic Pollution in the Soil and Terrestrial Ecosystems

This bibliometric analysis tracks research trends on microplastic pollution in soil and terrestrial ecosystems, revealing a rapidly growing field with increasing global collaboration. Researchers identified key themes including microplastic sources, soil organism impacts, and interactions with other pollutants. The study maps out knowledge gaps and suggests future research priorities for understanding how microplastics affect land-based environments.

2024 Environmental Research Engineering and Management 8 citations
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The Bibliometric Analysis of Microplastics in Soil Environments: Hotspots of Research and Trends of Development

This bibliometric analysis used CiteSpace to map research trends in soil microplastic contamination, identifying hotspots including microplastic effects on soil properties, organism interactions, and pollutant transport as key areas of growing scientific interest.

2023 Sustainability 10 citations
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Research progress and hotspot analysis of soil microplastics: a bibliometrics-based review

This bibliometric review analyzes research trends and hotspots in the study of soil microplastics, mapping the field's growth and key focus areas over recent years. Researchers found that topics like microplastic transport, ecological effects on soil organisms, and interactions with other pollutants have become increasingly prominent research themes.

2023 Frontiers in Environmental Science 13 citations
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The microplastics pollution in agricultural soils global trends and prospects research: bibliometric analysis

This bibliometric analysis reviewed global research trends on microplastic pollution in agricultural soils, finding rapidly growing scientific interest and identifying key knowledge gaps. Soil microplastic contamination poses risks to soil health, crop growth, and ultimately human food safety.

2023 IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 1 citations
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Scientometric study of treatment technologies of soil pollution: Present and future challenges

Researchers conducted a scientometric analysis of Scopus and Web of Science publications from 2010 to 2021 to map global trends in soil contamination treatment technologies, identifying continuous publication growth in environmental science, characterizing leading countries and institutions, and revealing emerging combinatorial remediation approaches as the field's frontier.

2022 Applied Soil Ecology 14 citations
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Soil Health and Fertility in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Mapping of Global Knowledge and Practices

This bibliometric analysis of global soil science research used VOSviewer to map keyword co-occurrence, author networks, and international collaborations, identifying soil fertility, microbiology, and nutrient dynamics as the core research focuses alongside emerging interests in microplastics and sustainable agriculture.

2025 West Science Interdisciplinary Studies
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Microplastics in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Scientometric Analysis

A scientometric analysis of global microplastic literature in terrestrial ecosystems (Web of Science, 1986–2020) used co-occurrence visualization and citation mapping to characterize the rapid growth of terrestrial MP research and identify emerging focus areas such as soil health, agricultural plastics, and food safety.

2020 Sustainability 77 citations
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Review and future trends of soil microplastics research: visual analysis based on Citespace

A bibliometric analysis of soil microplastic research revealed that the field is still in early development compared to aquatic microplastic science, with growing focus on agricultural soil contamination, food security risks, and the role of sewage sludge and plastic mulch films as primary soil inputs. The authors identify key knowledge gaps and predict future research directions.

2022 Environmental Sciences Europe 18 citations
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Health risk analysis of microplastics in soil in the 21st century: A scientometrics review

This bibliometric review mapped global research on health risks of microplastics in soil from 2001 to the present, finding a sharp increase in publications after 2016 and identifying plastic mulch, plastic waste, and sewage sludge as the most studied MP sources in soil. The review highlighted growing concern about dietary exposure through MPs taken up by food crops grown in contaminated soils.

2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science 9 citations
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A bibliometric analysis on the current situation and hot trends of the impact of microplastics on soil based on CiteSpace

This bibliometric analysis used CiteSpace and VOSviewer to map soil microplastics research published from 2013–2024 in the Web of Science, identifying key research clusters, institutional contributors, and emerging themes including microplastic-antibiotic resistance interactions and soil food web effects.

2025 ArXiv.org
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Scientometrics of Scientometrics Based on Web of Science Core Collection Data between 1992 and 2020

This study analyzed over 16,000 publications to map the global research landscape of scientometrics, the quantitative study of scientific output, from 1992 to 2020. Researchers identified key trends, influential journals, and the most productive countries and institutions in the field. While not directly related to microplastics, the study provides insights into how research analysis methods have evolved and are now widely applied across disciplines including environmental science.

2023 Information 23 citations
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Ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants on soil and terrestrial ecosystems (2005-2024): a bibliometric and scientometric review.

A 20-year (2005–2024) bibliometric review of ecological risk assessment studies on emerging contaminants identified key trends and gaps in understanding the risks of microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and other pollutants to soil and terrestrial ecosystems. The review found rapid growth in the field but persistent data gaps on long-term ecosystem-level effects.

2025 Environmental geochemistry and health
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Bibliometric Mapping of Soil Chemicalization and Fertilizer Research: Environmental and Computational Insights

This bibliometric analysis mapped 50 years of soil chemicalization and fertilizer research, finding a shift from early focus on heavy metals and pesticides toward emerging concerns including microplastics, biochar, and oxidative stress in soils.

2025 Algorithms
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Micro- and nanoplastics in soils: Tracing research progression from comprehensive analysis to ecotoxicological effects

Researchers conducted a large-scale analysis of 2,451 scientific publications on micro- and nanoplastics in soil published between 2006 and 2023, mapping global research trends and identifying key gaps. The review found rapidly growing interest in soil microplastic pollution and highlighted the need for interdisciplinary approaches to understand how these particles harm earthworms, soil microbes, and ultimately human health.

2023 Ecological Indicators 17 citations
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Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

This transdisciplinary overview examines the major challenges facing soil science in the 2020s, with contributions from twenty experts across related disciplines. Among the key concerns identified are microplastics as emerging soil pollutants, alongside issues like soil erosion, contamination, food security, and climate change. The study emphasizes the need for new computational technologies and in situ measurements to better understand soil processes at multiple scales.

2020 Air Soil and Water Research 133 citations
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Development Trends in Soil Erosion Fields Based on the Quantitative Evaluation of Innovation Subjects and Innovation Content from 1991 to 2020

Not relevant to microplastics — this is a bibliometric analysis of soil erosion research from 1991–2020, tracking global publication trends and identifying China and the US as dominant contributors to the field.

2024 Sustainability 2 citations
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Micro plastics in soil ecosystem - A review of sources, fate, and ecological impact

This review covers sources, fate, and ecological impacts of microplastics in soil ecosystems, finding that global plastic production has increased from 1.7 million tonnes in 1950 to over 320 million tonnes annually, with microplastics now detected in soils across all land use types.

2021 Plant Soil and Environment 62 citations