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A Bibliometric Review of Green Technology- Related Research in the Textile Industry

This bibliometric review analyzed green technology research in the textile industry from 2000 to 2023 using Scopus data and VOSviewer visualization, identifying exponential growth since 2020 and five primary research clusters. The study found the US, UK, and China are the most prolific contributors, with the UK leading in collaborative research, across themes of life cycle assessment, sustainable design, and circular fashion supply chains.

2023 Textile & Leather Review 5 citations
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Trends and Gaps in Sustainable Fashion Research: a Bibliometric Analysis

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of 764 sustainable and fast fashion articles published between 2007 and March 2025 using Web of Science, applying co-citation, co-occurrence, and clustering techniques to map thematic trends, finding rapid research growth after 2015 and accelerated output post-2020 across environmental science, business, consumer studies, and textile engineering.

2025 Fibres and Textiles
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How Important is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Study of Plastic Waste? Use of Bibliometric Analysis to Reveal Research Positions and Future Directions

This paper is not about microplastics — it presents a bibliometric analysis of life cycle assessment (LCA) research on plastic waste from 2013 to 2022, mapping publication trends, leading countries, and key research themes.

2024 Jurnal Teknologi Lingkungan 2 citations
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Ocean Plastic Pollution Research: Trends and Future Directions

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of ocean plastic pollution research using Scopus data from 2000 to 2024, applying VOSviewer to map co-authorship networks, keyword co-occurrences, and thematic clusters to identify influential contributors and emerging research directions. The analysis revealed rapid growth in publication volume and identified microplastics, marine debris, and policy-related themes as dominant research foci.

2025 West Science Interdisciplinary Studies
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A Bibliometric and Visualized Overview for the Evolution of Process Safety and Environmental Protection

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of publications in the journal Process Safety and Environmental Protection from 1990 to 2020 using Web of Science data and VOSviewer mapping. Researchers identified evolving research clusters including waste treatment, microplastics, and environmental risk assessment as increasingly dominant themes.

2021 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 32 citations
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Plastic and sustainability: a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer and CiteSpace

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of 1,933 research articles on plastic and sustainability published between 1995 and 2022. The study found that China and the USA lead global research in this field, with circular economy, bioplastics, and sustainable development emerging as highly discussed topics, and COVID-19 becoming a prominent theme in 2021 due to its impact on plastic pollution.

2023 Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 62 citations
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Scientific Trends in Animal Waste and Environmental Sustainability: A Bibliometric Study

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of 33,887 academic studies on the environmental effects of animal waste to reveal trends in publication distribution, research collaborations, and emerging topics. The study mapped the global landscape of animal waste and environmental sustainability research, identifying leading countries, journals, and keyword clusters that reflect the field's evolution toward circular economy and pollution mitigation approaches.

2025
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A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis on Plastic Waste Recycling

This bibliometric study maps ten years of global research on plastic waste recycling and circular economy using Scopus and Web of Science, identifying dominant themes, leading countries, and emerging directions. It is primarily a research-landscape analysis with minimal direct content on microplastic formation or health risks, making it only peripheral to microplastic science.

2023 International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 6 citations
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Analisis Bibliometrik Perkembangan Penelitian Mikroplastik Pada Bivalvia

Researchers performed a bibliometric analysis of microplastics research on bivalves indexed in Science Direct from 2019 to 2024, finding publication growth peaked in 2023 with 240 articles (25.67% of the total) and that the journal Science of the Total Environment published 821 relevant papers. Co-word analysis using VOSviewer identified seven main research clusters in the field.

2024 Jurnal Biogenerasi
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Microplastic Impact on Plant: Review Paper Using VOSviewer

A bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer examined 380 Scopus-indexed papers on microplastic effects on plants published from 2011 to 2022, mapping the growth and expansion of this research area over time. The analysis identified key research clusters, prolific authors, and predicted future directions for this rapidly developing field.

2024 BIO Web of Conferences 5 citations
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Systematic Insights into a Textile Industry: Reviewing Life Cycle Assessment and Eco-Design

This systematic review of life cycle assessments for the textile industry identified key environmental impact hotspots across the supply chain, finding that fiber production and dyeing processes dominate environmental burdens and that eco-design strategies offer the greatest improvement potential.

2023 Sustainability 25 citations
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Research Progress and Hotspots on Disposalof Landfill Leachate: A Bibliometric AnalysisUsing Knowledge Mapping Method

Not relevant to microplastics — this is a bibliometric analysis of landfill leachate treatment research from 1996–2022, tracking publication trends and identifying dominant themes such as membrane bioreactors and advanced oxidation.

2024 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 2 citations
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Bibliometric and Co-Occurrence Study of Process System Engineering (PSE) Applied to the Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Production

Researchers conducted bibliometric and co-occurrence analyses using VOSviewer on SCOPUS data to map trends, gaps, and future directions in process systems engineering applied to polyvinyl chloride production, identifying five research clusters including modelling and simulation, process control, and sustainability topics.

2023 Materials 3 citations
Review Tier 2

A literature review on environmental management in the textile industry focused on waste management.

This review examines environmental management practices in the textile industry with a focus on waste management strategies, analyzing 2,275 articles from ScienceDirect and IEEE. Researchers found that poor waste management across the textile supply chain has worsened due to rising global demand, with significant negative impacts on air, water, and soil quality.

2025 Journal of Physics Conference Series
Systematic Review Tier 1

Life cycle assessment in fashion industry: a systematic review

This systematic review of life cycle assessments in the fashion industry (2010-2024) found persistent methodological inconsistencies that undermine the reliability of sustainability claims. The review identifies microplastic emissions from textiles as a growing but poorly incorporated impact category, highlighting a gap in understanding the full environmental footprint of clothing.

2025 Discover Sustainability
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Особливості Методології Оцінки Життєвого Циклу За Iso 14040/14044 Та Її Галузева Адаптація В Легкій Промисловості

This Ukrainian academic article examined the methodological foundations of life cycle assessment (LCA) per ISO 14040/14044 and proposed industry-specific adaptations for the textile, clothing, and footwear sector. The work highlights how LCA can be used as a tool for sustainable product development in light industry.

2025 Herald of Khmelnytskyi National University Technical sciences
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Bibliometric Analysis on Contaminant Microplastics in Compost (2018 to 2022) Through VOSviewer

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on microplastic contamination in compost from 2018 to 2022, mapping research trends and identifying compost as an important but underexamined pathway for microplastics entering agricultural soils.

2023 E3S Web of Conferences 7 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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Bibliometric Analysis of Micro/Nanoplastics

This chapter presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of micro- and nanoplastic pollution research using data from the Scopus database, finding a consistent upward trend in publication volume with the majority focused on marine environments. Thematic network analysis identified key research clusters around sources, distribution, ecological damage, and detection methods, confirming that the field is globally distributed rather than geographically concentrated.

2024 Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series
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A Bibliometric perspective on the evolution of research in sludge management: Opportunities and challenges

A bibliometric analysis traced the evolution of research on a specific topic related to microplastics, mapping publication trends, leading authors, and emerging themes over time. Bibliometric studies help identify where the field is growing and where knowledge gaps remain to be filled.

2025 International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies 1 citations
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Analisis Bibliometrik: Tren Penelitian Pengolahan Limbah Cair 2019-2024

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of wastewater treatment research published between 2019 and 2024, using Google Scholar, Scopus, and PubMed databases analysed via Publish or Perish and VOSviewer. The study identified a significant increase in publications in 2020 followed by a decline, with emerging research topics including photocatalytic degradation, antibiotics, microplastics, antibiotic resistance genes, microalgae, and energy recovery.

2025 Buletin Keslingmas
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Reviewing a Decade of Zero Waste Research: Bibliometric Analysis

A bibliometric analysis reviewed ten years of zero waste research (2013-2022), mapping key publication trends, influential authors, and emerging research themes. Zero waste strategies are directly relevant to reducing plastic waste and the microplastics generated when plastics degrade in the environment.

2023 Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA
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Visual Analysis of International Environmental Security Management Research (1997–2021) Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of environmental security management research from 1997 to 2021, identifying six main research clusters spanning personal health, agriculture, ecological environment, energy, and sustainable development themes.

2023 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13 citations
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Global research hotspots and trends on microplastics: a bibliometric analysis

A bibliometric analysis of microplastics publications from 1990 to 2022 found a 19-fold increase in publications and 35-fold increase in citations since 2015, with research clustering around distribution, toxicity, analytical methods, and adsorption of co-pollutants.

2023 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26 citations