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Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Food, Environmental and Biomedical Analysis

Researchers reviewed the field of electrochemical sensors and biosensors, evaluating their sensitivity and selectivity for applications in food safety, environmental monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics as miniaturized alternatives to conventional analytical gold standards.

2026 Chemosensors
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Topical research fields in analytics. 2019-2023

This scientometric study analyzed titles of the most cited analytical chemistry publications from 2019 to 2023, finding that microplastics detection was among the most topical research areas alongside miniaturization and sensor development.

2024 Analitika i kontrolʹ
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Biosensing Technologies and Their Applications in Medical Diagnostics

This book surveys biosensing technologies and their applications in medical diagnostics, providing an educational overview of sensor development and clinical measurement techniques rather than presenting original research findings.

2025 Bright Sky Publications eBooks
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Design, fabrication, and application of electrochemical sensors for microplastic detection: a state-of-the-art review and future perspectives

This review covers recent advances in electrochemical sensors for detecting microplastics in environmental samples, which offer advantages in sensitivity and portability over conventional laboratory methods. Researchers highlight strategies using nanomaterials, molecular imprinting, and surface-enhanced techniques to improve detection capabilities. The study suggests that electrochemical sensors represent a promising path toward affordable, rapid, on-site monitoring of microplastic pollution.

2025 Environmental Sciences Europe 17 citations
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Progress of Ecological Restoration Research Based on Bibliometric Analysis

This bibliometric analysis of over 23,000 publications from 1990 to 2022 mapped global ecological restoration research trends, identified key hotspots around topics like soil and vegetation recovery, and projected future directions for the field.

2022 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21 citations
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Bibliometric analysis of microplastics research: Advances and future directions (2020–2024)

This bibliometric study analyzed trends in microplastics research from 2020 to 2024, finding a rapid increase in publications with growing specialization in areas like ecotoxicology, detection methods, and pollution control. Key research hotspots include microplastic effects on human health, interactions with other pollutants, and removal technologies. The analysis reveals that while the field is maturing rapidly, significant gaps remain in understanding real-world health impacts and developing effective remediation strategies.

2024 Continental Shelf Research 10 citations
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Tratamiento de aguas residuales mediante electrocoagulación: Análisis bibliométrico de publicaciones científicas y revisión de resultados

This review presents a bibliometric analysis of 3,146 scientific articles on electrocoagulation for wastewater treatment published from 1975 to 2024, identifying eight research clusters encompassing reactor configurations, electrode materials, and contaminant removal efficiency in both domestic and industrial wastewater applications.

2025 Revista Amazónica de Ciencias Ambientales y Ecológicas
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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
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Knowledge Domain and Hotspots Predict Concerning Electroactive Biomaterials Applied in Tissue Engineering: A Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis From 2011 to 2021

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of 3,374 publications on electroactive biomaterials used in tissue engineering from 2011 to 2021, using VOSviewer and CiteSpace to map research domains and emerging hotspots. China contributed the most publications and citations, with conductive polymers and piezoelectric materials representing major research focus areas, and the analysis identified cell culture and neural/cardiac tissue regeneration as dominant application themes.

2022 Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 17 citations
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Bibliometric and visual analysis of heavy metal health risk assessment: development, hotspots and trends

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of heavy metal health risk assessment literature from 2000 to 2022, identifying development trends and research hotspots. The study reveals growing global attention to environmental heavy metal contamination, which often co-occurs with microplastic pollution in soil and water systems.

2024 Archives of Environmental Protection 2 citations
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Bibliometric and visual analysis of blood-testis barrier research

This bibliometric analysis of 942 publications on the blood-testis barrier identified key research themes, prolific authors, and emerging frontiers in the field from its inception through recent years. The analysis highlighted growing research into microRNA regulation of barrier integrity and environmental toxicant impacts on Sertoli cell function as future hotspots.

2022 Frontiers in Pharmacology 13 citations
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Examining Current Research Trends in Ozone Formation Sensitivity: A Bibliometric Analysis

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of ozone formation sensitivity research published from 1965 to 2022, finding a constant expansion of publications since 2008 with the USA contributing 42.7% of papers, followed by China (13.5%) and the UK (9.1%). Citation burst and keyword analysis revealed that 'volatile organic compounds' and 'ozone precursors' have emerged as increasingly frequent research themes in recent years.

2023 Processes 3 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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Integrated Electrochemical Biosensors for Detection of Waterborne Pathogens in Low-Resource Settings

This review covers the development of electrochemical biosensors integrated with microfluidic components for detecting waterborne pathogens, highlighting their potential for portable, affordable water quality monitoring in developing countries. The authors discuss how these devices could address critical gaps in current water safety infrastructure in low-resource settings.

2020 Biosensors 52 citations
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Current perspectives, challenges, and future directions in the electrochemical detection of microplastics

This review examines the emerging use of electrochemical sensors for detecting microplastics in the environment. Researchers found that while electrochemical methods have been widely explored for microplastic removal, their potential as low-cost detection tools remains largely untapped. The study highlights recent advances in nanoimpact techniques and electrode modifications that could make environmental microplastic monitoring more practical and affordable.

2024 RSC Advances 38 citations
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Electrochemical Sensor for Antibiotic Detection

This review examines the design principles, transduction mechanisms, and performance characteristics of electrochemical biosensors for antibiotic detection, covering enzyme-based, aptamer-based, and molecularly imprinted polymer approaches and highlighting the integration of nanomaterials and microfluidics to address the challenge of antibiotic resistance monitoring.

2024 Biomedical engineering 1 citations
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Scientometric analysis and scientific trends on microplastics research

Researchers performed a scientometric analysis of microplastics research using 2,872 publications from the Web of Science database spanning 2004 to 2020. The bibliometric analysis mapped contributing countries, institutions, key authors, trending keywords, and future research directions in the field. The study found that microplastics research has grown rapidly, with increasing attention to environmental pollution across various ecosystems.

2022 Chemosphere 73 citations
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Trends, challenges, and research pathways in emerging contaminants: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis

This large-scale bibliometric analysis reviewed over 62,000 studies on emerging contaminants published between 2000 and 2024, finding that microplastics are among the fastest-growing areas of environmental health research. The analysis highlights that understanding how microplastics interact with other pollutants like pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors is a critical frontier for protecting human health.

2025 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 21 citations
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Bibliometric Analysis of the Blockchain Scientific Evolution: 2014–2020

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of blockchain research publications from 2014 to 2020, mapping the scientific evolution of the field, identifying dominant research themes, and tracing how research focus has shifted across this period of rapid technological and scholarly development.

2021 IEEE Access 31 citations
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Global trends and hotspots in research on organoids between 2011 and 2020: a bibliometric analysis

A bibliometric analysis of organoid research from 2011 to 2020 identified drug screening, disease modeling, and personalized medicine as the dominant themes, while highlighting reproducibility and functional maturity as ongoing limitations. The authors predicted that bioengineering strategies to overcome these limitations would become the next major focus of the field.

2022 Annals of Palliative Medicine 9 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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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 biochar research in 2021: a critical review for development, hotspots and trend directions

This bibliometric analysis of 5,535 biochar publications from 2021 identified toxic metal immobilization, catalysis for biofuel production, and climate change mitigation as the leading research hotspots, with China and the USA contributing the most publications to this rapidly growing field.

2023 Biochar 54 citations
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When microplastics meet electroanalysis: future analytical trends for an emerging threat

This review examines the evolution of analytical methods for detecting microplastics, highlighting the emerging advantages of electroanalytical sensors — particularly for sub-micron particles — over traditional spectroscopic and thermal methods, and discussing the growing role of artificial intelligence in automated microplastic analysis.

2023 Analytical Methods 9 citations