Microplastic Research Rankings

Who is leading microplastic research? Explore rankings of countries, institutions, authors, and journals — ranked by publication volume, citation impact, and evidence quality.

72,666
Research Papers
microplastics-relevant, quality-filtered
199
Countries
with affiliated researchers
11,935
Institutions
with affiliated researchers
200,812
Researchers
unique authors across all papers
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Top Countries

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Rank Country Papers Citations
1 🇨🇳 China 16,646 617,185
2 🇺🇸 United States 6,764 271,676
3 🇮🇳 India 4,373 82,456
4 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 3,270 225,514
5 🇮🇹 Italy 3,047 113,137

Top Institutions

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Rank Institution Country Papers Citations
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 1,658 103,651
2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 🇫🇷 1,006 59,517
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 755 56,737
4 Wageningen University & Research 🇳🇱 594 56,208
5 East China Normal University 🇨🇳 465 51,587

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Countries

Rankings by nation — papers, citations, and institutional strength.

Institutions

Universities and research centers leading microplastic science.

Authors

Individual researchers ranked by publication output and impact.

Journals

Scientific journals publishing the most microplastic research.

Papers with more than 50 co-authors are excluded from all rankings to ensure meaningful attribution. Learn how rankings work →