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Author Rankings

Researchers ranked by microplastic research output — total papers, top-tier evidence, and citation impact.

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Rank Author Institution(s) Country Papers Tier 1 Citations
101 Lúcia Guilhermino Universidade do Porto 🇵🇹 PT 50 0 8,610
102 Rong Ji Nanjing University 🇨🇳 CN 50 0 4,689
103 Kevin V. Thomas The University of Queensland, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Metro South Health, Queensland Health, Department of Health and Human Services 🇦🇺 AU 50 0 4,737
104 Xiaoli Zhao Northwest A&F University, Jiangnan University, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China, Changjiang Water Resources Commission 🇨🇳 CN 50 2 2,440
105 Lihui An Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences 🇨🇳 CN 50 0 3,107
106 Farhan R. Khan Roskilde University, University of Oslo, Norges Blindeforbund 🇩🇰 DK 49 0 4,004
107 Eddy Y. Zeng South China University of Technology, Jinan University, South China Institute Of Environmental Sciences, Space Micro (United States) 🇨🇳 CN 49 0 7,247
108 Qing Wang Institute for Biodiversity, East China Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, Nanjing Medical University, South China Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Faculty of Public Health, Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department 🇩🇪 DE 49 1 3,144
109 Miguel González-Pleiter Universidad de Alcalá, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad de La Laguna 🇪🇸 ES 49 0 3,201
110 Lixin Zhu East China Normal University, Hainan Normal University, Northeastern University, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Plastic Electronic (Austria), Cycle (Germany) 🇨🇳 CN 49 1 5,875
111 Alaa El‐Din H. Sayed National Institute of Fisheries Science, Assiut University, Sungkyunkwan University 🇰🇷 KR 49 0 1,354
112 Guanglong Chen South China Agricultural University, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Science, Guangxi Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 CN 48 0 2,913
113 Hui Wang Nanjing University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Central South University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hunan Agricultural University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guizhou Minzu University, Hainan University, University of Jinan, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Westlake University, Shenyang University, Shandong Agricultural University, Hainan Tropical Ocean University 🇨🇳 CN 48 0 2,318
114 Arnaud Huvet Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Université de Montpellier, Département Santé des Plantes et Environnement 🇫🇷 FR 48 0 8,098
115 Kuok Ho Daniel Tang Northwest A&F University, University of Arizona, Beijing Normal University, Curtin University Sarawak, Hong Kong Baptist University, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Tanglewood Research 🇨🇳 CN 48 0 2,627
116 Dorte Herzke NILU, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Climate Central, Climate Centre, NIIT (India), Tromsø research foundation 🇳🇴 NO 48 1 1,816
117 Susanne M. Brander Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Oregon State Hospital 🇺🇸 US 48 2 2,357
118 Seema Agarwal University of Bayreuth 🇩🇪 DE 48 0 1,252
119 Jin‐Yong Lee Kangwon National University, University of Missouri–Kansas City 🇰🇷 KR 48 1 1,661
120 Jérôme Cachot Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Bordeaux, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux 🇫🇷 FR 47 0 1,896
121 Jie Wang University of California, Riverside, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Zhejiang A & F University, Jiangnan University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen University, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Fudan University, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology 🇺🇸 US 47 0 5,614
122 Claudia Lorenz Roskilde University, Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank, Aalborg University 🇩🇰 DK 47 0 5,295
123 Ana L. Patrício Silva University of Aveiro, Universidade Federal do Tocantins 🇵🇹 PT 47 0 3,312
124 Kristian Syberg Roskilde University 🇩🇰 DK 47 1 2,914
125 Fabienne Lagarde Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Est Créteil, University of Maine, Université de Montpellier, Le Mans Université, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, Département Santé des Plantes et Environnement 🇫🇷 FR 46 0 3,683
126 Paolo Pastorino Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta 🇮🇹 IT 46 0 1,188
127 Laurent Lebreton The Ocean Cleanup, eCoast (New Zealand), Statistics New Zealand 🇳🇱 NL 46 0 18,090
128 Montserrat Compa Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat de les Illes Balears 🇪🇸 ES 46 2 2,214
129 Wei Wei Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ZheJiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anhui Jianzhu University, Tongji University, Nanjing Normal University, Inner Mongolia University, University of Technology Sydney, Fuzhou University, Water Technology (Australia), Xinyang Normal University 🇨🇳 CN 46 0 4,146
130 Nathalie Tufenkji McGill University 🇨🇦 CA 46 0 7,619
131 Maocai Shen Central South University, Anhui University of Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Hunan University, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University 🇨🇳 CN 46 0 6,606
132 Beatrice De Felice University of Milan, Mylan (Switzerland) 🇮🇹 IT 46 0 884
133 Xiaomei Yang Wageningen University & Research, Northwest A&F University, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, North West Agriculture and Forestry University, ISRIC - World Soil Information 🇳🇱 NL 46 0 8,414
134 Ricard Marcos Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society 🇪🇸 ES 46 1 2,190
135 Jingchun Tang Nankai University 🇨🇳 CN 45 0 3,527
136 Javier Hernández‐Borges Universidad de La Laguna 🇪🇸 ES 45 0 977
137 Atsuhiko Isobe Kyushu University, National University of Comahue, Kyushu Institute of Technology, NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences 🇯🇵 JP 45 1 4,110
138 May Gómez Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 ES 45 0 1,828
139 Anish Kumar Warrier Manipal Academy of Higher Education 🇮🇳 IN 45 0 1,255
140 Fayuan Wang Shandong University, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Zunyi Normal College 🇨🇳 CN 45 1 5,533
141 Mohamed Bannı University of Monastir, University of Sousse, Higher Institute of Management 🇹🇳 TN 45 0 2,248
142 Frédéric D.L. Leusch Griffith University 🇦🇺 AU 44 2 4,200
143 Ying Zhang Northeast Agricultural University, Nanjing Forestry University, Henan Normal University, Dalian University of Technology, Hohai University, Tianjin University, Dalian University, Hainan University, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Nankai University, Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou University, Northeast Normal University, Capital Medical University, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Lingnan Normal University, Yueyang Hospital 🇨🇳 CN 44 1 2,902
144 Bethanie Carney Almroth University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 SE 44 1 2,658
145 Thiarlen Marinho da Luz Institute for Biodiversity, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Instituto Federal Goiano, Universidade Federal de Goiás 🇩🇪 DE 44 0 705
146 Jianmin Zhao 44 0 3,176
147 Stephanie Wright University of Manitoba, Imperial College London, University of Exeter, Medical Research Council, King's College London, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, Environment and Health Group (United States), Faculty of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, University of Alaska Fairbanks, National Institute for Health Research, Wilfrid Laurier University, Montfort Hospital 🇨🇦 CA 44 0 13,925
148 Ika Paul-Pont Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Université de Montpellier, Département Santé des Plantes et Environnement 🇫🇷 FR 44 0 8,861
149 Thijs Bosker Leiden University, Institute for Environmental Sciences 🇳🇱 NL 44 5 3,373
150 Yong‐Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Fujian University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN 44 2 3,855