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Institution Rankings

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

Papers with more than 50 co-authors are excluded. How rankings work →

Rank Institution Country Type Papers Tier 1 Citations
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 CN government 1,658 39 103,651
2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 🇫🇷 FR government 1,006 3 59,517
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 CN education 755 20 56,737
4 Wageningen University & Research 🇳🇱 NL education 594 9 56,208
5 East China Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 465 11 51,587
6 Nankai University 🇨🇳 CN education 455 4 21,618
7 Zhejiang University 🇨🇳 CN education 434 0 17,572
8 Northwest A&F University 🇨🇳 CN education 404 16 24,713
9 Nanjing University 🇨🇳 CN education 400 9 32,888
10 South China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 398 6 16,905
11 University of Bayreuth 🇩🇪 DE education 398 13 17,840
12 Hohai University 🇨🇳 CN education 388 5 12,063
13 Ocean University of China 🇨🇳 CN education 377 3 15,508
14 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 🇨🇳 CN government 372 12 15,058
15 Ministry of Ecology and Environment 🇨🇳 CN government 331 2 7,855
16 National Research Council 🇮🇹 IT nonprofit 328 3 15,012
17 Ministry of Natural Resources 🇨🇳 CN government 316 8 14,181
18 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 🇫🇷 FR government 312 3 18,174
19 Tongji University 🇨🇳 CN education 307 5 23,544
20 Tsinghua University 🇨🇳 CN education 299 3 17,081
21 University of Toronto 🇨🇦 CA education 299 7 22,698
22 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences 🇨🇳 CN nonprofit 292 3 12,926
23 Xiamen University 🇨🇳 CN education 283 3 9,110
24 Beijing Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 281 9 13,406
25 University of Aveiro 🇵🇹 PT education 273 5 24,406
26 China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 273 8 13,012
27 Shandong University 🇨🇳 CN education 271 2 13,175
28 Utrecht University 🇳🇱 NL education 268 0 25,876
29 University of Plymouth 🇬🇧 GB education 267 5 60,537
30 Shanghai Ocean University 🇨🇳 CN education 257 4 11,773
31 Tianjin University 🇨🇳 CN education 257 6 7,976
32 Norwegian Institute for Water Research 🇳🇴 NO nonprofit 253 6 18,120
33 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 🇨🇳 CN education 250 2 8,645
34 City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 HK education 240 3 10,679
35 Zhejiang University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 239 3 15,939
36 University of Exeter 🇬🇧 GB education 233 4 49,426
37 Technical University of Denmark 🇩🇰 DK education 230 1 14,041
38 Universidade do Porto 🇵🇹 PT education 228 4 18,368
39 National University of Singapore 🇸🇬 SG education 225 4 10,971
40 Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 DE education 221 11 23,496
41 Harbin Institute of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 220 4 6,422
42 Hainan University 🇨🇳 CN education 218 2 7,327
43 University of Birmingham 🇬🇧 GB education 217 2 7,024
44 Jinan University 🇨🇳 CN education 213 1 14,479
45 Peking University 🇨🇳 CN education 210 7 13,118
46 Guangdong University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 207 2 12,270
47 King Saud University 🇸🇦 SA education 205 3 4,785
48 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement 🇫🇷 FR government 204 0 6,267
49 Norwegian University of Science and Technology 🇳🇴 NO education 203 5 11,322
50 Instituto Español de Oceanografía 🇪🇸 ES government 203 3 15,327