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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 1,829 37 111,926
2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 🇫🇷 FR government 1,130 4 70,128
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 CN education 789 22 59,262
4 Wageningen University & Research 🇳🇱 NL education 591 12 58,198
5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 🇨🇳 CN government 482 12 17,533
6 Zhejiang University 🇨🇳 CN education 472 1 21,199
7 East China Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 454 10 51,788
8 Nankai University 🇨🇳 CN education 430 3 22,061
9 Northwest A&F University 🇨🇳 CN education 426 19 25,312
10 Hohai University 🇨🇳 CN education 402 5 12,373
11 South China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 399 6 17,678
12 National Research Council 🇮🇹 IT nonprofit 397 6 18,559
13 Nanjing University 🇨🇳 CN education 395 8 33,151
14 Ocean University of China 🇨🇳 CN education 388 4 16,392
15 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 🇫🇷 FR government 367 4 23,167
16 Ministry of Natural Resources 🇨🇳 CN government 357 9 14,697
17 University of Bayreuth 🇩🇪 DE education 336 12 18,161
18 Tsinghua University 🇨🇳 CN education 335 3 19,591
19 University of Aveiro 🇵🇹 PT education 329 7 28,457
20 Tongji University 🇨🇳 CN education 319 5 24,020
21 Ministry of Ecology and Environment 🇨🇳 CN government 310 3 8,161
22 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences 🇨🇳 CN nonprofit 303 4 13,838
23 University of Toronto 🇨🇦 CA education 295 7 20,869
24 Beijing Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 288 9 13,960
25 University of Plymouth 🇬🇧 GB education 276 5 62,779
26 China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 272 8 13,610
27 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 🇨🇳 CN education 272 2 9,710
28 Shandong University 🇨🇳 CN education 272 2 13,500
29 Xiamen University 🇨🇳 CN education 271 4 9,488
30 Shanghai Ocean University 🇨🇳 CN education 266 4 12,543
31 Utrecht University 🇳🇱 NL education 265 0 27,677
32 King Saud University 🇸🇦 SA education 263 3 6,327
33 Tianjin University 🇨🇳 CN education 260 6 8,709
34 Technical University of Denmark 🇩🇰 DK education 254 2 17,034
35 University of Exeter 🇬🇧 GB education 249 4 50,240
36 Universidade do Porto 🇵🇹 PT education 247 5 19,453
37 Harbin Institute of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 245 3 6,628
38 City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 HK education 239 3 11,109
39 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement 🇫🇷 FR government 232 1 8,679
40 University of Birmingham 🇬🇧 GB education 231 4 8,599
41 Universidade de São Paulo 🇧🇷 BR education 230 5 9,577
42 Central South University 🇨🇳 CN education 229 1 8,110
43 Peking University 🇨🇳 CN education 228 8 13,500
44 Zhejiang University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 227 3 16,565
45 National University of Singapore 🇸🇬 SG education 225 5 13,818
46 Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 DE education 223 12 27,540
47 University of Naples Federico II 🇮🇹 IT education 223 1 5,232
48 Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences 🇨🇳 CN nonprofit 219 1 8,470
49 Hainan University 🇨🇳 CN education 218 2 7,975
50 Norwegian Institute for Water Research 🇳🇴 NO nonprofit 216 7 18,991