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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 1,689 40 103,651
2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 🇫🇷 FR government 1,032 3 59,517
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 CN education 763 22 56,737
4 Wageningen University & Research 🇳🇱 NL education 602 9 56,208
5 East China Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 471 11 51,587
6 Nankai University 🇨🇳 CN education 458 4 21,618
7 Zhejiang University 🇨🇳 CN education 447 0 17,572
8 Northwest A&F University 🇨🇳 CN education 417 18 24,713
9 Nanjing University 🇨🇳 CN education 408 11 32,888
10 South China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 405 7 16,905
11 University of Bayreuth 🇩🇪 DE education 404 13 17,840
12 Hohai University 🇨🇳 CN education 392 5 12,063
13 Ocean University of China 🇨🇳 CN education 385 3 15,508
14 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 🇨🇳 CN government 380 12 15,058
15 Ministry of Ecology and Environment 🇨🇳 CN government 343 2 7,855
16 National Research Council 🇮🇹 IT nonprofit 333 3 15,012
17 Ministry of Natural Resources 🇨🇳 CN government 324 8 14,181
18 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 🇫🇷 FR government 317 3 18,174
19 Tongji University 🇨🇳 CN education 312 5 23,544
20 Tsinghua University 🇨🇳 CN education 306 3 17,081
21 University of Toronto 🇨🇦 CA education 305 7 22,698
22 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences 🇨🇳 CN nonprofit 299 4 12,926
23 Beijing Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 289 9 13,406
24 Xiamen University 🇨🇳 CN education 285 3 9,110
25 China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 284 9 13,013
26 Shandong University 🇨🇳 CN education 280 2 13,175
27 University of Aveiro 🇵🇹 PT education 276 5 24,406
28 Utrecht University 🇳🇱 NL education 271 0 25,876
29 University of Plymouth 🇬🇧 GB education 270 5 60,537
30 Tianjin University 🇨🇳 CN education 268 6 7,976
31 Shanghai Ocean University 🇨🇳 CN education 261 4 11,773
32 Norwegian Institute for Water Research 🇳🇴 NO nonprofit 259 6 18,120
33 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 🇨🇳 CN education 255 2 8,645
34 City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 HK education 248 4 10,679
35 Zhejiang University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 241 3 15,939
36 University of Exeter 🇬🇧 GB education 235 4 49,426
37 Technical University of Denmark 🇩🇰 DK education 233 2 14,041
38 Hainan University 🇨🇳 CN education 232 3 7,327
39 Universidade do Porto 🇵🇹 PT education 231 4 18,368
40 National University of Singapore 🇸🇬 SG education 226 4 10,971
41 Harbin Institute of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 224 4 6,422
42 University of Birmingham 🇬🇧 GB education 223 2 7,024
43 Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 DE education 223 11 23,496
44 Jinan University 🇨🇳 CN education 217 1 14,479
45 Peking University 🇨🇳 CN education 212 7 13,118
46 Guangdong University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 210 2 12,270
47 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement 🇫🇷 FR government 209 0 6,267
48 King Saud University 🇸🇦 SA education 207 3 4,785
49 Norwegian University of Science and Technology 🇳🇴 NO education 207 5 11,322
50 Sun Yat-sen University 🇨🇳 CN education 205 4 5,203