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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 1,585 36 103,573
2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 🇫🇷 FR government 928 1 58,846
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 CN education 706 20 56,736
4 Wageningen University & Research 🇳🇱 NL education 571 9 56,196
5 East China Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 443 10 51,586
6 Nankai University 🇨🇳 CN education 423 3 21,615
7 Zhejiang University 🇨🇳 CN education 401 0 17,572
8 Northwest A&F University 🇨🇳 CN education 391 16 24,713
9 South China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 379 6 16,905
10 Nanjing University 🇨🇳 CN education 373 8 32,880
11 Hohai University 🇨🇳 CN education 370 5 12,063
12 University of Bayreuth 🇩🇪 DE education 366 12 17,832
13 Ocean University of China 🇨🇳 CN education 349 3 15,508
14 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 🇨🇳 CN government 349 11 15,058
15 National Research Council 🇮🇹 IT nonprofit 315 3 15,012
16 Ministry of Natural Resources 🇨🇳 CN government 303 8 14,154
17 Ministry of Ecology and Environment 🇨🇳 CN government 296 2 7,849
18 Tongji University 🇨🇳 CN education 293 4 23,542
19 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 🇫🇷 FR government 292 1 18,084
20 University of Toronto 🇨🇦 CA education 285 7 22,698
21 Tsinghua University 🇨🇳 CN education 276 3 17,055
22 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences 🇨🇳 CN nonprofit 271 3 12,925
23 University of Aveiro 🇵🇹 PT education 265 4 24,342
24 Xiamen University 🇨🇳 CN education 259 3 9,109
25 Beijing Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 259 9 13,377
26 University of Plymouth 🇬🇧 GB education 255 4 60,387
27 Utrecht University 🇳🇱 NL education 253 0 25,874
28 Shandong University 🇨🇳 CN education 249 2 13,175
29 Norwegian Institute for Water Research 🇳🇴 NO nonprofit 246 6 18,120
30 China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 245 8 13,011
31 Tianjin University 🇨🇳 CN education 238 6 7,975
32 Shanghai Ocean University 🇨🇳 CN education 236 4 11,772
33 University of Exeter 🇬🇧 GB education 231 4 49,425
34 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 🇨🇳 CN education 223 2 8,645
35 City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 HK education 223 3 10,678
36 Technical University of Denmark 🇩🇰 DK education 222 1 14,041
37 Zhejiang University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 220 3 15,933
38 Universidade do Porto 🇵🇹 PT education 216 4 18,343
39 Harbin Institute of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 209 3 6,422
40 National University of Singapore 🇸🇬 SG education 207 4 10,971
41 Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 DE education 202 11 23,495
42 University of Birmingham 🇬🇧 GB education 202 2 7,023
43 Hainan University 🇨🇳 CN education 200 2 7,315
44 Jinan University 🇨🇳 CN education 199 0 14,479
45 King Saud University 🇸🇦 SA education 198 3 4,785
46 Guangdong University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 197 1 12,270
47 Peking University 🇨🇳 CN education 195 7 13,118
48 Instituto Español de Oceanografía 🇪🇸 ES government 193 2 15,296
49 Vellore Institute of Technology University 🇮🇳 IN education 189 4 3,437
50 Universidade de São Paulo 🇧🇷 BR education 189 3 8,184