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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 1,642 37 103,646
2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 🇫🇷 FR government 990 3 59,517
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 CN education 742 20 56,737
4 Wageningen University & Research 🇳🇱 NL education 590 9 56,202
5 East China Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 461 11 51,587
6 Nankai University 🇨🇳 CN education 444 3 21,618
7 Zhejiang University 🇨🇳 CN education 421 0 17,572
8 Northwest A&F University 🇨🇳 CN education 399 16 24,713
9 South China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 392 6 16,905
10 Nanjing University 🇨🇳 CN education 391 8 32,888
11 University of Bayreuth 🇩🇪 DE education 390 12 17,832
12 Hohai University 🇨🇳 CN education 382 5 12,063
13 Ocean University of China 🇨🇳 CN education 371 3 15,508
14 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 🇨🇳 CN government 367 11 15,058
15 National Research Council 🇮🇹 IT nonprofit 326 3 15,012
16 Ministry of Ecology and Environment 🇨🇳 CN government 315 2 7,850
17 Ministry of Natural Resources 🇨🇳 CN government 312 8 14,181
18 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 🇫🇷 FR government 307 3 18,174
19 Tongji University 🇨🇳 CN education 301 4 23,544
20 University of Toronto 🇨🇦 CA education 292 7 22,698
21 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences 🇨🇳 CN nonprofit 288 3 12,926
22 Tsinghua University 🇨🇳 CN education 288 3 17,081
23 Xiamen University 🇨🇳 CN education 276 3 9,109
24 Beijing Normal University 🇨🇳 CN education 275 9 13,406
25 University of Aveiro 🇵🇹 PT education 272 5 24,380
26 University of Plymouth 🇬🇧 GB education 265 5 60,537
27 Utrecht University 🇳🇱 NL education 265 0 25,876
28 China Agricultural University 🇨🇳 CN education 262 8 13,012
29 Shandong University 🇨🇳 CN education 260 2 13,175
30 Shanghai Ocean University 🇨🇳 CN education 252 4 11,773
31 Tianjin University 🇨🇳 CN education 250 6 7,976
32 Norwegian Institute for Water Research 🇳🇴 NO nonprofit 250 6 18,120
33 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 🇨🇳 CN education 240 2 8,645
34 Zhejiang University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 235 3 15,939
35 University of Exeter 🇬🇧 GB education 232 4 49,426
36 City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 HK education 232 3 10,679
37 Technical University of Denmark 🇩🇰 DK education 230 1 14,041
38 Universidade do Porto 🇵🇹 PT education 227 4 18,368
39 National University of Singapore 🇸🇬 SG education 222 4 10,971
40 Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 DE education 216 11 23,496
41 Harbin Institute of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 215 4 6,422
42 Hainan University 🇨🇳 CN education 212 2 7,327
43 University of Birmingham 🇬🇧 GB education 211 2 7,024
44 Jinan University 🇨🇳 CN education 208 1 14,479
45 Guangdong University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 203 1 12,270
46 King Saud University 🇸🇦 SA education 202 3 4,785
47 Peking University 🇨🇳 CN education 202 7 13,118
48 Norwegian University of Science and Technology 🇳🇴 NO education 200 5 11,322
49 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement 🇫🇷 FR government 199 0 6,267
50 Instituto Español de Oceanografía 🇪🇸 ES government 199 2 15,296