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Universidade de Vigo

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Microplastic research output and top contributors from Universidade de Vigo.

115
Papers
1
Tier 1 Papers
4,622
Citations
78% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 25 papers list Universidade de Vigo as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Top Authors

showing 50 of 123 affiliated authors
Author Papers
Ricardo Beiras 25
Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo 13
Jesús Simal‐Gándara 6
Luís André Mendes 6
Tania Tato 6
Jorge Domínguez 5
Elise Quigley 5
Sara López‐Ibáñez 5
David Gutiérrez 4
Olalla Alonso-López 4
A. Cid 4
Josefina Garrido 4
Alejandro Vilas 4
Iria Villar 4
B. Soto 4
Salustiano Mato 4
Juan C. Mejuto 3
Pedro Villanueva-Rey 3
Leticia Vidal-Liñán 3
Estefanía P. Pinto 3
Maria JI. Briones 3
Olga Carretero 3
Daniel Arenas-Lago 3
Filipe Laranjeiro 3
Estefanía Paredes 3
Víctor Hernando‐Morales 3
Gonzalo Astray 3
Pilar Feijóo 2
Vanesa Santás-Miguel 2
David Fernández‐Calviño 2
Jianbo Xiao 2
María Carpena 2
Aarón Lagoa 2
María Gómez‐Brandón 2
Pedro Campoy-López 2
Romina Álvarez‐Troncoso 2
Enrique Barreiro 2
Laura Bergantiños-Lillo 2
María J.I. Briones 2
Manuel Arias‐Estévez 2
Miguel A. Prieto 2
Rosa Pérez-Gregório 2
María Fernández-Míguez 2
Martiño Barreiro-Chapela 2
Raquel Rodríguez‐Fernández 1
R. Rial‐Otero 1
Inés M. Alonso‐Crespo 1
Maria Fraga‐Corral 1
L.R.F. Faro 1
Paz Otero 1

Top Papers

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Histopathological and molecular effects of microplastics in Eisenia andrei Bouché
2016 Tier 2 576 citations
Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU
2021 Tier 2 289 citations
Ingestion and contact with polyethylene microplastics does not cause acute toxicity on marine zooplankton
2018 Tier 2 218 citations
Leachates of micronized plastic toys provoke embryotoxic effects upon sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus
2019 Tier 2 198 citations
Potential Environmental and Human Health Risks Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (ARB), Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) and Emerging Contaminants (ECs) from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill
2021 Tier 2 185 citations
Aquatic toxicity of chemically defined microplastics can be explained by functional additives
2020 Tier 2 151 citations
Polystyrene microplastic particles in the food chain: Characteristics and toxicity - A review
2023 Tier 2 147 citations
Editorial: Impacts of Marine Litter
2019 Tier 3 135 citations
Organic contaminants sorbed to microplastics affect marine medaka fish early life stages development
2020 Tier 2 128 citations
Safer plant-based nanoparticles for combating antibiotic resistance in bacteria: A comprehensive review on its potential applications, recent advances, and future perspective
2022 Tier 2 122 citations
Currently monitored microplastics pose negligible ecological risk to the global ocean
2020 Tier 2 115 citations
Life cycle assessment of fish and seafood processed products – A review of methodologies and new challenges
2020 Tier 2 112 citations
Morphological and Physical Characterization of Microplastics
2016 Tier 2 112 citations
Plastic photodegradation under simulated marine conditions
2023 Tier 2 95 citations
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs
2022 Tier 2 91 citations
Chemicals sorbed to environmental microplastics are toxic to early life stages of aquatic organisms
2020 Tier 2 89 citations
Assessment of Toxicity and Biodegradability of Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Based Materials in Marine Water
2021 Tier 2 85 citations
Observations and idealized modelling of microplastic transport in estuaries: The exemplary case of an upwelling system (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain)
2020 Tier 2 72 citations
Addressing challenges and opportunities of the European seafood sector under a circular economy framework
2020 Tier 2 72 citations
Microplastics do not affect standard ecotoxicological endpoints in marine unicellular organisms
2019 Tier 2 72 citations
Microplastics do not increase toxicity of a hydrophobic organic chemical to marine plankton
2018 Tier 2 71 citations
Polyethylene microplastics do not increase bioaccumulation or toxicity of nonylphenol and 4-MBC to marine zooplankton
2019 Tier 2 70 citations
A stable isotope assay with 13C-labeled polyethylene to investigate plastic mineralization mediated by Rhodococcus ruber
2022 Tier 2 68 citations
The forgotten impacts of plastic contamination on terrestrial micro- and mesofauna: A call for research
2023 Tier 2 61 citations
Methods of soil sampling for microplastic analysis: a review
2023 Tier 2 55 citations
Modelling the distribution of microplastics released by wastewater treatment plants in Ria de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula)
2021 Tier 2 52 citations
Development of methods for extraction and analytical characterization of carbon-based nanomaterials (nanoplastics and carbon nanotubes) in biological and environmental matrices by asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation
2019 Tier 2 49 citations
The use of European shag pellets as indicators of microplastic fibers in the marine environment
2018 Tier 2 48 citations
A 2-Tier standard method to test the toxicity of microplastics in marine water using <i>Paracentrotus lividu</i>s and <i>Acartia clausi</i> larvae
2018 Tier 2 46 citations
A protocol for lixiviation of micronized plastics for aquatic toxicity testing
2023 Tier 2 44 citations
A nationwide monitoring of atmospheric microplastic deposition
2023 Tier 2 44 citations
Machine Learning to Predict the Adsorption Capacity of Microplastics
2023 Tier 2 44 citations
Pinostrobin alleviates testicular and spermatological damage induced by polystyrene microplastics in adult albino rats
2023 Tier 2 43 citations
Assessing the relationship between the abundance of microplastics in sediments, surface waters, and fish in the Iran southern shores
2021 Tier 2 42 citations
Myco-remediation of plastic pollution: current knowledge and future prospects
2023 Tier 2 39 citations
Where does marine litter hide? The Providencia and Santa Catalina Island problem, SEAFLOWER Reserve (Colombia)
2021 Tier 2 38 citations
Summarizing minimization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in thermally processed foods by different strategies
2022 Tier 2 36 citations
Harnessing photosynthetic microorganisms for enhanced bioremediation of microplastics: A comprehensive review
2024 Tier 2 35 citations
Photocatalytic processes as a potential solution for plastic waste management
2023 Tier 2 32 citations
Influence of microplastics on the toxicity of chlorpyrifos and mercury on the marine microalgae Rhodomonas lens
2022 Tier 2 32 citations
Achieving Sustainability of the Seafood Sector in the European Atlantic Area by Addressing Eco-Social Challenges: The NEPTUNUS Project
2022 Tier 2 32 citations
From the coast to the shelf: Microplastics in Rías Baixas and Miño River shelf sediments (NW Spain)
2020 Tier 2 32 citations
Microbial Degradation of Marine Plastics: Current State and Future Prospects
2021 Tier 2 31 citations
Occurrence and size distribution study of microplastics in household water from different cities in continental Spain and the Canary Islands
2023 Tier 2 28 citations
Comparative assessment of the acute toxicity of commercial bio-based polymer leachates on marine plankton
2024 Tier 2 27 citations
Effects of weathered polyethylene microplastic ingestion on sexual maturation, fecundity and egg quality in maturing broodstock Atlantic cod Gadus morhua
2023 Tier 2 26 citations
Microbiome dynamics of soils covered by plastic and bioplastic mulches
2023 Tier 2 25 citations
Microplastic interactions in the agroecosystems: methodological advances and limitations in quantifying microplastics from agricultural soil
2024 Tier 2 24 citations
The seasonal cycle of micro and meso-plastics in surface waters in a coastal environment (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain)
2021 Tier 2 24 citations
Assessment of Microplastic Pollution in River Ecosystems: Effect of Land Use and Biotic Indices
2024 Tier 2 22 citations