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Finnish Environment Institute

Microplastic research output and top contributors from Finnish Environment Institute.

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Tier 1 Papers
9,120
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87% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 11 papers list Finnish Environment Institute as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Outi Setälä 29
Maiju Lehtiniemi 27
Salla Selonen 19
Pinja Näkki 8
Julia Talvitie 8
Markus Sillanpää 7
Vili Saartama 6
Hermanni Kaartokallio 4
Raisa Turja 4
Jyri Seppälä 3
Erika Sainio 3
Kari K. Lehtonen 3
Kristiina Vuorio 3
Niina Kärkkäinen 2
Anna‐Kaisa Ronkanen 2
Mika Sillanpää 2
Venla Forsell 2
Anna Kangas 2
Stjepan Budimir 2
Costanza Scopetani 1
Tatu Martinmäki 1
Aino Ahvo 1
Jonna Piiparinen 1
Stephan Pflugmacher 1
Eeva Eronen‐Rasimus 1
L. Kauppi 1
Kerstin Magnusson 1
Kiia Silvennoinen 1
Susanna Horn 1
Kirsi Kuoppamäki 1
Heikki Setälä 1
Sanna Suikkanen 1
Hywel Lloyd 1
Emil Vahtera 1
Jani Salminen 1
Mika Sillanpää 1
Jyri Tirronniemi 1
Anna-Riina Mustonen 1
Jyri Tirroniemi 1
Pirjo Sainio 1
Fredrik Nor�n 1
Outi Set�l� 1
Jari-Pekka Pääkkönen 1
Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen 1
Igor Stelmach Pessi 1
Markus Sillanpää 1

Top Papers

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Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web
2013 Tier 2 1,567 citations
Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies
2017 Tier 2 1,450 citations
Occurrence, identification and removal of microplastic particles and fibers in conventional activated sludge process and advanced MBR technology
2018 Tier 2 1,240 citations
How well is microlitter purified from wastewater? – A detailed study on the stepwise removal of microlitter in a tertiary level wastewater treatment plant
2016 Tier 2 750 citations
Do wastewater treatment plants act as a potential point source of microplastics? Preliminary study in the coastal Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea
2015 Tier 2 492 citations
Feeding type affects microplastic ingestion in a coastal invertebrate community
2015 Tier 2 421 citations
Size matters more than shape: Ingestion of primary and secondary microplastics by small predators
2018 Tier 2 351 citations
Exploring the impacts of plastics in soil – The effects of polyester textile fibers on soil invertebrates
2019 Tier 2 266 citations
Release of polyester and cotton fibers from textiles in machine washings
2017 Tier 2 246 citations
Microplastic concentrations, size distribution, and polymer types in the surface waters of a northern European lake
2019 Tier 2 216 citations
Microplastics pollution in the Brahmaputra River and the Indus River of the Indian Himalaya
2021 Tier 2 195 citations
Distribution and abundance of surface water microlitter in the Baltic Sea: A comparison of two sampling methods
2016 Tier 2 177 citations
The quest for seafloor macrolitter: a critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects
2020 Tier 2 164 citations
Intercomparison study on commonly used methods to determine microplastics in wastewater and sludge samples
2019 Tier 2 154 citations
Bioturbation transports secondary microplastics to deeper layers in soft marine sediments of the northern Baltic Sea
2017 Tier 2 144 citations
Microplastics accumulate to thin layers in the stratified Baltic Sea
2020 Tier 2 119 citations
Exploring the impacts of microplastics and associated chemicals in the terrestrial environment – Exposure of soil invertebrates to tire particles
2021 Tier 2 113 citations
Quantification of different microplastic fibres discharged from textiles in machine wash and tumble drying
2020 Tier 2 105 citations
Seafloor sediments as microplastic sinks in the northern Baltic Sea – Negligible upward transport of buried microplastics by bioturbation
2019 Tier 2 98 citations
Microplastics in Marine Food Webs
2018 Tier 2 89 citations
Benthic fauna contribute to microplastic sequestration in coastal sediments
2021 Tier 2 75 citations
Microplastics, chlorpyrifos and their mixtures modulate immune processes in the terrestrial crustacean Porcellio scaber
2021 Tier 2 68 citations
Effective and easy to use extraction method shows low numbers of microplastics in offshore planktivorous fish from the northern Baltic Sea
2017 Tier 2 68 citations
The ability of selected filter materials in removing nutrients, metals, and microplastics from stormwater in biofilter structures
2021 Tier 2 55 citations
Validation of an imaging FTIR spectroscopic method for analyzing microplastics ingestion by Finnish lake fish (Perca fluviatilis and Coregonus albula)
2021 Tier 2 52 citations
Particle balance and return loops for microplastics in a tertiary-level wastewater treatment plant
2021 Tier 2 49 citations
The dangerous transporters: A study of microplastic-associated bacteria passing through municipal wastewater treatment
2022 Tier 2 46 citations
Historical and current occurrence of microplastics in water and sediment of a Finnish lake affected by WWTP effluents
2022 Tier 2 42 citations
Microplastic ingestion by small coastal fish in the northern Baltic Sea, Finland
2021 Tier 2 35 citations
Reproduction, growth and oxidative stress in earthworm Eisenia andrei exposed to conventional and biodegradable mulching film microplastics
2024 Tier 2 32 citations
Microlitter in sewage treatment systems
2016 Tier 2 32 citations
Modulation of chlorpyrifos toxicity to soil arthropods by simultaneous exposure to polyester microfibers or tire particle microplastics
2022 Tier 2 29 citations
Trophic transfer increases the exposure to microplastics in littoral predators
2023 Tier 2 28 citations
Strategy towards producing relevant and reliable data for the hazard assessment of micro- and nanoplastics in agricultural soils
2024 Tier 2 22 citations
The fate of microplastics from municipal wastewater in a surface flow treatment wetland
2023 Tier 2 21 citations
Microplastics originated from agricultural mulching films affect enchytraeid multigeneration reproduction and soil properties
2024 Tier 2 17 citations
Chemical leaching from polyethylene mulching films to soil in strawberry farming
2023 Tier 2 16 citations
Testing citizen science as a tool for monitoring surface water microplastics
2022 Tier 2 15 citations
Optical Monitoring of Microplastics Filtrated from Wastewater Sludge and Suspended in Ethanol
2021 Tier 2 15 citations
The second life of terrestrial and plastic carbon as nutritionally valuable food for aquatic consumers
2023 Tier 2 12 citations
Microbial plankton uptake enhances the degradation of a biodegradable microplastic
2025 Tier 2 5 citations
Traceability as an Enabler of Circular Economy in the Plastics Packaging Value Chain
2025 Tier 5 citations
Conventional and biodegradable agricultural microplastics: effects on soil properties and microbial functions across a European pedoclimatic gradient
2025 Tier 2 4 citations
A case study on microlitter and chemical contaminants: Assessing biological effects in the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic sea) using the mussel Mytilus trossulus as a bioindicator
2024 Tier 2 3 citations
Sublethal effects of microplastics sourced from polypropylene agricultural plastics on four soil invertebrate species
2025 Tier 2 2 citations
Microplastic Pollution via Wastewater Effluent and Sewage Sludge: Special Focus on Microplastic Fibres in Compost
2025 Tier 2 2 citations
Weak effects of conventional and biodegradable microplastics on marine microbial communities
2024 Tier 2 2 citations
Distribution of microplastics between ice and water in aquatic systems: The influence of particle properties, salinity and freshwater characteristics
2024 Tier 2 2 citations
Proposed synergies between oceanography and metrology
2023 Tier 2 2 citations
The Dangerous Transporters: Study of Microplastic-Associated Bacteria Passing Through Municipal Wastewater Treatment
2022 Tier 2 2 citations