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The University of Queensland

Microplastic research output and top contributors from The University of Queensland.

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163
Papers
1
Tier 1 Papers
15,732
Citations
89% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 18 papers list The University of Queensland as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Kevin V. Thomas 42
Elvis D. Okoffo 35
Cassandra Rauert 33
Francisca Ribeiro 12
Stacey O’Brien 9
Jake O’Brien 9
Sarit Kaserzon 8
Tania Toapanta 7
Stephen D. Burrows 7
Kevin Thomas 6
Saer Samanipour 5
Daniel Cozzolino 5
Kathy A. Townsend 5
Xianyu Wang 5
Jianhua Guo 4
Bronwyn Laycock 4
Yufei Pan 3
Peter J. Halley 3
Ke Shi 3
John F. Fraser 3
Jiuling Li 3
Alexander B. Stilgoe 3
Tao Liu 3
Benjamin J. Tscharke 3
Catherine M. Olsen 3
Rachel Ε. Neale 3
Stephanie Avery‐Gomm 3
Nathan P. Charlton 3
John M. Colwell 3
Gabriel E. De-la-Torre 2
Grace Davies 2
Adam Kolobaric 2
Louwrens C. Hoffman 2
Coral Jeffries 2
Ji Lu 2
Hongrui Fu 2
Susanne Schmidt 2
Jacky Y. Suen 2
Jianzheng Li 2
Sundaravelpandian Kalaipandian 2
Muxina Konarova 2
Paul Lant 2
Qamar Schuyler 2
Tianlong Zhang 2
Shaikh Sharif Hasan 2
Md. Aynul Bari 2
Sarker Masud Parvez 2
Yunqian Song 2
Yusuke Yamauchi 2
Steven Pratt 2

Top Papers

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Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution
2020 Tier 2,889 citations
Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future?
2018 Tier 2 1,264 citations
Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill
2018 Tier 2 965 citations
Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment
2020 Tier 2 890 citations
FTIR and Raman imaging for microplastics analysis: State of the art, challenges and prospects
2019 Tier 2 614 citations
Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization
2016 Tier 2 473 citations
There's something in the air: A review of sources, prevalence and behaviour of microplastics in the atmosphere
2023 Tier 2 340 citations
Accumulation and fate of nano- and micro-plastics and associated contaminants in organisms
2018 Tier 2 334 citations
Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife
2014 Tier 2 326 citations
Concentrations of Tire Additive Chemicals and Tire Road Wear Particles in an Australian Urban Tributary
2022 Tier 2 294 citations
Quantitative Analysis of Selected Plastics in High-Commercial-Value Australian Seafood by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
2020 Tier 2 278 citations
Mytilus spp. as sentinels for monitoring microplastic pollution in Norwegian coastal waters: A qualitative and quantitative study
2018 Tier 2 263 citations
Measuring particle size distribution and mass concentration of nanoplastics and microplastics: addressing some analytical challenges in the sub-micron size range
2021 Tier 2 242 citations
Airborne emissions of microplastic fibres from domestic laundry dryers
2020 Tier 2 234 citations
A quantitative analysis linking sea turtle mortality and plastic debris ingestion
2018 Tier 2 223 citations
Garbage in guano? Microplastic debris found in faecal precursors of seabirds known to ingest plastics
2018 Tier 2 219 citations
Ubiquity of polystyrene digestion and biodegradation within yellow mealworms, larvae of Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
2018 Tier 219 citations
The atmospheric microplastics deposition contributes to microplastic pollution in urban waters
2022 Tier 2 217 citations
A comparative review of microplastics in lake systems from different countries and regions
2021 Tier 2 206 citations
Activation of pyroptosis and ferroptosis is involved in the hepatotoxicity induced by polystyrene microplastics in mice
2021 Tier 2 205 citations
Microplastic pollution alters forest soil microbiome
2020 Tier 2 203 citations
Uptake and Depuration Kinetics Influence Microplastic Bioaccumulation and Toxicity in Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)
2018 Tier 2 192 citations
Microplastics in African ecosystems: Current knowledge, abundance, associated contaminants, techniques, and research needs
2020 Tier 2 189 citations
A review of environmental metabolism disrupting chemicals and effect biomarkers associating disease risks: Where exposomics meets metabolomics
2021 Tier 2 175 citations
Highest risk abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear
2021 Tier 2 164 citations
Quantitative analysis of nanoplastics in environmental and potable waters by pyrolysis-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
2023 Tier 2 154 citations
Weathering impacts the uptake of polyethylene microparticles from toothpaste in Mediterranean mussels (M. galloprovincialis)
2018 Tier 2 153 citations
Recommended best practices for plastic and litter ingestion studies in marine birds: Collection, processing, and reporting
2019 Tier 2 147 citations
Nano-plastics and their analytical characterisation and fate in the marine environment: From source to sea
2020 Tier 2 142 citations
Ocean plastic crisis—Mental models of plastic pollution from remote Indonesian coastal communities
2020 Tier 2 134 citations
Quantification of selected microplastics in Australian urban road dust
2021 Tier 2 123 citations
Plastic particles in soil: state of the knowledge on sources, occurrence and distribution, analytical methods and ecological impacts
2021 Tier 2 121 citations
Mechanistic toxicity assessment of differently sized and charged polystyrene nanoparticles based on human placental cells
2022 Tier 2 118 citations
A novel method for the quantification of tire and polymer-modified bitumen particles in environmental samples by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectroscopy
2021 Tier 2 108 citations
Challenges with Quantifying Tire Road Wear Particles: Recognizing the Need for Further Refinement of the ISO Technical Specification
2021 Tier 2 106 citations
Unraveling individual and combined toxicity of nano/microplastics and ciprofloxacin to Synechocystis sp. at the cellular and molecular levels
2021 Tier 2 105 citations
Microparticles and microplastics contamination in African table salts
2021 Tier 2 104 citations
Occurrence of tire and road wear particles in urban and peri-urban snowbanks, and their potential environmental implications
2022 Tier 2 103 citations
Mass quantification of microplastic at wastewater treatment plants by pyrolysis-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
2022 Tier 2 101 citations
Microplastics as potential carriers of viruses could prolong virus survival and infectivity
2022 Tier 2 89 citations
Pretreatment-free SERS sensing of microplastics using a self-attention-based neural network on hierarchically porous Ag foams
2024 Tier 2 86 citations
Microplastics in agroecosystems: A review of effects on soil biota and key soil functions
2022 Tier 2 79 citations
Retrieving back plastic wastes for conversion to value added petrochemicals: opportunities, challenges and outlooks
2023 Tier 75 citations
High abundance of microplastics in groundwater in Jiaodong Peninsula, China
2022 Tier 2 74 citations
Expanding exploration of dynamic microplastic surface characteristics and interactions
2020 Tier 2 74 citations
Anthropogenic Debris Ingestion by Avifauna in Eastern Australia
2016 Tier 2 71 citations
Analytical challenges and possibilities for the quantification of tire-road wear particles
2023 Tier 2 65 citations
Assessing the Efficacy of Pyrolysis–Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry for Nanoplastic and Microplastic Analysis in Human Blood
2025 Tier 2 64 citations
Determining the Contribution of Micro/Nanoplastics to Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Perspectives
2023 Tier 2 64 citations
Influence of surface oxidation on the quantification of polypropylene microplastics by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry
2021 Tier 2 64 citations