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University of Birmingham

Microplastic research output and top contributors from University of Birmingham.

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223
Papers
2
Tier 1 Papers
7,024
Citations
81% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 43 papers list University of Birmingham as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Stefan Krause 64
Iseult Lynch 52
Uwe Schneidewind 28
Stuart Harrad 22
Anna Kukkola 22
Holly Nel 20
Liam Kelleher 20
Mohamed Abou‐Elwafa Abdallah 20
Gregory H. Sambrook Smith 13
Jennifer Drummond 12
Reza Dehbandi 12
Lee Haverson 12
Zhiling Guo 9
Eugenia Valsami‐Jones 7
Zhibing Zhang 7
Stefan Krause 6
Katie Reilly 6
Daniele Baiocco 5
Deonie Allen 5
Muneera Al-Mansoori 5
Steve Allen 4
Hassan Khalid Ageel 4
Sophie Comer‐Warner 4
Simeon Onoja 4
Greg Sambrook Smith 4
Iseult Lynch 3
William A. Stubbings 3
Mohammad Wazne 3
Peng Zhang 3
Luisa Orsini 3
Fuad Alqrinawi 3
Helen Onyeaka 3
Adenike A. Akinsemolu 3
Ovokeroye A. Abafe 3
Grace Davies 3
Joseph Wood 3
Jingxi Jin 3
Tayebeh Soltanighias 3
Abubakar Umar 3
Jaswant Singh 3
Na Liu 2
Muhammad Abdullahi 2
Andrew J. Chetwynd 2
Valérie Ouellet 2
Anastasios G. Papadiamantis 2
Siddhant Pravin Bhutkar 2
Jon A. Preece 2
Soroosh Sharifi 2
Bruno Fraga 2
Semira Manaseki‐Holland 2

Top Papers

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Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils
2020 Tier 2 747 citations
Microplastics: An introduction to environmental transport processes
2017 Tier 2 676 citations
Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment
2022 Tier 2 424 citations
Reporting Guidelines to Increase the Reproducibility and Comparability of Research on Microplastics
2020 Tier 2 384 citations
Secreted protein eco-corona mediates uptake and impacts of polystyrene nanoparticles on Daphnia magna
2015 Tier 2 346 citations
Recycling of Bioplastics: Routes and Benefits
2020 Tier 2 342 citations
Abundance, Distribution, and Drivers of Microplastic Contamination in Urban River Environments
2018 Tier 2 328 citations
Occurrence, human exposure, and risk of microplastics in the indoor environment
2021 Tier 2 212 citations
Microplastic accumulation in riverbed sediment via hyporheic exchange from headwaters to mainstems
2022 Tier 2 188 citations
Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community?
2019 Tier 2 176 citations
Gathering at the top? Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs
2020 Tier 2 166 citations
Nano and microplastic interactions with freshwater biota – Current knowledge, challenges and future solutions
2021 Tier 2 160 citations
A mechanistic understanding of polyethylene biodegradation by the marine bacterium Alcanivorax
2022 Tier 134 citations
Current status and future perspectives of microplastic pollution in typical cryospheric regions
2022 Tier 2 120 citations
The potential for a plastic recycling facility to release microplastic pollution and possible filtration remediation effectiveness
2023 Tier 2 110 citations
Detection limits are central to improve reporting standards when using Nile red for microplastic quantification
2020 Tier 2 101 citations
Sedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea
2021 Tier 2 100 citations
Polymer nanoparticles pass the plant interface
2022 Tier 2 96 citations
Metal sorption onto nanoscale plastic debris and trojan horse effects in Daphnia magna: Role of dissolved organic matter
2020 Tier 2 92 citations
From marine to freshwater environment: A review of the ecotoxicological effects of microplastics
2023 Tier 2 80 citations
Closing the loop: A framework for tackling single-use plastic waste in the food and beverage industry through circular economy- a review
2024 Tier 78 citations
Beyond microbeads: Examining the role of cosmetics in microplastic pollution and spotlighting unanswered questions
2024 Tier 2 67 citations
The potential of micro- and nanoplastics to exacerbate the health impacts and global burden of non-communicable diseases
2024 Tier 2 65 citations
Stakeholder alliances are essential to reduce the scourge of plastic pollution
2023 Tier 2 63 citations
Microplastics in freshwater sediments: Analytical methods, temporal trends, and risk of associated organophosphate esters as exemplar plastics additives
2021 Tier 2 61 citations
Daphnia as a model organism to probe biological responses to nanomaterials—from individual to population effects via adverse outcome pathways
2023 Tier 2 59 citations
Polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles effect on RAW 264.7 macrophage cells
2022 Tier 2 55 citations
Recycling Technologies for Biopolymers: Current Challenges and Future Directions
2024 Tier 51 citations
Trends for the Thermal Degradation of Polymeric Materials: Analysis of Available Techniques, Issues, and Opportunities
2022 Tier 2 51 citations
A large-scale study of microplastic abundance in sediment cores from the UK continental shelf and slope
2022 Tier 2 51 citations
Prevailing impacts of river management on microplastic transport in contrasting US streams: Rethinking global microplastic flux estimations
2023 Tier 2 50 citations
Temporal Archive of Atmospheric Microplastic Deposition Presented in Ombrotrophic Peat
2021 Tier 2 50 citations
Transport and deposition of ocean-sourced microplastic particles by a North Atlantic hurricane
2023 Tier 2 49 citations
Microplastics and nanoplastics in agriculture—A potential source of soil and groundwater contamination?
2022 Tier 2 47 citations
Novel Insights into the Dermal Bioaccessibility and Human Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardant Additives in Microplastics
2023 Tier 2 46 citations
Hydrologic controls on the accumulation of different sized microplastics in the streambed sediments downstream of a wastewater treatment plant (Catalonia, Spain)
2021 Tier 2 46 citations
Colour and size influences plastic microbead underestimation, regardless of sediment grain size
2018 Tier 2 45 citations
Citizen science reveals microplastic hotspots within tidal estuaries and the remote Scilly Islands, United Kingdom
2020 Tier 2 44 citations
Ethyl Lactate Production from the Catalytic Depolymerisation of Post-consumer Poly(lactic acid)
2020 Tier 2 43 citations
Abundance, Distribution and Drivers of Microplastic Contaminant in Urban River Environments
2018 Tier 2 38 citations
Combined toxicity of perfluoroalkyl substances and microplastics on the sentinel species Daphnia magna: Implications for freshwater ecosystems
2024 Tier 2 37 citations
Microplastics in indoor air from Birmingham, UK: Implications for inhalation exposure
2024 Tier 2 37 citations
Assessment of human dermal absorption of flame retardant additives in polyethylene and polypropylene microplastics using 3D human skin equivalent models
2024 Tier 2 36 citations
Birds as bioindicators of plastic pollution in terrestrial and freshwater environments: A 30-year review
2024 Tier 2 36 citations
Effects of nanopolystyrene addition on nitrogen fertilizer fate, gaseous loss of N from the soil, and soil microbial community composition
2022 Tier 2 35 citations
Microplastic distribution and characteristics across a large river basin: Insights from the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA
2023 Tier 2 33 citations
Microplastics in urine, sputum and lung lavage fluid from patients with respiratory illnesses
2025 Tier 2 30 citations
Compounding one problem with another? A look at biodegradable microplastics
2024 Tier 2 29 citations
Microplastic accumulation in endorheic river basins – The example of the Okavango Panhandle (Botswana)
2023 Tier 2 29 citations
Can Current Regulations Account for Intentionally Produced Nanoplastics?
2022 Tier 2 27 citations