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Loughborough University

Microplastic research output and top contributors from Loughborough University.

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66
Papers
1
Tier 1 Papers
1,737
Citations
76% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 16 papers list Loughborough University as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Daniel R. Parsons 14
Joanna E. Bullard 9
Thomas H. Stanton 7
Samuel P. Davis 4
Zhaoxia Zhou 4
Christopher A.G. Halliwell 4
Kenny Jolley 4
Keith Yendall 4
M.R.J. Elsegood 4
Antonio Fernández 4
Eugénie Hunsicker 4
Mansoor Ahmad Bhat 3
Barry H. Lomax 3
William MacNaughtan 3
Mark Platt 3
Lucrecia Alvarez Barrantes 3
Marcus Pollard 3
Fiona L. Hatton 3
Harry McGowan 2
Steph Forrester 2
Tanja Radu 2
Gary N. Parkinson 2
J. McMahon 2
Daniel P. Longman 1
Lucrecia Alvarez Barrantes 1
Paul Roach 1
R. M. Dorrell 1
Paul Kay 1
Catherine Russell 1
Paul Fleming 1
Kate L. Mathers 1
Paul Fleming 1
Megan M. Trusler 1
Rachel L. Gomes 1
Edwin Baynes 1
Tincuta Heinzel 1
Jinju Chen 1
Matthew F. Johnson 1
C. Paul Nathanail 1
Christel Prudhomme 1
Mansoor Ahmad Bhat 1
Daniel R. Parsons 1
Isabelle Finlay 1
Lucrecia Alvarez‐Barrantes 1
Lucrecia Alvarez Barrantes 1
Pat Roach 1
Ignacio Martín-Fabiani 1
A.K Higgins 1
Paul J. Wood 1
Jae-Hwi Pak 1

Top Papers

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Freshwater and airborne textile fibre populations are dominated by ‘natural’, not microplastic, fibres
2019 Tier 2 364 citations
Preferential transport of microplastics by wind
2020 Tier 2 258 citations
Plastic in global rivers: are floods making it worse?
2020 Tier 2 183 citations
Freshwater microplastic concentrations vary through both space and time
2020 Tier 2 160 citations
Distribution, sources, migration, influence and analytical methods of microplastics in soil ecosystems
2022 Tier 2 126 citations
Human Perceptions of Recycled Textiles and Circular Fashion: A Systematic Literature Review
2020 Tier 2 116 citations
Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity
2023 Tier 2 72 citations
A Tunable Three-Dimensional Printed Microfluidic Resistive Pulse Sensor for the Characterization of Algae and Microplastics
2020 Tier 2 63 citations
Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems: sources, transport, fate, mitigation, and remediation strategies
2025 Tier 2 52 citations
Breakdown and Modification of Microplastic Beads by Aeolian Abrasion
2022 Tier 2 45 citations
Plastic pollution in riverbeds fundamentally affects natural sand transport processes
2023 Tier 2 35 citations
Enabling the Polymer Circular Economy: Innovations in Photoluminescent Labeling of Plastic Waste for Enhanced Sorting
2022 Tier 35 citations
Microplastic trapping efficiency and hydrodynamics in model coral reefs: A physical experimental investigation
2023 Tier 2 30 citations
The potential of converting plastic waste to 3D printed products in Sub-Saharan Africa
2023 Tier 30 citations
Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution
2023 Tier 24 citations
Natural Fibers: Why Are They Still the Missing Thread in the Textile Fiber Pollution Story?
2024 Tier 23 citations
The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia
2024 Tier 2 21 citations
Microplastics pollution in sediments of the Thames and Medway estuaries, UK: Organic matter associations and predominance of polyethylene
2024 Tier 2 18 citations
Co-contaminant risks in water reuse and biosolids application for agriculture
2025 Tier 2 10 citations
A Simple and Sequential Strategy for the Introduction of Complexity and Hierarchy in Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework (HOF) Crystals for Environmental Applications
2024 Tier 2 9 citations
Rivers as microplastic factories
2025 Tier 2 8 citations
Microplastic pollution in salt marsh and urban tributary sediment cores of the River Thames estuary, UK: Spatial and temporal accumulation trends
2024 Tier 2 8 citations
RETRACTED ARTICLE: An in-depth study of dust samples reveals microplastic (MP) contamination in indoor commercial markets
2025 Tier 2 6 citations
Characterization of a novel amidohydrolase with promiscuous esterase activity from a soil metagenomic library and its application in degradation of amide herbicides
2024 Tier 2 6 citations
Insights into technical challenges in the field of microplastic pollution through the lens of early career researchers (ECRs) and a proposed pathway forward
2023 Tier 2 6 citations
Impact of size and UV-ageing of polystyrene nanoparticles on copper(ii) adsorption: kinetics and isotherms in aquatic environments
2024 Tier 4 citations
Wind erosion of microplastics from soils: linking soil surface properties with microplastic flux
2020 Tier 2 4 citations
Macroplastic surface characteristics change during wind abrasion
2025 Tier 2 3 citations
A Simple and Sequential Strategy for the Introduction of Complexity and Hierarchy in Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework (HOF) Crystals for Environmental Applications
2024 Tier 2 3 citations
Influence of microplastics on small-scale soil surface roughness and implications for wind transport of microplastic particles
2025 Tier 2 2 citations
Wind erosion of microplastics from soils: implications for microplastic dispersal and distribution
2020 Tier 2 2 citations
H omo sapiens , industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis
2025 Tier 2 1 citations
The effects of sediment properties on the aeolian abrasion and surface characteristics of microplastics
2025 Tier 2 1 citations
A comparison of two rotational traction test devices for artificial turf
2025 Tier 2 1 citations
The effects of sediment properties on the aeolian abrasion and surface characteristics of microplastics
2025 Tier 2 1 citations
Towards a Circular Economy for Plastic Food Packaging: Wear Assessment of Polyethylene Terephthalate
2025 Tier 1 citations
The use of ATR-FTIR to track the degradation of single-use polystyrene cup lids during 24 months of temperate outdoor exposure
2025 Tier 1 citations
A simple and Sequential Strategy for the Introduction of Complexity and Hierarchy in Hydrogen-bonded Organic Framework (HOF) Crystals for Environmental Applications
2024 Tier 2 1 citations
Author Correction: Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity
2023 Tier 2 1 citations
Paradise lost: Microplastic pollution on a remote coral island, Vietnam
2023 Tier 2 1 citations
A Tunable 3D Printed Microfluidic Resistive Pulse Sensor for the Characterisation of Algae and Microplastics
2020 Tier 2 1 citations
A Tunable 3D Printed Microfluidic Resistive Pulse Sensor for the Characterisation of Algae and Microplastics
2020 Tier 2 1 citations
Physical degradation and element adhesion: The critical influence of sediment grain size on plastics
2026 Tier 2
Geometric Form and Density Govern Microplastic Particle Kinetics During Aeolian Transport
2026 Tier 2
Microplastic emissions and degradation mechanisms, in artificial turf systems – analytical detection and future directions
2026 Tier
Outpaced by Industry: Industrial Environments Reduce Endurance, With Implications for Evolutionary Fitness
2026 Tier 1
Retraction Note: An in-depth study of dust samples reveals microplastic (MP) contamination in indoor commercial markets
2025 Tier 2
Modelling the transport and deposition of sediment-microplastics fluxes in a braided river, using Delft3D
2025 Tier 2
Rethinking plastic as a habitat modifier and a transport vector for organisms in aquatic environments
2025 Tier 2
Letter to the Editor: Misclassification of fibres in Ramage et al. (2025) and implications for microplastics research
2025 Tier 3