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Imperial College London

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Microplastic research output and top contributors from Imperial College London.

141
Papers
1
Tier 1 Papers
8,340
Citations
82% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 26 papers list Imperial College London as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Stephanie Wright 26
Erik van Sebille 9
Joseph Levermore 7
Frank J. Kelly 6
Wright, Stephanie 4
Tetley, Teresa D. 4
Ian Mudway 4
Ouyang, Mengzheng 4
Blake, Henry 4
Leon Barron 4
Auyang, Eric 4
Nigel Graham 3
Mátyás Dabóczi 3
David C. Green 3
Nikolaos Voulvoulis 3
Koon‐Yang Lee 3
Cleo Jongedijk 3
Salvador Eslava 3
Yukari Ishikawa 2
Mark A. Sephton 2
Eric Auyang 2
Robert Shorten 2
Frédéric B. Piel 2
Fionn P.E. Dunne 2
Volker M. Arlt 2
Benjamin Barratt 2
Yubing Hu 2
Helena Rapp-Wright 2
Vivianne J. Goosens 2
Anja H. Tremper 2
Claire Hunt 2
Kenneth T. Walker 2
Tom Ellis 2
Periklis Pantazis 2
Daniel Valero 2
Matthew C. Fisher 2
Konstantinos Kalyviotis 2
Christopher J. Rowlands 2
Alexander Bismarck 2
Max Priestman 2
Ke Guo 2
Wenzhe Song 2
Jamie Meacham 2
Pavel Berloff 2
Jonathan S. Watson 2
M Elmi 1
Margaret J. Dallman 1
Timothy W. Gant 1
Diana Varaden 1
Teresa D. Tetley 1

Top Papers

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A global inventory of small floating plastic debris
2015 Tier 2 1,641 citations
Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing
2015 Tier 2 940 citations
Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment
2022 Tier 2 424 citations
All is not lost: deriving a top-down mass budget of plastic at sea
2017 Tier 2 375 citations
There's something in the air: A review of sources, prevalence and behaviour of microplastics in the atmosphere
2023 Tier 2 340 citations
The potential impacts of micro-and-nano plastics on various organ systems in humans
2023 Tier 2 297 citations
Plastic Pollution, Waste Management Issues, and Circular Economy Opportunities in Rural Communities
2021 Tier 2 291 citations
Microplastics in fish and fishmeal: an emerging environmental challenge?
2021 Tier 2 282 citations
Using Numerical Model Simulations to Improve the Understanding of Micro-plastic Distribution and Pathways in the Marine Environment
2017 Tier 2 248 citations
Anticyclonic eddies increase accumulation of microplastic in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre
2017 Tier 2 158 citations
Risk assessment of plastic pollution on marine diversity in the Mediterranean Sea
2019 Tier 2 154 citations
Modeling marine surface microplastic transport to assess optimal removal locations
2016 Tier 2 147 citations
Global Modeled Sinking Characteristics of Biofouled Microplastic
2021 Tier 2 144 citations
Sinking Organic Particles in the Ocean—Flux Estimates From in situ Optical Devices
2020 Tier 2 143 citations
Microplastic occurrence in settled indoor dust in schools
2021 Tier 2 121 citations
Toxicity of airborne particles—established evidence, knowledge gaps and emerging areas of importance
2020 Tier 2 115 citations
The power of synthetic biology for bioproduction, remediation and pollution control
2018 Tier 2 112 citations
Development of screening criteria for microplastic particles in air and atmospheric deposition: critical review and applicability towards assessing human exposure
2021 Tier 2 105 citations
Concept for a hyperspectral remote sensing algorithm for floating marine macro plastics
2017 Tier 2 93 citations
Evaluating alternatives to plastic microbeads in cosmetics
2020 Tier 2 87 citations
Interactive effects of warming and microplastics on metabolism but not feeding rates of a key freshwater detritivore
2019 Tier 2 82 citations
Global distribution of a chlorophyll <i>f</i> cyanobacterial marker
2020 Tier 2 79 citations
Crack nucleation using combined crystal plasticity modelling, high-resolution digital image correlation and high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction in a superalloy containing non-metallic inclusions under fatigue
2016 Tier 2 75 citations
Laboratory Measurements of the Wave‐Induced Motion of Plastic Particles: Influence of Wave Period, Plastic Size and Plastic Density
2020 Tier 2 72 citations
Development and application of a health-based framework for informing regulatory action in relation to exposure of microplastic particles in California drinking water
2022 Tier 2 71 citations
Synthetic biology tools for environmental protection
2023 Tier 2 66 citations
Dynamics of airborne microplastics, appraisal and distributional behaviour in atmosphere; a review
2021 Tier 2 66 citations
A year-long study of the occurrence and risk of over 140 contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater influent, effluent and receiving waters in the Republic of Ireland
2022 Tier 2 65 citations
Screening and prioritization of nano- and microplastic particle toxicity studies for evaluating human health risks – development and application of a toxicity study assessment tool
2022 Tier 2 62 citations
A review on methods for extracting and quantifying microplastic in biological tissues
2023 Tier 2 61 citations
Evaluating the impact of the documentary series <i> Blue Planet <scp>II</scp> </i> on viewers' plastic consumption behaviors
2020 Tier 1 61 citations
Self-pigmenting textiles grown from cellulose-producing bacteria with engineered tyrosinase expression
2024 Tier 2 55 citations
Co-exposure to polystyrene plastic beads and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminants in fish gill (RTgill-W1) and intestinal (RTgutGC) epithelial cells derived from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
2019 Tier 2 55 citations
Do contaminants compromise the use of recycled nutrients in organic agriculture? A review and synthesis of current knowledge on contaminant concentrations, fate in the environment and risk assessment
2023 Tier 2 51 citations
The effect of prior deformation on subsequent microplasticity and damage evolution in an austenitic stainless steel at elevated temperature
2013 Tier 2 50 citations
Spatial distribution of microplastics pollution in sediments and surface waters of the Aras River and reservoir: An international river in Northwestern Iran
2022 Tier 2 48 citations
Small-area methods for investigation of environment and health
2020 Tier 2 46 citations
Chemistry must respond to the crisis of transgression of planetary boundaries
2022 Tier 2 44 citations
Towards microplastics contribution for membrane biofouling and disinfection by-products precursors: The effect on microbes
2021 Tier 2 44 citations
Are microplastics bad for your health? More rigorous science is needed
2025 Tier 2 43 citations
Bacterial and fungal diversity in the gut of polystyrene-fed Alphitobius diaperinus (Insecta: Coleoptera)
2020 Tier 2 43 citations
The ocean plastic pollution challenge: towards solutions in the UK
2016 Tier 2 40 citations
Combined sewer overflows: relating event duration monitoring data to wastewater systems' capacity in England
2023 Tier 2 39 citations
The environmental impact and economic feasibility assessment of composite calcium alginate bioplastics derived from <i>Sargassum</i>
2023 Tier 2 35 citations
Nano- and microplastic PBK modeling in the context of human exposure and risk assessment
2024 Tier 2 33 citations
Release and intestinal translocation of chemicals associated with microplastics in an in vitro human gastrointestinal digestion model
2022 Tier 2 33 citations
‘Fetal side’ of the placenta: anatomical mis-annotation of carbon particle ‘transfer’ across the human placenta
2021 Tier 2 30 citations
Antagonistic Interactions between Benzo[a]pyrene and Fullerene (C60) in Toxicological Response of Marine Mussels
2019 Tier 2 28 citations
Fetus Exposure to Drugs and Chemicals: A Holistic Overview on the Assessment of Their Transport and Metabolism across the Human Placental Barrier
2024 Tier 2 26 citations
Micro- and nanoplastics concepts for particle and fibre toxicologists
2024 Tier 2 24 citations