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University of California, Santa Barbara

Microplastic research output and top contributors from University of California, Santa Barbara.

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33
Papers
1
Tier 1 Papers
4,825
Citations
82% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 6 papers list University of California, Santa Barbara as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Mark A. Oakley Browne 5
Patricia A. Holden 4
Sangwon Suh 4
Roland Geyer 4
Arturo A. Keller 3
Timnit Kefela 3
Rebecca M. Reynolds 2
Jenna Gavigan 2
Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst 2
Eckart Meiburg 1
Dong Li 1
Jinsoo Bae 1
Paola Martinez 1
Christopher L. Jerde 1
Wei Li 1
Jono R. Wilson 1
Kathryn Shaffer 1
Gabriel Englander 1
Deok-Hoon Jeong 1
Alban Sauret 1
Diva J. Amon 1
Langqi Xing 1
Andrew J. Brooks 1
Brandon Kuczenski 1
David A. Siegel 1
Kaitlyn Landfield 1
Ana Sofía Guerra 1
Yuki Floyd 1
Terry Martin 1
Colleen Ahern 1
Paul Cook 1
Tina Tran 1
Yuki Floyd 1
James Bae 1
Kayla Marie Clemens 1
Eleanor Thomas 1
J.-B. Boutin 1
Ilan Macadam-Somer 1
Niko L. Hartline 1
Nicholas J. Bruce 1
Stephanie N. Karba 1
Elizabeth O. Ruff 1
Shreya U. Sonar 1
Mahdi M. Abu‐Omar 1
Michelle O’Malley 1
Zach Westman 1
Baoyuan Liu 1
Kelsey Richardson 1
Madeleine Davis 1
Dingyuan Lim 1

Top Papers

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A global inventory of small floating plastic debris
2015 Tier 2 1,641 citations
Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity
2013 Tier 2 1,120 citations
The ecological impacts of marine debris: unraveling the demonstrated evidence from what is perceived
2015 Tier 1 575 citations
Microfiber Masses Recovered from Conventional Machine Washing of New or Aged Garments
2016 Tier 436 citations
Sources and Pathways of Microplastics to Habitats
2015 Tier 2 264 citations
Highest risk abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear
2021 Tier 2 164 citations
Quantifying the Dynamics of Polystyrene Microplastics UV-Aging Process
2021 Tier 2 118 citations
Synthetic microfiber emissions to land rival those to waterbodies and are growing
2020 Tier 2 94 citations
Evaluation of microplastic ingestion by tropical fish from Moorea Island, French Polynesia
2019 Tier 2 83 citations
A Review of Environmental Pollution from the Use and Disposal of Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes: Contaminants, Sources, and Impacts
2021 Tier 2 73 citations
Predicting environmental concentrations of nanomaterials for exposure assessment - a review
2024 Tier 2 38 citations
Quantity and fate of synthetic microfiber emissions from apparel washing in California and strategies for their reduction
2022 Tier 2 37 citations
Degradation and lifetime prediction of plastics in subsea and offshore infrastructures
2023 Tier 2 35 citations
The global apparel industry is a significant yet overlooked source of plastic leakage
2024 Tier 32 citations
Elimination of microplastics, PFAS, and PPCPs from biosolids via pyrolysis to produce biochar: Feasibility and techno-economic analysis
2024 Tier 2 28 citations
The influence of complex matrices on method performance in extracting and monitoring for microplastics
2023 Tier 2 28 citations
Influence of Carboxylic Acid Structure on the Kinetics of Polyurethane Foam Acidolysis to Recycled Polyol
2024 Tier 17 citations
Matrix Matters: novel insights for the extraction, preparation, and quantitation of microplastics in a freshwater mesocosm study
2023 Tier 2 10 citations
Particulate suspension coating of capillary tubes
2022 Tier 2 10 citations
The Impact of Ecolabels and Green Taxes on Market Outcomes
2023 Tier 2 6 citations
Conceptual framework for identifying polymers of concern
2024 Tier 2 4 citations
What Do We Know About the Ecological Impacts of Microplastic Debris?
2016 Tier 2 4 citations
Out of sight, but not out of mind: Key issues regarding seafloor macrolitter monitoring
2025 Tier 3 citations
Socio-demographic patterning of urinary mono-ethyl phthalate levels among children and adults in the U.S. (1999–2018)
2024 Tier 2 citations
Detergent-mediated reduction of fiber fragment emissions during conventional machine laundering of textiles and garments
2025 Tier 2 1 citations
Long-range transport of oil by marine plastic debris: Evidence from an 8,500 km journey
2025 Tier 1 citations
What do we know about the ecological impacts of microplastic debris
2016 Tier 2 1 citations
Bacterial community colonization with minimal alteration of plastics in suboxic sediments from a marine methane seep
2026 Tier 2
Challenging Issues in Microplastic Transport by Submarine Turbidity Currents
2025 Tier 2
Repeated Pass Removal Survey for Estimating Land-Based Trash Abundance v1
2024 Tier 2
The global apparel industry: a significant, yet overlooked source of plastic leakage
2023 Tier 2
Larval Fish Habitat Brims with Plastic
2020 Tier 2