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Universitat de Barcelona

Microplastic research output and top contributors from Universitat de Barcelona.

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126
Papers
2
Tier 1 Papers
10,041
Citations
70% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 38 papers list Universitat de Barcelona as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal 21
Miquel Canals 20
Oriol Rius-Ayra 13
Núria Llorca-Isern 12
Jordi Sierra 9
William P. de Haan 9
Odei Garcia‐Garin 8
Alisiya Biserova-Tahchieva 7
Ostin Garcés-Ordóñez 7
Asunción Borrell 6
Elisenda Ballesté 5
Marc Ruiz-Sagalés 4
Julia Nieto-Sandoval 4
Luis Cardona Pascual 4
Asunción Borrell 3
Carme Sans 3
Anhua Ren 3
Leidy M. Castro-Rosero 3
Francesc Sabater 3
Álex Aguilar 3
Morgana Vighi 3
Javier Méndez 3
Cristina García‐Aljaro 3
Antoni Calafat 3
Massimiliano Drago 2
Henar Margenat 2
M. Gažo 2
Esther Martí 2
Elena Sorribes 2
Raül Ramos 2
Oriol Uviedo 2
Galderic Lastras 2
Joan Gomà 2
Maria Dolores Molina 2
Alfonso Ferrández‐Roldán 2
Cristian Cañestro 2
Ricard Albalat 2
Alex Darío Aguilar 2
Hongxia Liang 2
Marc Cerdà-Domènech 2
F. Lucena 2
Núria Ferrer 2
Jordi Sierra 2
Edoardo Barbieri 2
Fernanda Gonzalez-Saldias 2
Victor Sansa-López 2
Alessandra Cani 1
Núria Viladrich 1
Alba Hernández 1
Pere Monràs-Riera 1

Top Papers

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Plastic debris in the open ocean
2014 Tier 2 2,990 citations
The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris
2014 Tier 2 1,868 citations
Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea
2015 Tier 2 741 citations
Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins
2014 Tier 2 678 citations
The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers
2021 Tier 2 342 citations
Floating microplastics and aggregate formation in the Western Mediterranean Sea
2019 Tier 2 232 citations
Microplastics composition and load from three wastewater treatment plants discharging into Mersin Bay, north eastern Mediterranean Sea
2019 Tier 2 206 citations
The imprint of microfibres in southern European deep seas
2018 Tier 2 201 citations
Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics
2021 Tier 2 165 citations
The quest for seafloor macrolitter: a critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects
2020 Tier 2 164 citations
Microplastics from headwaters to tap water: occurrence and removal in a drinking water treatment plant in Barcelona Metropolitan area (Catalonia, NE Spain)
2021 Tier 2 161 citations
Trace analysis of polystyrene microplastics in natural waters
2019 Tier 2 133 citations
Microplastic fluxes in a large and a small Mediterranean river catchments: The Têt and the Rhône, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea
2020 Tier 2 127 citations
Microplastics levels, size, morphology and composition in marine water, sediments and sand beaches. Case study of Tarragona coast (western Mediterranean)
2021 Tier 2 123 citations
Beached microplastics in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea
2019 Tier 2 122 citations
Detection limits are central to improve reporting standards when using Nile red for microplastic quantification
2020 Tier 2 101 citations
A systematic review on microplastic pollution in water, sediments, and organisms from 50 coastal lagoons across the globe
2022 Tier 1 89 citations
Levels of microplastics and their characteristics in molluscs from North-West Mediterranean Sea: Human intake
2022 Tier 2 84 citations
Screening of microplastics in water and sludge lines of a drinking water treatment plant in Catalonia, Spain
2022 Tier 2 77 citations
Microplastic pollution in water, sediments and commercial fish species from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta lagoon complex, Colombian Caribbean
2022 Tier 2 76 citations
Boops boops as a bioindicator of microplastic pollution along the Spanish Catalan coast
2019 Tier 2 74 citations
Tracing the fate of microplastic in wastewater treatment plant: A multi-stage analysis of treatment units and sludge
2023 Tier 2 60 citations
A robust and anticorrosion non-fluorinated superhydrophobic aluminium surface for microplastic removal
2020 Tier 2 58 citations
No evidence of microplastics in Antarctic fur seal scats from a hotspot of human activity in Western Antarctica
2020 Tier 2 53 citations
Marine biofouling organisms on beached, buoyant and benthic plastic debris in the Catalan Sea
2022 Tier 2 52 citations
Detection of faecal bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in biofilms attached to plastics from human-impacted coastal areas
2022 Tier 2 51 citations
Superhydrophobic and Sustainable Nanostructured Powdered Iron for the Efficient Separation of Oil-in-Water Emulsions and the Capture of Microplastics
2020 Tier 2 51 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
Sub-micro- and nano-sized polyethylene terephthalate deconstruction with engineered protein nanopores
2023 Tier 2 45 citations
Waste-based nanoarchitectonics with face masks as valuable starting material for high-performance supercapacitors
2022 Tier 2 45 citations
Removal of dyes, oils, alcohols, heavy metals and microplastics from water with superhydrophobic materials
2022 Tier 2 41 citations
Paddle surfing for science on microplastic pollution
2019 Tier 2 40 citations
Assessment of organophosphate flame retardants in Mediterranean Boops boops and their relationship to anthropization levels and microplastic ingestion
2020 Tier 2 39 citations
Extraction of microplastic from marine sediments: A comparison between pressurized solvent extraction and density separation
2021 Tier 2 34 citations
Seasonal variation in plastic litter pollution in mangroves from two remote tropical estuaries of the Colombian Pacific
2023 Tier 2 32 citations
Microplastics throughout a tap water supply network
2021 Tier 2 31 citations
Microplastic distribution and their abundance along rivers are determined by land uses and sediment granulometry
2024 Tier 2 29 citations
Transport and accumulation of floating marine litter in the Black Sea: insights from numerical modeling
2023 Tier 2 29 citations
Superhydrophobic PDMS coated 304 stainless-steel mesh for the removal of HDPE microplastics
2022 Tier 2 28 citations
Do whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) larvae show adaptive variation in the avoidance of microplastic ingestion?
2020 Tier 2 27 citations
Superhydrophobic 304 Stainless Steel Mesh for the Removal of High-Density Polyethylene Microplastics
2022 Tier 2 24 citations
Increasing risk of invasions by organisms on marine debris in the Southeast coast of India
2023 Tier 2 23 citations
Superhydrophobic cotton fabrics for effective removal of high-density polyethylene and polypropylene microplastics: Insights from surface and colloidal analysis
2023 Tier 2 23 citations
Floating microplastic loads in the nearshore revealed through citizen science
2022 Tier 2 21 citations
Monitoring plastic pollution using bioindicators: a global review and recommendations for marine environments
2024 Tier 20 citations
A baseline assessment of the relationship between microplastics and plasticizers in sediment samples collected from the Barcelona continental shelf
2022 Tier 2 20 citations
Surface-functionalised materials for microplastic removal
2021 Tier 2 20 citations
Floating Microplastics in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneities
2017 Tier 2 20 citations
Durable Superhydrophobic Coating for Efficient Microplastic Removal
2021 Tier 2 18 citations
Superhydrophobic and nanostructured CuFeCo powder alloy for the capture of microplastics
2021 Tier 2 18 citations