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Universitat de Barcelona

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Microplastic research output and top contributors from Universitat de Barcelona.

132
Papers
2
Tier 1 Papers
12,229
Citations
67% of papers are collaborative — co-authored with researchers from other institutions. Only 44 papers list Universitat de Barcelona as the sole institution. How attribution works →

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Author Papers
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal 19
Miquel Canals 18
Oriol Rius-Ayra 13
Núria Llorca-Isern 12
Jordi Sierra 9
Odei Garcia‐Garin 9
William P. de Haan 8
Asunción Borrell 8
Alisiya Biserova-Tahchieva 7
Ostin Garcés-Ordóñez 6
Luís Cardona 5
Luis Cardona Pascual 4
Elisenda Ballesté 4
Massimiliano Drago 4
Francesc Sabater 4
Morgana Vighi 4
Álex Aguilar 4
Leidy M. Castro-Rosero 3
M. Gažo 3
Anhua Ren 3
Oriol Batalla 3
Antoni Calafat 3
Jordi Sierra 2
Henar Margenat 2
Edoardo Barbieri 2
Raül Ramos 2
Marc Ruiz-Sagalés 2
Alfonso Ferrández‐Roldán 2
Julia Nieto-Sandoval 2
Elena Sorribes 2
Núria Ferrer 2
Diego Rita 2
Fernanda Gonzalez-Saldias 2
Miriam Pérez-Cova 2
F. Lucena 2
Galderic Lastras 2
Oriol Uviedo 2
Esther Martí 2
Conxita Àvila 2
Cristina García‐Aljaro 2
David Reguera 2
Marc Cerdà-Domènech 2
Carme Sans 2
Cristian Cañestro 2
Ricard Albalat 2
Joan Gomà 2
Francisco Ramı́rez 2
Maria Dolores Molina 2
Javier Méndez 2
Victor Sansa-López 2

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
Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem
2010 Tier 2 849 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
Determination of hydroperoxides in foods and biological samples by the ferrous oxidation–xylenol orange method: A review of the factors that influence the method’s performance
2008 Tier 2 213 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
Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters
2019 Tier 2 192 citations
Research Priorities to Support Effective Manta and Devil Ray Conservation
2018 Tier 2 178 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
River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors
2017 Tier 2 156 citations
Happy Feet in a Hostile World? The Future of Penguins Depends on Proactive Management of Current and Expected Threats
2019 Tier 2 138 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
Antarctica and the strategic plan for biodiversity
2017 Tier 2 105 citations
Detection limits are central to improve reporting standards when using Nile red for microplastic quantification
2020 Tier 2 101 citations
Automatic detection and quantification of floating marine macro-litter in aerial images: Introducing a novel deep learning approach connected to a web application in R
2021 Tier 2 100 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
Have genetic targets for faecal pollution diagnostics and source tracking revolutionized water quality analysis yet?
2023 Tier 1 48 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
Guidelines for the purification and characterization of extracellular vesicles of parasites
2023 Tier 2 34 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
From radial to unidirectional water pumping in zeta-potential modulated Nafion nanostructures
2022 Tier 2 30 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
Multiple stressor effects on biological quality elements in the Ebro River: Present diagnosis and predicted responses
2018 Tier 2 29 citations