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Institution Rankings

Institutions ranked by microplastic research output — total papers, top-tier evidence, and citation impact.

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Rank Institution Country Type Papers Tier 1 Citations
201 Shanghai University 🇨🇳 CN education 95 0 3,379
202 Yonsei University 🇰🇷 KR education 95 0 4,156
203 Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology 🇻🇳 VN government 95 0 1,187
204 University of Manchester 🇬🇧 GB education 95 2 5,578
205 Queen's University Belfast 🇬🇧 GB education 94 1 4,609
206 University of Auckland 🇳🇿 NZ education 94 2 5,757
207 Universitat Politècnica de València 🇪🇸 ES education 94 0 1,805
208 Fujian Institute of Oceanography 🇨🇳 CN nonprofit 93 1 4,452
209 University of Leeds 🇬🇧 GB education 93 2 3,703
210 Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier 🇫🇷 FR education 93 0 7,281
211 Government College University, Faisalabad 🇵🇰 PK education 93 5 3,324
212 Lund University 🇸🇪 SE education 93 1 3,300
213 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology 🇯🇵 JP education 93 1 3,168
214 Guangxi Academy of Sciences 🇨🇳 CN government 93 1 4,332
215 Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées 🇫🇷 FR education 92 0 5,174
216 Kangwon National University 🇰🇷 KR education 92 1 2,093
217 Beijing University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 91 0 1,414
218 Carleton University 🇨🇦 CA education 90 0 5,938
219 University of the Basque Country 🇪🇸 ES education 90 0 2,131
220 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 BR education 90 2 816
221 Pusan National University 🇰🇷 KR education 89 1 1,365
222 Universidade Nova de Lisboa 🇵🇹 PT education 89 3 8,464
223 Manipal Academy of Higher Education 🇮🇳 IN education 89 3 1,778
224 Guilin University of Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 88 1 2,681
225 University of Genoa 🇮🇹 IT education 88 0 4,378
226 Sejong University 🇰🇷 KR education 88 0 3,445
227 Seoul National University 🇰🇷 KR education 87 1 3,485
228 Nanjing Tech University 🇨🇳 CN education 87 0 2,358
229 Xi'an Jiaotong University 🇨🇳 CN education 87 0 1,542
230 University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰 DK education 87 2 5,058
231 Memorial University of Newfoundland 🇨🇦 CA education 86 2 3,445
232 National University of Malaysia 🇲🇾 MY education 86 6 3,671
233 Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola 🇵🇪 PE education 86 1 4,291
234 Cornell University 🇺🇸 US education 86 2 3,351
235 Beijing University of Chemical Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 86 2 3,239
236 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 🇪🇸 ES government 86 1 6,002
237 Masaryk University 🇨🇿 CZ education 86 0 6,151
238 Université de Toulon 🇫🇷 FR education 86 0 4,415
239 University College Dublin 🇮🇪 IE education 86 6 11,512
240 The Ocean Cleanup 🇳🇱 NL nonprofit 85 0 16,682
241 University of Arizona 🇺🇸 US education 85 1 2,758
242 Huazhong University of Science and Technology 🇨🇳 CN education 85 2 2,579
243 Brno University of Technology 🇨🇿 CZ education 84 0 2,263
244 Hasanuddin University 🇮🇩 ID education 84 7 5,082
245 Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 🇧🇩 BD government 84 0 1,191
246 KTH Royal Institute of Technology 🇸🇪 SE education 84 0 5,023
247 Zhejiang A & F University 🇨🇳 CN education 84 1 6,252
248 Hong Kong Baptist University 🇭🇰 HK education 84 0 4,212
249 University of California, Davis 🇺🇸 US education 83 3 9,840
250 Technische Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 DE education 83 1 3,473