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Scientific African

Microplastic research output and top contributing countries for Scientific African.

9
Papers
1
Tier 1 Papers
134
Citations
8
Countries

Publication Trend

Top Countries (8)

Country Papers
🇳🇬 Nigeria 4
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2
🇬🇭 GH 2
🇮🇳 India 2
🇿🇲 ZM 1
🇵🇭 Philippines 1
🇹🇿 TZ 1
🇨🇿 Czech Republic 1

Top Papers

top 9 of 9 by citations
Plastic pollution in the environment in Nigeria: A rapid systematic review of the sources, distribution, research gaps and policy needs
2022 39 citations
Consideration of emerging environmental contaminants in africa: Review of occurrence, formation, fate, and toxicity of plastic particles
2020 38 citations
Review on advances in toxic pollutants remediation by solid waste composting and vermicomposting
2024 23 citations
Crustacean nanochitosan-based bioremediation of nanoplastic-polluted aquatic habitat: A review pursuant to SDG 6
2023 13 citations
Plastic in the food chain: Investigating microplastic consumption by the blue-swimming crab (de Rochebrune, 1883) and shrimp (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) from an estuarine system in Ghana
2024 8 citations
Baseline characterisation of microplastics in surface water, sediment, and seafood from the Escravos Estuary, Nigeria
2025 7 citations
Assessment of microplastic-contaminated liver through gene expression profiling of four commercial fish species in the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria
2024 6 citations
Community knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards plastic pollution in Pujada Bay, Philippines: Relevance for UNESCO world heritage site nomination
2026
Ecological risk assessment of microplastics in urban farmland soils. A case of Mabibo Bonde la Mchicha Farm, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2026