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Water Research
Microplastic research output and top contributing countries for Water Research.
661
Papers
5
Tier 1 Papers
70,845
Citations
61
Countries
Publication Trend
Top Countries (61)
| Country | Papers |
|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 China | 418 |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 65 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 51 |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | 44 |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 42 |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 30 |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 24 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 18 |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | 16 |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 16 |
| 🇭🇰 HK | 16 |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 15 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 14 |
| 🇫🇷 France | 13 |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 9 |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 7 |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 7 |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | 6 |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | 6 |
| 🇮🇳 India | 6 |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 5 |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 5 |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 5 |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | 4 |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 4 |
| 🇧🇼 BW | 4 |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 4 |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 3 |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 3 |
| 🇮🇷 Iran | 3 |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 3 |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 3 |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 2 |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 2 |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | 2 |
| 🇱🇰 LK | 2 |
| 🇲🇴 MO | 2 |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 2 |
| 🇷🇼 RW | 2 |
| 🇸🇮 SI | 2 |
| 🇹🇳 TN | 2 |
| 🇳🇵 NP | 1 |
| 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1 |
| 🇵🇦 PA | 1 |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 1 |
| 🇮🇶 IQ | 1 |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 1 |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 1 |
| 🇧🇯 BJ | 1 |
| 🇦🇪 AE | 1 |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 1 |
| 🇪🇪 EE | 1 |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1 |
| 🇸🇰 SK | 1 |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1 |
| 🇿🇼 ZW | 1 |
| 🇨🇾 CY | 1 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1 |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 1 |
| 🇲🇻 MV | 1 |
| 🇰🇵 KP | 1 |
Top Papers
top 50 of 661 by citations
Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs
2015
2,541 citations
Microplastics in freshwaters and drinking water: Critical review and assessment of data quality
2019
2,298 citations
Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection
2017
2,136 citations
Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal
2019
1,846 citations
Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants
2016
1,704 citations
Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies
2017
1,450 citations
Identification of microplastic in effluents of waste water treatment plants using focal plane array-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging
2016
1,413 citations
Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics
2017
1,317 citations
Analysis of microplastics in water by micro-Raman spectroscopy: Release of plastic particles from different packaging into mineral water
2017
1,299 citations
Occurrence, identification and removal of microplastic particles and fibers in conventional activated sludge process and advanced MBR technology
2018
1,240 citations
Removal of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water by adsorption: Role of PFAS chain length, effect of organic matter and challenges in adsorbent regeneration
2019
1,082 citations
Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China
2018
1,001 citations
Tire wear particles in the aquatic environment - A review on generation, analysis, occurrence, fate and effects
2018
944 citations
Small-sized microplastics and pigmented particles in bottled mineral water
2018
936 citations
Identification of microplastics using Raman spectroscopy: Latest developments and future prospects
2018
936 citations
Interaction of toxic chemicals with microplastics: A critical review
2018
875 citations
Quantification of microplastic mass and removal rates at wastewater treatment plants applying Focal Plane Array (FPA)-based Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) imaging
2018
834 citations
Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill: A source of microplastics? -Evidence of microplastics in landfill leachate
2019
827 citations
How well is microlitter purified from wastewater? – A detailed study on the stepwise removal of microlitter in a tertiary level wastewater treatment plant
2016
750 citations
Selective enrichment of bacterial pathogens by microplastic biofilm
2019
678 citations
Nano/microplastics in water and wastewater treatment processes – Origin, impact and potential solutions
2019
624 citations
Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps
2018
619 citations
Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments
2021
583 citations
Long-term phototransformation of microplastics under simulated sunlight irradiation in aquatic environments: Roles of reactive oxygen species
2020
580 citations
Visible-light-driven removal of tetracycline antibiotics and reclamation of hydrogen energy from natural water matrices and wastewater by polymeric carbon nitride foam
2018
571 citations
Export of microplastics from land to sea. A modelling approach
2017
568 citations
Spatiotemporal distribution and annual load of microplastics in the Nakdong River, South Korea
2019
556 citations
Chemical composition and ecotoxicity of plastic and car tire rubber leachates to aquatic organisms
2019
545 citations
Microplastic abundance, characteristics, and removal in wastewater treatment plants in a coastal city of China
2019
480 citations
Pigments and plastic in limnetic ecosystems: A qualitative and quantitative study on microparticles of different size classes
2016
480 citations
Analysis of polyethylene microplastics in environmental samples, using a thermal decomposition method
2015
450 citations
High temperature depended on the ageing mechanism of microplastics under different environmental conditions and its effect on the distribution of organic pollutants
2020
439 citations
Filtration of microplastic spheres by biochar: removal efficiency and immobilisation mechanisms
2020
430 citations
A critical review of interactions between microplastics, microalgae and aquatic ecosystem function
2020
412 citations
Removal of microplastics in municipal sewage from China's largest water reclamation plant
2019
398 citations
Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources
2020
387 citations
Exposure to microplastics (<10 μm) associated to plastic bottles mineral water consumption: The first quantitative study
2019
387 citations
Interactions between nano/micro plastics and suspended sediment in water: Implications on aggregation and settling
2019
362 citations
Enhancement in adsorption potential of microplastics in sewage sludge for metal pollutants after the wastewater treatment process
2019
353 citations
Removal of microplastics from secondary wastewater treatment plant effluent by coagulation/flocculation with iron, aluminum and polyamine-based chemicals
2020
340 citations
Drinking plastics? – Quantification and qualification of microplastics in drinking water distribution systems by µFTIR and Py-GCMS
2020
316 citations
Evidence of selective enrichment of bacterial assemblages and antibiotic resistant genes by microplastics in urban rivers
2020
313 citations
The ecology of the plastisphere: Microbial composition, function, assembly, and network in the freshwater and seawater ecosystems
2021
311 citations
An environmental concentration of aged microplastics with adsorbed silver significantly affects aquatic organisms
2020
311 citations
Leachate from microplastics impairs larval development in brown mussels
2016
308 citations