OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Pollution Bulletin is 64. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Catchment to sea connection: Impacts of terrestrial run-off on benthic ecosystems in American Samoa	218
Assessment of potential ecological risk of microplastics in the coastal sediments of India: A meta-analysis	215
Microplastics in marine biota: A review	210
Environmental impacts of desalination and brine treatment - Challenges and mitigation measures	206
Microplastics: An overview on separation, identification and characterization of microplastics	180
Estimating marine plastic pollution from COVID-19 face masks in coastal regions	171
Abandoned Covid-19 personal protective equipment along the Bushehr shores, the Persian Gulf: An emerging source of secondary microplastics in coastlines	156
Worldwide actions against plastic pollution from microbeads and microplastics in cosmetics focusing on European policies. Has the issue been handled effectively?	153
A review on microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment: Their occurrence, exposure routes, toxic studies, and potential effects on human health	151
Microplastics, microfibres and nanoplastics cause variable sub-lethal responses in mussels (Mytilus spp.)	151
Abundance, composition, and potential intake of microplastics in canned fish	143
What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment	141
The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on marine litter pollution along the Kenyan Coast: A synthesis after 100 days following the first reported case in Kenya	137
The past, present, and future of plastic pollution	135
Paint fragments as polluting microplastics: A brief review	111
A review of microplastic distribution in sediment profiles	109
Evolutionary game of inland shipping pollution control under government co-supervision	109
Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in Cox's Bazar, the longest natural beach in the world	107
Microplastics aged in various environmental media exhibited strong sorption to heavy metals in seawater	106
Characteristics and spatial distribution of microplastics in the lower Ganga River water and sediment	104
Ports' technical and operational measures to reduce greenhouse gas emission and improve energy efficiency: A review	100
First detection of microplastics in the freshwater of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area	95
Worldwide contamination of fish with microplastics: A brief global overview	94
Unregulated discharge of wastewater in the Mahanadi River Basin: Risk evaluation due to occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in surface water and sediments	87
Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in beach sediments of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	85

Transport mechanisms and fate of microplastics in estuarine compartments: A review	85
Microplastic and tire wear particle occurrence in fishes from an urban estuary: Influence of feeding characteristics on exposure risk	83
Degradation of plastics associated with the COVID-19 pandemic	82
Adsorption–desorption behavior of methylene blue onto aged polyethylene microplastics in aqueous environments	82
The impact of tourism on marine litter pollution on Santa Marta beaches, Colombian Caribbean	78
Microplastics pollution with heavy metals in the aquaculture zone of the Chao Phraya River Estuary, Thailand	78
Occurrence and abundance of meso and microplastics in sediment, surface waters, and marine biota from the South Pacific region	78
Are concentrations of pollutants in sharks, rays and skates (Elasmobranchii) a cause for concern? A systematic review	77
Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in sediments from the world's longest natural beach, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	76
Baseline assessment of microplastic concentrations in marine and freshwater environments of a developing Southeast Asian country, Viet Nam	76
Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediment residues of Mahanadi River Estuary: Abundance, source, and risk assessment	76
Degradation of bio-based and biodegradable plastics in a salt marsh habitat: Another potential source of microplastics in coastal waters	76
Face masks related to COVID-19 in the beaches of the Moroccan Mediterranean: An emerging source of plastic pollution	74
From nanoplastic to microplastic: A bibliometric analysis on the presence of plastic particles in the environment	73
Considerations on salts used for density separation in the extraction of microplastics from sediments	73
Biofilm growth on buoyant microplastics leads to changes in settling rates: Implications for microplastic retention in the Great Lakes	73
Occurrence, analysis and risk assessment of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in biota: A review	72
Quantitative and qualitative determination of microplastics in oyster, seawater and sediment from the coastal areas in Zhuhai, China	71
Distribution and characterization of microplastics in beach sediments from Karnataka (India) coastal environments	70
Characterization of microplastics in the water and sediment of Baram River estuary, Borneo Island	70
Evaluation of heavy metal contamination and groundwater quality along the Red Sea coast, southern Saudi Arabia	70
An assessment of microplastic inputs into the aquatic environment from wastewater streams	69
Microplastic pollution in surface seawater and beach sand from the shore of Rayong province, Thailand: Distribution, characterization, and ecological risk assessment	69
Functionalization of remote sensing and on-site data for simulating surface water dissolved oxygen: Development of hybrid tree-based artificial intelligence models	69
Characterization of microplastics in mangrove sediment of Muara Angke Wildlife Reserve, Indonesia	68
Climate change impacts on pollutants mobilization and interactive effects of climate change and pollutants on toxicity and bioaccumulation of pollutants in estuarine and marine biota and linkage to se	68
Identification and distribution of microplastics in the sediments and surface waters of Anzali Wetland in the Southwest Caspian Sea, Northern Iran	67
Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastic in surface water of tropical estuary: Case study in Benoa Bay, Bali, Indonesia	67
Microplastics ingestion by blue panchax fish (Aplocheilus sp.) from Ciliwung Estuary, Jakarta, Indonesia	67
Microplastic ingestion by pelagic and benthic fish and diet composition: A case study in the NW Iberian shelf	66
Morphological description of microplastic particles for environmental fate studies	65
Floating marine litter detection algorithms and techniques using optical remote sensing data: A review	65
Fine polystyrene microplastics render immune responses more vulnerable to two veterinary antibiotics in a bivalve species	65
Microparticles and microplastics contamination in African table salts	65
Reusable masks for COVID-19: A missing piece of the microplastic problem during the global health crisis	64
Investigation on microplastic pollution of Dongting Lake and its affiliated rivers	64
Transfer dynamics of macroplastics in estuaries – New insights from the Seine estuary: Part 2. Short-term dynamics based on GPS-trackers	64
Microplastic ingestion in important commercial fish in the southern Caspian Sea	64
Policy responses to reduce single-use plastic marine pollution in the Caribbean	64