OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Pollution Bulletin is 63. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario	478
Catchment to sea connection: Impacts of terrestrial run-off on benthic ecosystems in American Samoa	217
The fate of microplastic in marine sedimentary environments: A review and synthesis	193
Microplastic contamination in east Antarctic sea ice	169
Environmental impacts of desalination and brine treatment - Challenges and mitigation measures	163
Microplastics in marine biota: A review	160
Assessment of potential ecological risk of microplastics in the coastal sediments of India: A meta-analysis	158
Estimating marine plastic pollution from COVID-19 face masks in coastal regions	156
Membrane bioreactor and rapid sand filtration for the removal of microplastics in an urban wastewater treatment plant	153
Abandoned Covid-19 personal protective equipment along the Bushehr shores, the Persian Gulf: An emerging source of secondary microplastics in coastlines	141
What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment	132
Microplastics, microfibres and nanoplastics cause variable sub-lethal responses in mussels (Mytilus spp.)	131
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	126
Abundance, composition, and potential intake of microplastics in canned fish	126
Microplastics: An overview on separation, identification and characterization of microplastics	126
Macro-, meso- and microplastic debris in the beaches of Tuticorin district, Southeast coast of India	124
Worldwide actions against plastic pollution from microbeads and microplastics in cosmetics focusing on European policies. Has the issue been handled effectively?	122
Quantification of microplastics using Nile Red in two bivalve species Perna viridis and Meretrix meretrix from three estuaries in Pondicherry, India and microplastic uptake by local communities throug	112
Investigation of the toxic effects of different polystyrene micro-and nanoplastics on microalgae Chlorella vulgaris by analysis of cell viability, pigment content, oxidative stress and ultrastructural	112
Microplastic accumulation in deep-sea sediments from the Rockall Trough	112
Concentration and adsorption of Pb and Cu in microplastics: Case study in aquatic environment	109
A review on microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment: Their occurrence, exposure routes, toxic studies, and potential effects on human health	109
Presence of microplastics in water, sediments and fish species in an urban coastal environment of Fiji, a Pacific small island developing state	108
Mysterious oil spill in the Atlantic Ocean threatens marine biodiversity and local people in Brazil	100
An assessment of microplastics in the ecosystem and selected commercially important fishes off Kochi, south eastern Arabian Sea, India	99

First evidence of microplastics bioaccumulation by marine organisms in the Port Blair Bay, Andaman Islands	96
Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in Cox's Bazar, the longest natural beach in the world	94
Evolutionary game of inland shipping pollution control under government co-supervision	93
A review of microplastic distribution in sediment profiles	88
Microplastics and accumulated heavy metals in restored mangrove wetland surface sediments at Jinjiang Estuary (Fujian, China)	87
Paint fragments as polluting microplastics: A brief review	86
Microplastics aged in various environmental media exhibited strong sorption to heavy metals in seawater	85
The importance of contamination control in airborne fibers and microplastic sampling: Experiences from indoor and outdoor air sampling in Aveiro, Portugal	83
The past, present, and future of plastic pollution	82
Bioremediation as a promising strategy for microplastics removal in wastewater treatment plants	82
Heavy metals contamination of sedimentary microplastics in Hong Kong	80
First detection of microplastics in the freshwater of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area	77
Worldwide contamination of fish with microplastics: A brief global overview	77
Mysterious oil spill along Brazil's northeast and southeast seaboard (2019–2020): Trying to find answers and filling data gaps	77
Organic contaminants sorbed to microplastics affect marine medaka fish early life stages development	77
Ports' technical and operational measures to reduce greenhouse gas emission and improve energy efficiency: A review	77
Characteristics and spatial distribution of microplastics in the lower Ganga River water and sediment	75
Microplastics on sandy beaches of the southern Baltic Sea	75
Riverine microplastic pollution matters: A case study in the Zhangjiang River of Southeastern China	74
Unregulated discharge of wastewater in the Mahanadi River Basin: Risk evaluation due to occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in surface water and sediments	73
Microplastic and tire wear particle occurrence in fishes from an urban estuary: Influence of feeding characteristics on exposure risk	73
Polystyrene nanoplastics cause growth inhibition, morphological damage and physiological disturbance in the marine microalga Platymonas helgolandica	73
Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in aquatic sediments and freshwater fish caught from Thamirabarani River, the Western Ghats of South Tamil Nadu	72
Occurrence, distribution and composition of microplastics in the sediments of South Andaman beaches	72
Microplastics from effluents of sewage treatment works and stormwater discharging into the Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong	71
Microplastics in edible mussels from a southern Mediterranean lagoon: Preliminary results on seawater-mussel transfer and implications for environmental protection and seafood safety	70
Heavy metal concentrations in aquatic organisms (fishes, shrimp and crabs) and health risk assessment in China	70
Evaluation of the elemental pollution status of Jamaican surface sediments using enrichment factor, geoaccumulation index, ecological risk and potential ecological risk index	69
Degradation of plastics associated with the COVID-19 pandemic	69
Microplastics pollution with heavy metals in the aquaculture zone of the Chao Phraya River Estuary, Thailand	69
Occurrence and abundance of meso and microplastics in sediment, surface waters, and marine biota from the South Pacific region	68
The impact of tourism on marine litter pollution on Santa Marta beaches, Colombian Caribbean	67
Adsorption–desorption behavior of methylene blue onto aged polyethylene microplastics in aqueous environments	66
Prevalence of microplastic contamination in the digestive tract of fishes from mangrove ecosystem in Cispata, Colombian Caribbean	66
Are concentrations of pollutants in sharks, rays and skates (Elasmobranchii) a cause for concern? A systematic review	65
Face masks related to COVID-19 in the beaches of the Moroccan Mediterranean: An emerging source of plastic pollution	64
Considerations on salts used for density separation in the extraction of microplastics from sediments	64
Bioaccumulation of microplastics and its in vivo interactions with trace metals in edible oysters	64
Evaluation of heavy metal contamination and groundwater quality along the Red Sea coast, southern Saudi Arabia	63
Microplastics in sea-surface waters surrounding Sweden sampled by manta trawl and in-situ pump	63
Heavy metal pollution in the East China Sea: A review	63