Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review
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LanguageEnglish
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DOI (url)
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Publication Date2011/12/01
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Indian UGC (journal)
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Refrences85
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Citations3,357
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Matthew Cole
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Pennie Lindeque
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Claudia Halsband
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Tamara S. Galloway
Journal Categories
Agriculture
Aquaculture
Fisheries
Angling
Geography
Anthropology
Recreation
Environmental sciences
Geography
Anthropology
Recreation
Oceanography
Science
Biology (General)
Science
Biology (General)
Ecology
Technology
Environmental technology
Sanitary engineering
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Refrences
| Title | Journal | Journal Categories | Citations | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic ingestion by mesopelagic fishes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre | Marine Ecology Progress Series |
| 283 | 2011 |
| Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition | Science of The Total Environment |
| 1,121 | 2011 |
| Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea | Environmental Pollution |
| 398 | 2011 |
| Plastic particles in coastal pelagic ecosystems of the Northeast Pacific ocean | Marine Environmental Research |
| 305 | 2011 |
| Microplastics in oceans | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| 83 | 2011 |
Refrences Analysis
The category
Science: Biology (General): Ecology 40
is the most frequently represented among the references in this article. It primarily includes studies from Marine Pollution Bulletin and Marine Environmental Research. The chart below illustrates the number of referenced publications per year.
Refrences used by this article by year
Citations
| Title | Journal | Journal Categories | Citations | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotransport of nanoplastics with nZnO in saturated porous media: From brackish water to seawater | Journal of Environmental Sciences |
| 2025 | |
Synthesis and characterization of polylactic acid‐lecithin‐starch bioplastic film | Journal of Applied Polymer Science |
| 2024 | |
Development of a machine‐learning model for microplastic analysis in an FT‐IR microscopy image | Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society |
| 2024 | |
Dietary partitioning among three cryptobenthic reef fish mesopredators revealed by visual analysis, metabarcoding of gut content, and stable isotope analysis | Environmental DNA |
| 2024 | |
A Multicompartment Assessment of Microplastic Contamination in Semi‐remote Boreal Lakes | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| 2024 |
Citations Analysis
The category
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences 2,351
is the most commonly referenced area in studies that cite this article. The first research to cite this article was titled Origin, dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters and was published in 2012. The most recent citation comes from a 2025 study titled Cotransport of nanoplastics with nZnO in saturated porous media: From brackish water to seawater. This article reached its peak citation in 2023, with 581 citations. It has been cited in 612 different journals, 21% of which are open access. Among related journals, the Marine Pollution Bulletin cited this research the most, with 447 citations. The chart below illustrates the annual citation trends for this article.