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Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

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Microplastics and Plastic Pollution is a topic indexed in PICO Portal from OpenAlex.

What is known about Microplastics and Plastic Pollution?

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This cluster of papers focuses on the production, use, fate, and environmental impact of microplastics in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. It covers topics such as sources, distribution, accumulation, ingestion by organisms, potential health effects, and waste management strategies for mitigating microplastic pollution.

How many works does Microplastics and Plastic Pollution have?

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Microplastics and Plastic Pollution has 184 works in the PICO Portal index. The count is the OpenAlex total, not the number of papers listed on this page.

What is the OpenAlex record for Microplastics and Plastic Pollution?

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The OpenAlex for Microplastics and Plastic Pollution is on the source record.

What are the most-cited papers on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution?

PICO Portalmost cited works
Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions
Rakesh Kumar, Anurag Verma, Arkajyoti Shome, Rama Sinha, Srishti Sinha, Prakash Kumar Jha, Ritesh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Shubham Shubham, Shreyas Das, Prabhakar Sharma, P. V. Vara Prasad
Sustainability. 20211,071 CitationsOPEN ACCESS
Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards
Ksenia J. Groh, Thomas Backhaus, Bethanie Carney Almroth, Birgit Geueke, Pedro A. Inostroza, Anna Lennquist, H.A. Leslie, Maricel V. Maffini, Daniel Slunge, Leonardo Trasande, Alyson Warhurst, Jane Muncke
The Science of The Total Environment. 2018889 CitationsOPEN ACCESS
Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risks assessment for the general population
Gea Oliveri Conti, Margherita Ferrante, Mohamed Bannı, Claudia Favara, Ilenia Nicolosi, Antonio Cristaldi, Maria Fiore, Pietro Zuccarello
Environmental Research. 2020820 CitationsOPEN ACCESS
Microplastics detected in cirrhotic liver tissue
Thomas Horvatits, Matthias Tamminga, Beibei Liu, Marcial Sebode, Antonella Carambia, Lutz Fischer, Klaus Püschel, Samuel Huber, Elke Kerstin Fischer
EBioMedicine. 2022725 CitationsOPEN ACCESS
Uptake, tissue distribution, and toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Jordan A. Pitt, Jordan S. Kozal, Nishad Jayasundara, Andrey Massarsky, Rafael Trevisan, Nick Geitner, Mark R. Wiesner, Edward D. Levin, Richard T. Di Giulio
Aquatic Toxicology. 2017643 Citations

Where is Microplastics and Plastic Pollution research published, and who funds it?

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TOP FUNDERS

National Science Foundation—
NIH—
Wellcome Trust—
European Research Council—
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How much of the research on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution is open access?

PICO Portalopen access share
47%OPEN ACCESS
Gold
27%
Green
7%
Hybrid
13%
Bronze
0%
Closed
53%

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