Marine Pollution Bulletin

Top Research Topics at Marine Pollution Bulletin?

Marine Pollution Bulletin focuses on Environmental chemistry, Oceanography, Ecology, Sediment and Pollution. It explores topics in Environmental chemistry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Seawater, Contamination, Environmental engineering and Pollutant. Some problems in Oceanography that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Abundance (ecology) and Mediterranean sea.

The studies in Ecology featured incorporate elements of Zoology and Fishery. The journal addresses concerns in Sediment which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Hydrology, Estuary and Organic matter. The journal is focused mainly on Hydrology, particularly Water quality.

Studies on Pollution discussed in it link to the field of Environmental protection.

• Environmental chemistry (21.60%)
• Oceanography (20.67%)
• Ecology (18.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Microplastics in the marine environment (2798 citations)
• Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: a review. (2204 citations)
• The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review. (2149 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Marine Pollution Bulletin:

The journal articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Environmental chemistry, Ecology, Oceanography, Sediment and Pollution. The featured Environmental chemistry studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Environmental engineering but also cover areas of interest in Petroleum. Zoology and Fishery are some topics wherein Ecology research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Ecology
• Internal medicine
• World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Marine Pollution Bulletin are Environmental chemistry, Sediment, Oceanography, Microplastics and Pollution. In addition to Environmental chemistry research, Marine Pollution Bulletin aims to explore topics under Seawater, Contamination and Pollutant. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Sediment, it also covered topics in Hydrology, Estuary, Bay and Benthic zone.

Oceanography research featured in Marine Pollution Bulletin incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Abundance (ecology), Phytoplankton and Ecosystem. The subject of Fishery, which is connected to the field of Litter, serves as the foundation of the Microplastics research featured in Marine Pollution Bulletin. The study on Plastic pollution presented in Marine Pollution Bulletin intersects with the topics under Marine debris.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment. (37 citations)
• 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. (26 citations)
• Abandoned Covid-19 personal protective equipment along the Bushehr shores, the Persian Gulf: An emerging source of secondary microplastics in coastlines. (14 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Marine Pollution Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

• Shinsuke Tanabe (106 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Brian Morton (94 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Michael Elliott (77 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Charles Sheppard (71 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Robin J. Law (71 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Marine Pollution Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (429 papers) published 36 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
• City University of Hong Kong (266 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
• Ocean University of China (242 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (197 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• James Cook University (170 papers) published 28 papers at the last edition, 21 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 3.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.37% of all publications and 63.57% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.