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Microplastics
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Microplastics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 954 10 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 35
Documents by Best Scientists*: 33
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 15
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.22
Impact Factor: 5.1

Top Publications

  • Quantification of Microplastics by Pyrolysis Coupled with Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry in Sediments: Challenges and Implications

    (2022)
    79 Citations
  • Nanoplastic Generation from Secondary PE Microplastics: Microorganism-Induced Fragmentation

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Modelling the Photodegradation of Marine Microplastics by Means of Infrared Spectrometry and Chemometric Techniques

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Promotion of DNA Adsorption onto Microplastics by Transition Metal Ions

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Microplastics’ Occurrence in Edible Fish Species (Mullus barbatus and M. surmuletus) from an Italian Marine Protected Area

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Quantification of Very Low Concentrations of Colloids with Light Scattering Applied to Micro(Nano)Plastics in Seawater

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Microplastics—A New Journal on the Environmental Challenges and Adverse Health Effects of Microplastics

    Nicolas Kalogerakis

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • The Effect of Weathering Conditions in Combination with Natural Phenomena/Disasters on Microplastics’ Transport from Aquatic Environments to Agricultural Soils

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Know What You Don’t Know: Assessment of Overlooked Microplastic Particles in FTIR Images

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • Prospective Investigation of Nanoplastic Accumulation in Healthy Subjects, Autoimmune Diseases, Hematological Malignancies, Lung Cancer, and Murine Models

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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