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Plastic Litter

Plastic Litter is a type of solid waste material, distinguished by its synthetic polymer composition and persistence in the environment, that originates from human activities and is discarded or abandoned in terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems.

393

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39.2K

Citations

1.6K

Authors

612

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

322

Variants

Plastic Debris

Parents

Publications

393

Plastic debris in the open ocean

Andrés Cózar, Fidel Echevarrı́a, J. Ignacio González-Gordillo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

Nanna B. Hartmann, Thorsten Hüffer, Richard C. Thompson et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2019 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal

Laurent Lebreton, Anthony L. Andrady · Palgrave Communications · 2019 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Werner Kloas, Christiane Zarfl et al. · Global Change Biology · 2017 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Combined Effects of UV Exposure Duration and Mechanical Abrasion on Microplastic Fragmentation by Polymer Type

Young Kyoung Song, Sang Hee Hong, Mi Jang et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2017 · 1.5K citations

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Authors

1.6K

  1. MT
    Martín Thiel

    Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

    8 publications · 566 citations

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  2. FG
    François Galgani

    Ifremer, France

    7 publications · 1.7K citations

    8

    h-index

  3. KT
    Konstantinos Topouzelis

    University of the Aegean, Greece

    8 publications · 936 citations

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  4. MR
    Monia Renzi

    University of Trieste, Italy

    7 publications · 590 citations

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  5. SP
    Shungudzemwoyo P. Garaba

    Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany

    6 publications · 635 citations

    7

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Institutions

612

  1. Universidad de Cádiz

    Cadiz, Spain

    11 h-index

    32 publications

    16.6K citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of the Aegean

    Mytilene, Greece

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    9 h-index

    25 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    32 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. University of Plymouth

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    3.6K citations

  7. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

    Oldenburg, Germany

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Universidad Católica del Norte

    Antofagasta, Chile

    8 h-index

    39 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Pollution Bulletin

    67 publications · 3.6K citations

    38

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  2. The Science of The Total Environment

    18 publications · 1.6K citations

    17

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  3. Environmental Pollution

    18 publications · 2.1K citations

    17

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  4. Remote Sensing

    14 publications · 988 citations

    13

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  5. Frontiers in Marine Science

    10 publications · 469 citations

    11

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