Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2021 Feb;163:111926. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111926. Epub 2020 Dec 18.
Identifying leading publications, authors, and countries in microplastic and nanoplastic research is beneficial for regulatory decisions, determining standardized research methodology, and solidifying definitions. Here, bibliometric analysis was performed using Web of Science's Core Collection to evaluate publication trends. A total of 3820 publications were downloaded and analyzed with the majority being journal articles. Since 2009, the number of publications has substantially increased. Results revealed that although the USA and China are the topmost publishing countries, two out of three of the top publishing institutions lie outside of these countries. The year with highest total number of citations was 2019 (42,000 citations), followed by 2018 (25,000 citations) and 2017 (13,000 citations). The journal Marine Pollution Bulletin published the highest number of records and included the top cited publications. Top publishing countries and the top cited publications and authors will likely pave the way for standardization in both microplastic and nanoplastic research.
确定微塑料和纳米塑料研究的主要出版物、作者和国家有助于监管决策、确定标准化的研究方法和巩固定义。在这里，使用 Web of Science 的核心合集进行了文献计量分析，以评估出版趋势。共下载了 3820 篇论文并进行了分析，其中大部分是期刊文章。自 2009 年以来，出版物的数量大幅增加。结果表明，尽管美国和中国是发表论文最多的国家，但排名前三的出版机构中有两家不在这两个国家。引用总数最高的年份是 2019 年（42000 次引用），其次是 2018 年（25000 次引用）和 2017 年（13000 次引用）。《海洋污染公报》发表的记录最多，包括被引最多的出版物。主要出版国家、被引最多的出版物和作者可能为微塑料和纳米塑料研究的标准化铺平道路。
