Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, College of Resources and Environmental engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, PR China.
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
Waste Manag Res. 2024 Jul;42(7):511-519. doi: 10.1177/0734242X231190811. Epub 2023 Aug 9.
Soil microplastic pollution is currently a worldwide concern. Microplastics are organic pollutants that are abundant in the natural environment, are persistent and difficult to degrade and may endanger human health while harming the environment. This article offers a bibliometric analysis of the environmental behaviour of microplastics in soils, as well as a thorough statistical analysis of research goals and trends in this field. We conducted a thorough search of all relevant literature from 2012 to 2022 in the Web of Science core database. The data analysis shows that, starting in 2012, there has been an upward trend in the number of articles about soil microplastic pollution. It can also be seen that China is relatively ahead of the curve in this area of research, followed by the United Kingdom and the United States. This article also systematically describes the research hotspots in this field. The results show that the current research on soil microplastics is mainly focused on their identification, enrichment and toxicity, whereas studies on the migration and transformation of soil microplastics and the mechanism of interaction with other pollutants are still lacking. Our results provide ideas and prospects for future research in this field.
土壤微塑料污染目前是一个全球性的关注点。微塑料是在自然环境中大量存在的有机污染物，它们具有持久性和难以降解性，可能危害人类健康，同时对环境造成损害。本文对土壤中微塑料的环境行为进行了文献计量分析，并对该领域的研究目标和趋势进行了全面的统计分析。我们在 Web of Science 核心数据库中对 2012 年至 2022 年所有相关文献进行了全面检索。数据分析表明，自 2012 年以来，关于土壤微塑料污染的文章数量呈上升趋势。还可以看出，中国在这一研究领域相对领先，其次是英国和美国。本文还系统地描述了该领域的研究热点。结果表明，目前对土壤微塑料的研究主要集中在其识别、富集和毒性方面，而对土壤微塑料的迁移转化及其与其他污染物相互作用的机制的研究还比较缺乏。我们的研究结果为该领域的未来研究提供了思路和展望。
