This animated infographic summarizes a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited microplastics papers, published between 2008 and 2022, and cited 113,160 times in total. Together, these studies show how microplastics research has moved from documenting marine pollution toward addressing human exposure, health relevance, and the analytical challenge of reliable detection.
Infographic: Lessons from the Top 100 Microplastics Papers
How has microplastics research evolved, who is at the forefront, and where is scientific attention shifting?
