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Most cited papers from The Ocean Cleanup
What are the most cited papers from The Ocean Cleanup?
The most cited paper from The Ocean Cleanup is "River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans" (Laurent Lebreton, Joost van der Zwet, Jan-Willem Damsteeg et al., 2017), with 4,013 citations. Next come "Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution" (3,202) and "Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal" (2,329).
Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 36 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans Laurent Lebreton, Joost van der Zwet, Jan-Willem Damsteeg et al. · Nature Communications | 7 Jun 2017 | 4,013 |
| 2 | Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution Stephanie B. Borrelle, Jeremy L. Ringma, Kara Lavender Law et al. · Science | 17 Sep 2020 | 3,202 |
| 3 | Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal Laurent Lebreton, Anthony L. Andrady · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications | 11 Jan 2019 | 2,329 |
| 4 | Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic Laurent Lebreton, Boyan Slat, Francesco F. Ferrari et al. · Scientific Reports | 12 Mar 2018 | 1,840 |
| 5 | More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean Lourens J. J. Meijer, Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Ruud van der Ent et al. · Science Advances | 30 Apr 2021 | 1,426 |
| 6 | The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris Erik van Sebille et al. · Environmental Research Letters | 20 Jan 2020 | 995 |
| 7 | Methane Feedbacks to the Global Climate System in a Warmer World Joshua F. Dean, Jack J. Middelburg, Thomas Röckmann et al. · Reviews of Geophysics | 15 Feb 2018 | 669 |
| 8 | A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean Laurent Lebreton, Matthias Egger, Boyan Slat · Scientific Reports | 12 Sep 2019 | 576 |
| 9 | The vertical distribution of buoyant plastics at sea: an observational study in the North Atlantic Gyre Júlia Reisser, Boyan Slat, Kim Noble et al. · Biogeosciences | 26 Feb 2015 | 519 |
| 10 | An inshore–offshore sorting system revealed from global classification of ocean litter Carmen Morales‐Caselles et al. · Nature Sustainability | 10 Jun 2021 | 469 |
| 11 | Global diffusive fluxes of methane in marine sediments Matthias Egger, Natascha Riedinger, José Manuel Mogollón et al. · Nature Geoscience | 11 May 2018 | 376 |
| 12 | Toward the Integrated Marine Debris Observing System Nikolai Maximenko et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science | 28 Aug 2019 | 308 |
| 13 | The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean Shiye Zhao, Karin Kvale, Lixin Zhu et al. · Nature | 30 Apr 2025 | 291 |
| 14 | The effect of particle properties on the depth profile of buoyant plastics in the ocean Merel Kooi, Júlia Reisser, Boyan Slat et al. · Scientific Reports | 10 Oct 2016 | 291 |
| 15 | A Methodology to Characterize Riverine Macroplastic Emission Into the Ocean Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Thuy-Chung Kieu-Le, Michelle Loozen et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science | 17 Oct 2018 | 283 |
| 16 | Using Numerical Model Simulations to Improve the Understanding of Micro-plastic Distribution and Pathways in the Marine Environment Britta Denise Hardesty, Joseph Harari, Atsuhiko Isobe et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science | 31 Mar 2017 | 264 |
| 17 | Seasonality of riverine macroplastic transport Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Emilie Strady, Thuy-Chung Kieu-Le et al. · Scientific Reports | 19 Sep 2019 | 233 |
| 18 | First evidence of plastic fallout from the North Pacific Garbage Patch Matthias Egger, Fatimah Sulu‐Gambari, Laurent Lebreton · Scientific Reports | 6 May 2020 | 199 |
| 19 | Abundance of plastic debris across European and Asian rivers Caroline Jacoba van Calcar, Tim H. M. van Emmerik · Environmental Research Letters | Dec 2019 | 199 |
| 20 | Measuring Marine Plastic Debris from Space: Initial Assessment of Observation Requirements Víctor Martínez-Vicente et al. · Remote Sensing | 21 Oct 2019 | 195 |
| 21 | Pollutants in Plastics within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre Qiqing Chen, Júlia Reisser, Serena Cunsolo et al. · Environmental Science & Technology | 29 Nov 2017 | 191 |
| 22 | Automated River Plastic Monitoring Using Deep Learning and Cameras Colin van Lieshout, Kees van Oeveren, Tim H. M. van Emmerik et al. · Earth and Space Science | 28 Jul 2020 | 168 |
| 23 | Risk assessment of plastic pollution on marine diversity in the Mediterranean Sea Montserrat Compa, Carme Alomar, Chris Wilcox et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 25 Apr 2019 | 164 |
| 24 | Riverine plastic emission from Jakarta into the ocean Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Michelle Loozen, Kees van Oeveren et al. · Environmental Research Letters | 11 Jul 2019 | 158 |
| 25 | Sensing Ocean Plastics with an Airborne Hyperspectral Shortwave Infrared Imager Shungudzemwoyo P. Garaba, Jen Aitken, Boyan Slat et al. · Environmental Science & Technology | 25 Sep 2018 | 158 |
| 26 | Riverine Plastic Litter Monitoring Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Marlein Geraeds, Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Robin V. F. de Vries et al. · Remote Sensing | 30 Aug 2019 | 154 |
| 27 | First record of characterization, concentration and distribution of microplastics in coastal sediments of an urban fjord in south west Norway using a thermal degradation method Alessio Gomiero, Kjell Birger Øysæd, Thorleifur Ágústsson et al. · Chemosphere | 15 Apr 2019 | 151 |
| 28 | Seine Plastic Debris Transport Tenfolded During Increased River Discharge Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Romain Tramoy, Caroline Jacoba van Calcar et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science | 16 Oct 2019 | 147 |
| 29 | Microplastic sampling with the AVANI trawl compared to two neuston trawls in the Bay of Bengal and South Pacific Marcus Eriksen, Max Liboiron, Tim Kiessling et al. · Environmental Pollution | 29 Sep 2017 | 142 |
| 30 | Widespread energy limitation to life in global subseafloor sediments James Andrew Bradley, Sandra Arndt, Jan P. Amend et al. · Science Advances | 5 Aug 2020 | 134 |
| 31 | Nanomaterials for microplastic remediation from aquatic environment: Why nano matters? Pei Sean Goh, Hooi Siang Kang, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail et al. · Chemosphere | 26 Mar 2022 | 128 |
| 32 | Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre Laurent Lebreton, Sarah‐Jeanne Royer, Axel Peytavin et al. · Scientific Reports | Sep 2022 | 123 |
| 33 | Rapid Assessment of Floating Macroplastic Transport in the Rhine Paul Vriend, Caroline Jacoba van Calcar, Merel Kooi et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science | 27 Jan 2020 | 115 |
| 34 | Plastic photodegradation under simulated marine conditions Annalisa Delre, Maaike Goudriaan, Víctor Hernando‐Morales et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin | 12 Jan 2023 | 108 |
| 35 | Organoclastic sulfate reduction in the sulfate-methane transition of marine sediments Bo Barker Jørgensen, Felix Beulig, Matthias Egger et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | 20 Mar 2019 | 108 |
| 36 | Artificial light on water attracts turtle hatchlings during their near shore transit Michele Thums, Scott D. Whiting, Júlia Reisser et al. · Royal Society Open Science | May 2016 | 90 |
| 37 | Effect of Antimicrobial Therapy on Respiratory Hospitalization or Death in Adults With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Fernando J. Martínez et al. · JAMA | 11 May 2021 | 81 |
| 38 | Large variations in iron input to an oligotrophic Baltic Sea estuary: impact on sedimentary phosphorus burial Wytze K. Lenstra, Matthias Egger, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond et al. · Biogeosciences | 21 Nov 2018 | 75 |
| 39 | Exchange catalysis during anaerobic methanotrophy revealed by 12CH2D2 and 13CH3D in methane Jeanine L. Ash, Matthias Egger, Tina Treude et al. · Geochemical Perspectives Letters | Apr 2019 | 74 |
| 40 | Extent and reproduction of coastal species on plastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre Linsey E. Haram, James T. Carlton, Luca Centurioni et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution | 17 Apr 2023 | 72 |
| 41 | Manila River Mouths Act as Temporary Sinks for Macroplastic Pollution Tim H. M. van Emmerik, Justin van Klaveren, Lourens J. J. Meijer et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science | 7 Oct 2020 | 68 |
| 42 | Extracting DNA from ocean microplastics: a method comparison study Pavla Debeljak, Maria Pinto, Maíra Carneiro Proietti et al. · Analytical Methods | 21 Nov 2016 | 65 |
| 43 | Post-depositional formation of vivianite-type minerals alters sediment phosphorus records N. D. Dijkstra, Mathilde Hagens, Matthias Egger et al. · Biogeosciences | 12 Feb 2018 | 64 |
| 44 | The GDPR and unstructured data: is anonymization possible? Emily M. Weitzenboeck, Pierre Lison, Małgorzata Agnieszka Cyndecka et al. · International Data Privacy Law | 2 Mar 2022 | 63 |
| 45 | Concentration, anisotropic and apparent colour effects on optical reflectance properties of virgin and ocean-harvested plastics Shungudzemwoyo P. Garaba, Manuel Arias, Paolo Corradi et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials | 16 Oct 2020 | 62 |
| 46 | A spatially variable scarcity of floating microplastics in the eastern North Pacific Ocean Matthias Egger, Rein Nijhof, Lauren Quiros et al. · Environmental Research Letters | Nov 2020 | 59 |
| 47 | The status and fate of oceanic garbage patches Laurent Lebreton · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | 9 Nov 2022 | 58 |
| 48 | Quantifying Floating Plastic Debris at Sea Using Vessel-Based Optical Data and Artificial Intelligence Robin V. F. de Vries, Matthias Egger, Thomas Mani et al. · Remote Sensing | 27 Aug 2021 | 58 |
| 49 | Microplastics and anthropogenic fibre concentrations in lakes reflect surrounding land use Andrew J. Tanentzap, Samuel Cottingham, Jérémy André Fonvielle et al. · PLoS Biology | 14 Sep 2021 | 56 |
| 50 | Proof of concept for a new sensor to monitor marine litter from space Andrés Cózar, Manuel Arias, Giuseppe Suaria et al. · Nature Communications | 14 Jun 2024 | 53 |
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