Bibliometric analysis of microplastics research: Advances and future directions (2020–2024)

IF 2.1 3区地球科学 Q2 OCEANOGRAPHY

Continental Shelf Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.csr.2024.105371

Zhilin Xing , Wenting Fu , Liangjie Li , Shan Wu

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Microplastics are a critical environmental concern due to their pervasive distribution and hazards. This study used Citespace software for a bibliometric analysis of microplastics research from 2020 to 2024, based on Web of Science papers. It covered sources, distribution, ecotoxicity, human health impacts, and mitigation measures. Findings showed a rapid increase in the number of related publications, with research focus gradually becoming more specialized, including advances in specific areas such as pollution status, ecotoxicology, detection technologies, and pollution control methods. Research focused on high plastic consumption regions like Europe, North America, and Asia, using innovative methods like high-throughput sequencing and nanotechnology. Keywords clustering identified primary research hotspots: microplastic pollution, ecotoxicity, pollution control, and human health impacts. Despite progress, challenges such as incomplete detection methods, the need for better risk assessment models, and improved pollution control technologies remain. This study offers insights and future research directions for microplastics pollution prevention and environmental protection.

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微塑料研究的文献计量分析：进展与未来方向（2020-2024）

微塑料由于其无处不在的分布和危害而成为一个严重的环境问题。本研究基于Web of Science论文，使用Citespace软件对2020年至2024年的微塑料研究进行了文献计量分析。它涵盖了来源、分布、生态毒性、对人类健康的影响和缓解措施。研究结果显示，相关出版物数量迅速增加，研究重点逐渐专业化，包括污染状况、生态毒理学、检测技术和污染控制方法等特定领域的进展。研究集中在欧洲、北美和亚洲等高塑料消费地区，使用了高通量测序和纳米技术等创新方法。关键词聚类确定了微塑料污染、生态毒性、污染控制、人体健康影响等主要研究热点。尽管取得了进展，但诸如检测方法不完整、需要更好的风险评估模型以及改进污染控制技术等挑战仍然存在。本研究为微塑料污染防治和环境保护提供了见解和未来的研究方向。

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Continental Shelf Research 地学-海洋学

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

4.30%

发文量

136

审稿时长

6.1 months

期刊介绍： Continental Shelf Research publishes articles dealing with the biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanography of the shallow marine environment, from coastal and estuarine waters out to the shelf break. The continental shelf is a critical environment within the land-ocean continuum, and many processes, functions and problems in the continental shelf are driven by terrestrial inputs transported through the rivers and estuaries to the coastal and continental shelf areas. Manuscripts that deal with these topics must make a clear link to the continental shelf. Examples of research areas include: Physical sedimentology and geomorphology Geochemistry of the coastal ocean (inorganic and organic) Marine environment and anthropogenic effects Interaction of physical dynamics with natural and manmade shoreline features Benthic, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology Coastal water and sediment quality, and ecosystem health Benthic-pelagic coupling (physical and biogeochemical) Interactions between physical dynamics (waves, currents, mixing, etc.) and biogeochemical cycles Estuarine, coastal and shelf sea modelling and process studies.