| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification | Environmental Science & Technology | 2012 | 3,396 |
| 2 | The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review | Environmental Pollution | 2013 | 2,920 |
| 3 | Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs | Water Research | 2015 | 1,836 |
| 4 | Occurrence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2013 | 1,447 |
| 5 | The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris | Royal Society Open Science | 2014 | 1,278 |
| 6 | Microplastics in the seas | Science | 2014 | 1,005 |
| 7 | Release of synthetic microplastic plastic fibres from domestic washing machines: Effects of fabric type and washing conditions | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2016 | 977 |
| 8 | Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms | Current Biology | 2013 | 805 |
| 9 | Enhanced desorption of persistent organic pollutants from microplastics under simulated physiological conditions | Environmental Pollution | 2014 | 800 |
| 10 | The current status and future focus of probiotic and prebiotic applications for salmonids | Aquaculture | 2010 | 747 |
| 11 | Adsorption of trace metals to plastic resin pellets in the marine environment | Environmental Pollution | 2012 | 745 |
| 12 | Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice | Earth's Future | 2014 | 720 |
| 13 | Characterisation, quantity and sorptive properties of microplastics extracted from cosmetics | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2015 | 635 |
| 14 | A review of bast fibres and their composites. Part 1 – Fibres as reinforcements | Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing | 2010 | 509 |
| 15 | On the quantity and composition of floating plastic debris entering and leaving the Tamar Estuary, Southwest England | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2014 | 502 |
| 16 | A review of combined wave and offshore wind energy | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2015 | 449 |
| 17 | Competitive sorption of persistent organic pollutants onto microplastics in the marine environment | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2012 | 412 |
| 18 | The ecological impacts of marine debris: unraveling the demonstrated evidence from what is perceived | Ecology | 2016 | 401 |
| 19 | Adaptive Neural Network Control of AUVs With Control Input Nonlinearities Using Reinforcement Learning | IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems | 2017 | 395 |
| 20 | Physiological Correlates of Geographic Range in Animals | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | 2011 | 350 |
| 21 | Relative importance of microplastics as a pathway for the transfer of hydrophobic organic chemicals to marine life | Environmental Pollution | 2016 | 348 |
| 22 | Degradation of plastic carrier bags in the marine environment | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2010 | 334 |
| 23 | The economics of wave energy: A review | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2015 | 331 |
| 24 | Evolution in an acidifying ocean | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 2014 | 324 |
| 25 | Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human population in a changing climate? | Global Environmental Change | 2012 | 322 |
| 26 | Synoptic relationships between surface Chlorophyll-<i>a</i> and diagnostic pigments specific to phytoplankton functional types | Biogeosciences | 2011 | 298 |
| 27 | Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Ocean | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2017 | 292 |
| 28 | Effects of mannan oligosaccharide (MOS) supplementation on growth performance, feed utilisation, intestinal histology and gut microbiota of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) | Aquaculture | 2010 | 279 |
| 29 | Using a forensic science approach to minimize environmental contamination and to identify microfibres in marine sediments | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2015 | 258 |
| 30 | Oxygen supply in aquatic ectotherms: Partial pressure and solubility together explain biodiversity and size patterns | Ecology | 2011 | 254 |
| 31 | Extreme wave activity during 2013/2014 winter and morphological impacts along the Atlantic coast of Europe | Geophysical Research Letters | 2016 | 248 |
| 32 | Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures | Coastal Engineering | 2014 | 247 |
| 33 | A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean | Ecological Modelling | 2010 | 246 |
| 34 | Identifying knowledge gaps hampering application of intertidal habitats in coastal protection: Opportunities & steps to take | Coastal Engineering | 2014 | 244 |
| 35 | Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory | Ecology | 2015 | 237 |
| 36 | Development and optimization of a standard method for extraction of microplastics in mussels by enzyme digestion of soft tissues | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | 2017 | 228 |
| 37 | A review of bast fibres and their composites. Part 2 – Composites | Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing | 2010 | 223 |
| 38 | Rip current types, circulation and hazard | Earth-Science Reviews | 2016 | 193 |
| 39 | The effect of Pediococcus acidilactici on the gut microbiota and immune status of on-growing red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) | Journal of Applied Microbiology | 2010 | 192 |
| 40 | Microplastics Affect the Ecological Functioning of an Important Biogenic Habitat | Environmental Science & Technology | 2017 | 184 |
| 41 | Atmospheric and oceanic climate forcing of the exceptional Greenland ice sheet surface melt in summer 2012 | International Journal of Climatology | 2014 | 182 |
| 42 | Marine litter education boosts children’s understanding and self-reported actions | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2015 | 176 |
| 43 | High CO2 and marine animal behaviour: Potential mechanisms and ecological consequences | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2012 | 175 |
| 44 | The extreme 2013/2014 winter storms: hydrodynamic forcing and coastal response along the southwest coast of England | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms | 2016 | 174 |
| 45 | Ionic transport features in concrete composites containing various shaped aggregates: a numerical study | Composite Structures | 2018 | 167 |
| 46 | Adaptation and acclimatization to ocean acidification in marine ectotherms: anin situtransplant experiment with polychaetes at a shallow CO2vent system | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 2013 | 165 |
| 47 | The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development | Nature Communications | 2015 | 165 |
| 48 | Ocean acidification can mediate biodiversity shifts by changing biogenic habitat | Nature Climate Change | 2017 | 164 |
| 49 | Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Consequences and Solutions | | 2015 | 162 |
| 50 | Air–water two-phase flow modelling of hydrodynamic performance of an oscillating water column device | Renewable Energy | 2012 | 159 |
