Standout Papers

Polystyrene microplastics... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Polystyrene microplastics induce gut microbiota dysbiosis and hepatic lipid metabolism disorder in mice
    2018 786 citations Lu Liang, Ting Luo et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  2. Impacts of polystyrene microplastic on the gut barrier, microbiota and metabolism of mice
    2018 783 citations Yuanxiang Jin, Lu Liang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Immediate Impact

16 from Science/Nature 61 hit
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3 intermediate papers

Works of Lu Liang being referenced

Polystyrene microplastics induce gut microbiota dysbiosis and hepatic lipid metabolism disorder in mice
2018 Hit
Impacts of polystyrene microplastic on the gut barrier, microbiota and metabolism of mice
2018 Hit

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lu Liang 1.8k 820 696 525 482 79 3.8k
Hisao Ohtake 722 0.4× 751 0.9× 2.8k 4.0× 688 1.3× 281 0.6× 190 5.6k
Juan J. García‐Vallejo 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 2.8k 4.1× 384 0.7× 390 0.8× 126 7.6k
Yan-Wen Li 3.0k 1.7× 1.0k 1.3× 872 1.3× 1.8k 3.4× 313 0.6× 202 6.9k
Mingwei Xing 1.3k 0.7× 386 0.5× 973 1.4× 1.4k 2.7× 469 1.0× 113 4.1k
Lin Lü 836 0.5× 335 0.4× 981 1.4× 534 1.0× 272 0.6× 192 5.4k
Yun Zhao 394 0.2× 300 0.4× 2.5k 3.5× 328 0.6× 387 0.8× 269 5.7k
Kenji Miyamoto 2.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 1.4k 2.0× 226 0.4× 363 0.8× 210 6.3k
Hongjing Zhao 1.1k 0.6× 323 0.4× 831 1.2× 1.2k 2.3× 395 0.8× 96 3.5k
Metka Filipič 1.1k 0.7× 159 0.2× 1.1k 1.6× 1.6k 3.1× 678 1.4× 126 5.6k
Yifan Zhao 1.3k 0.8× 506 0.6× 434 0.6× 345 0.7× 496 1.0× 129 3.3k

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