Gwen Lattin

666 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 503 citations indexed

About

Gwen Lattin is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Gwen Lattin has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 503 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Pollution, 4 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 1 paper in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Gwen Lattin's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (5 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (4 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (1 paper). Gwen Lattin is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (5 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (4 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (1 paper). Gwen Lattin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Colombia. Gwen Lattin's co-authors include Martín Thiel, Nikolai Maximenko, Jan Hafner, Marcus Eriksen, Ann Zellers, Charles J. Moore, Charles S. Wong, Moisés A. Aguilera, Andrew B. Gray and Camila Gallardo and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Pollution, Marine Pollution Bulletin and Environmental Research.

In The Last Decade

Gwen Lattin

5 papers receiving 491 citations

Hit Papers

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

2013 466 citations Marcus Eriksen, Nikolai Maximenko et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gwen Lattin United States	5	466	336	94	64	47	5	503
Romain Troublé France	3	456 1.0×	302 0.9×	67 0.7×	78 1.2×	61 1.3×	6	488
Simone Lechthaler Germany	9	523 1.1×	434 1.3×	92 1.0×	30 0.5×	33 0.7×	15	555
Mel Constant France	8	549 1.2×	422 1.3×	118 1.3×	40 0.6×	34 0.7×	10	571
Ülgen Aytan Türkiye	13	542 1.2×	381 1.1×	80 0.9×	74 1.2×	43 0.9×	31	624
Dorothy A. Horn United States	7	370 0.8×	253 0.8×	70 0.7×	54 0.8×	51 1.1×	10	434
Igor Isachenko Russia	8	677 1.5×	512 1.5×	125 1.3×	107 1.7×	43 0.9×	13	735
Ana Markić New Zealand	6	466 1.0×	328 1.0×	60 0.6×	61 1.0×	46 1.0×	7	489
Ling Qu China	6	478 1.0×	377 1.1×	125 1.3×	52 0.8×	49 1.0×	10	499
Giorgio Zampetti Italy	5	379 0.8×	292 0.9×	84 0.9×	48 0.8×	21 0.4×	6	424
Dede Falahudin Indonesia	6	412 0.9×	273 0.8×	97 1.0×	77 1.2×	74 1.6×	22	459

Countries citing papers authored by Gwen Lattin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gwen Lattin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gwen Lattin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gwen Lattin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gwen Lattin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gwen Lattin. Gwen Lattin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

1.

Gray, Andrew B., Hannah Hapich, Win Cowger, et al.. (2025). Microplastic pollution in the water column and benthic sediment of the San Pedro Bay, California, USA. Environmental Research. 269. 120866–120866. 9 indexed citations

2.

Aguilera, Moisés A., Camila Gallardo, Charles J. Moore, et al.. (2023). Spatial distribution of microplastics in a coastal upwelling region: Offshore dispersal from urban sources in the Humboldt Current System. Environmental Pollution. 343. 123157–123157. 11 indexed citations

3.

Suaria, Giuseppe, Carlo Giacomo Avio, Gwen Lattin, Francesco Regoli, & Stefano Aliani. (2015). Neustonic microplastics in the Southern Adriatic Sea. Preliminary results.. CNR Solar (Scientific Open-access Literature Archive and Repository) (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). 4 indexed citations

4.

Eriksen, Marcus, Nikolai Maximenko, Martín Thiel, et al.. (2013). Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 68(1-2). 71–76. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Eriksen, Marcus, Nikolai Maximenko, Martín Thiel, et al.. (2013). Plastic Pollution in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Plastics Engineering. 69(5). 38–44. 13 indexed citations

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