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.
Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made
201712.2k citationsRoland Geyer, Jenna Jambeck et al.Science Advancesprofile →
Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean
20159.0k citationsJenna Jambeck, Roland Geyer et al.Scienceprofile →
Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution
20202.0k citationsStephanie B. Borrelle, Jeremy Ringma et al.Scienceprofile →
A global inventory of small floating plastic debris
20151.2k citationsErik van Sebille, Chris Wilcox et al.Environmental Research Lettersprofile →
Microplastics in the seas
20141.1k citationsKara Lavender Law, Richard C. ThompsonScienceprofile →
Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre
20101.0k citationsKara Lavender Law, Nikolai Maximenko et al.Scienceprofile →
Plastics in the Marine Environment
2016755 citationsKara Lavender LawAnnual Review of Marine Scienceprofile →
Plastics in the Earth system
2021557 citationsAron Stubbins, Kara Lavender Law et al.Scienceprofile →
The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean
2010547 citationsKara Lavender Law, G. Proskurowski et al.Marine Pollution Bulletinprofile →
The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris
2012542 citationsTobias Kukulka, G. Proskurowski et al.profile →
Distribution of Surface Plastic Debris in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from an 11-Year Data Set
2014370 citationsKara Lavender Law, Tobias Kukulka et al.profile →
Reducing environmental plastic pollution by designing polymer materials for managed end-of-life
Countries citing papers authored by Kara Lavender Law
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This map shows the geographic impact of Kara Lavender Law's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Kara Lavender Law with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Kara Lavender Law more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by Kara Lavender Law
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kara Lavender Law. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kara Lavender Law. The network helps show where Kara Lavender Law may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kara Lavender Law
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kara Lavender Law.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kara Lavender Law 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 Kara Lavender Law. Kara Lavender Law is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Stubbins, Aron, Kara Lavender Law, Samuel E. Muñoz, Thomas S. Bianchi, & Lixin Zhu. (2021). Plastics in the Earth system. Science. 373(6550). 51–55.557 indexed citations breakdown →
Law, Kara Lavender. (2016). Plastics in the Marine Environment. Annual Review of Marine Science. 9(1). 205–229.755 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sebille, Erik van, Chris Wilcox, Peter Sherman, Britta Denise Hardesty, & Kara Lavender Law. (2016). Modelling global distribution, risk and mitigation strategies of floating plastic pollution. EGUGA.2 indexed citations
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Collins, Thomas S., et al.. (2016). Variability in the Composition of Floating Microplastics by Region and in Time. 2016.1 indexed citations
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Sebille, Erik van, Chris Wilcox, Laurent Lebreton, et al.. (2015). A global inventory of small floating plastic debris. Environmental Research Letters. 10(12). 124006–124006.1213 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jambeck, Jenna, Roland Geyer, Chris Wilcox, et al.. (2015). Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. Science. 347(6223). 768–771.9034 indexed citations breakdown →
Law, Kara Lavender & Richard C. Thompson. (2014). Microplastics in the seas. Science. 345(6193). 144–145.1129 indexed citations breakdown →
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Law, Kara Lavender, et al.. (2010). The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60(10). 1873–1878.547 indexed citations breakdown →
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