Kathryn Willis

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 944 citations indexed

About

Kathryn Willis is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn Willis has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 944 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pollution, 12 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Kathryn Willis's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (5 papers). Kathryn Willis is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (5 papers). Kathryn Willis collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Kathryn Willis's co-authors include Britta Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox, Ruth Eriksen, Lorne K. Kriwoken, Zanna Chase, Jing Zhang, Mark M. Banaszak Holl, A. Williams, Joanna Vince and Tony R. ‎Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn Willis

15 papers receiving 923 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.

Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution

2024 71 citations Win Cowger, Kathryn Willis et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers

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Yong Chang Jang South Korea

Bruno Sainte-Rose France

Sara Hajbane Australia

G.G.N. Thushari Sri Lanka

Jennifer Aitken United States

Karen Raubenheimer Australia

Mohamed Ben-Haddad Morocco

Jayan Duminda M Senevirathna Sri Lanka

Shinta Werorilangi Indonesia

Lourens Meijer Netherlands

Yong Chang Jang South Korea

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999 ×1.3

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715 ×1.2

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154 ×1.1

BIOMA

76 ×0.8

MMPL

114 ×1.5

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Countries citing papers authored by Kathryn Willis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kathryn Willis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathryn Willis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kathryn Willis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kathryn Willis 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 Kathryn Willis. Kathryn Willis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

Vince, Joanna & Kathryn Willis. (2025). The gaps and opportunities for non-state actors in plastics circular economy approaches. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3.

Willis, Kathryn, et al.. (2025). Focusing plastic solutions up the waste hierarchy: Pathways for a more circular economy. iScience. 28(9). 113217–113217. 1 indexed citations

Brodie, Stephanie, Kathryn Willis, Michael J. Fuller, et al.. (2025). Drivers of environmental debris in metropolitan areas: A continental scale assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 215. 117851–117851.

Cowger, Win, Kathryn Willis, Marcus Eriksen, et al.. (2024). Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution. Science Advances. 10(17). eadj8275–eadj8275. 71 indexed citations breakdown →

Willis, Kathryn, Ingrid van Putten, & Britta Denise Hardesty. (2024). Addressing cultural context is the missing piece in policy solutions to plastic pollution. Environmental Science & Policy. 159. 103829–103829. 4 indexed citations

Bergman, Eva, et al.. (2022). Resilient rivers and connected marine systems: a review of mutual sustainability opportunities. Global Sustainability. 6. 10 indexed citations

Willis, Kathryn, et al.. (2022). Using long-term citizen science data to distinguish zones of debris accumulation. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 182. 114028–114028. 6 indexed citations

Hardesty, Britta Denise, Kathryn Willis, & Joanna Vince. (2022). An imperative to focus the plastic pollution problem on place-based solutions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 10 indexed citations

Willis, Kathryn, Britta Denise Hardesty, Joanna Vince, & Chris Wilcox. (2022). Local waste management successfully reduces coastal plastic pollution. One Earth. 5(6). 666–676. 27 indexed citations

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Willis, Kathryn, Britta Denise Hardesty, & Chris Wilcox. (2021). State and local pressures drive plastic pollution compliance strategies. Journal of Environmental Management. 287. 112281–112281. 18 indexed citations

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Roman, Lauren, et al.. (2021). Comparing marine anthropogenic debris on inhabited mainland beaches, coastal islands, and uninhabited offshore islands: A case study from Queensland and the Coral Sea, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 172. 112919–112919. 6 indexed citations

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Willis, Kathryn, Catarina Serra-Gonçalves, Kelsey Richardson, et al.. (2021). Cleaner seas: reducing marine pollution. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 32(1). 145–160. 55 indexed citations

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Chase, Zanna, Jing Zhang, Mark M. Banaszak Holl, et al.. (2020). Microplastic Pollution in Deep-Sea Sediments From the Great Australian Bight. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 229 indexed citations

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Willis, Kathryn, Britta Denise Hardesty, Joanna Vince, & Chris Wilcox. (2019). The Success of Water Refill Stations Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottle Litter. Sustainability. 11(19). 5232–5232. 13 indexed citations

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Willis, Kathryn, Britta Denise Hardesty, Lorne K. Kriwoken, & Chris Wilcox. (2017). Differentiating littering, urban runoff and marine transport as sources of marine debris in coastal and estuarine environments. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44479–44479. 125 indexed citations

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Willis, Kathryn, et al.. (2017). How successful are waste abatement campaigns and government policies at reducing plastic waste into the marine environment?. Marine Policy. 96. 243–249. 147 indexed citations

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Willis, Kathryn, Ruth Eriksen, Chris Wilcox, & Britta Denise Hardesty. (2017). Microplastic Distribution at Different Sediment Depths in an Urban Estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4. 222 indexed citations

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