Kevin Ugwu

430 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 298 citations indexed

About

Kevin Ugwu is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Ugwu has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 298 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Pollution, 2 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 2 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kevin Ugwu's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (4 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (2 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (2 papers). Kevin Ugwu is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (4 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (2 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (2 papers). Kevin Ugwu collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Spain and Sweden. Kevin Ugwu's co-authors include May Gómez, Alicia Herrera, Sinja Rist, Rodrigo Almeda, Andrea Acosta-Dacal, Manuel Zumbado, Octavio P. Luzardo, Martin Lindegren, Lucian Iordachescu and Øystein Varpe and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Pollution and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Ugwu

5 papers receiving 296 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.

Microplastics in marine biota: A review

2021 261 citations Kevin Ugwu, Alicia Herrera et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Ugwu Denmark	4	278	187	58	41	30	5	298
Sabrina M. Rodrigues Portugal	9	308 1.1×	229 1.2×	76 1.3×	30 0.7×	36 1.2×	20	341
Dario Giani Italy	8	281 1.0×	195 1.0×	49 0.8×	58 1.4×	55 1.8×	12	313
Anna Reboa Italy	6	286 1.0×	230 1.2×	58 1.0×	31 0.8×	28 0.9×	8	311
Jasna Šiljić Croatia	5	355 1.3×	254 1.4×	47 0.8×	81 2.0×	40 1.3×	8	374
Violet Compton Renick United States	5	281 1.0×	222 1.2×	36 0.6×	21 0.5×	54 1.8×	6	327
Rebeca Oliveira Castro Brazil	6	417 1.5×	291 1.6×	76 1.3×	39 1.0×	26 0.9×	10	461
Luca Palazzo Italy	9	340 1.2×	241 1.3×	65 1.1×	73 1.8×	37 1.2×	9	373
Anja Rebelein Germany	7	266 1.0×	170 0.9×	47 0.8×	35 0.9×	26 0.9×	9	332
Tamyris Pegado Brazil	7	422 1.5×	300 1.6×	64 1.1×	22 0.5×	30 1.0×	9	451
Giulio Pellini Italy	4	263 0.9×	181 1.0×	53 0.9×	69 1.7×	40 1.3×	7	346

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin Ugwu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Ugwu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Ugwu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kevin Ugwu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kevin Ugwu 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 Kevin Ugwu. Kevin Ugwu 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

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Rist, Sinja, Kevin Ugwu, Therése Karlsson, et al.. (2025). Impacts of spilled debris from the X-Press Pearl disaster in Sri Lanka on marine plankton. Environmental Research. 274. 121260–121260. 1 indexed citations

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Ugwu, Kevin, Alvise Vianello, Rodrigo Almeda, Lucian Iordachescu, & Anna Rotander. (2024). Comparison of two pump-based systems for sampling small microplastics (>10 μM) in coastal waters. Environmental Pollution. 363(Pt 2). 125192–125192. 4 indexed citations

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Rist, Sinja, Øystein Varpe, Martin Lindegren, et al.. (2024). Cumulative Impacts of Oil Pollution, Ocean Warming, and Coastal Freshening on the Feeding of Arctic Copepods. Environmental Science & Technology. 6 indexed citations

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Rist, Sinja, Kevin Ugwu, Andrea Acosta-Dacal, et al.. (2023). Toxicity of tire particle leachates on early life stages of keystone sea urchin species. Environmental Pollution. 336. 122453–122453. 26 indexed citations

5.

Ugwu, Kevin, Alicia Herrera, & May Gómez. (2021). Microplastics in marine biota: A review. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 169. 112540–112540. 261 indexed citations breakdown →

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