Laurent Lebreton

23.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
50 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Laurent Lebreton is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurent Lebreton has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Pollution, 32 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 6 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Laurent Lebreton's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (43 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (31 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (5 papers). Laurent Lebreton is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (43 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (31 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (5 papers). Laurent Lebreton collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. Laurent Lebreton's co-authors include Anthony L. Andrady, Júlia Reisser, Boyan Slat, Marcus Eriksen, François Galgani, Martín Thiel, Henry S. Carson, Peter G. Ryan, Charles J. Moore and J. C. Borrero and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Laurent Lebreton

47 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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 World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

2014 3.4k citations Marcus Eriksen, Laurent Lebreton et al. PLoS ONE profile →
River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

2017 2.8k citations Laurent Lebreton, Boyan Slat et al. profile →
Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution

2020 2.0k citations Laurent Lebreton, Marcus Eriksen et al. profile →
Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal

2019 1.5k citations Laurent Lebreton et al. profile →
A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

2015 1.2k citations Erik van Sebille, Chris Wilcox et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

2018 1.2k citations Laurent Lebreton, Boyan Slat et al. Scientific Reports profile →
More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean

2021 851 citations Lourens Meijer, Tim van Emmerik et al. Science Advances profile →
Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans

2012 622 citations Laurent Lebreton, J. C. Borrero et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean

2025 41 citations Shiye Zhao, Karin Kvale et al. Nature profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laurent Lebreton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laurent Lebreton

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean breakdown → 2025 ·Nature ·Shiye Zhao, Karin Kvale, (unknown), Erik Zettler, Matthias Egger, Tracy J. Mincer, Linda Amaral‐Zettler, Laurent Lebreton, Helge Niemann, R. Nakajima, Martín Thiel, (unknown), Luisa Galgani, Aron Stubbins	41
2	A year-long field study of buried plastics reveals underestimation of plastic pollution on Hawaiian beaches 2025 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), Olivier Poirion, Laurent Lebreton, Pierre‐Yves Le Gac, (unknown), (unknown)	1
3	Barau's petrel, Pterodroma baraui, as a bioindicator of plastic pollution in the South-West Indian Ocean: A multifaceted approach 2024 ·Marine Environmental Research ·(unknown), Lisa Weiss, (unknown), (unknown), Sébastien Jaquemet, Laurent Lebreton, (unknown), Audrey Jaeger, Sarah‐Jeanne Royer, (unknown), Alexandra ter Halle, Patrick Marsaleix, (unknown), (unknown), Matthieu Le Corre	4
4	Densities of neuston often not elevated within plastic hotspots territory inside the North Pacific Garbage Patch 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Matthias Egger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Laurent Lebreton	1
5	Seven years into the North Pacific garbage patch: legacy plastic fragments rising disproportionally faster than larger floating objects 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Laurent Lebreton, Robin de Vries, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter S. Puskic, Bruno Sainte-Rose, Sarah‐Jeanne Royer, Matthias Egger	4
6	Computer vision segmentation model—deep learning for categorizing microplastic debris 2024 ·Frontiers in Environmental Science ·Sarah‐Jeanne Royer, (unknown), (unknown), Laurent Lebreton, Olivier Poirion	5
7	Extent and reproduction of coastal species on plastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre 2023 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Linsey E. Haram, James T. Carlton, Luca Centurioni, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthias Egger, Jan Hafner, Verena Hormann, Laurent Lebreton, Nikolai Maximenko, Megan McCuller, Cathryn Clarke Murray, (unknown), Andrey Shcherbina, Cynthia Wright, Gregory M. Ruiz	28
8	Pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: A prevalent anthropogenic component of the particulate organic carbon pool 2023 ·PNAS Nexus ·Shiye Zhao, Tracy J. Mincer, Laurent Lebreton, Matthias Egger	18
9	Legacy oceanic plastic pollution must be addressed to mitigate possible long-term ecological impacts 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Camille Richon, Karin Kvale, Laurent Lebreton, Matthias Egger	19
10	More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean breakdown → 2021 ·Science Advances ·Lourens Meijer, Tim van Emmerik, Ruud van der Ent, Christian Schmidt, Laurent Lebreton	851
11	Microplastics and anthropogenic fibre concentrations in lakes reflect surrounding land use 2021 ·PLoS Biology ·Andrew J. Tanentzap, (unknown), Jérémy Fonvielle, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christian M. Pichler, Erwin Reisner, Laurent Lebreton	38
12	Risk assessment of plastic pollution on marine diversity in the Mediterranean Sea 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Montserrat Compa, Carme Alomar, Chris Wilcox, Erik van Sebille, Laurent Lebreton, Britta Denise Hardesty, Salud Deudero	123
13	Joint effort among research infrastructures to quantify the impact of plastic debris in the ocean 2019 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Amy Lusher, Andrew L. King, Tim van Emmerik, Laurent Lebreton, Constanza Ricaurte‐Villota, Luisa Fernanda Espinosa, Eleanor O’Rourke	28
14	A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Laurent Lebreton, Matthias Egger, Boyan Slat	375
15	Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic breakdown → 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Laurent Lebreton, Boyan Slat, Francesco F. Ferrari, Bruno Sainte-Rose, Jennifer Aitken, (unknown), Sara Hajbane, Serena Cunsolo, Anna Schwarz, (unknown), (unknown), Pavla Debeljak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Júlia Reisser	1182
16	Microplastic sampling with the AVANI trawl compared to two neuston trawls in the Bay of Bengal and South Pacific 2017 ·Environmental Pollution ·Marcus Eriksen, Max Liboiron, Tim Kiessling, Louis Charron, A. Alling, Laurent Lebreton, (unknown), (unknown), Nicolas C. Ory, Valeria Hidalgo‐Ruz, Erika Meerhoff, Carolynn Box, (unknown), Martín Thiel	109
17	Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea breakdown → 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Marcus Eriksen, Laurent Lebreton, Henry S. Carson, Martín Thiel, Charles J. Moore, (unknown), François Galgani, Peter G. Ryan, Júlia Reisser	3434
18	Modeling the transport and accumulation floating debris generated by the 11 March 2011 Tohoku tsunami 2012 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Laurent Lebreton, J. C. Borrero	70
19	Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans breakdown → 2012 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Laurent Lebreton, (unknown), J. C. Borrero	622
20	Field surveys and numerical modelling of the 2009 South Pacific and 2010 Mentawai Islands tsunamis 2011 ·J. C. Borrero, (unknown), Laurent Lebreton, Hermann M. Fritz	1

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