Paul Vriend

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 610 citations indexed

About

Paul Vriend is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Vriend has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 610 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pollution, 7 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 3 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Paul Vriend's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (3 papers). Paul Vriend is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (3 papers). Paul Vriend collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Ukraine and China. Paul Vriend's co-authors include Tim van Emmerik, Maryna Strokal, Jikke van Wijnen, Mirjam P. Bak, Caspar T. J. Roebroek, Carolien Kroeze, Caroline van Calcar, Merel Kooi, Riccardo Taormina and Zoran Kapelan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Vriend

17 papers receiving 595 citations

Hit Papers

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River export of macro- and microplastics to seas by sources worldwide

2023 144 citations Maryna Strokal, Paul Vriend et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Paul Vriend

POLLU

IME

BIOMA

WST

ECOLO

Rahel Hauk Netherlands

Mirco Haseler Germany

Thuy-Chung Kieu-Le Vietnam

Yvette Mellink Netherlands

Anubis Vélez-Mendoza Colombia

Francisco Asensio-Montesinos Spain

John S. Woods Norway

Feihong Liu China

Florence N.F. Parker-Jurd United Kingdom

Elena Hengstmann Germany

Rahel Hauk Netherlands

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291 ×0.9

IME

55 ×0.9

BIOMA

29 ×0.5

WST

50 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Paul Vriend

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Vriend

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Vriend

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

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Vriend, Paul, Thijs Bosker, Yvette Mellink, et al.. (2025). Uncertainties in Visual Observations of Floating Riverine Plastic. ACS ES&T Water. 5(7). 3920–3928. 2 indexed citations

2.

Schreyers, Louise, Tim van Emmerik, Fredrik Huthoff, et al.. (2024). River plastic transport and storage budget. Water Research. 259. 121786–121786. 10 indexed citations

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Tasseron, Paolo, Tim van Emmerik, Paul Vriend, et al.. (2024). Defining plastic pollution hotspots. The Science of The Total Environment. 934. 173294–173294. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qi, Carolien Kroeze, Yanan Li, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 estimated to have increased plastics, diclofenac, and triclosan pollution in more than half of urban rivers worldwide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 100001–100001. 19 indexed citations

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Vriend, Paul, et al.. (2023). Macroplastic concentrations in the water column of the river Rhine increase with higher discharge. The Science of The Total Environment. 900. 165716–165716. 12 indexed citations

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Mellink, Yvette, Paul Vriend, Paolo Tasseron, et al.. (2023). Sample size requirements for riverbank macrolitter characterization. Frontiers in Water. 4. 21 indexed citations

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Strokal, Maryna, Paul Vriend, Mirjam P. Bak, et al.. (2023). River export of macro- and microplastics to seas by sources worldwide. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4842–4842. 144 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kapelan, Zoran, et al.. (2023). Deep learning for detecting macroplastic litter in water bodies: A review. Water Research. 231. 119632–119632. 60 indexed citations

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Bak, Mirjam P., et al.. (2022). Future microplastics in the Black Sea: River exports and reduction options for zero pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 178. 113633–113633. 35 indexed citations

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Emmerik, Tim van, et al.. (2022). Roadmap for Long-Term Macroplastic Monitoring in Rivers. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9. 21 indexed citations

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Strokal, Maryna, Paul Vriend, Jikke van Wijnen, Carolien Kroeze, & Tim van Emmerik. (2021). The MARINA-Plastic model: Global river export of macro- and microplastics from over 10,000 sub-basins to coastal seas. 3 indexed citations

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Roebroek, Caspar T. J., et al.. (2021). Disentangling Variability in Riverbank Macrolitter Observations. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(8). 4932–4942. 37 indexed citations

13.

Vriend, Paul, Hidayat Hidayat, Judith van Leeuwen, et al.. (2021). Plastic Pollution Research in Indonesia: State of Science and Future Research Directions to Reduce Impacts. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9. 57 indexed citations

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Vriend, Paul, Caspar T. J. Roebroek, & Tim van Emmerik. (2020). Same but Different: A Framework to Design and Compare Riverbank Plastic Monitoring Strategies. Frontiers in Water. 2. 36 indexed citations

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Vriend, Paul, et al.. (2020). Rapid Assessment of Floating Macroplastic Transport in the Rhine. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 78 indexed citations

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Emmerik, Tim van, et al.. (2020). Riverbank macrolitter in the Dutch Rhine–Meuse delta. Environmental Research Letters. 15(10). 104087–104087. 59 indexed citations

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Vriend, Paul, et al.. (2020). Rapid assessment of floating macroplastic transport in the Rhine. 4 indexed citations

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