The Issue of Microplastics (MPs) in Coastal Areas of Indonesia: Bibliometric Network Analysis
Yenni Putri Sari (a), Mukti Dono Wilopo (a), Siti Ayu Ulfadillah (b), Elsa Vandana (a), Rindi Puja Listari (a)

a. Marine Science Study Program, Agriculture Faculty, University of Bengkulu (UNIB), Indonesia

b. Institute of Food Safety and Risk Management, National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU), Taiwan

Abstract

Microplastics (MPs) are a concern in both natural and artificial fisheries. Microplastics research is currently one of the fastest-growing fields of study in the scientific community. This study describes and evaluates the results of microplastic research conducted in Indonesia between 2010 and 2022 and published in scholarly journals. There will be a search of the Scopus database for scholarly papers comprising more than 100 articles having the terms microplastic, sediment, waterways, and environment. Using the program of VOSviewer, a bibliometric study will be conducted. The descriptive research will focus on author and institution production, while the bibliometric analysis will focus on author and institution collaboration and cluster analysis. The findings of the analysis indicate that microplastics-related research topics have drawn substantial interest in Indonesia, particularly over the past five years (2016-2022), as indicated by the steady increase in the number of publications. In the coming years, this rising tendency is expected to persist. The results of a bibliometric analysis of keywords indicate that the topic of microplastic research in Indonesia can be categorized into three clusters and highlighted as relevant study areas.

Keywords: Microplastic, bibliometric, Indonesia, and VOSViewer

Topic: Marine and Fisheries Geographic Information System (International)