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    Awards

    The Most Downloaded Paper Award 2022

    We are delighted to announce that The Progress in Earth and Planetary Science Most downloaded paper award 2022 were presented to the top-three most downloaded papers published in 2020 – 2021.

    Based on the number of accesses until December 2021, these papers are:

    First place Downloaded count : 15,249

    Review [Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences]

    Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and humans

    Tan Suet May Amelia, Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik, Meng Chuan Ong, Yi Ta Shao, Hui-Juan Pan & Kesaven Bhubalan

    Published: 22 January 2021

    SpringerOpen

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    Second place Downloaded count : 5,943

    Research [Solid earth sciences]

    A full sequence of the Matuyama–Brunhes geomagnetic reversal in the Chiba composite section, Central Japan

    Yuki Haneda, Makoto Okada, Yusuke Suganuma & Takahiro Kitamura

    Published: 01 September 2020

    SpringerOpen

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    Third place Downloaded count : 5,366

    Review [Space and planetary sciences]

    Terrestrial planet compositions controlled by accretion disk magnetic field

    William F. McDonough & Takashi Yoshizaki

    Published: 02 July 2021

    SpringerOpen

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