ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION FROM MICROPLASTICS (MPS), AN ANTHROPOGENICALLY MEDIATED MENACE TO THE BIOSPHERE, IS A GLOBAL CONCERN. THIS RESEARCH CONDUCTED A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF MPS IN SOIL AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS USING R SOFTWARE AND BIBLIOSHINY TO ANALYZE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS, DOCUMENTS, AND CONCEPTUAL STRUC-TURES. THE SCOPUS DATABASE WAS SELECTED, AND VARIOUS KEYWORDS OPTIMIZED THE SEARCH. AN ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH TRENDS DIVIDED THE TIMELINE INTO THREE PERIODS: PERIOD I (2012–2018), PERIOD II (2019–2021), AND PERIOD III (2022). RESULTS SHOWED WANG J. AS THE AUTHOR WITH THE HIGHEST H-INDEX, WHILE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT HAD AN H-INDEX OF 43. IN PERIOD I, RESEARCH FOCUSED ON MPS AND PLASTIC POLLUTION, RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR IMPACTS ON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS. RESEARCH FOUND THAT MPS NEGATIVELY AFFECTED SOIL ORGANISMS BY DECREASING GROWTH RATES...