The production and excessive use of these persistent materials, coupled with inadequate management worldwide has reached 348 million tons by 2017. Where 22% is transformed into plastic waste and 9% is recycled or recovered. Therefore, large quantities of plastic, reach the environment and because of environmental factors it fragments obtaining particles with a size ≤5 mm, called microplastics (MPs) that generates great concern by the scientific community due to their low biodegradation rates and high stability in the environment. Although MPs have been studied since the beginning of the century, their presence in the atmospheric compartment dates to 2015, compared to other studies in water and soil, due to the lack of standard methods for the identification and quantification of atmospheric MPs. Based on 50 published articles, this study aims to make a bibliometric review, using the scientific database Scopus and classify them by sampling types and strategies, treatment methods and identification/characterization methods used, and sorted by publication date. Although the presence of PMs in the atmosphere is confirmed, knowledge is still limited, since there is no standardized procedure for atmospheric sampling, in particular, the methods are aimed at capturing atmospheric deposition or suspended particles, where the concentrations obtained vary according to the method used.