Aims & Scope

Aims

Algae and Environment is an international and multidisciplinary journal covering all areas of emerging technologies and advancements in basic and applied research on algae and its biological, environmental, and even ecological applications. The journal also welcomes phycological research pertaining environmental functions of algal interactions with other organisms and ecological roles of algae with potential applications in environmental protection.

The journal has the long-term goal of advancing our understanding of fundamental processes in phycological research that emphasizes phycoresource developments and environmental bioremediation and advancing sustainable developments of biotechnology and bioengineering with economic, biological, and environmental applications.

The journal publishes original research work, reviews, and perspective articles on the expanding subject of phycological research and its applications, which should be in the topics, including but not exclusive to algal biology, algal cultivation and harvesting, algal bioproducts and biofuels, phycoremediation, biomass conversion processes and systems using algae as a main source, algal biotechnology with economic and environmental importance, and economic and environmental assessment of phycoresource and phycoremediation. Algae and Environment is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.

Scope

This journal covers the following scopes:

  1. Phycology and phycological biotechnology
  2. Algal genetics and metabolic engineering
  3. Algal systems and synthetic biology
  4. Algae cultivation and optimization
  5. Algal biomass harvesting and extraction processes
  6. Modelling and simulation of bioprocesses and systems
  7. Artificial Intelligence-driven techniques in phycological research
  8. Algae-based biorefinery and emerging techniques
  9. Biomass characterization and feedstocks utilization
  10. Thermochemical conversion of algae as the main biomass
  11. Algal natural products with multiple bioactivities
  12. Algae-derived ingredients and their alternatives
  13. Algal proteins and active peptides
  14. Algal extracts and fractions
  15. Algae-derived functional foods and nutritional supplements
  16. Algae-derived biofuels and biomaterials
  17. Phycoremediation and management
  18. Algae-based wastewater treatment and disposal
  19. Algae-based resource-energy recovery
  20. Harmful algae blooms and water security
  21. Algal fertilizers and soil conditioners
  22. Algae-based sustainable systems
  23. Algae-Environment interactions
  24. Algae-based carbon-neutrality technology
  25. Algae and climate
  26. Ecological roles of algae and environmental applications
  27. Sustainability assessments and analysis (e.g., TEA and LCA)