Abstract
A bibliographic database of scientific papers published by authors affiliated to research institutions worldwide, especially focused in Europe and in the European Atlantic Area, and containing the keywords “microalga(e)” or “phytoplankton” was built. A corpus of 79,020 publications was obtained and analyzed using the Orbit Intellixir software to characterize the research trends related to microalgae markets, markets opportunities and technologies that could have important impacts on markets evolution. Six major markets opportunities, the production of biofuels, bioplastics, biofertilizers, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, and two fast-evolving technological domains driving markets evolution, microalgae harvesting and extraction technologies and production of genetically modified (GM-)microalgae, were highlighted. We here present an advanced analysis of these research domains to give an updated overview of scientific concepts driving microalgae markets.
Highlights
The use of microalgae biomass as an alternative and innovative source to produce food, feed ingredients, cosmetics, biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and renewable energy has been well established and documented [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
We propose an advanced analysis of European scientific publications to highlight research trends driving microalgae markets, characterize markets opportunities for microalgae and identify emerging microalgae markets in Europe
Publications studying or reviewing genetically modified (GM-)microalgae are regularly produced in Europe
Summary
The use of microalgae biomass as an alternative and innovative source to produce food, feed ingredients, cosmetics, biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and renewable energy has been well established and documented [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]. With an estimated number of 30,000–1,000,000 species, microalgae represent an exceptional natural resource to explore for the 21st century that combines numerous advantages, such as original metabolisms and chemical compositions, fast growth, high photosynthetic efficiency, non-competition for farmlands and tolerance to wastewaters during cultivation. Despite these major advantages, scientific, technological, legislative, administrative and marketing gaps are barriers still exist that limit the commercial development of microalgae and microalgae-related products. A bibliometric analysis of microalgae research revealed that the
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