Algal Research is an international phycology journal covering all areas of emerging technologies in algae biology, biomass production, cultivation, harvesting, extraction, bioproducts, biorefinery, engineering, and econometrics. Algae is defined to include cyanobacteria, microalgae, macroalgae, and protists and symbionts of interest in biotechnology. The journal publishes original research and reviews for the following scope: algal biology, including but not exclusive to: phylogeny, biodiversity, molecular traits, metabolic regulation, and genetic engineering, algal cultivation, e.g. phototrophic systems, heterotrophic systems, and mixotrophic systems, algal harvesting and extraction systems, biotechnology to convert algal biomass and components into biofuels and bioproducts, e.g., nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, animal feed, plastics, etc. algal products and their economic assessment 

Papers in the latter topics should include characterization and analysis in support of such processes and technologies, for example:approaches to biorefinery and biomass characterization, sustainability assessments and analyses, such as techno-economic, life cycle, and resource assessments of systems and processes using algae as a main source of biomass. 

The journal will not consider manuscripts where the core concept is the experimental design (RSM, CCD or other) in the opitmization of a process, or the biological activity of algae extracts without full characterization and identification of the compounds responsible for the bioactivity. 

Review articles, book reviews and commentaries should only be submitted after consultation with the Editors. 

1.Original scientific research papers
2. Review articles
3. Invited commentaries
4. Short Communications

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. J.A. Olivares
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States Email Dr. J.A. Olivares
Associate Editors
Professor P. Lammers
Arizona State University Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation, Mesa, Arizona, United States Email Professor P. Lammers
Dr. M. Magnusson
James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Email Dr. M. Magnusson
Professor J. Pruvost
Polytech Nantes School of Engineering, Nantes, France Email Professor J. Pruvost
Dr. K.F. Reardon
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States Email Dr. K.F. Reardon
Dr. Ellen P.M. Slegers
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands Email Dr. Ellen P.M. Slegers
Dr. T. Tanaka
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Faculty of Engineering Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Koganei, Japan Email Dr. T. Tanaka
Dr. Unc
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaEmail Dr. Unc
Editorial Advisory Board
Dr. F.G. Acien Fernandez
University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
Dr. A.H. Buschmann
University of Los Lagos i-mar Centre, Puerto Montt, Chile
Dr. MA Camargo-Valero, BEng(Hons), MSc, PhD
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Professor P. Champagne, Ph.D., P.Eng., D.WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE
Queen's University Beaty Water Research Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Dr. T. Chatsungnoen
Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Dr. H. De la Hoz Siegler
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. I. Goldberg, PhD
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
Dr. U. Goodenough
Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Dr. A. Han, PhD
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
Dr. D. Han
Institute of Hydrobiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Dr. W.J. Henley
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Professor Q. Hu
Arizona State University Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation, Mesa, Arizona, United States
Dr. M.H. Huesemann
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Marine Sciences Laboratory, Sequim, Washington, United States
Dr. M. Janssen
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Dr. E. Jin
Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Korea, Republic of
Dr. M.D. Johnson
Noble Research Institute LLC, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States
Professor A. Kermanshahi-pour, PhD
Dalhousie University Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Professor G.B.L. Leite, PhD
Universite Sainte-Anne Department of Science, Church Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
Dr. P. Lindberg
Uppsala University Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala, Sweden
Dr. G. Markou
Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dr. B.L. Marrone
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
Professor S Mayfield
University of California San Diego California Center for Algae Biotechnology, La Jolla, California, United States
Dr. N.R. Moheimani
Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
Dr. A. Montoya
The University of Sydney School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Dr. K.L. Ogden
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Professor A. Otero
University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Dr. B. Patel
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Dr. P.T. Pienkos
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, United States
Dr. J. Polle
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Dr. C. Posten
Helmholtz Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Dr. C.R.K. Reddy
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
Professor P.E. Savage
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Professor W.D. Seider
University of Pennsylvania Hillel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Professor Y. Shachar-Hill
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Assoc. Professor A. Soria-Verdugo, PhD
University Carlos III of Madrid Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering, Leganes, Madrid, Spain
Dr. W. Tan, PhD
Grande Prairie Regional College Research and Innovation, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Dr. C. Theegala
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Dr. R.H. Wijffels
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Dr. W.G. Zhou
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States