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Review
. 2020 May 18;18(5):264.
doi: 10.3390/md18050264.

Analysis of Scientific Research Driving Microalgae Market Opportunities in Europe

Judith Rumin  1 , Elodie Nicolau  2 , Raimundo Gonçalves de Oliveira Junior  1 , Claudio Fuentes-Grünewald  3 , Laurent Picot  1
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Analysis of Scientific Research Driving Microalgae Market Opportunities in Europe

Judith Rumin et al. Mar Drugs. .

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.

Keywords: Europe; GMO; bibliometric; biofertilizers; bioplastics; biotechnology; cosmetics; food; market; microalgae; nutraceuticals; pharmaceuticals; research.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare they have no competing interests.

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Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of European scientific publications related to genetically modified microalgae (GM-microalgae) in 166 publications (400 links; 28 coocc; 12 occ; and 9 clusters).
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Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of European scientific publications related to the microalgae harvesting in 175 publications (400 links; 7 coocc; 8 occ; and 8 clusters).
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Figure 3
Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of European scientific publications related microalgae extraction in 427 publications (400 links; 17 coocc; 17 occ; and 13 clusters).
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Figure 4
Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of the European scientific publications related to the biofuels field in 1202 publications (400 links; 48 coocc; 48 occ; and 13 clusters).
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Figure 5
Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of the European scientific publications related to the bioplastic field in 14 publications (400 links; 2 coocc; 22 occ; and 11 clusters).
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Figure 6
Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of the European scientific publications related to the biofertilizer field in 22 publications (400 links; 3 coocc; 3 occ; and 10 clusters).
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Figure 7
Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of the European scientific publications related to the nutraceutical field in 108 publications (400 links; 5 coocc; 5 occ; and 9 clusters).
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Figure 8
Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of the European scientific publications related to the pharmaceutic field in 239 publications (400 links; 11 coocc; 11 occ; and 14 clusters).
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Figure 9
Main concepts, concepts network and annual number of the European scientific publications related to the cosmetic field in 154 publications (300 links; 8 coocc; 8 occ; and 12 clusters).
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Figure 10
Scientific production by country for the emerging markets of: GM-microalgae (a); bioplastics (b); biofertilizers (c); nutraceutical (d); cosmetic (e); and pharmaceutical (f).
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