1970s

• Wynne, M.J., McBride, D.L. & West, J.A. 1973. Polyneuropsis stolonifera gen. et sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Pacific coast of North America. Syesis 6: 243–253. Reference page. 
• Lee, I.K. & West, J.A. 1980 '1979'. Dasysiphonia chejuensis gen et sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Dasyaceae) from Korea. Systematic Botany 4: 115–129.

1980s

• Guiry, M.D., West, J.A., Kim, D.-H. & Masuda, M. 1984. Reinstatement of the genus Mastocarpus Kützing (Rhodophyta). Taxon 33: 53–63. DOI: 10.2307/1222029 Reference page. 

• Lee, I.K., West, J.A. & Hommersand, M.H. 1988. Binghamiopsis caespitosa gen. et sp. nov. (Lomentariaceae, Rhodophyceae) from the eastern Pacific. Korean Journal of Phycology 3: 1–13, 48 figs. Reference page. 

1990s

• Zuccarello, G.C. & West, J.A. 1994. Comparative development of the red algal parasites Bostrychiocolax australis gen. et sp. nov. and Dawsoniocolax bostrychiae (Choreocolacaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 30: 137–146. Reference page. 

• West, J.A, Zuccarello, G.C., Pedroche, F.F. & Karsten, U. 1994. Caloglossa apomeiotica sp. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from Pacific México. Botanica Marina 37: 381–390. DOI: 10.1515/botm.1994.37.4.381 Reference page. 

• West, J.A. & Calumpong, H.P. 1996. Mesospora negrosensis sp. nov. (Phaeophyta) from the Philippines. The Philippine Scientist 33: 5–15, 9 figs. Reference page. 

• Kamiya, M., Tanaka, J., King, R.J., West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C. & Kawai, H. 1999. Reproductive and genetic distinction between broad and narrow entities of Caloglossa continua (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 38: 356–367, 29 figs, 3 tables. Reference page. 

2000s

• Kamiya, M., West, J.A, Zuccarello, G.C. & Kawai, H. 2000. Caloglossa intermedia sp. nov. (Rhodophyta) from the western Atlantic coast: molecular and morphological analyses with special reference to C. leprieurii and C. monosticha. Journal of Phycology 36: 411–420. Reference page. 

• Kamiya, M., Zuccarello, G.C. & West, J.A. 2003. Evolutionary relationships of the genus Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) inferred from large-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences, morphological evidence and reproductive compatibility, with description of a new species from Guatemala. Phycologia 42: 478–497. Reference page. 
• West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J., Pickett-Heaps, J. & Kim, G.H. 2005. Observations on Purpureofilum apyrenoidigerum gen. et sp. nov. from Australia and Bangiopsis subsimplex from India (Stylonemates, Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 53: 49–66. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-183.2005.00373.x
• Ackland, J.C., West, J.A., Scott, J., Zuccarello, G.C. & Broom, J. 2006. Biology of Porphyra pulchella sp. nov. from Australia and New Zealand. Algae 21(2): 193–208, 24 figs.

• Kikuchi, N., West, J.A., Kajimura, M. & Shin, J.-A. 2006. Goniotrichopsis reniformis (Kajimura) Kikuchi comb. nov. (Stylonematales, Rhodophyta) from Japan. Algae 21(2): 185–191, 5 figs. DOI: 10.4490/algae.2006.21.2.185 Reference page. 

• Scott, J.L., Baca, B., Ott, F.D. & West, J.A. 2006. Light and electron microscopic observations on Erythrolobus coxiae gen. et sp. nov. (Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodophyta) from Texas U.S.A. Algae 21(4): 407–416. DOI: 10.4490/algae.2006.21.4.407 Reference page. 

• Vis, M.L., Entwisle, T.J., West, J.A. & Ott, F.D. 2006. Ptilothamnion richardsii (Rhodophyta) is a chantransia stage of Batrachospermum. European Journal of Phycology 41: 125–130. Reference page. 
• West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J.L., West, K.A. & Loiseaux de Goer, S. 2007. Pulvinus veneticus gen. et sp. nov. (Compsopogonales, Rhodophyta) from Vanuatu. Phycologia 46(3): 237–246.
• West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J.L., West, K.A. & Loiseaux de Goer, S. 2007. Correction to paper by West et al., Phycologia 46(3): 237–246. Phycologia 46(4): 478.
• West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J., West, K.A. & Karsten, U. 2007. Rhodaphanes brevistipitata gen. et sp. nov., a new member of the Stylonematophyceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 46: 440–449, 15 figs, 2 tables. DOI: 10.2216/07-03.1

• West, J.A., Scott, J.L., West, K.A., Karsten, U., Clayden, S.L. & Saunders, G.W. 2008. Rhodachlya madagascarensis gen. et sp. nov.: a distinct acrochaetioid represents a new order and family (Rhodachlyales ord. nov., Rhodachlyaceae fam. nov.) of the Florideophyceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 47: 203–212. DOI: 10.2216/07-72.1 Reference page. 

• Scott, J., Yokoyama, A., Billard, C., Fresnel, J., Hara, Y., West, K.A. & West, J.A. 2008. Neorhodella cyanea, a new genus in the Rhodellophyceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 47(6): 560–572. DOI: 10.2216/08-27.1 Reference page. 

• Scott, J., Yokoyama, A., Hara, Y. & West, J.A. 2009. Corrigendum: Correction to paper by Joseph L. Scott, Akiko Yokoyama, Yoshiaki Hara and John A. West. Phycologia 48(2): 136. DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884-48.2.136 Reference page. 

• Zuccarello, G.C., West, J.A. & Kikuchi, N. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships within the Stylonematales (Stylonematophyceae, Rhodohyta): biogeographic patterns do not apply to Stylonema alsidii. Journal of Phycology 44: 384–393. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00467.x Reference page. 

• Yokoyama, A., Scott, J.L., Zuccarello, G.C., Kajikawa, M., Hara, Y. & West, J.A. 2009. Corynoplastis japonica gen. et sp. nov. and Dixoniellales ord. nov. (Rhodellophyceae, Rhodophyta) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phycological Research 57(4): 278–289. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00547.x Reference page. 

2010s

• Zuccarello, G.C., Kikuchi, N. & West, J.A. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the crustose Erythropeltidales (Compsopogonophyceae, Rhodophyta): new genera Pseudoerythrocladia and Madagascaria and the evolution of the upright habit. Journal of Phycology 46(2): 363–373. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00810.x Reference page. 

• Yang, E.C., Scott, J.L., West, J.A., Orlova, E., Gauthier, D., Küpper, F. C., Yoon, H.S. & Karsten, U. 2010. New taxa of the Porphyridiophyceae (Rhodophyta): Timspurckia oligopyrenoides gen. et sp. nov. and Erythrolobus madagascarensis sp. nov. Phycologia 49(6): 604–616. DOI: 10.2216/09-105.1 Reference page. 

• Yang, E.C., Scott, J.L., West, J.A., Yoon, H.S., Yokoyama, A., Karsten, U., Loiseaux de Goër, S. & Orlova, E. 2011. Erythrolobos australicus sp. nov. (Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodophyta): a description based on several approaches. Algae 26(2): 167–180. DOI: 10.4490/algae.2011.26.2.167 Reference page. 

• Scott, J.L., Yang, E.C., West, J.A., Yokoyama, A., Kim, H.J., Loideaux de Goër, S., O'Kelly, C.J., Orlova, E., Kim, S.Y., Park, J.K. & Yoon, H.S. 2011. On the genus Rhodella, the emended orders Dixoniellales and Rhodellales with a new order Glaucosphaerales (Rhodellophyceae, Rhodophyta). Algae 26 (4): 277–288. DOI: 10.4490/algae.2011.26.4.277 ./ Corrigendum: Algae 27(1): 1–2. DOI: 10.4490/algae.2012.27.1.071 Reference page. 

• Krayesky, D.M., Norris, J.N., West, J.A. & Fredericq, S. 2011. The Caloglossa leprieurii-complex (Delesseriaceae, Rhodphyta) in the Americas: the elucidation of overlooked species based on molecular and morphological evidence. Cryptogamie Algologie 32(1): 37–62. Reference page. 

• Zuccarello, G.C., Yoon, H.S., Kim, H., Sun, L., de Goer, S.L. & West, J.A. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the upright Erythropeltidales (Compsopogonophyceae, Rhodophyta): multiple cryptic lineages of Erythrotrichia carnea. Journal of Phycology 47(3): 627–637. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.00985.x Reference page. 

• Kurihara, A., West, J.A., Conklin, K,Y. & Sherwood, A.R. 2012. A second species of Rodachlya (Rhodachlyales, Rhodophyta) from Hawaii, with a description of R. hawaiiana sp. nov.. Cryptogamie, Algologie 33(1): 21–33. Reference page. 

• Kushibiki, A., Yokoyama, A., Iwataki, M., Yokoyama, J., West, J.A. & Hara, Y. 2012. New unicellular red alga, Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodellophyceae, Rhodophyta) from the mangroves of Japan: Phylogenetic and ultrastructural observations. Phycological Research 60: 114–122. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2012.00643.x Reference page. 
• West, J.A., Loiseaux de Goër, S. & Zuccarello, G.C. 2012. Upright Erythropeltidales (Rhodophyta) in Brittany, France and description of a new species, Erythrotrichia longistipitata. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 53: 255–270.

• Krayesky, D.M., Norris, J.N., West, J.A., Kamiya, M., Viguerie, M., Wysor, B.S. & Fredericq, S. 2012. Two new species of Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Americas, C. confusa and C. fluviatilis. Phycologia 51(5): 513–530. DOI: 10.2216/11-57.1 Reference page. 

• Ganesan, E.K. & West, J.A. 2013. Nomenclatural changes for some freshwater red algae from India. Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 28(1): 45–51. Reference page. 

• West, J.A., Loiseaux de Goër, S., Zuccarello, G.C. 2014. A new species of Bangiopsis: B. franklynottii sp. nov. (Stylonematophyceae, Rhodophyta) from Australia and India and comments on the genus. Algae, 29(2): 101–109. DOI: 10.4490/algae.2014.29.2.101 Reference page. 
• Ganesan, E.K., West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Loiseaux de Goër, S. & Rout, J. 2015. Lemanea manipurensis sp. nov. (Batrachospermales), a freshwater red algal species from North-East India. Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 30(1): 1–13.

• West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Ganesan, E.K. & Loiseaux de Goër, S. 2015. Investigations into Iyengaria, a poorly known genus of the Scytosiphonaceae (Phaeophyceae) and description of a new species Iyengaria quadriseriata. Phykos 45(2): 43–50, 3 figs. : 50 (Corrigendum). Reference page. 

• West, J.A., Hansen, G.I., Hanyuda, T. & Zuccarello, G.C. 2016. Flora of drift plastics: a new red algal genus, Tsunamia transpacifica (Stylonematophyceae) from Japanese tsunami debris in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Algae 31(4): 289–301, 5 figs. DOI: 10.4490/algae.2016.31.10.20 Reference page. 
• West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Loiseaux de Goër, S., Stavrias, L.A. & Verbruggen. H. 2016. Rhodenigma contortum, an obscure new genus and species of Rhodogorgonales (Rhodophyta) from Western Australia. Journal of Phycology 52(3): 397–403, 3 figs. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12402

• Díaz-Tapia, P., Maggs, C.A., West, J.A. & Verbruggen, H. 2017. Analysis of chloroplast genomes and a supermatrix inform reclassification of the Rhodomelaceae (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 53(5): 920–937. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12553 Reference page.