Cristián Varela

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Cristián Varela is a scholar working on Food Science, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristián Varela has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Food Science, 34 papers in Plant Science and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cristián Varela's work include Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (50 papers), Horticultural and Viticultural Research (32 papers) and Wine Industry and Tourism (15 papers). Cristián Varela is often cited by papers focused on Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (50 papers), Horticultural and Viticultural Research (32 papers) and Wine Industry and Tourism (15 papers). Cristián Varela collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Chile and Spain. Cristián Varela's co-authors include Isak S. Pretorius, Paul A. Henschke, N.P. Jolly, Eduardo Agosín, Chris Curtin, Anthony R. Borneman, Paul J. Chambers, Ángela Contreras, Francisco Pizarro and C. Hidalgo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Cristián Varela

81 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Not your ordinary yeast: non-Saccharomycesyeasts in wine ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Not your ordinary yeast: non-Saccharomycesyeasts in wine production uncovered
    2013 670 citations Cristián Varela, Isak S. Pretorius et al. FEMS Yeast Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cristián Varela Australia 35 3.9k 3.0k 1.3k 897 841 85 4.8k
Maria Aponte Italy 29 1.6k 0.4× 375 0.1× 919 0.7× 46 0.1× 120 0.1× 73 2.3k
Andrea Curioni Italy 28 1.2k 0.3× 907 0.3× 437 0.3× 59 0.1× 359 0.4× 102 2.2k
Donato Antonacci Italy 27 747 0.2× 876 0.3× 491 0.4× 130 0.1× 545 0.6× 93 1.7k
María Llanos Palop Spain 21 829 0.2× 369 0.1× 454 0.3× 49 0.1× 105 0.1× 45 1.2k
Remigio López‐Solís Chile 22 742 0.2× 483 0.2× 270 0.2× 36 0.0× 504 0.6× 66 1.4k
Larry Lerno United States 22 677 0.2× 538 0.2× 626 0.5× 38 0.0× 236 0.3× 50 1.5k
Yang He China 20 510 0.1× 551 0.2× 439 0.3× 24 0.0× 181 0.2× 56 1.4k
Junrui Wu China 32 1.7k 0.4× 476 0.2× 1.4k 1.1× 4 0.0× 77 0.1× 104 3.1k
Luciano Gomes Fietto Brazil 24 417 0.1× 1.0k 0.3× 1.1k 0.9× 8 0.0× 76 0.1× 64 2.1k
L. Pellegrino Italy 28 1.3k 0.3× 196 0.1× 821 0.6× 4 0.0× 131 0.2× 101 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Cristián Varela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cristián Varela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cristián Varela. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Cristián Varela. The network helps show where Cristián Varela may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristián Varela

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cristián Varela. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cristián Varela based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cristián Varela. Cristián Varela is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Onetto, Cristóbal A., et al.. (2025). Genetic and phenotypic diversity of wine-associated Hanseniaspora species. FEMS Yeast Research. 25. 2 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Pablo, et al.. (2025). The Southern Hemisphere yeast frontier: from nature dwellers to accomplished fermenters. FEMS Yeast Research. 25.
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Cruzado, Josep M., Anna Solà, Anna Manonelles, et al.. (2024). Severe ischemia-reperfusion injury induces epigenetic inactivation of LHX1 in kidney progenitor cells after kidney transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 25(3). 476–488. 1 indexed citations
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Varela, Cristián, et al.. (2024). Insight into how fermentation might contribute to the distinctiveness of Australian coffee. Food Chemistry. 468. 142433–142433. 1 indexed citations
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Varela, Cristián, Joanna F. Sundstrom, Mark Solomon, et al.. (2023). A special drop: Characterising yeast isolates associated with fermented beverages produced by Australia's indigenous peoples. Food Microbiology. 112. 104216–104216. 5 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Pablo, Samuel O’Donnell, Nicolas Agier, et al.. (2023). Domestication signatures in the non-conventional yeast Lachancea cidri. mSystems. 9(1). e0105823–e0105823. 7 indexed citations
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Villarreal, Pablo, Carlos A. Villarroel, Nicolas Agier, et al.. (2022). Late Pleistocene‐dated divergence between South Hemisphere populations of the non‐conventional yeast L . cidri. Environmental Microbiology. 24(12). 5615–5629. 9 indexed citations
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Varela, Cristián, et al.. (2021). Volatile aroma composition and sensory profile of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon wines produced with novelMetschnikowia pulcherrimayeast starter cultures. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research. 27(3). 406–418. 20 indexed citations
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Varela, Cristián, Caroline Bartel, Cristóbal A. Onetto, & Anthony R. Borneman. (2020). Targeted gene deletion in Brettanomyces bruxellensis with an expression-free CRISPR-Cas9 system. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(16). 7105–7115. 8 indexed citations
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Canonico, Laura, Mark Solomon, Francesca Comitini, Maurizio Ciani, & Cristián Varela. (2019). Volatile profile of reduced alcohol wines fermented with selected non-Saccharomyces yeasts under different aeration conditions. Food Microbiology. 84. 103247–103247. 81 indexed citations
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Varela, Cristián, et al.. (2017). Sensory profile and volatile aroma composition of reduced alcohol Merlot wines fermented with Metschnikowia pulcherrima and Saccharomyces uvarum. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 252. 1–9. 108 indexed citations
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Varela, Cristián, et al.. (2016). Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from food and food-related settings.. International Food Research Journal. 23(2). 909–912. 3 indexed citations
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Varela, Cristián. (2016). The impact of non-Saccharomyces yeasts in the production of alcoholic beverages. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(23). 9861–9874. 193 indexed citations
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Bindon, Keren A., Cristián Varela, James A. Kennedy, Helen E. Holt, & Markus Herderich. (2012). Relationships between harvest time and wine composition in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon 1. Grape and wine chemistry. Food Chemistry. 138(2-3). 1696–1705. 165 indexed citations
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Cordente, Antonio G., Christopher D. Curtin, Cristián Varela, & Isak S. Pretorius. (2012). Flavour-active wine yeasts. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 96(3). 601–618. 116 indexed citations
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Varela, Cristián, Simon A. Schmidt, Anthony R. Borneman, et al.. (2011). Systems biology: a new paradigm for industrial yeast strain development. Microbiology Australia. 32(4). 151–155. 1 indexed citations
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Vilanova, Mar, Maurizio Ugliano, Cristián Varela, et al.. (2007). Assimilable nitrogen utilisation and production of volatile and non-volatile compounds in chemically defined medium by Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeasts. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 77(1). 145–157. 197 indexed citations
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