Jan Steensels

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Jan Steensels is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Steensels has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Food Science, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jan Steensels's work include Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (31 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and Horticultural and Viticultural Research (14 papers). Jan Steensels is often cited by papers focused on Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (31 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and Horticultural and Viticultural Research (14 papers). Jan Steensels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and United Kingdom. Jan Steensels's co-authors include Kevin J. Verstrepen, Karin Voordeckers, Brigida Gallone, Veerle Saels, Esther Meersman, Tim Snoek, Bart Lievens, Maria C. Dzialo, Martina Picca Nicolino and Rahel Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jan Steensels

41 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Domestication and Divergence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Beer Yeasts

2016 468 citations Brigida Gallone, Jan Steensels et al. profile →
Physiology, ecology and industrial applications of aroma formation in yeast

2017 310 citations Maria C. Dzialo, Jan Steensels et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Steensels Belgium	26	2.1k	1.5k	1.1k	439	377	44	3.0k
Lisa Solieri Italy	31	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	580 0.5×	223 0.5×	282 0.7×	78	2.4k
Jean‐Luc Legras France	30	2.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.7×	214 0.5×	272 0.7×	65	3.5k
Paula Gonçalves Portugal	32	1.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	463 1.1×	172 0.5×	58	3.0k
Carmela Belloch Spain	34	2.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	241 0.5×	336 0.9×	77	3.4k
Concetta Compagno Italy	27	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	569 0.5×	790 1.8×	221 0.6×	73	2.6k
Marius G. Lambrechts South Africa	19	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	878 0.8×	314 0.7×	384 1.0×	34	2.1k
Pilar Morales Spain	27	1.5k 0.7×	713 0.5×	950 0.8×	232 0.5×	475 1.3×	74	2.0k
Olivier Claisse France	30	1.9k 0.9×	1000 0.6×	970 0.9×	97 0.2×	384 1.0×	63	2.4k
Serge Casarégola France	32	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	868 0.8×	289 0.7×	225 0.6×	85	3.2k
Sergi Ferrer Spain	31	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	580 0.5×	130 0.3×	490 1.3×	78	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Steensels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Steensels

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Vilela, Nathália, Anton Gorkovskiy, Beatriz Herrera‐Malaver, et al.. (2025). From residues to clove: Harnessing novel phenolic acid decarboxylase for 4-Vinyl guaiacol production in industrial Yeast. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 151. 20–27.

Herrera‐Malaver, Beatriz, et al.. (2025). Distinct genome stabilization procedures lead to phenotypic variability in newly generated interspecific yeast hybrids. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1472832–1472832. 2 indexed citations

Bondt, Yamina De, et al.. (2025). The thermotolerance of industrial yeast strains in a dough matrix determines their impact on the oven rise during bread baking. Food Chemistry. 491. 145151–145151.

Craemer, Sam De, Beatriz Herrera‐Malaver, Karin Voordeckers, et al.. (2025). Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for co-production of ethanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol from sugarcane molasses. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 18(1). 86–86.

Bircham, Peter W., Anna Zimmermann, Peter De Rijk, et al.. (2024). Combinatorial optimization of gene expression through recombinase-mediated promoter and terminator shuffling in yeast. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1112–1112. 18 indexed citations

Zimmermann, Anna, et al.. (2023). A Cas3-base editing tool for targetable in vivo mutagenesis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3389–3389. 21 indexed citations

Herrera‐Malaver, Beatriz, et al.. (2022). Novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae variants slow down the accumulation of staling aldehydes and improve beer shelf-life. Food Chemistry. 398. 133863–133863. 12 indexed citations

Herrera‐Malaver, Beatriz, Jan Steensels, Judit Arnó, et al.. (2021). The Pupal Parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae Is Attracted to the Same Yeast Volatiles as Its Adult Host. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 47(8-9). 788–798. 8 indexed citations

Piampongsant, Supinya, Brigida Gallone, Andrea Del Cortona, et al.. (2021). Massive QTL analysis identifies pleiotropic genetic determinants for stress resistance, aroma formation, and ethanol, glycerol and isobutanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 211–211. 9 indexed citations

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Perez-Samper, Gemma, Bram Cerulus, Brigida Gallone, et al.. (2019). On the duration of the microbial lag phase. Current Genetics. 65(3). 721–727. 60 indexed citations

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Gallone, Brigida, Jan Steensels, Stijn F. L. Mertens, et al.. (2019). Interspecific hybridization facilitates niche adaptation in beer yeast. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(11). 1562–1575. 82 indexed citations

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Mertens, Stijn F. L., Brigida Gallone, Jan Steensels, et al.. (2019). Reducing phenolic off-flavors through CRISPR-based gene editing of the FDC1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Saccharomyces eubayanus hybrid lager beer yeasts. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0209124–e0209124. 32 indexed citations

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Steensels, Jan, Brigida Gallone, Karin Voordeckers, & Kevin J. Verstrepen. (2019). Domestication of Industrial Microbes. Current Biology. 29(10). R381–R393. 123 indexed citations

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Steensels, Jan, Anton Gorkovskiy, & Kevin J. Verstrepen. (2018). SCRaMbLEing to understand and exploit structural variation in genomes. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1937–1937. 20 indexed citations

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Kruis, Aleksander J., Brigida Gallone, Astrid E. Mars, et al.. (2018). Contribution of Eat1 and Other Alcohol Acyltransferases to Ester Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 3202–3202. 33 indexed citations

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Gallone, Brigida, Stijn F. L. Mertens, Jonathan Gordon, et al.. (2017). Origins, evolution, domestication and diversity of Saccharomyces beer yeasts. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 49. 148–155. 88 indexed citations

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Aslankoohi, Elham, Beatriz Herrera‐Malaver, Mohammad Naser Rezaei, et al.. (2016). Non-Conventional Yeast Strains Increase the Aroma Complexity of Bread. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0165126–e0165126. 93 indexed citations

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Steensels, Jan, Luk Daenen, Philippe Malcorps, et al.. (2015). Brettanomyces yeasts — From spoilage organisms to valuable contributors to industrial fermentations. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 206. 24–38. 186 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Vaskar, Jan Steensels, Ilse Van De Voorde, et al.. (2013). High throughput screening of yeast strains for desirable stress tolerant traits for bioethanol production. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Meersman, Esther, Jan Steensels, Veerle Saels, et al.. (2013). Detailed Analysis of the Microbial Population in Malaysian Spontaneous Cocoa Pulp Fermentations Reveals a Core and Variable Microbiota. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e81559–e81559. 84 indexed citations

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