Pablo Pastén

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Pablo Pastén is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pablo Pastén has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 19 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 16 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pablo Pastén's work include Mine drainage and remediation techniques (19 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (14 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (11 papers). Pablo Pastén is often cited by papers focused on Mine drainage and remediation techniques (19 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (14 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (11 papers). Pablo Pastén collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and United Kingdom. Pablo Pastén's co-authors include Gonzalo Pizarro, Jean‐François Gaillard, Ignacio T. Vargas, Marco A. Alsina, Carlos A. Bonilla, Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier, Ian Saratovsky, Juan Pablo Pavissich, Cristián Escauriaza and Peter G. Wightman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Environmental Science & Technology and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Pablo Pastén

57 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants

2020 261 citations Jaeyoung K. Jung, Khalid K. Alam et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pablo Pastén Chile	22	358	331	301	279	227	59	1.6k
Raul E. Martinez Germany	26	263 0.7×	288 0.9×	324 1.1×	167 0.6×	513 2.3×	53	1.8k
Xiaodong Gao United States	19	246 0.7×	375 1.1×	292 1.0×	96 0.3×	168 0.7×	39	1.9k
Katja Heister Germany	26	141 0.4×	448 1.4×	332 1.1×	126 0.5×	141 0.6×	45	2.3k
Xu Japan	29	324 0.9×	177 0.5×	379 1.3×	123 0.4×	105 0.5×	329	2.9k
Andrew E. Plymale United States	21	235 0.7×	287 0.9×	154 0.5×	186 0.7×	429 1.9×	47	1.9k
Christian Mustin France	27	199 0.6×	382 1.2×	282 0.9×	203 0.7×	257 1.1×	58	2.3k
Aizhong Ding China	29	398 1.1×	183 0.6×	861 2.9×	179 0.6×	122 0.5×	113	2.4k
Mark E. Fuller United States	27	508 1.4×	204 0.6×	660 2.2×	221 0.8×	110 0.5×	85	1.8k
Ryan Tappero United States	27	333 0.9×	383 1.2×	783 2.6×	133 0.5×	274 1.2×	114	2.8k
Darrell G. Schulze United States	33	150 0.4×	534 1.6×	395 1.3×	154 0.6×	600 2.6×	86	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Pablo Pastén

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pablo Pastén

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pablo Pastén

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pablo Pastén. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pablo Pastén 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 Pablo Pastén. Pablo Pastén is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Oyarzún, Ricardo, et al.. (2025). Modeling Metal(loid)s Transport in Arid Mountain Headwater Andean Basin: A WASP-Based Approach. Water. 17(13). 1905–1905.

Vicuña, Sebastián, Carlos A. Bonilla, Aurora Gaxiola, et al.. (2025). Water security in a semiarid environment: An approach to assess costs and benefits of high-Andean nature-based solutions. Ecosystem Services. 76. 101784–101784. 1 indexed citations

Nerenberg, Robert, et al.. (2024). Nitrate increases the capacity of an aerobic moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) for winery wastewater treatment. Water Science & Technology. 89(6). 1454–1465. 1 indexed citations

Pizarro, Gonzalo, Pablo Pastén, Sandra Cortés, et al.. (2023). Perchlorate and chlorate assessment in drinking water in northern Chilean cities. Environmental Research. 233. 116450–116450. 20 indexed citations

Oyarzún, Ricardo, et al.. (2023). The dynamics of arsenic and copper in solid and aqueous phases in reactive confluences receiving acid drainage: The role of turbidity and particle size. Environmental Pollution. 327. 121449–121449. 3 indexed citations

Simon, François, Jorge Gironás, María Molinos‐Senante, et al.. (2023). Toward sustainability and resilience in Chilean cities: Lessons and recommendations for air, water, and soil issues. Heliyon. 9(7). e18191–e18191. 12 indexed citations

Molinos‐Senante, María, et al.. (2023). Chemical functionalization of drinking water treatment residuals with calcium silicate hydrate to treat metal-enriched waters. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 54. 103884–103884. 1 indexed citations

Reyes‐Paecke, Sonia, et al.. (2022). A comparative study of soil metal concentrations in Chilean urban parks using four pollution indexes. Applied Geochemistry. 141. 105230–105230. 18 indexed citations

Oyarzún, Jorge, Pablo Pastén, Robert L. Runkel, et al.. (2021). Assessment of a conservative mixing model for the evaluation of constituent behavior below river confluences, Elqui River Basin, Chile. River Research and Applications. 37(7). 967–978. 8 indexed citations

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Runkel, Robert L., Pablo Pastén, José Luis Arumí, et al.. (2021). A simple low‐cost approach for transport parameter determination in mountain rivers. River Research and Applications. 38(1). 173–181. 4 indexed citations

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Jung, Jaeyoung K., Khalid K. Alam, Matthew S. Verosloff, et al.. (2020). Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants. Nature Biotechnology. 38(12). 1451–1459. 261 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pastén, Pablo, et al.. (2019). Calidad del agua en Chile: avances, desafíos y perspectivas. Universidad de Chile. 1 indexed citations

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Ravazzolo, Diego, et al.. (2018). Rusty river: Effects of tufa precipitation on sediment entrainment in the Estero Morales in the central Chilean Andes. The Science of The Total Environment. 652. 822–835. 7 indexed citations

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Rojas, Claudia, et al.. (2017). A new aerobic chemolithoautotrophic arsenic oxidizing microorganism isolated from a high Andean watershed. Biodegradation. 29(1). 59–69. 20 indexed citations

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Guerra, Paula, et al.. (2017). Enhancement of particle aggregation in the presence of organic matter during neutralization of acid drainage in a stream confluence and its effect on arsenic immobilization. Chemosphere. 180. 574–583. 17 indexed citations

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Pastén, Pablo, et al.. (2015). Sediment composition for the assessment of water erosion and nonpoint source pollution in natural and fire-affected landscapes. The Science of The Total Environment. 512-513. 26–35. 12 indexed citations

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Bonilla, Carlos A., et al.. (2013). Differential arsenic binding in the sediments of two sites in Chile's lower Loa River basin. The Science of The Total Environment. 466-467. 387–396. 21 indexed citations

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Leiva, Eduardo, Ignacio T. Vargas, Cristián Escauriaza, et al.. (2013). Natural attenuation process via microbial oxidation of arsenic in a high Andean watershed. The Science of The Total Environment. 466-467. 490–502. 42 indexed citations

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Escauriaza, Cristián, et al.. (2012). Formation and fate of contaminant particles controlled by turbulent coherent structures and geochemistry in a reactive river confluence. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 5 indexed citations

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Pastén, Pablo, Deanna C. Hurum, & Jean‐François Gaillard. (2000). Structural characterization of bacterial manganese oxides. 40(2). 648–650. 1 indexed citations

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