Patrick Varilly

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Patrick Varilly is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Varilly has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Patrick Varilly's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (3 papers). Patrick Varilly is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (3 papers). Patrick Varilly collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Patrick Varilly's co-authors include Ben Fry, S. F. Schaffner, Pardis C. Sabeti, Jason Lohmueller, David Chandler, Amish J. Patel, Xiaohui Xie, Steven A. McCarroll, Chris Cotsapas and Eric S. Lander and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Varilly

19 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

2007 1.4k citations Pardis C. Sabeti, Patrick Varilly et al. Nature profile →
Positive Natural Selection in the Human Lineage

2006 802 citations Pardis C. Sabeti, S. F. Schaffner et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Varilly United States	13	1.7k	989	289	230	220	19	3.2k
Elizabeth Wright United States	34	670 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	115 0.4×	300 1.3×	268 1.2×	108	3.8k
Eiji Takahashi Japan	40	944 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	394 1.4×	246 1.1×	488 2.2×	335	5.7k
Jan Mrázek Czechia	35	903 0.5×	3.4k 3.4×	168 0.6×	306 1.3×	395 1.8×	152	5.1k
Charles W. Caldwell United States	38	556 0.3×	1.7k 1.7×	507 1.8×	304 1.3×	140 0.6×	129	3.7k
Joseph W. Burnett United States	35	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	325 1.1×	110 0.5×	300 1.4×	209	4.4k
William Bruno United States	29	687 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	122 0.4×	73 0.3×	61 0.3×	74	2.9k
Mikel Valle Spain	39	913 0.5×	4.4k 4.5×	173 0.6×	156 0.7×	580 2.6×	69	5.5k
J. B. Clegg United Kingdom	39	791 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	495 1.7×	112 0.5×	310 1.4×	138	5.9k
Florian Mueller France	40	476 0.3×	3.7k 3.7×	171 0.6×	232 1.0×	188 0.9×	74	4.7k
Eric Blanc France	31	711 0.4×	2.8k 2.8×	233 0.8×	116 0.5×	780 3.5×	101	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Varilly

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Varilly

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Varilly

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

All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Varilly, Patrick, Adam P. Willard, Julius B. Kirkegaard, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, & David Chandler. (2017). Intra-chain organisation of hydrophobic residues controls inter-chain aggregation rates of amphiphilic polymers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 146(13). 135102–135102. 2 indexed citations

Dijk, Erik van, Patrick Varilly, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Daan Frenkel, & Sanne Abeln. (2016). Consistent Treatment of Hydrophobicity in Protein Lattice Models Accounts for Cold Denaturation. Physical Review Letters. 116(7). 78101–78101. 31 indexed citations

Angioletti‐Uberti, Stefano, Patrick Varilly, Bortolo Matteo Mognetti, & Daan Frenkel. (2014). Mobile Linkers on DNA-Coated Colloids: Valency without Patches. Physical Review Letters. 113(12). 128303–128303. 62 indexed citations

Martínez‐Veracoechea, Francisco J., Bortolo Matteo Mognetti, Stefano Angioletti‐Uberti, et al.. (2014). Designing stimulus-sensitive colloidal walkers. Soft Matter. 10(19). 3463–3470. 12 indexed citations

Michele, Lorenzo Di, Bortolo Matteo Mognetti, Taiki Yanagishima, et al.. (2014). Effect of Inert Tails on the Thermodynamics of DNA Hybridization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(18). 6538–6541. 35 indexed citations

Varilly, Patrick, Stefano Angioletti‐Uberti, Bortolo Matteo Mognetti, & Daan Frenkel. (2012). A general theory of DNA-mediated and other valence-limited colloidal interactions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 137(9). 94108–94108. 81 indexed citations

Green, Jeremy, Michael Engelhardt, John Negele, & Patrick Varilly. (2012). Diquark correlations in a hadron from lattice QCD. AIP conference proceedings. 172–174. 2 indexed citations

Varilly, Patrick & David Chandler. (2012). Water Evaporation: A Transition Path Sampling Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 117(5). 1419–1428. 111 indexed citations

Patel, Amish J., Patrick Varilly, Sumanth N. Jamadagni, et al.. (2011). Extended surfaces modulate hydrophobic interactions of neighboring solutes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(43). 17678–17683. 137 indexed citations

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Varilly, Patrick. (2011). Fluctuations in Water and their Relation to the Hydrophobic Effect. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Hassett, Brendan, Anthony Várilly‐Alvarado, & Patrick Varilly. (2011). Transcendental obstructions to weak approximation on general K3 surfaces. Advances in Mathematics. 228(3). 1377–1404. 18 indexed citations

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Varilly, Patrick, Amish J. Patel, & David Chandler. (2011). An improved coarse-grained model of solvation and the hydrophobic effect. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 134(7). 74109–74109. 69 indexed citations

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Varilly, Patrick, et al.. (2011). Sitting at the edge: How biomolecules use hydrophobicity to tune their interactions and function. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 2 indexed citations

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Patel, Amish J., Patrick Varilly, & David Chandler. (2010). Fluctuations of Water near Extended Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 114(4). 1632–1637. 249 indexed citations

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Sabeti, Pardis C., Patrick Varilly, Ben Fry, et al.. (2007). Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations. Nature. 449(7164). 913–918. 1403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sabeti, Pardis C., S. F. Schaffner, Ben Fry, et al.. (2006). Positive Natural Selection in the Human Lineage. Science. 312(5780). 1614–1620. 802 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sabeti, Pardis C., Emily C. Walsh, S. F. Schaffner, et al.. (2005). The Case for Selection at CCR5-Δ32. PLoS ONE. 3. 1963–1969. 11 indexed citations

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Walsh, Emily C., Pardis C. Sabeti, Holli B. Hutcheson, et al.. (2005). Searching for signals of evolutionary selection in 168 genes related to immune function. Human Genetics. 119(1-2). 92–102. 58 indexed citations

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Sabeti, Pardis C., Emily Walsh, S. F. Schaffner, et al.. (2005). The Case for Selection at CCR5-Δ32. PLoS Biology. 3(11). e378–e378. 150 indexed citations

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