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Dielectric characteristics of grape juice and wine

Publicated to:Biosystems Engineering. 88 (3): 343-349 - 2004-01-01 88(3), DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2004.04.008

Authors: García A; Torres JL; De Blas M; De Francisco A; Illanes R

Affiliations

Dept. of Projects and Rural Eng., Univ. Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain - Author
ETSI de Montes, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This study was carried out on samples of red grape juice and red wine at 20°C made from red varieties of grapes of the denomination of origin Navarre. The relative dielectric constant ε′r and the relative loss factor ε″r were measured in the frequency range from 200MHz to 3GHz with an open-ended coaxial probe technique. The dielectric parameters that best differentiate red grape juice from the red wine are the values of the dielectric constant at 200MHz and 3GHz. The presence of CO2 during alcoholic fermentation of the must may give unreliable measurements. © 2004 Silsoe Research Institute. All rights reserved.

Keywords
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Biosystems Engineering due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2004, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Control and Systems Engineering.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 4.25, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-17, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 49
  • OpenCitations: 34
Impact and social visibility

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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ILLANES MUÑOZ, RAFAEL) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ILLANES MUÑOZ, RAFAEL.