Akio Watanabe

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Akio Watanabe is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Akio Watanabe has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Akio Watanabe's work include Software System Performance and Reliability (11 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (11 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (10 papers). Akio Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Software System Performance and Reliability (11 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (11 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (10 papers). Akio Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Akio Watanabe's co-authors include Y. Imai, Tomohiko Kawamoto, Hiromori Akagi, Kenji Sakurai, Namiko Satoh‐Nagasawa, Nobushige Nakazawa, Masakazu Mukaida, Hidekazu Takahashi, Tatsuhito Fujimura and Ikuko Kodama and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Akio Watanabe

99 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

OsHMA3, a P1B‐type of ATPase affects root‐to‐shoot cadmiu... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. OsHMA3, a P1B‐type of ATPase affects root‐to‐shoot cadmium translocation in rice by mediating efflux into vacuoles
    2010 485 citations Nobushige Nakazawa, Tomohiko Kawamoto et al. profile →

Peers

Akio Watanabe
Patrik Karlsson Sweden
Xiaohui Lin China
Shigeki Kobayashi Japan
Zhibin Wang China
Xiaohui Qi China
Xiangyang Yu China
Du Zhang China
Muhammad Waqar Ashraf Saudi Arabia
Qun Zhou China
Amit Kumar Italy
Patrik Karlsson Sweden
Akio Watanabe
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akio Watanabe

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

All Works

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Watanabe, Akio, et al.. (2023). NW-AI Self-evolving Framework for Fault-tolerant Robust Networks. NTT technical review. 21(12). 33–36.
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Watanabe, Akio, et al.. (2021). Effects of Baccharin Isolated from Brazilian Green Propolis on Adipocyte Differentiation and Hyperglycemia in ob/ob Diabetic Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(13). 6954–6954. 7 indexed citations
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Lu, Rui, Takayuki Yonezawa, Akio Watanabe, et al.. (2020). Molecular mechanism for nobiletin to enhance ABCA1/G1 expression in mouse macrophages. Atherosclerosis. 297. 32–39. 36 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Akio, et al.. (2020). Effect of methoxyflavones contained in Kaempferia parviflora on CRE-mediated transcription in PC12D cells. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 30(23). 127606–127606. 11 indexed citations
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Kumagai, Momochika, Akio Watanabe, Izumi Yoshida, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of Aculeatin and Toddaculin Isolated from <i>Toddalia asiatica</i> as Anti-inflammatory Agents in LPS-Stimulated RAW264 Macrophages. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 41(1). 132–137. 14 indexed citations
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Ogawa, Seiji, Toshihide Watanabe, Isamu Sugimoto, et al.. (2016). Discovery of G Protein-Biased EP2 Receptor Agonists. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 7(3). 306–311. 11 indexed citations
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Ogawa, Seiji, Toshihide Watanabe, Yoshikazu Goto, et al.. (2016). Structural optimization and structure–functional selectivity relationship studies of G protein-biased EP2 receptor agonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(10). 2446–2449. 6 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Akio, Momochika Kumagai, Junya Ito, et al.. (2015). Toddaculin, Isolated from of Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam., Inhibited Osteoclastogenesis in RAW 264 Cells and Enhanced Osteoblastogenesis in MC3T3-E1 Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0127158–e0127158. 16 indexed citations
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Kimura, Tatsuaki, Keisuke Ishibashi, Tatsuya Mori, et al.. (2014). Spatio-temporal factorization of log data for understanding network events. 610–618. 52 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Akio, Tsuyoshi Kato, Yusuke Ito, et al.. (2014). Aculeatin, a coumarin derived from Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam., enhances differentiation and lipolysis of 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 453(4). 787–792. 24 indexed citations
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Burdeos, Gregor Carpentero, Kiyotaka Nakagawa, Akio Watanabe, Fumiko Kimura, & Teruo Miyazawa. (2013). ^|^gamma;-Tocotrienol Attenuates Triglyceride through Effect on Lipogenic Gene Expressions in Mouse Hepatocellular Carcinoma Hepa 1-6. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 59(2). 148–151. 16 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Kiyotaka, Akio Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Tsuduki, et al.. (2013). Comparison of the effects of curcumin and curcumin glucuronide in human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells. Food Chemistry. 151. 126–132. 79 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Akio, Fumitaro Ishikawa, & Masahiko Kondow. (2012). Effects of Plasma Processes on the Characteristics of Optical Device Structures Based on GaAs. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 51(5R). 56501–56501. 3 indexed citations
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Satoh‐Nagasawa, Namiko, Nobushige Nakazawa, Tomohiko Kawamoto, et al.. (2011). Mutations in Rice (Oryza sativa) Heavy Metal ATPase 2 (OsHMA2) Restrict the Translocation of Zinc and Cadmium. Plant and Cell Physiology. 53(1). 213–224. 345 indexed citations
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Kodama, Ikuko, Shinichi Matsumoto, Tomohiko Kawamoto, et al.. (2009). A single recessive gene controls cadmium translocation in the cadmium hyperaccumulating rice cultivar Cho-Ko-Koku. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 120(6). 1175–1182. 84 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Akio, Shin‐ichi Igarashi, & Mitsunori Kawamura. (2005). COARSE CAPILLARY PORE STRUCTURES AND PHASE CONSTITUTION IN CEMENT PASTE WITH MINERAL ADMIXTURES. Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu. 2005(781). 781_145–781_155. 2 indexed citations
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Imai, Y., Akio Watanabe, Masakazu Mukaida, & Tatsuo Tsunoda. (1996). Electrostatic Potential and Temperature Distribution in Case of a Series and a Parallel Configuration of Two Thermoelectric Conversion Phases. Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan. 104(1209). 361–370. 1 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Naoshige, et al.. (1963). Some Observations on the Neuronal Mechanism of Opto-Kinetic Nystagmus. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 56(sup179). 7–17.

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