Aprill Watanabe

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 783 citations indexed

About

Aprill Watanabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Aprill Watanabe has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 783 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Aprill Watanabe's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (3 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (3 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (2 papers). Aprill Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (3 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (3 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (2 papers). Aprill Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Switzerland. Aprill Watanabe's co-authors include Galen Hostetter, Daniel D. Von Hoff, Haiyong Han, Caroline H. Diep, Janine LoBello, Ping Jiang, H. Michael Shepard, Chao Sima, Clifford J. Whatcott and Benjamin A. Katchman and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, PLoS ONE and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Aprill Watanabe

12 papers receiving 778 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.

Desmoplasia in Primary Tumors and Metastatic Lesions of Pancreatic Cancer

2015 469 citations Clifford J. Whatcott, Caroline H. Diep et al. Clinical Cancer Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aprill Watanabe United States	8	428	359	163	160	134	12	783
Janine LoBello United States	9	417 1.0×	286 0.8×	94 0.6×	180 1.1×	133 1.0×	28	706
Sihem Khelifa United States	7	411 1.0×	228 0.6×	102 0.6×	212 1.3×	128 1.0×	13	630
Aude Mallavialle France	15	337 0.8×	409 1.1×	104 0.6×	161 1.0×	184 1.4×	23	791
Christine Gjerdrum Norway	3	488 1.1×	514 1.4×	148 0.9×	158 1.0×	385 2.9×	6	1.1k
Ori Maller United States	11	315 0.7×	191 0.5×	100 0.6×	129 0.8×	126 0.9×	12	657
Takeshi Motohara Japan	14	427 1.0×	634 1.8×	143 0.9×	333 2.1×	107 0.8×	29	1.1k
Andreas Enns Germany	9	289 0.7×	506 1.4×	143 0.9×	129 0.8×	137 1.0×	9	889
Gvantsa Kharaishvili Czechia	18	347 0.8×	404 1.1×	107 0.7×	221 1.4×	62 0.5×	26	776
Xavier Canron France	11	285 0.7×	614 1.7×	117 0.7×	136 0.8×	75 0.6×	12	879
Hallvard Haugen Norway	6	517 1.2×	515 1.4×	144 0.9×	181 1.1×	414 3.1×	10	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Aprill Watanabe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aprill Watanabe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aprill Watanabe

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

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Tüzmen, Şükrü, Galen Hostetter, Aprill Watanabe, et al.. (2018). Characterization of Farnesyl Diphosphate Farnesyl Transferase 1 ( FDFT1 ) Expression In Cancer. Personalized Medicine. 16(1). 51–65. 27 indexed citations

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Whatcott, Clifford J., Caroline H. Diep, Ping Jiang, et al.. (2015). Desmoplasia in Primary Tumors and Metastatic Lesions of Pancreatic Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(15). 3561–3568. 469 indexed citations breakdown →

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Whatcott, Clifford J., Aprill Watanabe, Janine LoBello, Daniel D. Von Hoff, & Haiyong Han. (2014). Abstract 191: Desmoplasia in primary tumors and metastatic lesions of pancreatic cancer. Cancer Research. 74(19_Supplement). 191–191. 1 indexed citations

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Whatcott, Clifford J., Sabrina N. Dumas, Aprill Watanabe, et al.. (2013). Abstract 2135: TGFβRI inhibition results in reduced collagen expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.. Cancer Research. 73(8_Supplement). 2135–2135. 1 indexed citations

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Katchman, Benjamin A., Idris Tolgay Ocal, Heather E. Cunliffe, et al.. (2013). Expression of quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase 1 is associated with a highly invasive phenotype and correlates with a poor prognosis in Luminal B breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 15(2). 89–89. 44 indexed citations

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Byron, Sara A., Elizabeth Min, Galen Hostetter, et al.. (2012). Negative Regulation of NF-κB by the ING4 Tumor Suppressor in Breast Cancer. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46823–e46823. 38 indexed citations

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Diep, Caroline H., Galen Hostetter, Aprill Watanabe, et al.. (2012). Down-Regulation of Yes Associated Protein 1 Expression Reduces Cell Proliferation and Clonogenicity of Pancreatic Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e32783–e32783. 75 indexed citations

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LoBello, Janine, Molly Gale, Aprill Watanabe, et al.. (2012). The Role of the Histone Demethyltransferase Gene JMJD1C and H3K9 Methylation in Multiple Myeloma. Blood. 120(21). 3527–3527. 1 indexed citations

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Katchman, Benjamin A., Galen Hostetter, Michael J. Demeure, et al.. (2011). Quiescin Sulfhydryl Oxidase 1 Promotes Invasion of Pancreatic Tumor Cells Mediated by Matrix Metalloproteinases. Molecular Cancer Research. 9(12). 1621–1631. 50 indexed citations

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Allen, Kristi, Chris Kingsley, Irene Cherni, et al.. (2011). Hedgehog signaling pathway molecules and ALDH1A1 expression in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 76(2). 191–196. 43 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Aprill, Robert Cornelison, & Galen Hostetter. (2005). Tissue microarrays: applications in genomic research. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 5(2). 171–181. 33 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Aprill, et al.. (2005). Tissue Microarray Applications: A Valuable Clinical and Research Resource. Journal of Histotechnology. 28(4). 223–228. 1 indexed citations

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