Hiroshi Watanabe

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
256 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Watanabe is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Watanabe has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 70 papers in Molecular Biology and 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Watanabe's work include Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (51 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (44 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers). Hiroshi Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (51 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (44 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers). Hiroshi Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Thailand. Hiroshi Watanabe's co-authors include Kinzo Matsumoto, Thomas W. Holstein, Hideo Mukai, Yasunori Kanaho, Taichi Sato, Masakazu Yamazaki, Yasunori Saito, Michael A. Frohman, Takeaki Yokozeki and Euichi Hirose and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Watanabe

248 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate 5-Kinase α Is a Downstream Effector of the Small G Protein ARF6 in Membrane Ruffle Formation

1999 687 citations Hiroshi Watanabe, Yasunori Kanaho et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroshi Watanabe Japan	44	2.9k	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	789	256	7.1k
Michael J. Greenberg United States	45	2.4k 0.8×	387 0.3×	502 0.4×	2.8k 2.6×	355 0.4×	165	6.4k
Angelo Fontana Italy	54	6.0k 2.1×	277 0.2×	708 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	376	13.1k
Richard A. Steinhardt United States	50	6.4k 2.2×	359 0.3×	2.4k 2.1×	2.6k 2.5×	1.1k 1.5×	88	10.7k
Andrew R. Cossins United Kingdom	50	2.7k 0.9×	580 0.4×	956 0.8×	835 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	155	8.5k
Alberto Darszon Mexico	58	4.0k 1.4×	120 0.1×	473 0.4×	1.9k 1.8×	351 0.4×	241	10.0k
Howard M. Lenhoff United States	34	1.6k 0.6×	303 0.2×	442 0.4×	319 0.3×	333 0.4×	113	4.1k
Baldomero M. Olivera United States	85	22.3k 7.8×	247 0.2×	514 0.5×	6.6k 6.2×	936 1.2×	427	25.7k
Erich Gnaiger Austria	52	4.7k 1.7×	773 0.5×	876 0.8×	419 0.4×	2.6k 3.3×	177	9.9k
Jacques Callebert France	46	2.4k 0.8×	296 0.2×	285 0.3×	2.0k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	163	7.4k
C. Ladd Prosser United States	42	1.5k 0.5×	443 0.3×	297 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	824 1.0×	118	5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Watanabe

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Hayakawa, Eisuke, Akira Shiraishi, Kurato Mohri, et al.. (2022). Mass spectrometry of short peptides reveals common features of metazoan peptidergic neurons. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(10). 1438–1448. 31 indexed citations

Watanabe, Hiroshi, Yuko Naito‐Matsui, Mitsuhiro Abe, et al.. (2016). Psychosine-triggered endomitosis is modulated by membrane sphingolipids through regulation of phosphoinositide 4,5-bisphosphate production at the cleavage furrow. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(13). 2037–2050. 8 indexed citations

Suzuki, Atsushi, Yuji Kuwahara, Kouichi Itoh, et al.. (2010). The scaffold protein JIP3 functions as a downstream effector of the small GTPase ARF6 to regulate neurite morphogenesis of cortical neurons. FEBS Letters. 584(13). 2801–2806. 28 indexed citations

Philipp, Isabelle, Roland Aufschnaiter, Suat Özbek, et al.. (2009). Wnt/β-Catenin and noncanonical Wnt signaling interact in tissue evagination in the simple eumetazoan Hydra. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(11). 4290–4295. 109 indexed citations

Watanabe, Hiroshi, Toshitaka Fujisawa, & Thomas W. Holstein. (2009). Cnidarians and the evolutionary origin of the nervous system. Development Growth & Differentiation. 51(3). 167–183. 126 indexed citations

Tohda, Michihisa, Monrudee Sukma, & Hiroshi Watanabe. (2004). RNA Editing and Short Variant of Serotonin 2C Receptor mRNA in Neuronally Differentiated NG108-15 Cells. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 96(2). 164–169. 8 indexed citations

Tohda, Michihisa & Hiroshi Watanabe. (2003). Determination method of sense sequence based on RT/PCR. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 55(1). 101–105. 1 indexed citations

Sato, Toshitsugu, et al.. (2001). Codon and Base Biases after the Initiation Codon of the Open Reading Frames in the Escherichia coli Genome and Their Influence on the Translation Efficiency. The Journal of Biochemistry. 129(6). 851–860. 47 indexed citations

Tohda, Michihisa, Kinzo Matsumoto, Sanan Subhadhirasakul, et al.. (1998). Inhibitory Effects of Corymine-Related Compounds on Glycine Receptors Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 77(2). 169–172. 3 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Kinzo, et al.. (1997). Central corticotropin-releasing factor and benzodiazepine receptor systems are involved in the social isolation stress-induced decrease in ethanol sleep in mice. Brain Research. 753(2). 318–321. 17 indexed citations

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Dong, Erbo, Takako Yokozawa, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, et al.. (1996). The Role of Total Ginseng Saponin and Its Components in Antiperoxidation in Vitro. Natural medicines = 生薬學雜誌. 50(2). 128–134. 9 indexed citations

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Matsuhashi, Michio, et al.. (1996). Cellular Signals Regulating Antibiotic Sensitivities of Bacteria. Microbial Drug Resistance. 2(1). 91–93. 10 indexed citations

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Saito, Yoshifumi, Euichi Hirose, & Hiroshi Watanabe. (1994). Allorecognition in compound ascidians. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 38(2). 237–247. 68 indexed citations

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Hirose, Euichi, Yasunori Saito, & Hiroshi Watanabe. (1991). Tunic Cell Morphology and Classification in Botryllid Ascidians(Morphology). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 8(5). 951–958. 22 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Kazuo, Hiroshi Suda, Hiroshi Watanabe, et al.. (1988). Habenular lesion attenuates methamphetamine-induced inhibition of dopamine neuronal activity in the substantia nigra pars compacta of rats. Neuroscience Letters. 86(1). 67–71. 16 indexed citations

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Saito, Yasunori & Hiroshi Watanabe. (1984). Partial Biochemical Characterization of Humoral Factors Involved in the Nonfusion Reaction of a Botryllid Ascidian, Botrylloides simodensis. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 1(2). 229–235. 13 indexed citations

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Kawamura, Kazuo & Hiroshi Watanabe. (1983). The role of parental positional information in the determination of antero-posterior polarity during palleal budding in ascidians. Development Genes and Evolution. 192(1). 28–36. 12 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Kazuo, et al.. (1983). . Folia Pharmacologica Japonica. 82(4). 237–245. 9 indexed citations

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Koyama, Hiromichi & Hiroshi Watanabe. (1981). Colony Specificity in the Colonial Ascidian,Perophora japonica. 日本動物学彙報. 54(1). 30–41. 12 indexed citations

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Mukai, Hideo & Hiroshi Watanabe. (1978). Studies on Some Aspects of Ovulation and Embryogenesis in the Compound Ascidian,Botryllus primigenus. 日本動物学彙報. 51(4). 211–221. 5 indexed citations

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