Kazuya Watanabe

17.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
297 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Kazuya Watanabe is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuya Watanabe has authored 297 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Environmental Engineering, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 76 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kazuya Watanabe's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (94 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (73 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (53 papers). Kazuya Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (94 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (73 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (53 papers). Kazuya Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Kazuya Watanabe's co-authors include Kazuhito Hashimoto, Atsushi Kouzuma, Souichiro Kato, Yumiko Kodama, Shigeaki Harayama, Shun’ichi Ishii, Yong Zhao, Nobuo Kaku, Hiroyuki Futamata and Takefumi Shimoyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kazuya Watanabe

284 papers receiving 12.1k 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.

The TetR Family of Transcriptional Repressors

2005 884 citations Kazuya Watanabe et al. profile →
Methanogenesis facilitated by electric syntrophy via (semi)conductive iron‐oxide minerals

2011 522 citations Kazuya Watanabe et al. profile →
Microbial interspecies electron transfer via electric currents through conductive minerals

2012 518 citations Kazuya Watanabe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuya Watanabe Japan	58	5.1k	3.2k	3.1k	3.1k	2.9k	297	12.5k
Ashley E. Franks Australia	51	6.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	167	12.8k
Ian M. Head United Kingdom	67	4.1k 0.8×	5.5k 1.7×	3.8k 1.2×	2.4k 0.8×	6.0k 2.0×	205	17.2k
Shungui Zhou China	76	8.0k 1.6×	4.9k 1.5×	2.1k 0.7×	5.1k 1.7×	1.9k 0.6×	441	18.7k
Alfred M. Spormann United States	58	3.2k 0.6×	3.0k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	2.3k 0.8×	154	10.5k
Liang Shi United States	56	6.9k 1.3×	938 0.3×	2.9k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	198	12.1k
In S. Kim South Korea	65	3.1k 0.6×	3.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	4.5k 1.4×	484 0.2×	541	18.1k
Cristian Picioreanu Netherlands	58	2.7k 0.5×	4.5k 1.4×	2.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	155	10.7k
David J. Richardson United Kingdom	73	4.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	7.1k 2.3×	2.0k 0.7×	288	16.2k
Haluk Beyenal United States	56	4.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	842 0.3×	208	10.6k
Jan Dolfing United Kingdom	53	1.9k 0.4×	3.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	686 0.2×	1.9k 0.6×	195	9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kazuya Watanabe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kazuya Watanabe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuya Watanabe

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Takamatsu, Yuki, et al.. (2024). Geobacter sulfurreducens strain 60473, a potent bioaugmentation agent for improving the performances of bioelectrochemical systems. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 139(1). 36–43. 2 indexed citations

Kamishima, K., et al.. (2024). Stable Formation and Enhanced Magnetism: Modified Compositions in 18H-type Hexaferrite Crystals. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 93(8). 1 indexed citations

Suzuki, Shino, Shun’ichi Ishii, Grayson L. Chadwick, et al.. (2024). A non-methanogenic archaeon within the order Methanocellales. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4858–4858. 7 indexed citations

Kouzuma, Atsushi, et al.. (2023). Use of Microbial Fuel Cells for the Treatment of Residue Effluents Discharged from an Anaerobic Digester Treating Food Wastes. Microorganisms. 11(3). 598–598. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Qi, et al.. (2022). Detection of cocoyl sarcosine utilizing an extended-gate-type organic field-effect transistor functionalized with a copper(II)-dipicolylamine complex. MRS Communications. 12(5). 592–596. 4 indexed citations

Watanabe, Kazuya, et al.. (2020). INVESTIGATION OF WAVE FORCE ACTING ON FLOATING TYPE TSUNAMI EVACUATION SHELTER AT TSUNAMI CONSIDERING INUNDATION DEPTH. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B3 (Ocean Engineering). 76(2). I_1079–I_1084. 2 indexed citations

Hirose, Atsumi, Takuya Kasai, Motohide Aoki, et al.. (2018). Electrochemically active bacteria sense electrode potentials for regulating catabolic pathways. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1083–1083. 135 indexed citations

Miyahara, Morio, Akihiro Sakamoto, Atsushi Kouzuma, & Kazuya Watanabe. (2016). Poly iron sulfate flocculant as an effective additive for improving the performance of microbial fuel cells. Bioresource Technology. 221. 331–335. 6 indexed citations

Watanabe, Kazuya, et al.. (2014). Operational Characteristics of a Resistance Circuit Ablation Sensor for Ablative Heatshield Systems. TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. 12(ists29). Po_2_7–Po_2_12. 3 indexed citations

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Miyahara, Morio, et al.. (2014). Conversion of activated-sludge reactors to microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment coupled to electricity generation. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 118(5). 533–539. 52 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Kazuya, et al.. (2014). INVESTIGATION OF TSUNAMI EVACUATION USING FLOATING TYPE TSUNAMI EVACUATION SHELTER. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B3 (Ocean Engineering). 70(2). I_313–I_318. 1 indexed citations

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Ueki, Atsuko, et al.. (2012). Anaerocella delicata gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium in the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle farms. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 58(6). 405–412. 56 indexed citations

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Ishii, Shun’ichi, Yasuaki Hotta, & Kazuya Watanabe. (2008). MethanogenesisversusElectrogenesis: Morphological and Phylogenetic Comparisons of Microbial Communities. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 72(2). 286–294. 112 indexed citations

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Kaku, Nobuo, et al.. (2008). Plant/microbe cooperation for electricity generation in a rice paddy field. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 79(1). 43–49. 246 indexed citations

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Kasai, Yuki, Yoh Takahata, Mike Manefield, & Kazuya Watanabe. (2006). RNA-Based Stable Isotope Probing and Isolation of Anaerobic Benzene-Degrading Bacteria from Gasoline-Contaminated Groundwater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(5). 3586–3592. 131 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, M., et al.. (2002). Case study on microbiologically influenced corrosion of SUS316L welds. 31(2). 213–217. 1 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Kazuya, et al.. (2000). . KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU. 38(4). 230–236. 1 indexed citations

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Hattori, M., et al.. (1998). Discovery of X-ray emission from the distant lensing cluster of galaxies CL2236-04 at z = 0.552. 4 indexed citations

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Morita, H., K. Koike, T. Kaneko, Kazuya Watanabe, & H. Fujimori. (1995). Hysteresis loop of thermomagnetic curve of FeRh alloys. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 140-144. 77–78. 1 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Kazuya, et al.. (1995). Largesacle landslide in the Tohoku district. Landslide of Takisaka.. Landslides. 32(3). 55–70.

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