Kenji Watanabe

10.5k total citations
381 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Kenji Watanabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Watanabe has authored 381 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Molecular Biology, 120 papers in Pharmacology and 52 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kenji Watanabe's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (110 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (40 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (39 papers). Kenji Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (110 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (40 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (39 papers). Kenji Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Malaysia. Kenji Watanabe's co-authors include Yi Tang, Hideaki Oikawa, Kinya Hotta, Clay C. C. Wang, Yuta Tsunematsu, Makoto Shimoyamada, Hiroki Oguri, Michio Sato, Man‐Cheng Tang and Hiroshi Noguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Watanabe

363 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kenji Watanabe 4.2k 3.6k 1.8k 1.3k 772 381 8.2k
James B. McAlpine 3.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 655 0.5× 357 0.5× 174 7.6k
Satish K. Nair 5.9k 1.4× 2.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 707 0.5× 474 0.6× 167 8.2k
Barrie Wilkinson 4.4k 1.1× 3.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 908 0.7× 185 0.2× 139 7.2k
Teruhiko Beppu 7.3k 1.7× 2.4k 0.7× 938 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 335 0.4× 394 10.4k
Yasuhiro Igarashi 3.6k 0.9× 3.4k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 161 0.2× 394 7.8k
Eriko Takano 7.8k 1.9× 6.0k 1.6× 773 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 570 0.7× 128 10.8k
Haruo Ikeda 6.2k 1.5× 6.2k 1.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 148 0.2× 270 11.6k
Sylvie Garneau‐Tsodikova 4.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 2.3k 1.3× 547 0.4× 410 0.5× 174 8.0k
Arnold L. Demain 7.0k 1.7× 3.4k 0.9× 918 0.5× 2.5k 1.9× 776 1.0× 237 11.7k
Hong Wang 2.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 952 0.7× 429 0.6× 330 6.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenji Watanabe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Watanabe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenji Watanabe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenji 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 Kenji Watanabe. Kenji 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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Hara, Kodai, et al.. (2025). 3,5-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid as a Potent Inhibitor of Tyrosine Phenol-Lyase Decreases Fecal Phenol Levels in Mice. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(8). 8786–8795.
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Kishimoto, Shinji, R. Takahashi, Atsushi Nagasawa, & Kenji Watanabe. (2025). Discovery, Biological Activity, and Biosynthesis of Pinocicolin A, an Antibiotic Isocyanide Metabolite Produced by Penicillium pinophilum. Journal of Natural Products. 88(4). 1068–1074. 1 indexed citations
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Sato, Michio, et al.. (2025). Enzymatic Anti-Baldwin Ring-Closure Cascade for Fused Bicyclic Ether Formation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(47). 44002–44010.
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Ōhashi, Masao, Kaili Xie, Chen‐Yu Chiang, et al.. (2023). Biosynthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products from Conjugated Polyenes via Tandem Isomerization and Pericyclic Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(25). 13520–13525. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Mengting, Masao Ōhashi, Yiu‐Sun Hung, et al.. (2021). AoiQ Catalyzes Geminal Dichlorination of 1,3-Diketone Natural Products. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(19). 7267–7271. 27 indexed citations
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Tsunematsu, Yuta, Michio Sato, Kodai Hara, et al.. (2020). Specialized Flavoprotein Promotes Sulfur Migration and Spiroaminal Formation in Aspirochlorine Biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(1). 206–213. 24 indexed citations
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Tsunematsu, Yuta, et al.. (2018). Enzymatic Amide Tailoring Promotes Retro‐Aldol Amino Acid Conversion To Form the Antifungal Agent Aspirochlorine. Angewandte Chemie. 130(43). 14247–14250. 3 indexed citations
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Tsunematsu, Yuta, et al.. (2018). Enzymatic Amide Tailoring Promotes Retro‐Aldol Amino Acid Conversion To Form the Antifungal Agent Aspirochlorine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(43). 14051–14054. 17 indexed citations
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Okugawa, Masayuki, Ryusuke Nakamura, Manabu Ishimaru, et al.. (2016). Structural transition in sputter-deposited amorphous germanium films by aging at ambient temperature. Journal of Applied Physics. 119(21). 17 indexed citations
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Moriya, Hisao, et al.. (2012). Robustness analysis of cellular systems using the genetic tug-of-war method. Molecular BioSystems. 8(10). 2513–2522. 20 indexed citations
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Shimoyamada, Makoto, et al.. (2004). Effect of Dry-Heated Egg White on Wheat Starch Gel and Gluten Dough. Food Science and Technology Research. 10(4). 369–373. 5 indexed citations
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Ogawa, Noriko, et al.. (2004). Effects of Dry-Heated Egg White on Rheological Properties and Structure of Chinese Type Noodles. Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi. 51(9). 456–462. 3 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Kenji, Mathew A. Rude, Christopher T. Walsh, & Chaitan Khosla. (2003). Engineered biosynthesis of an ansamycin polyketide precursor in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(17). 9774–9778. 70 indexed citations
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Shimoyamada, Makoto, et al.. (2002). Freeze-Gelation of Sucrose or Trehalose Treated Soymilk.. Food Science and Technology Research. 8(3). 211–215. 5 indexed citations
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Yokota, Takashi, et al.. (2000). Interaction between 120kDa Fragment in .BETA.-Subunit from Egg White Ovomucin and Sarcoma-180 Cells through Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor.. Food Science and Technology Research. 6(4). 275–279. 3 indexed citations
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Oguro, Tatsuo, et al.. (2000). Morphological Observations on Antitumor Activities of 70kDa Fragment in .ALPHA.-Subunit from Pronase-Treated Ovomucin in a Double Grafted Tumor System.. Food Science and Technology Research. 6(3). 179–185. 14 indexed citations
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Shimoyamada, Makoto, et al.. (1999). Effect of Precooling Step on Formation of Soymilk Freeze-Gel.. Food Science and Technology Research. 5(3). 284–288. 11 indexed citations
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Yokota, Takashi, Hifumi Ohishi, & Kenji Watanabe. (1999). Antitumor Effects of .BETA.-Subunit from Egg White Ovomucin on Xenografted Sarcoma-180 Cells in Mice.. Food Science and Technology Research. 5(3). 279–283. 6 indexed citations
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Yokota, Takashi, Hifumi Ohishi, & Kenji Watanabe. (1999). In Vitro Studies of Cytotoxic Effect on Sarcoma-180 Cells of .BETA.-Subunit from Egg White Ovomucin.. Food Science and Technology Research. 5(3). 273–278. 8 indexed citations
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Shimoyamada, Makoto, et al.. (1993). Solubilities of Soybean Saponins and Their Solubilization with a Bisdesmoside Saponin.. NIPPON SHOKUHIN KOGYO GAKKAISHI. 40(3). 210–213. 5 indexed citations

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