Koji Watanabe

529 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 325 citations indexed

About

Koji Watanabe is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Surgery and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Koji Watanabe has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 325 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Infectious Diseases, 1 paper in Surgery and 1 paper in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Koji Watanabe's work include Amoebic Infections and Treatments (3 papers), Moyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment (1 paper) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (1 paper). Koji Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Amoebic Infections and Treatments (3 papers), Moyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment (1 paper) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (1 paper). Koji Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Africa. Koji Watanabe's co-authors include Shannon Moonah, Debbie‐Ann Shirley, Laura Farr, Carol A. Gilchrist, Amidou Samie, William A. Petri, Masahiro Hayakawa, Tetsuo Koike, Motoyoshi Yamazaki and Kaoru Okuizumi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Infectious Diseases, PLoS neglected tropical diseases and Acta Paediatrica.

In The Last Decade

Koji Watanabe

6 papers receiving 315 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.

  1. A Review of the Global Burden, New Diagnostics, and Current Therapeutics for Amebiasis
    2018 229 citations Debbie‐Ann Shirley, Laura Farr et al. Open Forum Infectious Diseases profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Koji Watanabe 215 133 129 35 34 6 325
Manuel Ramiro 291 1.4× 211 1.6× 185 1.4× 17 0.5× 28 0.8× 23 343
Oswaldo Partida 176 0.8× 106 0.8× 85 0.7× 89 2.5× 71 2.1× 9 319
Kristine M. Peterson 249 1.2× 110 0.8× 149 1.2× 126 3.6× 44 1.3× 12 407
Cirle Alcantara 216 1.0× 139 1.0× 69 0.5× 38 1.1× 33 1.0× 10 352
Rogério Gerspacher-Lara 123 0.6× 283 2.1× 39 0.3× 21 0.6× 8 0.2× 12 371
A M el-Hawey 106 0.5× 226 1.7× 84 0.7× 26 0.7× 13 0.4× 15 330
Mohamed D. Abd-Alla 314 1.5× 238 1.8× 217 1.7× 8 0.2× 11 0.3× 13 341
A. Bruno 135 0.6× 118 0.9× 57 0.4× 8 0.2× 16 0.5× 22 286
Heloísa Werneck de Macedo 154 0.7× 264 2.0× 78 0.6× 46 1.3× 18 0.5× 23 355
R Nagel 112 0.5× 205 1.5× 166 1.3× 25 0.7× 47 1.4× 23 498

Countries citing papers authored by Koji Watanabe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Koji Watanabe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Koji Watanabe. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Koji Watanabe. The network helps show where Koji Watanabe may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koji Watanabe

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Akiyama, Yutaro, Keigo Ueno, Yasutaka Hoshino, et al.. (2024). Progressive Severe Hemophagocytic Syndrome due to Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Patient with HIV-1 Infection. Internal Medicine. 64(7). 1113–1118. 1 indexed citations
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Shirley, Debbie‐Ann, Koji Watanabe, & Shannon Moonah. (2019). Significance of amebiasis: 10 reasons why neglecting amebiasis might come back to bite us in the gut. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(11). e0007744–e0007744. 37 indexed citations
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Shirley, Debbie‐Ann, Laura Farr, Koji Watanabe, & Shannon Moonah. (2018). A Review of the Global Burden, New Diagnostics, and Current Therapeutics for Amebiasis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5(7). ofy161–ofy161. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Samie, Amidou, et al.. (2017). Entamoeba Species in South Africa: Correlations With the Host Microbiome, Parasite Burdens, and First Description of Entamoeba bangladeshi Outside of Asia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 216(12). 1592–1600. 37 indexed citations
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Okuizumi, Kaoru, et al.. (1998). [A case of dural arteriovenous malformation associated with progressive dementia showing marked improvement with endovascular treatment].. PubMed. 38(2). 112–7. 6 indexed citations

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