Kyoko Watanabe

23.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
34 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Kyoko Watanabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyoko Watanabe has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kyoko Watanabe's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (10 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (6 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (4 papers). Kyoko Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (10 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (6 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (4 papers). Kyoko Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Japan and United States. Kyoko Watanabe's co-authors include Daniëlle Posthuma, Erdogan Taskesen, Christiaan de Leeuw, Sophie van der Sluis, Sven Stringer, Maša Umićević Mirkov, Tinca J. C. Polderman, Ole A. Andreassen, Oleksandr Frei and Benjamin M. Neale and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Kyoko Watanabe

32 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Functional mapping and annotation of genetic associations with FUMA

2017 1.9k citations Kyoko Watanabe, Erdogan Taskesen et al. Nature Communications profile →
A global overview of pleiotropy and genetic architecture in complex traits

2019 670 citations Kyoko Watanabe, Sven Stringer et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism in 449,484 individuals identifies novel genetic loci and pathways

2018 405 citations Mats Nagel, Philip R. Jansen et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyoko Watanabe Netherlands	16	1.9k	1.3k	361	333	323	34	3.9k
Stuart MacGregor Australia	42	2.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	335 0.9×	471 1.4×	289 0.9×	187	5.7k
Verneri Anttila United States	18	1.9k 1.0×	764 0.6×	361 1.0×	514 1.5×	211 0.7×	30	3.2k
Felix R. Day United Kingdom	27	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	562 1.6×	305 0.9×	185 0.6×	58	4.6k
Anjali K. Henders Australia	35	3.3k 1.7×	1.8k 1.4×	347 1.0×	359 1.1×	355 1.1×	83	6.5k
John R. B. Perry United Kingdom	30	2.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	542 1.5×	273 0.8×	187 0.6×	75	5.2k
Alkes L. Price United States	6	2.6k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	267 0.7×	186 0.6×	183 0.6×	6	3.8k
Gail Davies United Kingdom	35	1.8k 0.9×	910 0.7×	459 1.3×	480 1.4×	540 1.7×	69	4.0k
Ravindranath Duggirala United States	36	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	529 1.5×	295 0.9×	802 2.5×	116	4.4k
Oleksandr Frei Norway	27	1.7k 0.9×	824 0.6×	221 0.6×	493 1.5×	389 1.2×	102	2.9k
Kathryn L. Evans United Kingdom	35	1.1k 0.6×	2.2k 1.7×	428 1.2×	549 1.6×	292 0.9×	132	4.2k

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Watanabe, Kyoko, Haruhiko Sakiyama, Yusuke Inoue, et al.. (2024). HNF4α is required for Tkfc promoter activation by ChREBP. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 88(8). 941–947.

Ziyatdinov, Andrey, Joelle Mbatchou, Anthony Marcketta, et al.. (2024). Joint testing of rare variant burden scores using non-negative least squares. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(10). 2139–2149. 4 indexed citations

Watanabe, Kyoko, Pin Fee Chong, Jun Okamoto, et al.. (2023). Divergent neurodevelopmental profiles of very-low-birth-weight infants. Pediatric Research. 95(1). 233–240. 1 indexed citations

Watanabe, Kyoko, et al.. (2022). Changing risk factors for postpartum depression in mothers admitted to a perinatal center. Pediatrics & Neonatology. 64(3). 319–326. 4 indexed citations

Riga, Danai, Youri Adolfs, Roland E. van Dijk, et al.. (2022). Molecular signatures and cellular diversity during mouse habenula development. Cell Reports. 40(1). 111029–111029. 9 indexed citations

Wei, Yongbin, Siemon C. de Lange, Lianne H. Scholtens, et al.. (2021). Statistical testing in transcriptomic‐neuroimaging studies: A how‐to and evaluation of methods assessing spatial and gene specificity. Human Brain Mapping. 43(3). 885–901. 24 indexed citations

Smeland, Olav B., Shahram Bahrami, Oleksandr Frei, et al.. (2020). Correction: Genome-wide analysis reveals extensive genetic overlap between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and intelligence (Molecular Psychiatry, (2019), 10.1038/s41380-018-0332-x) : Genome-wide analysis reveals extensive genetic overlap between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and intelligence (Molecular Psychiatry, (2020), 25, 4, (844-853), 10.1038/s41380-018-0332-x). Molecular Psychiatry. 25(4). 1 indexed citations

Jansen, Philip R., Mats Nagel, Kyoko Watanabe, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide meta-analysis of brain volume identifies genomic loci and genes shared with intelligence. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5606–5606. 77 indexed citations

Wei, Yongbin, Siemon C. de Lange, Lianne H. Scholtens, et al.. (2019). Genetic mapping and evolutionary analysis of human-expanded cognitive networks. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4839–4839. 94 indexed citations

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Dooves, Stephanie, Kyoko Watanabe, Lisa Gasparotto, et al.. (2019). Astrocyte Subtype Vulnerability in Stem Cell Models of Vanishing White Matter. Annals of Neurology. 86(5). 780–792. 21 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Kyoko, Sven Stringer, Oleksandr Frei, et al.. (2019). A global overview of pleiotropy and genetic architecture in complex traits. Nature Genetics. 51(9). 1339–1348. 670 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smeland, Olav B., Shahram Bahrami, Oleksandr Frei, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide analysis reveals extensive genetic overlap between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and intelligence. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(4). 844–853. 156 indexed citations

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Nagel, Mats, Kyoko Watanabe, Sven Stringer, Daniëlle Posthuma, & Sophie van der Sluis. (2018). Item-level analyses reveal genetic heterogeneity in neuroticism. Nature Communications. 9(1). 905–905. 148 indexed citations

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Gonzalez‐Lozano, Miguel A., Sven Stringer, Kyoko Watanabe, et al.. (2018). MIR137 schizophrenia-associated locus controls synaptic function by regulating synaptogenesis, synapse maturation and synaptic transmission. Human Molecular Genetics. 27(11). 1879–1891. 53 indexed citations

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Nagel, Mats, Philip R. Jansen, Sven Stringer, et al.. (2018). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism in 449,484 individuals identifies novel genetic loci and pathways. Nature Genetics. 50(7). 920–927. 405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Watanabe, Kyoko, et al.. (2017). Functional mapping and annotation of genetic associations with FUMA. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1826–1826. 1859 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hayashi, Makiko, Akiko Abe, T. Murakami, et al.. (2013). Molecular analysis of the genes causing recessive demyelinating Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease in Japan. Journal of Human Genetics. 58(5). 273–278. 18 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Toshinori, et al.. (2002). Precedents of perceived social support: Personality, early life experiences and gender. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 56(2). 169–176. 28 indexed citations

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Kira, Ryutaro, Kenji Ihara, Kyoko Watanabe, et al.. (1999). Molecular epidemiology of C9 deficiency heterozygotes with an Arg95Stop mutation of the C9 gene in Japan. Journal of Human Genetics. 44(2). 109–111. 12 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Toshinori, et al.. (1998). Sex Differences in Marital and Social Adjustment. The Journal of Social Psychology. 138(1). 26–32. 9 indexed citations

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