Masayuki Watanabe

16.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
385 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Masayuki Watanabe is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masayuki Watanabe has authored 385 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 265 papers in Surgery, 212 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 86 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Masayuki Watanabe's work include Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (202 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (150 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (129 papers). Masayuki Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (202 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (150 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (129 papers). Masayuki Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Singapore. Masayuki Watanabe's co-authors include Yoshifumi Baba, Hideo Baba, Naoya Yoshida, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yuji Miyamoto, Yu Imamura, Yasuo Sakamoto, Shiro Iwagami and Junji Kurashige and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Masayuki Watanabe

380 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

Human Microbiome Fusobacterium Nucleatum in Esophageal Cancer Tissue Is Associated with Prognosis

2016 365 citations Kensuke Yamamura, Yoshifumi Baba et al. Clinical Cancer Research profile →
Prognostic Nutritional Index, Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes, and Prognosis in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

2018 292 citations Yoshifumi Baba, Takatsugu Ishimoto et al. profile →
Recent progress in multidisciplinary treatment for patients with esophageal cancer

2019 274 citations Masayuki Watanabe, Tasuku Toihata et al. Surgery Today profile →
Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 12th Edition: Part I

2024 47 citations Shinji Mine, Koji Tanaka et al. Esophagus profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masayuki Watanabe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masayuki Watanabe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masayuki 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 Masayuki Watanabe. Masayuki 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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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Recurrence-free survival as a surrogate endpoint for overall survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma 2024 ·British journal of surgery ·(unknown), Kengo Nagashima, Satoru Matsuda, Yasunori Sato, Akihiko Okamura, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Manabu Muto, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Koji Kono, Hiroya Takeuchi, Masayuki Watanabe, Yuichiro� Doki, Takeo Bamba, Takashi Fukuda, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Shinsuke Sato, Kazuhiro Noma, (unknown), Takeo Fujita, Yuko Kitagawa	2
2	FOXP3+/CD8+ ratio associated with aggressive behavior in RUNX3‐methylated diffuse esophagogastric junction tumor 2024 ·Cancer Science ·Suguru Maruyama, Yu Imamura, Tasuku Toihata, (unknown), Manabu Takamatsu, Makiko Yamashita, Yuichiro Nakashima, Eiji Oki, Kenichi Taguchi, Manabu Yamamoto, (unknown), Akihiko Okamura, Jun Kanamori, Souya Nunobe, Takeshi Sano, Shigehisa Kitano, Tetsuo Noda, Masayuki Watanabe	0
3	Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 12th Edition: Part I breakdown → 2024 ·Esophagus ·Shinji Mine, Koji Tanaka, Hiroshi Kawachi, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Yuko Kitagawa, Yasushi Toh, Takushi Yasuda, Masayuki Watanabe, Takashi Kamei, Tsuneo Oyama, Yasuyuki Seto, Kentaro Murakami, Tomio Arai, Manabu Muto, Yuichiro� Doki	47
4	Genomic signatures of past and present chromosomal instability in Barrett’s esophagus and early esophageal adenocarcinoma 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Chunyang Bao, Richard W. Tourdot, Gregory J. Brunette, Chip Stewart, Lili Sun, Hideo Baba, Masayuki Watanabe, Agoston T. Agoston, Kunal Jajoo, Jon M. Davison, Katie S. Nason, Gad Getz, Kenneth K. Wang, Yu Imamura, Robert D. Odze, Adam J. Bass, Matthew D. Stachler, Cheng‐Zhong Zhang	14
5	Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy or Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Real-World Data Comparison from A Japanese Nationwide Study 2023 ·Annals of Surgical Oncology ·Akihiko Okamura, Masayuki Watanabe, (unknown), Satoru Matsuda, Ryo Takemura, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Hiroya Takeuchi, Manabu Muto, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Yuko Kitagawa, Yuichiro� Doki	6
6	Prophylaxis of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Using Enoxaparin After Esophagectomy: A Prospective Observational Study of Effectiveness and Safety 2018 ·Annals of Surgical Oncology ·Naoya Yoshida, Yoshifumi Baba, Yuji Miyamoto, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yu Imamura, Masayuki Watanabe, Hideo Baba	9
7	Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy after Esophagectomy and Efficacy of Multidisciplinary Perioperative Management on Prevention of Postoperative Pneumonia 2017 ·Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho ·Akihiko Okamura, Masayuki Watanabe, (unknown), Satoshi Kamiya, (unknown), (unknown), Takanori Kurogochi, Shinji Mine	2
8	Human Microbiome Fusobacterium Nucleatum in Esophageal Cancer Tissue Is Associated with Prognosis breakdown → 2016 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Kensuke Yamamura, Yoshifumi Baba, Shigeki Nakagawa, Kosuke Mima, Keisuke Miyake, Kenichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Sawayama, Koichi Kinoshita, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yasuo Sakamoto, Yo‐ichi Yamashita, Naoya Yoshida, Masayuki Watanabe, Hideo Baba	365
9	SPINK1 Status in Colorectal Cancer, Impact on Proliferation, and Role in Colitis-Associated Cancer 2015 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·Satoshi Ida, Nobuyuki Ozaki, Kimi Araki, Kotaro Hirashima, Yoko Zaitsu, Katsunobu Taki, Yasuo Sakamoto, Yuji Miyamoto, Eiji Oki, Masaru Morita, Masayuki Watanabe, Yoshihiko Maehara, Ken–ichi Yamamura, Hideo Baba, Masaki Ohmuraya	29
10	Sarcopenia is a Negative Prognostic Factor After Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer 2015 ·Annals of Surgical Oncology ·Yuji Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Baba, Yasuo Sakamoto, Mayuko Ohuchi, Ryuma Tokunaga, Junji Kurashige, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Shiro Iwagami, Naoya Yoshida, Megumi Yoshida, Masayuki Watanabe, Hideo Baba	280
11	LINE-1 Hypomethylation, DNA Copy Number Alterations, and CDK6 Amplification in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2014 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Yoshifumi Baba, Masayuki Watanabe, Asuka Murata, Hironobu Shigaki, Keisuke Miyake, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Shiro Iwagami, Naoya Yoshida, Eiji Oki, Kentaro Sakamaki, Mitsuyoshi Nakao, Hideo Baba	61
12	Fascia lata onlay patch for repairing infected incisional hernias 2014 ·Surgery Today ·Yuji Miyamoto, Masayuki Watanabe, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yoshifumi Baba, Shiro Iwagami, Yasuo Sakamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Shinichi Masuguchi, Hironobu Ihn, Hideo Baba	8
13	PIK3CA Mutation Is Associated with a Favorable Prognosis among Patients with Curatively Resected Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2013 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Hironobu Shigaki, Yoshifumi Baba, Masayuki Watanabe, Asuka Murata, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Shiro Iwagami, Katsuhiko Nosho, Hideo Baba	77
14	Small Molecule Agonists of PPAR-γ Exert Therapeutic Effects in Esophageal Cancer 2013 ·Cancer Research ·Hiroshi Sawayama, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Masayuki Watanabe, Naoya Yoshida, Hidetaka Sugihara, Junji Kurashige, Kotaro Hirashima, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yoshifumi Baba, Eiji Oki, Masaru Morita, Yoshinobu Shiose, Hideo Baba	51
15	Frequency of HER2 expression of circulating tumour cells in patients with metastatic or recurrent gastrointestinal cancer 2013 ·British Journal of Cancer ·Masaaki Iwatsuki, K Toyoshima, Masayuki Watanabe, Naoki Hayashi, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Kojiro Eto, Shiro Iwagami, Yoshifumi Baba, Naoya Yoshida, Ayato Hayashi, Y Ohta, Hideo Baba	21
16	Application of splenectomy to decompress portal pressure in left lobe living donor liver transplantation. 2013 ·Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) (Kyushu University) ·Toru Ikegami, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yuji Soejima, Tetsuo Ikeda, Hirofumi Kawanaka, Hideaki Uchiyama, Yo‐ichi Yamashita, Masaru Morita, Eiji Oki, Hiroshi Saeki, Koshi Mimori, K Sugimachi, Masayuki Watanabe, Ken Shirabe, Yoshihiko Maehara	6
17	CD169‐positive macrophages in regional lymph nodes are associated with a favorable prognosis in patients with colorectal carcinoma 2013 ·Cancer Science ·Koji Ohnishi, Yoshihiro Komohara, Yoichi Saito, Yuji Miyamoto, Masayuki Watanabe, Hideo Baba, Motohiro Takeya	96
18	CD44s Regulates the TGF-β–Mediated Mesenchymal Phenotype and Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2012 ·Cancer Research ·Kosuke Mima, Hirohisa Okabe, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Shigeki Nakagawa, Hideyuki Kuroki, Masayuki Watanabe, Toru Beppu, Mayumi Tamada, Osamu Nagano, Hideyuki Saya, Hideo Baba	181
19	RPN2 expression predicts response to docetaxel in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma 2012 ·British Journal of Cancer ·(unknown), Masayuki Watanabe, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Koichi Kinoshita, Seiya Saito, Yuzo Nagai, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yoshifumi Baba, Koshi Mimori, Hideo Baba	27
20	Preparation of Ulinastatin Vaginal Suppositories and Their Quality Control 2007 ·Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masayuki Watanabe, (unknown), Masatoshi Yamamoto, (unknown), Norinaga Miwa, (unknown), Tsuyoshi Iwasaki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1

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