Norio Watanabe

11.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
167 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Norio Watanabe is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Norio Watanabe has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 39 papers in Clinical Psychology and 35 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Norio Watanabe's work include Treatment of Major Depression (28 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (25 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (24 papers). Norio Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Treatment of Major Depression (28 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (25 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (24 papers). Norio Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Norio Watanabe's co-authors include Toshi A. Furukawa, Andrea Cipriani, Corrado Barbui, Osamu Itani, Maki Jike, Yoshitaka Kaneita, Paolo Brambilla, Rachel Churchill, Ichiro M Omori and Atsuo Nakagawa and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Norio Watanabe

157 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

  1. Imputing missing standard deviations in meta-analyses can provide accurate results
    2005 1.2k citations Toshi A. Furukawa, Corrado Barbui et al. profile →
  2. Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 12 new-generation antidepressants: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis
    2009 1.2k citations Andrea Cipriani, Toshi A. Furukawa et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. Short sleep duration and health outcomes: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression
    2016 846 citations Osamu Itani, Maki Jike et al. Sleep Medicine profile →
  4. Long sleep duration and health outcomes: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression
    2017 530 citations Maki Jike, Osamu Itani et al. profile →
  5. Comparative effects of pharmacological interventions for the acute and long-term management of insomnia disorder in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
    2022 222 citations Norio Watanabe, Corrado Barbui et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Norio Watanabe Japan 33 2.7k 1.7k 1.5k 1.3k 1.2k 167 7.3k
Sati Mazumdar United States 46 2.2k 0.8× 2.7k 1.6× 1.9k 1.3× 1.9k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 155 8.4k
Albert M. van Hemert Netherlands 46 1.8k 0.7× 2.3k 1.3× 653 0.4× 2.7k 2.0× 609 0.5× 168 8.5k
Christina M. Gullion United States 27 1.3k 0.5× 814 0.5× 778 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 600 0.5× 56 6.1k
G.K. Balasubramani United States 41 2.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 3.7k 2.5× 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 143 8.8k
Eric J. Lenze United States 56 3.4k 1.3× 2.7k 1.6× 2.1k 1.4× 2.8k 2.2× 1.9k 1.6× 352 12.0k
Howard M. Kravitz United States 52 2.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 486 0.3× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 170 9.4k
Thomas Carmody United States 50 3.0k 1.1× 3.9k 2.3× 3.0k 2.0× 2.9k 2.2× 1.5k 1.3× 209 11.5k
Cinzia Del Giovane Italy 41 776 0.3× 2.2k 1.3× 910 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 890 0.8× 166 8.5k
Jae‐Min Kim South Korea 46 920 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 782 0.5× 2.0k 1.5× 686 0.6× 446 9.0k
Richard C. Oude Voshaar Netherlands 47 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.4× 742 0.5× 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 300 10.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norio Watanabe

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All Works

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Yoshida, Shinya, et al.. (2024). Anterior versus posterior mediastinal reconstruction after esophagectomy in esophageal cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 409(1). 88–88. 1 indexed citations
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Takeshima, Masahiro, Yoshitaka Kaneita, Naohisa Uchimura, et al.. (2022). Associations Between the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the Sleep and Mental Health of Japanese People: A 3-Wave Repeated Survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10 indexed citations
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Sahker, Ethan, Masatsugu Sakata, Rie Toyomoto, et al.. (2020). Efficacy of brief intervention for drug misuse in primary care facilities: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 10(9). e036633–e036633. 3 indexed citations
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Furukawa, Toshi A., Masaru Horikoshi, Hirokazu Fujita, et al.. (2018). Cognitive and Behavioral Skills Exercises Completed by Patients with Major Depression During Smartphone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mental Health. 5(1). e4–e4. 25 indexed citations
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Shimizu‐Motohashi, Yuko, Terumi Murakami, En Kimura, Hirofumi Komaki, & Norio Watanabe. (2018). Exon skipping for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 13(1). 93–93. 31 indexed citations
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Okajima, Isa, Shun Nakajima, Yuichi Inoue, et al.. (2018). Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for pharmacotherapy-resistant chronic insomnia: a multi-center randomized controlled trial in Japan. Sleep Medicine. 50. 105–112. 12 indexed citations
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Furukawa, Toshi A., Erica Weitz, Shiro Tanaka, et al.. (2017). Initial severity of depression and efficacy of cognitive–behavioural therapy: Individual-participant data meta-analysis of pill-placebo-controlled trials. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 210(3). 190–196. 50 indexed citations
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Furukawa, Toshi A., Georgia Salanti, Lauren Atkinson, et al.. (2016). Comparative efficacy and acceptability of first-generation and second-generation antidepressants in the acute treatment of major depression: protocol for a network meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 6(7). e010919–e010919. 149 indexed citations
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Itani, Osamu, Maki Jike, Norio Watanabe, & Yoshitaka Kaneita. (2016). Short sleep duration and health outcomes: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. Sleep Medicine. 32. 246–256. 846 indexed citations breakdown →
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Suzuki, Kazuyuki, et al.. (2015). EXPERIMENTAL STUDY FOR THE BREAKAGE FACTOR OF FIRE PREVENTIVE TEMPERED GLASS. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 80(715). 685–694. 3 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Norio. (2009). A STUDY ON MIXED-INCOME HOUSING IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ). 74(641). 1613–1621. 1 indexed citations
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Cipriani, Andrea, Toshi A. Furukawa, Georgia Salanti, et al.. (2009). Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 12 new-generation antidepressants: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis. The Lancet. 373(9665). 746–758. 1166 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kinoshita, Yoshihiro, Junwen Chen, Ronald M. Rapee, et al.. (2008). Cross-Cultural Study of Conviction Subtype Taijin Kyofu. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 196(4). 307–313. 12 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Norio, Ichiro M Omori, Atsuo Nakagawa, et al.. (2008). Mirtazapine versus other antidepressants in the acute-phase treatment of adults with major depression: systematic review and meta-analysis.. PubMed. 69(9). 1404–15. 60 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Norio, Vivien Hunot, Ichiro M Omori, Rachel Churchill, & Toshi A. Furukawa. (2007). Psychotherapy for depression among children and adolescents: a systematic review. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 116(2). 84–95. 115 indexed citations
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Imperadore, Giuseppe, Andrea Cipriani, Alessandra Signoretti, et al.. (2007). Milnacipran versus other anti-depressive agents for depression (Protocol). 2. 1–11. 6 indexed citations
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Tamaki, Hitoshi, et al.. (2006). Development of Probabilistic Safety Assessment Method for Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facilities. Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan. 5(2). 125–135. 2 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Norio, et al.. (1986). Phase diagrams in ternary systems poly(oxyethylene) hexadecyl ether-1-hexanol-water.. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 629–632. 1 indexed citations

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