Rira Watanabe

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Rira Watanabe is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rira Watanabe has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rira Watanabe's work include Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (7 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (7 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers). Rira Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (7 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (7 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers). Rira Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Norway. Rira Watanabe's co-authors include Hisataka Kobayashi, Peter L. Choyke, Kazuhide Sato, Hirofumi Hanaoka, Takahito Nakajima, Manabu Matsumura, Toshiko Harada, Masayoshi Fujimaki, Chang H. Paik and In‐Sook Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Bioconjugate Chemistry and Theranostics.

In The Last Decade

Rira Watanabe

21 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Improving Conventional Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) Effects; What Is the Appropriate Target?

2014 819 citations Hisataka Kobayashi, Rira Watanabe et al. Theranostics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rira Watanabe United States	17	1.0k	518	494	435	269	23	1.7k
Cheng‐Liang Peng Taiwan	24	1000 1.0×	806 1.6×	465 0.9×	630 1.4×	395 1.5×	61	2.1k
Sylvie Roberge United States	18	654 0.6×	481 0.9×	201 0.4×	1.1k 2.6×	157 0.6×	39	2.5k
Dengfeng Cheng China	24	576 0.6×	410 0.8×	286 0.6×	740 1.7×	226 0.8×	125	2.1k
Yongkang Gai China	25	679 0.7×	362 0.7×	213 0.4×	624 1.4×	278 1.0×	96	1.8k
Zhixiong Cai China	27	822 0.8×	303 0.6×	331 0.7×	863 2.0×	315 1.2×	76	2.1k
Sumith A. Kularatne United States	27	694 0.7×	432 0.8×	527 1.1×	891 2.0×	237 0.9×	39	2.4k
Tae Sup Lee South Korea	24	464 0.5×	304 0.6×	218 0.4×	842 1.9×	316 1.2×	81	2.0k
Ande Bao United States	25	724 0.7×	791 1.5×	311 0.6×	510 1.2×	239 0.9×	68	1.7k
Marina V. Backer United States	25	523 0.5×	246 0.5×	223 0.5×	838 1.9×	181 0.7×	61	1.9k
Valerie A. Longo United States	22	670 0.7×	533 1.0×	263 0.5×	656 1.5×	320 1.2×	33	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rira Watanabe

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Sato, Kazuhide, Rira Watanabe, Hirofumi Hanaoka, et al.. (2016). Comparative effectiveness of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and Lasers in near infrared photoimmunotherapy. Oncotarget. 7(12). 14324–14335. 44 indexed citations

Watanabe, Rira, et al.. (2015). Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound with Perflubutane in the Assessment of Anti-Angiogenic Effects: Early Prediction of the Anticancer Activity of Bevacizumab in a Mouse Xenografted Model. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 41(9). 2497–2505. 4 indexed citations

Hanaoka, Hirofumi, Tadanobu Nagaya, Kazuhide Sato, et al.. (2015). Glypican-3 Targeted Human Heavy Chain Antibody as a Drug Carrier for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 12(6). 2151–2157. 61 indexed citations

Sontum, Per Christian, et al.. (2015). Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT) – A novel concept for ultrasound mediated, targeted drug delivery. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 495(2). 1019–1027. 47 indexed citations

Sato, Kazuhide, Hirofumi Hanaoka, Rira Watanabe, et al.. (2014). Near Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in the Treatment of Disseminated Peritoneal Ovarian Cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(1). 141–150. 83 indexed citations

Sato, Kazuhide, Rira Watanabe, Hirofumi Hanaoka, et al.. (2014). Photoimmunotherapy: Comparative effectiveness of two monoclonal antibodies targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor. Molecular Oncology. 8(3). 620–632. 98 indexed citations

Watanabe, Rira, Hirofumi Hanaoka, Kazuhide Sato, et al.. (2014). Photoimmunotherapy Targeting Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen: Are Antibody Fragments as Effective as Antibodies?. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 56(1). 140–144. 71 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Hisataka, Rira Watanabe, & Peter L. Choyke. (2014). Improving Conventional Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) Effects; What Is the Appropriate Target?. Theranostics. 4(1). 81–89. 819 indexed citations breakdown →

Nakajima, Takahito, Kazuhide Sato, Hirofumi Hanaoka, et al.. (2014). The effects of conjugate and light dose on photo-immunotherapy induced cytotoxicity. BMC Cancer. 14(1). 389–389. 51 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Rira, Kazuhide Sato, Hirofumi Hanaoka, et al.. (2014). Minibody-Indocyanine Green Based Activatable Optical Imaging Probes: The Role of Short Polyethylene Glycol Linkers. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 5(4). 411–415. 38 indexed citations

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Liang, Chia-Pin, Takahito Nakajima, Rira Watanabe, et al.. (2014). Real-time monitoring of hemodynamic changes in tumor vessels during photoimmunotherapy using optical coherence tomography. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 19(9). 98004–98004. 23 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Hisataka, Barış Türkbey, Rira Watanabe, & Peter L. Choyke. (2014). Cancer Drug Delivery: Considerations in the Rational Design of Nanosized Bioconjugates. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 25(12). 2093–2100. 69 indexed citations

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Nakajima, Takahito, Kohei Sano, Kazuhide Sato, et al.. (2013). Fluorescence‐lifetime molecular imaging can detect invisible peritoneal ovarian tumors in bloody ascites. Cancer Science. 105(3). 308–314. 4 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Rira, et al.. (2007). Mechanism of Hepatic Parenchyma-Specific Contrast of Microbubble-Based Contrast Agent for Ultrasonography. Investigative Radiology. 42(9). 643–651. 99 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Rira, et al.. (2007). Fluorescent liposomes for intravital staining of Kupffer cells toaid in vivo microscopy in rats. Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. 29(5). 321–321. 7 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Rira, Manabu Matsumura, Chun‐Jen Chen, Yuki Kaneda, & Masayoshi Fujimaki. (2005). Characterization of Tumor Imaging with Microbubble-Based Ultrasound Contrast Agent, Sonazoid, in Rabbit Liver. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 28(6). 972–977. 56 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Rira, et al.. (2003). Gray-Scale Liver Enhancement with Sonazoid (NC100100), a Novel Ultrasound Contrast Agent; Detection of Hepatic Tumors in a Rabbit Model. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 26(9). 1272–1277. 52 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Ryohei, et al.. (2002). Palinopsia and perilesional hyperperfusion following subcortical hemorrhage. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 105(3). 228–231. 17 indexed citations

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Iwasaki, Hironori, et al.. (1991). [Establishment and characterization of a human ureteral cancer cell line producing carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and carcinoembryonic antigen].. PubMed. 4(1). 44–50.

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Watanabe, Rira, et al.. (1965). [Evaluation of intraperitoneal perfusion of COPP in peritonitis carcinomatosis].. PubMed. 11(12). 834–7. 1 indexed citations

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