Tokiko Watanabe

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Tokiko Watanabe is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tokiko Watanabe has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Epidemiology, 29 papers in Infectious Diseases and 13 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Tokiko Watanabe's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (33 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (16 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (14 papers). Tokiko Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (33 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (16 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (14 papers). Tokiko Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Slovakia. Tokiko Watanabe's co-authors include Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Shinji Watanabe, Hideo Goto, Takeshi Noda, Yutaka Fujii, Eiryo Kawakami, Masato Hatta, Kyoko Shinya, Gabriele Neumann and Masaki Imai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Tokiko Watanabe

63 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

Experimental adaptation of an influenza H5 HA confers respiratory droplet transmission to a reassortant H5 HA/H1N1 virus in ferrets

2012 1.1k citations Masaki Imai, Tokiko Watanabe et al. Nature profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Characterization of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b isolated from Ezo red fox in Japan in a mouse model 2025 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·Shintaro Shichinohe, Takahiro Hiono, Yasushi Itoh, K. Takada, (unknown), Pei Wang, Daisuke Motooka, Norikazu Isoda, Ayato Takada, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Tokiko Watanabe	0
2	Characterization of A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza viruses isolated between 2016 and 2019 2025 ·PubMed ·(unknown), K. Takada, S Yoshimoto, (unknown), Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe	0
3	Influenza B viruses are more susceptible to high temperatures than influenza A viruses 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·K. Takada, (unknown), Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe	3
4	Characterization of a neutralizing antibody that recognizes a loop region adjacent to the receptor-binding interface of the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain 2024 ·Microbiology Spectrum ·Itsuki Anzai, Junso Fujita, Chikako Ono, (unknown), Yuki Miyamoto, Shintaro Shichinohe, K. Takada, Shiho Torii, Shuhei Taguwa, Koichiro Suzuki, Fumiaki Makino, Tadahiro Kajita, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Keiichi Namba, Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshiharu Matsuura	2
5	Genes involved in the limited spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the lower respiratory airways of hamsters may be associated with adaptive evolution 2024 ·Journal of Virology ·K. Takada, Yasuko Orba, (unknown), Jiaqi Wu, Chikako Ono, Yoshiharu Matsuura, So Nakagawa, Hirofumi Sawa, Tokiko Watanabe	2
6	Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of hooded cranes ( Grus monacha ) on the Izumi plain in Japan 2024 ·FEBS Open Bio ·K. Takada, So Nakagawa, Kirill Kryukov, Makoto Ozawa, Tokiko Watanabe	1
7	Electrolyzed hypochlorous acid water exhibits potent disinfectant activity against various viruses through irreversible protein aggregation 2023 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Junki Hirano, Itsuki Anzai, Yuta Kanai, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kentaro Uemura, Chikako Ono, Tokiko Watanabe, (unknown), Kosuke Murakami, Kenji Kikuchi, Kunimoto Hotta, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Shuhei Taguwa, Yoshiharu Matsuura	6
8	Structural insights into the rational design of a nanobody that binds with high affinity to the SARS-CoV-2 spike variant 2022 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·(unknown), Itsuki Anzai, Ryota Maeda, (unknown), Tokiko Watanabe, Akihiro Imura, Akifumi Takaori‐Kondo, Tsuyoshi Inoue	1
9	Serological analysis of Ebola virus survivors and close contacts in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional study 2019 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Peter Halfmann, Amie J. Eisfeld, Tokiko Watanabe, Tadashi Maemura, Makoto Yamashita, Satoshi Fukuyama, Tammy Armbrust, (unknown), Alhaji U. N′jai, Gabriele Neumann, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Foday Sahr	12
10	Injectable Excipients as Novel Influenza Vaccine Adjuvants 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Huapeng Feng, Makoto Yamashita, (unknown), Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	8
11	Neo-virology: The raison d’etre of viruses 2019 ·Virus Research ·Tokiko Watanabe, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Keizō Tomonaga, Hirofumi Sawa, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Hideki Takahashi, Keizo Nagasaki, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	5
12	A Glycolipid Adjuvant, 7DW8-5, Enhances the Protective Immune Response to the Current Split Influenza Vaccine in Mice 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Huapeng Feng, Noriko Nakajima, Wu Li, Makoto Yamashita, Tiago J. S. Lopes, Moriya Tsuji, Hideki Hasegawa, Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	16
13	A humanized MDCK cell line for the efficient isolation and propagation of human influenza viruses 2019 ·Nature Microbiology ·K. Takada, Chiharu Kawakami, Shufang Fan, S. Chiba, Gongxun Zhong, Chunyang Gu, Kohei Shimizu, (unknown), Yuko Sakai‐Tagawa, Tiago J. S. Lopes, Jayeeta Dutta, Zenab Khan, Divya Kriti, Harm van Bakel, S. Yamada, Tokiko Watanabe, Masaki Imai, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	73
14	Experimental infection of Cynomolgus Macaques with highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus through the aerosol route 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Tokiko Watanabe, Kiyoko Iwatsuki‐Horimoto, Maki Kiso, Noriko Nakajima, Kenta Takahashi, (unknown), Mutsumi Ito, Satoshi Fukuyama, Hideki Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	9
15	systemsDock: a web server for network pharmacology-based prediction and analysis 2016 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Kun‐Yi Hsin, Yukiko Matsuoka, Yoshiyuki Asai, (unknown), Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Hiroaki Kitano	132
16	An Ultrasensitive Mechanism Regulates Influenza Virus-Induced Inflammation 2015 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Jason E. Shoemaker, Satoshi Fukuyama, Amie J. Eisfeld, Dongming Zhao, Eiryo Kawakami, Saori Sakabe, Tadashi Maemura, (unknown), Hiroaki Katsura, Yukiko Muramoto, Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe, (unknown), Yukiko Matsuoka, Hiroaki Kitano, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	25
17	1918 Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin (HA) and the Viral RNA Polymerase Complex Enhance Viral Pathogenicity, but Only HA Induces Aberrant Host Responses in Mice 2013 ·Journal of Virology ·Tokiko Watanabe, Jennifer Tisoncik-Go, Nicolas Tchitchek, Shinji Watanabe, Arndt Benecke, Michael G. Katze, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	27
18	Viral RNA polymerase complex promotes optimal growth of 1918 virus in the lower respiratory tract of ferrets 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tokiko Watanabe, Shinji Watanabe, Kyoko Shinya, Jinhyun Kim, Masato Hatta, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	75
19	Drosophila RNAi screen identifies host genes important for influenza virus replication 2008 ·Nature ·Linhui Hao, Akira Sakurai, Tokiko Watanabe, (unknown), Chairul A. Nidom, Michael A. Newton, Paul Ahlquist, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	356
20	Influenza A Virus with Defective M2 Ion Channel Activity as a Live Vaccine 2002 ·Virology ·Tokiko Watanabe, Shinji Watanabe, Hiroshi Kida, Yoshihiro Kawaoka	22

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