Yasuko Watanabe

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
134 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Yasuko Watanabe is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasuko Watanabe has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Plant Science, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Yasuko Watanabe's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (30 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (24 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (16 papers). Yasuko Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (30 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (24 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (16 papers). Yasuko Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Vietnam and United States. Yasuko Watanabe's co-authors include Lam‐Son Phan Tran, Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki, Kazuo Shinozaki, Dung Tien Le, Rie Nishiyama, Chien Van Ha, Motoaki Seki, Maho Tanaka, Keiichi Mochida and Kien Huu Nguyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Yasuko Watanabe

129 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Analysis of Cytokinin Mutants and Regulation of Cytokinin Metabolic Genes Reveals Important Regulatory Roles of Cytokinins in Drought, Salt and Abscisic Acid Responses, and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis

2011 591 citations Rie Nishiyama, Yasuko Watanabe et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Positive regulatory role of strigolactone in plant responses to drought and salt stress

2013 518 citations Chien Van Ha, Yuriko Osakabe et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yasuko Watanabe	3.5k	2.2k	609	324	261	134	5.3k
Takahiro Ishikawa	3.6k 1.0×	4.1k 1.9×	184 0.3×	574 1.8×	137 0.5×	163	6.7k
Thomas Vogt	3.3k 0.9×	7.2k 3.3×	592 1.0×	369 1.1×	555 2.1×	126	11.3k
Hugh G. Nimmo	3.0k 0.9×	4.3k 2.0×	179 0.3×	86 0.3×	192 0.7×	119	6.1k
Atsushi Fukushima	2.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.5×	117 0.2×	274 0.8×	114 0.4×	126	5.8k
Juan Segura	1.5k 0.4×	2.7k 1.2×	249 0.4×	214 0.7×	45 0.2×	137	4.6k
Masatoshi Nakajima	3.8k 1.1×	5.1k 2.3×	610 1.0×	103 0.3×	896 3.4×	154	9.3k
Shinobu Satoh	3.2k 0.9×	3.8k 1.7×	181 0.3×	150 0.5×	667 2.6×	192	6.5k
Carol MacKintosh	1.6k 0.5×	6.2k 2.8×	766 1.3×	91 0.3×	239 0.9×	97	9.0k
Jan Petrášek	5.1k 1.5×	4.9k 2.2×	189 0.3×	56 0.2×	197 0.8×	95	7.3k
Makoto Kawase	1.5k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	121 0.2×	295 0.9×	68 0.3×	157	5.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Watanabe, Yasuko, et al.. (2026). Comprehensive transcriptome analysis reveals coordinated multi-organ carbon metabolism responses in Medicago truncatula under water deficit stress. Current Plant Biology. 46. 100585–100585.

Xu, Kun, Chenbo Zhu, Ke Yang, et al.. (2025). The KAI2 ‐ SMAX1 / SMXL2 Module Regulates Organ Size Through Interaction With Other Hormone Pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana . Physiologia Plantarum. 177(6). e70646–e70646.

Tran, Cuong Duy, Md. Mezanur Rahman, Ha Duc Chu, et al.. (2025). CaNAC67, a stress-responsive NAC transcription factor-encoding gene from chickpea (Cicer arietinum), improves drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 229(Pt B). 110449–110449.

Sulieman, Saad, Chien Van Ha, Dung Tien Le, et al.. (2024). Comparative transcriptome analysis of respiration-related genes in nodules of phosphate-deficient soybean (Glycine max cv. Williams 82). Plant Stress. 11. 100368–100368. 1 indexed citations

Le, Dung Tien, Chien Van Ha, Kien Huu Nguyen, et al.. (2024). Altering endogenous cytokinin content by GmCKX13 as a strategy to develop drought-tolerant plants. Plant Stress. 14. 100678–100678. 3 indexed citations

Ha, Chien Van, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Kien Huu Nguyen, et al.. (2022). The histidine phosphotransfer AHP4 plays a negative role in Arabidopsis plant response to drought. The Plant Journal. 111(6). 1732–1752. 14 indexed citations

Hossain, Md. Shahadat, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Cuong Duy Tran, et al.. (2022). Modulation of osmoprotection and antioxidant defense by exogenously applied acetate enhances cadmium stress tolerance in lentil seedlings. Environmental Pollution. 308. 119687–119687. 11 indexed citations

ASANO, Atsushi, et al.. (2013). Antiviral and antiproliferative effects of canine interferon-λ1. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 156(1-2). 141–146. 8 indexed citations

Ha, Chien Van, Dung Tien Le, Rie Nishiyama, et al.. (2012). Characterization of the Newly Developed Soybean Cultivar DT2008 in Relation to the Model Variety W82 Reveals a New Genetic Resource for Comparative and Functional Genomics for Improved Drought Tolerance. BioMed Research International. 2013. 1–8. 22 indexed citations

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Nishiyama, Rie, Yasuko Watanabe, Yasunari Fujita, et al.. (2011). Analysis of Cytokinin Mutants and Regulation of Cytokinin Metabolic Genes Reveals Important Regulatory Roles of Cytokinins in Drought, Salt and Abscisic Acid Responses, and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis . The Plant Cell. 23(6). 2169–2183. 591 indexed citations breakdown →

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Masubuchi, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2011). Sex difference in susceptibility to acetaminophen hepatotoxicity is reversed by buthionine sulfoximine. Toxicology. 287(1-3). 54–60. 53 indexed citations

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Le, Dung Tien, Ryo Nishiyama, Yasuko Watanabe, et al.. (2011). Genome-Wide Expression Profiling of Soybean Two-Component System Genes in Soybean Root and Shoot Tissues under Dehydration Stress. DNA Research. 18(1). 17–29. 108 indexed citations

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He, Ting, Nataliya Smith, Debra Saunders, et al.. (2010). Molecular MRI assessment of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 in rat C6 gliomas. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 15(4). 837–849. 13 indexed citations

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Noguchi, K, et al.. (2010). A New Chondrogenic Differentiation Initiator With the Ability to Up-Regulate SOX Trio Expression. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 112(1). 89–97. 6 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Koichi, et al.. (2007). Neuron is the primary target of Ca2+ paradox-type insult-induced cell injury in neuron/astrocyte co-cultures. Neurochemistry International. 52(4-5). 887–896. 2 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Yasuko, Yoshifumi Fukunishi, & H. Nakamura. (2004). 1P047 Modeling of Loops in Protein Structures. Seibutsu Butsuri. 44(supplement). S41–S41. 3 indexed citations

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Wasada, Taro, Hiroyuki Kuroki, Mitsuhide Naruse, et al.. (1995). Insulin resistance is associated with high plasma ouabain-like immunoreactivity concentration in NIDDM. Diabetologia. 38(7). 792–797. 22 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Yasuko. (1989). The function of "wa" and "ga" in Japanese discourse. UMI Dissertation Information Service eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Yokohama, Michinari, et al.. (1989). Classification for Transferrin and Esterase Types in Horses. Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho. 60(2). 115–120. 2 indexed citations

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Yokohama, Michinari, et al.. (1985). On the Hemoglobin Types of Japanese Native Horses. Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho. 56(8). 624–627.

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