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Akira Watanabe

Akira Watanabe

Kyoto University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
24605
World Ranking
3501
National Ranking
215

Akira Watanabe publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 456 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Akira Watanabe D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Akira Watanabe is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has a significant body of research primarily focused on medicine, with particular emphasis on infectious diseases and related fields. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including infectious diseases, epidemiology, small animals, molecular biology, and plant science.

Their research covers several main topics including antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, infectious diseases and mycology, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, fungal biology and applications, fungal and yeast genetics research, and microbial natural products and biosynthesis.

Akira Watanabe has contributed numerous publications in notable venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Journal de Mycologie Médicale

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Watanabe are:

  • Genetic Basis of Azole and Echinocandin Resistance in Clinical Candida glabrata in Japan, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • High detection rate of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus after treatment with azole antifungal drugs among patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in a single hospital setting with low azole resistance, 2020, Medical Mycology
  • Nocardiosis in Japan: a Multicentric Retrospective Cohort Study, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • In Vitro Characterization of Twenty-One Antifungal Combinations against Echinocandin-Resistant and -Susceptible Candida glabrata, 2021, Journal of Fungi
  • Azole and echinocandin resistance mechanisms and genotyping of Candida tropicalis in Japan: cross-boundary dissemination and animal-human transmission of C. tropicalis infection, 2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Watanabe has collaborated extensively throughout their career with frequent co-authors including:

  • Katsuhiko Kamei
  • Teppei Arai
  • Takashi Yaguchi
  • Hidetaka Majima
  • Daisuke Hagiwara

Best Publications

  • Autologous Induced Stem-Cell–Derived Retinal Cells for Macular Degeneration

    Michiko Mandai;Akira Watanabe;Yasuo Kurimoto;Yasuhiko Hirami

  • Tumour-mediated upregulation of chemoattractants and recruitment of myeloid cells predetermines lung metastasis

    Sachie Hiratsuka;Akira Watanabe;Hiroyuki Aburatani;Yoshiro Maru

  • Modeling Alzheimer’s Disease with iPSCs Reveals Stress Phenotypes Associated with Intracellular Aβ and Differential Drug Responsiveness

    Takayuki Kondo;Masashi Asai;Masashi Asai;Kayoko Tsukita;Yumiko Kutoku

  • The S100A8–serum amyloid A3–TLR4 paracrine cascade establishes a pre-metastatic phase

    Sachie Hiratsuka;Akira Watanabe;Yoshiko Sakurai;Sachiko Akashi-Takamura

  • An Efficient Nonviral Method to Generate Integration-Free Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cord Blood and Peripheral Blood Cells†‡§

    Keisuke Okita;Tatsuya Yamakawa;Yasuko Matsumura;Yoshiko Sato

  • Drug screening for ALS using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Naohiro Egawa;Shiho Kitaoka;Kayoko Tsukita;Motoko Naitoh

  • Precise correction of the dystrophin gene in duchenne muscular dystrophy patient induced pluripotent stem cells by TALEN and CRISPR-Cas9

    Hongmei Lisa Li;Naoko Fujimoto;Noriko Sasakawa;Saya Shirai

  • The glypican 3 oncofetal protein is a promising diagnostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Naoko Yamauchi;Akira Watanabe;Michiyo Hishinuma;Ken-ichi Ohashi

  • Identification of Soluble NH2-Terminal Fragment of Glypican-3 as a Serological Marker for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Yoshitaka Hippo;Kiyotaka Watanabe;Akira Watanabe;Yutaka Midorikawa

  • Three Drosophila EXT genes shape morphogen gradients through synthesis of heparan sulfate proteoglycans.

    Yuki Takei;Yutakahiko Ozawa;Makoto Sato;Akira Watanabe

  • Identification and characterization of lin-28 homolog B (LIN28B) in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Yingqiu Guo;Yongxin Chen;Hirotaka Ito;Akira Watanabe

  • Overexpression of the Aldo-Keto Reductase Family Protein AKR1B10 Is Highly Correlated with Smokers' Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinomas

    Shin-ichi Fukumoto;Naoko Yamauchi;Hisashi Moriguchi;Yoshitaka Hippo

  • A novel fluorescent probe diphenyl‐1‐pyrenylphosphine to follow lipid peroxidation in cell membranes

    Yuko Okimoto;Akira Watanabe;Etsuo Niki;Takashi Yamashita

  • Expandable Megakaryocyte Cell Lines Enable Clinically Applicable Generation of Platelets from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Sou Nakamura;Naoya Takayama;Shinji Hirata;Hideya Seo

  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Use in Human Models of Disease and Development.

    Peter Karagiannis;Kazutoshi Takahashi;Megumu Saito;Yoshinori Yoshida

  • Reduction of serum cholesterol in heterozygous patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. Additive effects of compactin and cholestyramine

    Hiroshi Mabuchi;Takeshi Sakai;Yasuyuki Sakai;Akira Yoshimura

  • Identification of Claisen cyclase domain in fungal polyketide synthase WA, a naphthopyrone synthase of Aspergillus nidulans.

    Isao Fujii;Akira Watanabe;Ushio Sankawa;Yutaka Ebizuka

  • G2/M-Phase–Specific Transcription during the Plant Cell Cycle Is Mediated by c-Myb–Like Transcription Factors

    Masaki Ito;Satoshi Araki;Sachihiro Matsunaga;Takashi Itoh

  • Dark-inducible genes from Arabidopsis thaliana are associated with leaf senescence and repressed by sugars.

    Yuki Fujiki;Yoko Yoshikawa;Tokuyuki Sato;Noriko Inada

  • Dynamic regulation of human endogenous retroviruses mediates factor-induced reprogramming and differentiation potential

    Mari Ohnuki;Koji Tanabe;Kenta Sutou;Ito Teramoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Aburatani
Hiroyuki Aburatani University of Tokyo
Osamu Ito
Osamu Ito Tohoku University
Shinya Yamanaka
Shinya Yamanaka Kyoto University
Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Tatsutoshi Nakahata Kyoto University
Tatsuhiko Kodama
Tatsuhiko Kodama University of Tokyo
Mamoru Fujitsuka
Mamoru Fujitsuka Osaka University
Keisuke Okita
Keisuke Okita Kyoto University
Takuya Yamamoto
Takuya Yamamoto Kyoto University
Yutaka Ebizuka
Yutaka Ebizuka University of Tokyo
Yasuhiro Yamada
Yasuhiro Yamada University of Tokyo

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