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Toshiki Watanabe

Toshiki Watanabe

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
79
Citations
20082
World Ranking
1228
National Ranking
32

Toshiki Watanabe publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 339 publications — 83rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Toshiki Watanabe D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Toshiki Watanabe is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Immunology and Microbiology. This interdisciplinary work covers notable subfields such as Immunology, Geophysics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

Their main research topics include:

  • T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Watanabe has contributed frequently to several academic publication venues. Prominent among these are Earth Planets and Space, Cancer Science, Viruses, Haematologica, and the International Journal of Hematology.

Their recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on diseases related to adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and histone methylation-targeted therapy. Notable recent papers include:

  • Mechanisms of action and resistance in histone methylation-targeted therapy, 2024, Nature
  • Prognosis of patients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in Japan: A nationwide hospital-based study, 2020, Cancer Science
  • Chronological genome and single-cell transcriptome integration characterizes the evolutionary process of adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Mortality and risk of progression to adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Novel Treatments of Adult T Cell Leukemia Lymphoma, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

The scientist collaborates extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Kaoru Uchimaru, Atae Utsunomiya, Yoshihisa Yamano, Masako Iwanaga, and Tomoo Sato, reflecting a network spanning hematology and related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Integrated molecular analysis of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma

    Keisuke Kataoka;Yasunobu Nagata;Akira Kitanaka;Yuichi Shiraishi

  • Definition, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, and Response Criteria of Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma: A Proposal From an International Consensus Meeting

    Kunihiro Tsukasaki;Olivier Hermine;Ali Bazarbachi;Lee Ratner

  • Identification of TRAF6, a Novel Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor Protein That Mediates Signaling from an Amino-terminal Domain of the CD40 Cytoplasmic Region

    Takaomi Ishida;Sei-ichi Mizushima;Sakura Azuma;Norihiko Kobayashi

  • TRAF5, a novel tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor family protein, mediates CD40 signaling

    Takaomi Ishida;Tadashi Tojo;Tsutomu Aoki;Norihiko Kobayashi

  • CD30: expression and function in health and disease.

    Ryouichi Horie;Toshiki Watanabe

  • Polycomb-Mediated Loss of miR-31 Activates NIK-Dependent NF-κB Pathway in Adult T Cell Leukemia and Other Cancers

    Makoto Yamagishi;Kazumi Nakano;Ariko Miyake;Tadanori Yamochi

  • Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) proviral load and disease progression in asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers: a nationwide prospective study in Japan.

    Masako Iwanaga;Masako Iwanaga;Toshiki Watanabe;Atae Utsunomiya;Akihiko Okayama

  • HTLV-I uveitis: a distinct clinical entity caused by HTLV-I.

    Manabu Mochizuki;Toshiki Watanabe;Kazunari Yamaguchi;Kiyoshi Takatsuki

  • Ligand-independent signaling by overexpressed CD30 drives NF-kappaB activation in Hodgkin-Reed-Sternberg cells.

    Ryouichi Horie;Takuro Watanabe;Yasuyuki Morishita;Kinji Ito

  • Two types of defective human T-lymphotropic virus type I provirus in adult T-cell leukemia

    Sadahiro Tamiya;Masao Matsuoka;Ken-ichiro Etoh;Toshiki Watanabe

  • Adult T-Cell Leukemia: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence

    Masako Iwanaga;Toshiki Watanabe;Kazunari Yamaguchi

  • 5′-Long Terminal Repeat-Selective CpG Methylation of Latent Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Provirus In Vitro and In Vivo

    Tsukasa Koiwa;Akiko Hamano-Usami;Takaomi Ishida;Akihiko Okayama

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor (TRAF) 5 and TRAF2 Are Involved in CD30-mediated NFκB Activation

    Shigemi Aizawa;Hiroyasu Nakano;Takaomi Ishida;Ryouichi Horie

  • Revised Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma International Consensus Meeting Report

    Lucy B. Cook;Shigeo Fuji;Olivier Hermine;Ali Bazarbachi

  • Ubiquitination and translocation of TRAF2 is required for activation of JNK but not of p38 or NF-κB

    Hasem Habelhah;Shoichi Takahashi;Ssang-Goo Cho;Takayuki Kadoya

  • Uveitis associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I.

    Manabu Mochizuki;Toshiki Watanabe;Kazunari Yamaguchi;Koichi Yoshimura

  • Sequence homology of the simian retrovirus genome with human T-cell leukemia virus type I.

    Toshiki Watanabe;Motoharu Seiki;H. Tsujimoto;I. Miyoshi

  • HTLV-1-associated diseases.

    Toshiki Watanabe

  • Adult T-cell leukemia: molecular basis for clonal expansion and transformation of HTLV-1–infected T cells

    Toshiki Watanabe

  • Polycomb-dependent epigenetic landscape in adult T-cell leukemia

    Dai Fujikawa;Shota Nakagawa;Makoto Hori;Naoya Kurokawa

  • HTLV-I and uveitis.

    Manabu Mochizuki;Kazunari Yamaguchi;Kiyoshi Takatsuki;Toshiki Watanabe

  • Dual targeting of transformed and untransformed HTLV-1–infected T cells by DHMEQ, a potent and selective inhibitor of NF-κB, as a strategy for chemoprevention and therapy of adult T-cell leukemia

    Mariko Watanabe;Takeo Ohsugi;Momoko Shoda;Takaomi Ishida

  • Uveitis associated with human T lymphotropic virus type I: seroepidemiologic, clinical, and virologic studies

    M Mochizuki;T Watanabe;K Yamaguchi;K Tajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazunari Yamaguchi
Kazunari Yamaguchi National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
Atae Utsunomiya
Atae Utsunomiya Kagoshima University
Manabu Mochizuki
Manabu Mochizuki Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kazuo Umezawa
Kazuo Umezawa Aichi Medical University
Kiyoshi Takatsuki
Kiyoshi Takatsuki Kumamoto University
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto Kyoto University
Shigeo Mori
Shigeo Mori University of Tokyo
Masao Matsuoka
Masao Matsuoka Kumamoto University
Shimeru Kamihira
Shimeru Kamihira Nagasaki University
Seishi Ogawa
Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University

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