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Wataru Ogawa

Wataru Ogawa

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
16544
World Ranking
8621
National Ranking
580

Wataru Ogawa 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 Wataru Ogawa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 282 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wataru Ogawa 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 Wataru Ogawa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wataru Ogawa is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan and specializes in medical research with a strong focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their scholarly output spans multiple fields including medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant concentration in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist's primary research topics cover diabetes management and research, pancreatic function and diabetes, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, diabetes treatment and management, pituitary gland disorders and treatments, adrenal and paraganglionic tumors, and diabetes-associated disorders.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Semaglutide once a week in adults with overweight or obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes in an east Asian population (STEP 6): a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled, phase 3a trial (2022, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • Bacteroides spp. promotes branched-chain amino acid catabolism in brown fat and inhibits obesity (2021, iScience)
  • Definition, criteria, and core concepts of guidelines for the management of obesity disease in Japan (2023, Endocrine Journal)
  • Mechanistic insights into immune checkpoint inhibitor-related hypophysitis: a form of paraneoplastic syndrome (2021, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy)
  • Obesity and risk for its comorbidities diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia in Japanese individuals aged 65 years (2023, Scientific Reports)

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers with whom they have co-authored multiple publications, including:

  • Yushi Hirota
  • Hidenori Fukuoka
  • Hironori Bando
  • Genzo Iguchi
  • Shin Urai

Wataru Ogawa frequently publishes in specialized journals that focus on diabetes and endocrinology, such as:

  • Journal of Diabetes Investigation
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Diabetology International
  • Endocrine Journal
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Their work integrates clinical and molecular perspectives, addressing conditions like obesity, diabetes, and related endocrine disorders. The diverse distribution of publications in top-tier journals underlines a multidisciplinary approach combining surgery, molecular biology, physiology, and genetics.

Best Publications

  • Insulin-induced phosphorylation and activation of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 3B by the serine-threonine kinase Akt.

    Tadahiro Kitamura;Yukari Kitamura;Shoji Kuroda;Yasuhisa Hino

  • Requirement of Atypical Protein Kinase Cλ for Insulin Stimulation of Glucose Uptake but Not for Akt Activation in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

    Ko Kotani;Wataru Ogawa;Michihiro Matsumoto;Tadahiro Kitamura

  • Requirement for Activation of the Serine-Threonine Kinase Akt (Protein Kinase B) in Insulin Stimulation of Protein Synthesis but Not of Glucose Transport

    Tadahiro Kitamura;Wataru Ogawa;Hiroshi Sakaue;Yasuhisa Hino

  • Role of Krüppel-like Factor 15 (KLF15) in Transcriptional Regulation of Adipogenesis

    Toshiyuki Mori;Hiroshi Sakaue;Haruhisa Iguchi;Hideyuki Gomi

  • Bacteroides vulgatus and Bacteroides dorei Reduce Gut Microbial Lipopolysaccharide Production and Inhibit Atherosclerosis.

    Naofumi Yoshida;Takuo Emoto;Tomoya Yamashita;Hikaru Watanabe

  • Role of STAT-3 in regulation of hepatic gluconeogenic genes and carbohydrate metabolism in vivo

    Hiroshi Inoue;Wataru Ogawa;Michitaka Ozaki;Sanae Haga

  • A role for phosphoinositide 3-kinase in bacterial invasion.

    Keith Ireton;Bernard Payrastre;Hugues Chap;Wataru Ogawa

  • Role of hepatic STAT3 in brain-insulin action on hepatic glucose production.

    Hiroshi Inoue;Wataru Ogawa;Akihiro Asakawa;Yasuo Okamoto

  • Regulation of nuclear translocation of Forkhead transcription factor AFX by protein kinase B

    Hiroshi Takaishi;Hiroaki Konishi;Hidenori Matsuzaki;Yoshitaka Ono

  • Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis induced by SGLT2 inhibitors: possible mechanism and contributing factors

    Wataru Ogawa;Kazuhiko Sakaguchi

  • Analysis of Gut Microbiota in Coronary Artery Disease Patients: a Possible Link between Gut Microbiota and Coronary Artery Disease

    Takuo Emoto;Tomoya Yamashita;Naoto Sasaki;Yushi Hirota

  • Stat3 protects against Fas-induced liver injury by redox-dependent and -independent mechanisms.

    Sanae Haga;Keita Terui;Hui Qi Zhang;Shin Enosawa

  • Ablation of PDK1 in pancreatic beta cells induces diabetes as a result of loss of beta cell mass.

    Naoko Hashimoto;Yoshiaki Kido;Tohru Uchida;Shun-ichiro Asahara

  • PI3K rescues the detrimental effects of chronic Akt activation in the heart during ischemia/reperfusion injury

    Tomohisa Nagoshi;Takashi Matsui;Takuma Aoyama;Annarosa Leri

  • PDK1 signaling in oocytes controls reproductive aging and lifespan by manipulating the survival of primordial follicles

    Pradeep Reddy;Deepak Adhikari;Wenjing Zheng;Shawn Liang

  • Overexpression of SH2-containing inositol phosphatase 2 results in negative regulation of insulin-induced metabolic actions in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via its 5'-phosphatase catalytic activity.

    Tsutomu Wada;Toshiyasu Sasaoka;Makoto Funaki;Hiroyuki Hori

  • Akt-Mediated Survival of Oligodendrocytes Induced by Neuregulins

    Ana I. Flores;Barbara S. Mallon;Takashi Matsui;Wataru Ogawa

  • PKCλ in liver mediates insulin-induced SREBP-1c expression and determines both hepatic lipid content and overall insulin sensitivity

    Michihiro Matsumoto;Wataru Ogawa;Kazunori Akimoto;Hiroshi Inoue

  • Posttranscriptional Control of Adipocyte Differentiation through Activation of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase

    Hiroshi Sakaue;Wataru Ogawa;Michihiro Matsumoto;Shoji Kuroda

  • Hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance, and dyslipidemia induced by acute inhibition of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling in the liver

    Kazuaki Miyake;Wataru Ogawa;Michihiro Matsumoto;Takehiro Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Masato Kasuga
Masato Kasuga National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Tetsuo Noda
Tetsuo Noda Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Susumu Seino
Susumu Seino Kobe University
Hirohito Sone
Hirohito Sone Niigata University
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Kiyoshi Takeda
Kiyoshi Takeda Osaka University
Takashi Kadowaki
Takashi Kadowaki Toranomon Hospital
Shigeo Ohno
Shigeo Ohno Yokohama City University
Kazuyoshi Yonezawa
Kazuyoshi Yonezawa Kobe University
Masayuki Saito
Masayuki Saito Hokkaido University

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