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Yoshinori Watanabe

Yoshinori Watanabe

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
70
Citations
18110
World Ranking
1419
National Ranking
120

Yoshinori Watanabe publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 163 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Yoshinori Watanabe D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yoshinori Watanabe is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several interconnected subfields such as molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, cell biology, materials chemistry, and computational theory and mathematics.

The scientist's research has addressed a variety of topics, with notable focus areas including:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Bipolar disorder and treatment
  • DNA repair mechanisms
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Telemedicine and telehealth implementation
  • COVID-19 and mental health

Yoshinori Watanabe's recent publications illustrate the diversity of their research interests and methodologies. Selected papers include:

  • "Systematic analysis of exonic germline and postzygotic de novo mutations in bipolar disorder," published in 2021 in Nature Communications
  • "A preliminary genetic association study of GAD1 and GABAB receptor genes in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia," published in 2021 in Molecular Biology Reports
  • "Meikin synergizes with shugoshin to protect cohesin Rec8 during meiosis I," published in 2021 in Genes & Development
  • "How significant is the assessment of the DSM-5 'anxious distress' specifier in patients with major depressive disorder without comorbid anxiety disorders in the continuation/maintenance phase?" published in 2021 in International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
  • "Japanese Project for Telepsychiatry Evaluation during COVID-19: Treatment Comparison Trial (J-PROTECT): Rationale, design, and methodology," published in 2021 in Contemporary Clinical Trials

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors such as Akitoyo Hishimoto, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kimura, Min Yu, and Atsuhiro Miyazawa.

Yoshinori Watanabe's research has been published in a range of venues, with recurring appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genes & Development
  • Life Science Alliance
  • KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU
  • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Their scientific output reflects a multidisciplinary approach, integrating aspects of molecular biology and medicine, with particular attention to genetic mechanisms, mental health disorders, and innovative applications in telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Publications

  • Shugoshin collaborates with protein phosphatase 2A to protect cohesin

    Tomoya S. Kitajima;Takeshi Sakuno;Kei-ichiro Ishiguro;Shun-ichiro Iemura

  • Cohesin relocation from sites of chromosomal loading to places of convergent transcription

    Armelle Lengronne;Yuki Katou;Saori Mori;Saori Mori;Shihori Yokobayashi

  • The conserved kinetochore protein shugoshin protects centromeric cohesion during meiosis

    Tomoya S. Kitajima;Shigehiro A. Kawashima;Yoshinori Watanabe

  • Cohesin Rec8 is required for reductional chromosome segregation at meiosis.

    Yoshinori Watanabe;Paul Nurse

  • Recruitment of cohesin to heterochromatic regions by Swi6/HP1 in fission yeast

    Nobuhiro Nonaka;Tomoya Kitajima;Shihori Yokobayashi;Guoping Xiao

  • Phosphorylation of H2A by Bub1 Prevents Chromosomal Instability Through Localizing Shugoshin

    Shigehiro A. Kawashima;Yuya Yamagishi;Takashi Honda;Kei-ichiro Ishiguro

  • Two histone marks establish the inner centromere and chromosome bi-orientation.

    Yuya Yamagishi;Takashi Honda;Yuji Tanno;Yoshinori Watanabe

  • MPS1/Mph1 phosphorylates the kinetochore protein KNL1/Spc7 to recruit SAC components.

    Yuya Yamagishi;Ching-Hui Yang;Yuji Tanno;Yoshinori Watanabe

  • Ktu/PF13 is required for cytoplasmic pre-assembly of axonemal dyneins

    Heymut Omran;Daisuke Kobayashi;Daisuke Kobayashi;Heike Olbrich;Tatsuya Tsukahara

  • Schizosaccharomyces pombe ste11+ encodes a transcription factor with an HMG motif that is a critical regulator of sexual development.

    Asako Sugimoto;Yuichi Iino;Tatsuya Maeda;Tatsuya Maeda;Yoshinori Watanabe

  • Fission yeast Taz1 protein is required for meiotic telomere clustering and recombination

    Julia Promisel Cooper;Yoshinori Watanabe;Paul Nurse

  • Age-Related Meiotic Segregation Errors in Mammalian Oocytes Are Preceded by Depletion of Cohesin and Sgo2

    Lisa Martine Lister;Lisa Martine Lister;Anna Kouznetsova;Louise Ann Hyslop;Dimitrios Kalleas;Dimitrios Kalleas

  • Selective elimination of messenger RNA prevents an incidence of untimely meiosis

    Yuriko Harigaya;Hirotsugu Tanaka;Hirotsugu Tanaka;Soichiro Yamanaka;Kayoko Tanaka

  • S. pombe mei2+ encodes an RNA-binding protein essential for premeiotic DNA synthesis and meiosis I, which cooperates with a novel RNA species meiRNA.

    Yoshinori Watanabe;Masayuki Yamamoto

  • Human Bub1 defines the persistent cohesion site along the mitotic chromosome by affecting Shugoshin localization.

    Tomoya S. Kitajima;Silke Hauf;Miho Ohsugi;Tadashi Yamamoto

  • Phosphorylation of the CPC by Cdk1 promotes chromosome bi-orientation

    Tatsuya Tsukahara;Yuji Tanno;Yoshinori Watanabe

  • A conserved KASH domain protein associates with telomeres, SUN1, and dynactin during mammalian meiosis

    Akihiro Morimoto;Hiroki Shibuya;Xiaoqiang Zhu;Jihye Kim

  • Unified mode of centromeric protection by shugoshin in mammalian oocytes and somatic cells.

    Jibak Lee;Tomoya S. Kitajima;Yuji Tanno;Kayo Yoshida

  • A new meiosis-specific cohesin complex implicated in the cohesin code for homologous pairing.

    Kei-ichiro Ishiguro;Jihye Kim;Sally Fujiyama-Nakamura;Shigeaki Kato

  • Shugoshin enables tension-generating attachment of kinetochores by loading Aurora to centromeres

    Shigehiro A. Kawashima;Tatsuya Tsukahara;Maria Langegger;Silke Hauf

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayuki Yamamoto
Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University
Haruhiko Sugimura
Haruhiko Sugimura Hamamatsu University
Christer Höög
Christer Höög Karolinska Institute
Fumio Hanaoka
Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics
Alberto M. Pendás
Alberto M. Pendás University of Salamanca
John C. Schimenti
John C. Schimenti Cornell University
Katsuhiko Shirahige
Katsuhiko Shirahige University of Tokyo
Tatsuo Fukagawa
Tatsuo Fukagawa Osaka University
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse The Francis Crick Institute

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