2026 Yoshinori Watanabe: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	70	1419	1269	120	113	163	18110

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

725
Citations
Cohesin relocation from sites of chromosomal loading to places of convergent transcription

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

700
Citations
The conserved kinetochore protein shugoshin protects centromeric cohesion during meiosis

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

695
Citations
Cohesin Rec8 is required for reductional chromosome segregation at meiosis.

Yoshinori Watanabe;Paul Nurse

653
Citations
Recruitment of cohesin to heterochromatic regions by Swi6/HP1 in fission yeast

Nobuhiro Nonaka;Tomoya Kitajima;Shihori Yokobayashi;Guoping Xiao

560
Citations
Phosphorylation of H2A by Bub1 Prevents Chromosomal Instability Through Localizing Shugoshin

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

542
Citations
Two histone marks establish the inner centromere and chromosome bi-orientation.

Yuya Yamagishi;Takashi Honda;Yuji Tanno;Yoshinori Watanabe

520
Citations
MPS1/Mph1 phosphorylates the kinetochore protein KNL1/Spc7 to recruit SAC components.

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

454
Citations
Ktu/PF13 is required for cytoplasmic pre-assembly of axonemal dyneins

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

419
Citations
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

393
Citations
Fission yeast Taz1 protein is required for meiotic telomere clustering and recombination

Julia Promisel Cooper;Yoshinori Watanabe;Paul Nurse

392
Citations
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

363
Citations
Selective elimination of messenger RNA prevents an incidence of untimely meiosis

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

344
Citations
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

332
Citations
Human Bub1 defines the persistent cohesion site along the mitotic chromosome by affecting Shugoshin localization.

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

310
Citations
Phosphorylation of the CPC by Cdk1 promotes chromosome bi-orientation

Tatsuya Tsukahara;Yuji Tanno;Yoshinori Watanabe

283
Citations
A conserved KASH domain protein associates with telomeres, SUN1, and dynactin during mammalian meiosis

Akihiro Morimoto;Hiroki Shibuya;Xiaoqiang Zhu;Jihye Kim

279
Citations
Unified mode of centromeric protection by shugoshin in mammalian oocytes and somatic cells.

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

276
Citations
A new meiosis-specific cohesin complex implicated in the cohesin code for homologous pairing.

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

269
Citations
Shugoshin enables tension-generating attachment of kinetochores by loading Aurora to centromeres

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

247
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University

Haruhiko Sugimura Hamamatsu University

Christer Höög Karolinska Institute

Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics

Alberto M. Pendás University of Salamanca

John C. Schimenti Cornell University

Katsuhiko Shirahige University of Tokyo

Tatsuo Fukagawa Osaka University

Paul Nurse The Francis Crick Institute

Hideya Kawaji RIKEN

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