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Yuichiro Watanabe

Yuichiro Watanabe

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 58 2072 1865 166 154 145 14689

Yuichiro Watanabe publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yuichiro Watanabe between 1982 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yuichiro Watanabe published across 45 years, from 1982 to 2026, averaging 3.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2007. 5 of the 174 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2007. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 5 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 6 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 4 publications 2026: 1 publication
1982 2026

174 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yuichiro Watanabe: publications per year, 1982 to 2026
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 3
1985 0
1986 3
1987 5
1988 2
1989 2
1990 4
1991 3
1992 4
1993 4
1994 2
1995 2
1996 7
1997 5
1998 4
1999 4
2000 3
2001 2
2002 3
2003 10
2004 5
2005 8
2006 8
2007 11
2008 4
2009 5
2010 9
2011 6
2012 4
2013 2
2014 3
2015 1
2016 5
2017 5
2018 1
2019 6
2020 2
2021 2
2022 2
2023 3
2024 4
2025 4
2026 1
Total 174
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Yuichiro 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 Yuichiro Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 137–146 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 145 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158 145
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Yuichiro 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 Yuichiro Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58–59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129 58
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Yuichiro Watanabe is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, focusing primarily on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields, including genetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, molecular biology, and social psychology.

Their research contributions include topics such as maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis, and autism spectrum disorder research.

Watanabe has published extensively in journals including:

  • Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
  • Hepatology International
  • Biological Psychiatry

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Depression, Anxiety and Primiparity are Negatively Associated with Mother-Infant Bonding in Japanese Mothers," 2020, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  • "Cross-Disorder Analysis of Genic and Regulatory Copy Number Variations in Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Autism Spectrum Disorder," 2022, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Exclusive Breastfeeding Is Not Associated with Maternal-Infant Bonding in Early Postpartum, Considering Depression, Anxiety, and Parity," 2021, Nutrients
  • "Influence of Child-Pugh B7 and B8/9 cirrhosis on laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study," 2022, Surgical Endoscopy
  • "Identification of Bonding Difficulties in the Peripartum Period Using the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale-Japanese Version and Its Tentative Cutoff Points," 2021, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Watanabe include Toshiyuki Someya, Jun Egawa, Naoki Fukui, Takaharu Motegi, and Maki Ogawa.

Best Publications

  • Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs

    Blake C. Meyers;Michael J. Axtell;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • Arabidopsis micro-RNA biogenesis through Dicer-like 1 protein functions

    Yukio Kurihara;Yuichiro Watanabe

  • Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ induces fatty acid β-oxidation in skeletal muscle and attenuates metabolic syndrome

    Toshiya Tanaka;Joji Yamamoto;Satoshi Iwasaki;Hiroshi Asaba

  • Improved Gateway binary vectors: high-performance vectors for creation of fusion constructs in transgenic analysis of plants.

    Tsuyoshi Nakagawa;Takamasa Suzuki;Satoko Murata;Shinya Nakamura

  • The interaction between DCL1 and HYL1 is important for efficient and precise processing of pri-miRNA in plant microRNA biogenesis.

    Yukio Kurihara;Yuasa Takashi;Yuichiro Watanabe

  • The Mechanism Selecting the Guide Strand from Small RNA Duplexes is Different Among Argonaute Proteins

    Atsushi Takeda;Shintaro Iwasaki;Toshiaki Watanabe;Toshiaki Watanabe;Maki Utsumi

  • Function of the 30 kd protein of tobacco mosaic virus: involvement in cell-to-cell movement and dispensability for replication.

    Tetsuo Meshi;Yuichiro Watanabe;Tetsuichiro Saito;Asako Sugimoto

  • Tobacco mosaic virus infection spreads cell to cell as intact replication complexes

    Shigeki Kawakami;Yuichiro Watanabe;Roger N. Beachy

  • Large-scale analysis of full-length cDNAs from the tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cultivar Micro-Tom, a reference system for the Solanaceae genomics

    Koh Aoki;Kentaro Yano;Ayako Suzuki;Shingo Kawamura

  • A New Tobacco Mosaic Virus Vector and its Use for the Systemic Production of Angiotensin-I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor in Transgenic Tobacco and Tomato

    Hiroshi Hamamoto;Yoshinori Sugiyama;Noriaki Nakagawa;Eiji Hashida

  • Two concomitant base substitutions in the putative replicase genes of tobacco mosaic virus confer the ability to overcome the effects of a tomato resistance gene, Tm-1.

    Tetsuo Meshi;Fusao Motoyoshi;Atsuko Adachi;Yuichiro Watanabe

  • SGS3 and RDR6 interact and colocalize in cytoplasmic SGS3/RDR6-bodies

    Naoyoshi Kumakura;Atsushi Takeda;Yoichiro Fujioka;Hiroyasu Motose

  • Identification of the TMV Replicase Sequence That Activates the N Gene-Mediated Hypersensitive Response

    Hal S. Padgett;Yuichiro Watanabe;Roger N. Beachy

  • Location of a possible miRNA processing site in SmD3/SmB nuclear bodies in Arabidopsis.

    Yoichiro Fujioka;Maki Utsumi;Yusuke Ohba;Yuichiro Watanabe

  • Distribution of tobamovirus movement protein in infected cells and implications for cell-to-cell spread of infection.

    Hal S. Padgett;Bernard L. Epel;Theodore W. Kahn;Manfred Heinlein

  • UPF3 suppresses aberrant spliced mRNA in Arabidopsis

    Koichi Hori;Yuichiro Watanabe

  • klavier (klv), a novel hypernodulation mutant of Lotus japonicus affected in vascular tissue organization and floral induction.

    Erika Oka-Kira;Kumiko Tateno;Kin Ichiro Miura;Tatsuya Haga

  • Systemic production of foreign peptides on the particle surface of tobacco mosaic virus

    Yoshinori Sugiyama;Hiroshi Hamamoto;Shizume Takemoto;Yuichiro Watanabe

  • Synthesis of TMV-specific RNAs and proteins at the early stage of infection in tobacco protoplasts: transient expression of the 30K protein and its mRNA.

    Yuichiro Watanabe;Yasufumi Emori;Ikuo Ooshika;Tetsuo Meshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshimi Okada
Yoshimi Okada University of Tokyo
Tetsuo Meshi
Tetsuo Meshi University of Tokyo
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Takao Hamakubo
Takao Hamakubo Nippon Medical School
Shoichi Ishiura
Shoichi Ishiura University of Tokyo
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Mitsuyasu Hasebe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Makoto Naito
Makoto Naito Niigata University
Tatsuhiko Kodama
Tatsuhiko Kodama University of Tokyo

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