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D-Index
40
Citations
4887
World Ranking
6216
National Ranking
37

Yuuki Y. Watanabe publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yuuki Y. Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 109 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Yuuki Y. Watanabe D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yuuki Y. Watanabe is affiliated with the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a strong emphasis on ecology and marine biology. The subfields of study related to their work include ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, atmospheric science, and global and planetary change.

The main topics covered in their research encompass ichthyology and marine biology, fish ecology and management studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, marine animal studies overview, animal behavior and reproduction, wildlife ecology and conservation, and marine and fisheries research.

Throughout their career, Watanabe has published in multiple venues, notably:

  • Nature Communications
  • Marine Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Watanabe's frequent coauthors include:

  • Yannis P. Papastamatiou
  • Nicholas L. Payne
  • Akinori Takahashi
  • Jayson M. Semmens
  • Soma Tokunaga

Significant recent publications from Watanabe include:

  • "Biologging and Biotelemetry: Tools for Understanding the Lives and Environments of Marine Animals" (2023, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences)
  • "Foraging behavior links sea ice to breeding success in Antarctic penguins" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Behavioural thermoregulation linked to foraging in blue sharks" (2021, Marine Biology)

Other widely cited works related to aquatic species and environmental contaminants were authored or coauthored contemporaneously, demonstrating their involvement in diverse areas of marine science.

Best Publications

  • Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

    Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Ana Couto;Marisa Vedor

  • Temperature dependence of fish performance in the wild: links with species biogeography and physiological thermal tolerance

    Nicholas L. Payne;Nicholas L. Payne;James A. Smith;Dylan E. van der Meulen;Matthew D. Taylor

  • Linking animal-borne video to accelerometers reveals prey capture variability

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Akinori Takahashi

  • Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans

    Katsufumi Sato;Yutaka Watanuki;Akinori Takahashi;Patrick J. O. Miller;Patrick J. O. Miller

  • Analysis of animal accelerometer data using hidden Markov models

    Vianey Leos-Barajas;Theoni Photopoulou;Theoni Photopoulou;Roland Langrock;Toby A. Patterson

  • Yo-yo vertical movements suggest a foraging strategy for tiger sharks Galeocerdo cuvier

    Itsumi Nakamura;Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Yannis P. Papastamatiou;Katsufumi Sato

  • Comparative analyses of animal-tracking data reveal ecological significance of endothermy in fishes

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Kenneth J. Goldman;Jennifer E. Caselle;Demian D. Chapman

  • Drivers of Daily Routines in an Ectothermic Marine Predator: Hunt Warm, Rest Warmer?

    Yannis P. Papastamatiou;Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Darcy Bradley;Laura E. Dee

  • The slowest fish: Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Christian Lydersen;Aaron T. Fisk;Kit M. Kovacs

  • Testing optimal foraging theory in a penguin-krill system.

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Motohiro Ito;Akinori Takahashi

  • Foraging tactics of Baikal seals differ between day and night

    Yuuki Watanabe;Eugene A. Baranov;Katsufumi Sato;Yasuhiko Naito

  • Asymptotic growth trajectories of larval sardine (Sardinops melanostictus ) in the coastal waters off western Japan

    Y. Watanabe;T. Kuroki

  • Scaling of swim speed in breath-hold divers.

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Katsufumi Sato;Yutaka Watanuki;Akinori Takahashi

  • Body density affects stroke patterns in Baikal seals

    Yuuki Watanabe;Eugene A. Baranov;Katsufumi Sato;Yasuhiko Naito

  • Northern elephant seals adjust gliding and stroking patterns with changes in buoyancy: validation of at-sea metrics of body density.

    Kagari Aoki;Kagari Aoki;Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Daniel E. Crocker;Patrick W. Robinson

  • Dive depths of Weddell seals in relation to vertical prey distribution as estimated by image data

    Yuuki Watanabe;Yoko Mitani;Katsufumi Sato;Michael F. Cameron

  • Functional Dorsoventral Symmetry in Relation to Lift-Based Swimming in the Ocean Sunfish Mola mola

    Yuuki Watanabe;Yuuki Watanabe;Katsufumi Sato

  • Scaling of swim speed and stroke frequency in geometrically similar penguins: they swim optimally to minimize cost of transport

    Katsufumi Sato;Kozue Shiomi;Yuuki Watanabe;Yutaka Watanuki

  • Swimming strategies and energetics of endothermic white sharks during foraging

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Nicholas L. Payne;Nicholas L. Payne;Jayson M. Semmens;Andrew Fox

  • Activity seascapes highlight central place foraging strategies in marine predators that never stop swimming

    Yannis P. Papastamatiou;Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Urška Demšar;Vianey Leos-Barajas

  • Comparison of somatic growth and otolith increment growth in laboratory-reared larvae of Pacific saury, Cololabis saira, under different temperature conditions

    Y. Oozeki;Y. Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Akinori Takahashi
Akinori Takahashi National Institute of Polar Research
Yannis P. Papastamatiou
Yannis P. Papastamatiou Florida International University
Nobuyuki Miyazaki
Nobuyuki Miyazaki University of Tokyo
Yasuhiko Naito
Yasuhiko Naito National Institute of Polar Research
Jayson M. Semmens
Jayson M. Semmens University of Tasmania
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Adam Barnett
Adam Barnett James Cook University
Charlie Huveneers
Charlie Huveneers Flinders University
Nigel E. Hussey
Nigel E. Hussey University of Windsor
Bradley M. Wetherbee
Bradley M. Wetherbee University of Rhode Island

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