Sumio Watanabe

12.5k citations

381 papers · 9.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 47

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Hepatology top 0.5%
- Liver physiology and pathology
Gastroenterology top 0.5%

Papers in

Gastroenterology 51
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments 25
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment 21
Hepatology 39
- Liver physiology and pathology 18

Co-authors: Kenichi Ikejima (43 shared papers)Akihito Nagahara (101 shared papers)Michiro Otaka (62 shared papers)Taro Osada (77 shared papers)Nobuhiro Sato (36 shared papers)Masaru Odashima (38 shared papers)Kazuyoshi Kon (29 shared papers)Tomonori Aoyama (20 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (36 papers)Journal of Gastroenterology (27 papers)Hepatology Research (14 papers)Digestive Diseases and Sciences (14 papers)Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (13 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States Canada

In The Last Decade

Sumio Watanabe

368 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Sumio Watanabe's Hit Papers

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Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for peptic ulcer disease 2020 2021 · 171 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2021 Journal of Gastroenterology

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Sumio Watanabe, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Hepatocyte-specific Pten deficiency results in steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinomas Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Yasuo Horie, Akira Suzuki, Ei Kataoka, Takehiko Sasaki, Koichi Hamada, Junko Sasaki, Katsunori Mizuno, Go Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Masahiro Iizuka, Makoto Naito, Katsuhiko Enomoto, Sumio Watanabe, Tak W. Mak, Toru Nakano	2004	578
2	Hyperresponsivity to Low-Dose Endotoxin during Progression to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Is Regulated by Leptin-Mediated Signaling Cell Metabolism ·Kento Imajo, Koji Fujita, Masato Yoneda, Yuichi Nozaki, Yuji Ogawa, Yoshiyasu Shinohara, Shingo Kato, Hironori Mawatari, Wataru Shibata, Hiroshi Kitani, Kenichi Ikejima, Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Noriko Nakajima, Satoru Saito, Shiro Maeyama, Sumio Watanabe, Koichiro Wada, Atsushi Nakajima	2012	297
3	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase in experimental liver fibrosis: GKT137831 as a novel potential therapeutic agent Hepatology ·Tomonori Aoyama, Yong‐Han Paik, Sumio Watanabe, Benoı̂t Laleu, Francesca Gaggini, Laetitia Fioraso-Cartier, Sophie Molango, Freddy Heitz, Cédric Merlot, Cédric Szyndralewiez, Patrick Page, David A. Brenner	2012	282
4	Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Journal of Gastroenterology ·Sumio Watanabe, Etsuko Hashimoto, Kenichi Ikejima, Hirofumi Uto, Masafumi Ono, Yoshio Sumida, Masataka Seike, Yoshiyuki Takei, Tetsuo Takehara, Katsutoshi Tokushige, Atsushi Nakajima, Masashi Yoneda, Toshiji Saibara, Goshi Shiota, Isao Sakaida, Makoto Nakamuta, Toshihiko Mizuta, Hirohito Tsubouchi, Kentaro Sugano, Tooru Shimosegawa	2015	275
5	Genetic Polymorphisms of the Human PNPLA3 Gene Are Strongly Associated with Severity of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Japanese PLoS ONE ·Takahisa Kawaguchi, Yoshio Sumida, Atsushi Umemura, Keitaro Matsuo, Meiko Takahashi, Toshinari Takamura, Kohichiroh Yasui, Toshiji Saibara, Etsuko Hashimoto, Miwa Kawanaka, Sumio Watanabe, Sumio Kawata, Yasuharu Imai, Miki Kokubo, Toshihide Shima, Hyohun Park, Hideo Tanaka, Kazuo Tajima, Ryo Yamada, Fumihiko Matsuda, (unknown)	2012	216
6	Activation of A2A Adenosine Receptor Attenuates Intestinal Inflammation in Animal Models of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gastroenterology ·Masaru Odashima, Giorgos Bamias, Jesús Rivera–Nieves, Joel M Linden, Cynthia C. Nast, Christopher A. Moskaluk, Marco Marini, Kazuhiko Sugawara, Kosuke Kozaiwa, Michiro Otaka, Sumio Watanabe, Fabio Cominelli	2005	185
7	Evidence‐based clinical practice guidelines for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Hepatology Research ·Sumio Watanabe, Etsuko Hashimoto, Kenichi Ikejima, Hirofumi Uto, Masafumi Ono, Yoshio Sumida, Masataka Seike, Yoshiyuki Takei, Tetsuo Takehara, Katsutoshi Tokushige, Atsushi Nakajima, Masashi Yoneda, Toshiji Saibara, Goshi Shiota, Isao Sakaida, Makoto Nakamuta, Toshihiko Mizuta, Hirohito Tsubouchi, Kentaro Sugano, Tooru Shimosegawa	2015	173
8	Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for peptic ulcer disease 2020 Journal of Gastroenterology ·Tomoari Kamada, Kiichi Satoh, Toshiyuki Itoh, Masanori Ito, Junichi Iwamoto, Tadayoshi Okimoto, Takeshi Kanno, Mitsushige Sugimoto, Toshimi Chiba, Sachiyo Nomura, Mitsuyo Mieda, Hideyuki Hiraishi, Junji Yoshino, Atsushi Takagi, Sumio Watanabe, Kazuhiko Koike Hit paper breakdown →	2021	171
9	Abnormality of autophagic function and cathepsin expression in the liver from patients with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease Hepatology Research ·Yuka Fukuo, Shunhei Yamashina, Hiroshi Sonoue, Atsushi Arakawa, Eisuke Nakadera, Tomonori Aoyama, Akira Uchiyama, Kazuyoshi Kon, Kenichi Ikejima, Sumio Watanabe	2013	167
10	Commensal bacteria can enter colonic epithelial cells and induce proinflammatory cytokine secretion: a possible pathogenic mechanism of ulcerative colitis Journal of Medical Microbiology ·Toshifumi Ohkusa, Tsutomu Yoshida, Nobuhiro Sato, Sumio Watanabe, Hisao Tajiri, Isao Okayasu	2009	138
11	Liver diseases and metabolic syndrome Journal of Gastroenterology ·Sumio Watanabe, Reiko Yaginuma, Kenichi Ikejima, Akihisa Miyazaki	2008	135
12	The liver in collagen diseases: pathologic study of 160 cases with particular reference to hepatic arteritis, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis and nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver Liver International ·Toshiharu Matsumoto, S Kobayashi, Hidetaka Shimizu, Mikako Nakajima, Sumio Watanabe, Noriyuki KITAMI, Nobuhiro Sato, Hiroshi Abe, Yuji Aoki, Tanji Hoshi, Hiroshi Hashimoto	2000	135
13	Prospective clinical trial of traction device-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection of large superficial colorectal tumors using the S–O clip Surgical Endoscopy ·Hideaki Ritsuno, Naoto Sakamoto, Taro Osada, Shingo P. Goto, Takashi Murakami, Hiroya Ueyama, Hiroki Mori, Kenshi Matsumoto, Kazuko Beppu, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Akihito Nagahara, Tatsuo Ogihara, Sumio Watanabe	2014	134
14	Interferon-alpha is effective in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy Neurology ·Shuji Izumo, Ikuo Goto, Yasuto Itoyama, Tatsuya Okajima, Sumio Watanabe, Yasuo Kuroda, Shotaro Araki, Machiko MORI, Mitsuru Nagataki, Setsuko Matsukura, Takaki Akamine, Masaki Nakagawa, Izumi Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Osame	1996	134
15	Translocation of iron from lysosomes into mitochondria is a key event during oxidative stress-induced hepatocellular injury Hepatology ·Akira Uchiyama, Jae‐Sung Kim, Kazuyoshi Kon, Hartmut Jaeschke, Kenichi Ikejima, Sumio Watanabe, John J. Lemasters	2008	128
16	MAIT cells are activated and accumulated in the inflamed mucosa of ulcerative colitis Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Keiichi Haga, Asako Chiba, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Taro Osada, Dai Ishikawa, Tomohiro Kodani, Osamu Nomura, Sumio Watanabe, Sachiko Miyake	2015	116
17	Hepatic steatosis inhibits autophagic proteolysis via impairment of autophagosomal acidification and cathepsin expression Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Yoshihiro Inami, Shunhei Yamashina, Kousuke Izumi, Takashi Ueno, Isei Tanida, Kenichi Ikejima, Sumio Watanabe	2011	112
18	Induction of cytotoxicity by chlorogenic acid in human oral tumor cell lines Phytomedicine ·Jiang Yi, Kazuya Kusama, Keitaro Satoh, Fumitoshi Takayama, Sumio Watanabe, Hiroshi Sakagami	2000	111
19	Inhibition of hepatitis C virus replication by chloroquine targeting virus-associated autophagy Journal of Gastroenterology ·Tomokazu Mizui, Shunhei Yamashina, Isei Tanida, Yoshiyuki Takei, Takashi Ueno, Naoya Sakamoto, Kenichi Ikejima, Tsuneo Kitamura, Nobuyuki Enomoto, Tatsuo Sakai, Eiki Kominami, Sumio Watanabe	2009	109
20	Maternal High Fiber Diet during Pregnancy and Lactation Influences Regulatory T Cell Differentiation in Offspring in Mice The Journal of Immunology ·Akihito Nakajima, Naoko Kaga, Yumiko Nakanishi, Hiroshi Ohno, Junki Miyamoto, Ikuo Kimura, Shohei Hori, Takashi Sasaki, Keiichi Hiramatsu, Ko Okumura, Sachiko Miyake, Sonoko Habu, Sumio Watanabe	2017	106

About Sumio Watanabe

Sumio Watanabe is a scholar working on Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology, having authored 381 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (35 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (33 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (29 papers), Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments (25 papers), Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (21 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (18 papers), Metastasis and carcinoma case studies (15 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Hepatology (1.2k citations), Gastroenterology (789 citations), Epidemiology (2.5k citations), Physiology (258 citations) and Surgery (2.1k citations). Sumio Watanabe has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Kenichi Ikejima, Akihito Nagahara, Michiro Otaka, Taro Osada, Nobuhiro Sato, Masaru Odashima, Kazuyoshi Kon, Tomonori Aoyama, Kenshi Matsumoto and Tomoyoshi Shibuya. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology Research, Digestive Diseases and Sciences and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

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