2026 Janet Hemingway: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	105	1198	1068	65	59	338	40288

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Janet Hemingway is affiliated with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, along with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Insect Science.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Malaria Research and Control
Mosquito-borne diseases and control
Insect Resistance and Genetics
Insect Pest Control Strategies
Parasites and Host Interactions
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Janet Hemingway include:

Amy Lynd
Samuel Gonahasa
Martin J. Donnelly
Sarah G. Staedke
Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi

Their research has appeared in numerous scientific venues, notably:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Malaria Journal
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent published papers are the following:

"A new malaria vector in Africa: Predicting the expansion range of Anopheles stephensi and identifying the urban populations at risk", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Mapping trends in insecticide resistance phenotypes in African malaria vectors", 2020, PLoS Biology
"Effect of long-lasting insecticidal nets with and without piperonyl butoxide on malaria indicators in Uganda (LLINEUP): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial embedded in a national LLIN distribution campaign", 2020, The Lancet
"Evaluating insecticide resistance across African districts to aid malaria control decisions", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Core commitments for field trials of gene drive organisms", 2020, Science

Janet Hemingway has been recognized by several awards, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2011
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

Insecticide Resistance in Insect Vectors of Human Disease

Janet Hemingway;Hilary Ranson

1897
Citations
The molecular basis of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes.

Janet Hemingway;Nicola J Hawkes;Lynn McCarroll;Hilary Ranson

1354
Citations
Insect glutathione transferases and insecticide resistance.

Ahmad Ali Enayati;Hilary Ranson;Janet Hemingway

1171
Citations
The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

Marianne E. Sinka;Michael J Bangs;Sylvie Manguin;Maureen Coetzee;Maureen Coetzee

965
Citations
A global map of dominant malaria vectors

Marianne E Sinka;Michael J Bangs;Sylvie Manguin;Yasmin Rubio-Palis

951
Citations
Identification of a point mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene of Kenyan Anopheles gambiae associated with resistance to DDT and pyrethroids.

H. Ranson;B. Jensen;J. M. Vulule;X. Wang

856
Citations
Evolution of supergene families associated with insecticide resistance.

Hilary Ranson;Charles Claudianos;Charles Claudianos;Federica Ortelli;Christelle Abgrall

774
Citations
Glutathione S-transferases as antioxidant defence agents confer pyrethroid resistance in Nilaparvata lugens.

John G. Vontas;Graham J. Small;Janet Hemingway

675
Citations
The role of agricultural use of insecticides in resistance to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Burkina Faso.

Abdoulaye Diabate;Thierry Baldet;Fabrice Chandre;Martin Akoobeto

626
Citations
Averting a malaria disaster: will insecticide resistance derail malaria control?

Janet Hemingway;Hilary Ranson;Alan Magill;Jan Kolaczinski

581
Citations
Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus Establishes a Platform for Mosquito Comparative Genomics

Peter Arensburger;Karine Megy;Robert M Waterhouse;Robert M Waterhouse;Jenica Abrudan

575
Citations
Pyrethroid and DDT cross-resistance in Aedes aegypti is correlated with novel mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene.

C. Brengues;Nicola J. Hawkes;F. Chandre;L. McCarroll

570
Citations
Identification of a novel class of insect glutathione S-transferases involved in resistance to DDT in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

Hilary Ranson;Hilary Ranson;Louise Rossiter;Federica Ortelli;Betty Jensen

518
Citations
Mosquito carboxylesterases: a review of the molecular biology and biochemistry of a major insecticide resistance mechanism.

J. Hemingway;S. H. P. P. Karunaratne

463
Citations
An Overview of Insecticide Resistance

Janet Hemingway;Linda Field;John Vontas

448
Citations
A mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with pyrethroid resistance in Latin American Aedes aegypti.

K. Saavedra-Rodriguez;L. Urdaneta-Marquez;Shavanthi Rajatileka;Shavanthi Rajatileka;M. Moulton

436
Citations
Expression of the cytochrome P450s, CYP6P3 and CYP6M2 are significantly elevated in multiple pyrethroid resistant populations of Anopheles gambiae s.s. from Southern Benin and Nigeria.

Rousseau F Djouaka;Rousseau F Djouaka;Adekunle A Bakare;Ousmane N Coulibaly;Martin C Akogbeto

430
Citations
Genomic analysis of detoxification genes in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Clare Strode;Charles S. Wondji;Jean-Philippe David;Nicola J. Hawkes

429
Citations
The molecular basis of two contrasting metabolic mechanisms of insecticide resistance

Janet Hemingway

429
Citations
The Anopheles gambiae detoxification chip: A highly specific microarray to study metabolic-based insecticide resistance in malaria vectors

Jean-Philippe David;Clare Strode;John Vontas;Dimitra Nikou

402
Citations