2026 John L. Harwood: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	81	3852	3550	283	263	500	26064

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

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3550

283

263

500

26064

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

26064

World Ranking

3852

National Ranking

283

Overview

John L. Harwood is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, their work spans subfields including Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Organic Chemistry, and Pharmacology.

The main topics covered in their publications include:

Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Free Radicals and Antioxidants
Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Fatty Acid Research and Health

Harwood has contributed to multiple scientific journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

Progress in Lipid Research
Essays in Biochemistry
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Frontiers in Plant Science
Biosystems

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Harwood include:

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Conversion to Lipid Mediators, Roles in Inflammatory Diseases and Dietary Sources (2023), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Properties, physiological roles, metabolic engineering and intentional control (2022), Progress in Lipid Research
Oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to produce lipid mediators (2020), Essays in Biochemistry
Genetic Manipulation of Biosynthetic Pathways in Mint (2022), Frontiers in Plant Science
Increasing oil content in Brassica oilseed species (2024), Progress in Lipid Research

Throughout their career, Harwood has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including:

Randall J. Weselake
Guanqun Chen
David A. Fell
Simon Scofield
William W. Christie

Best Publications

The Lipid Handbook with CD-ROM

John Harwood;Frank Gunstone;Albert Dijkstra

2148
Citations
Lipids and lipid metabolism in eukaryotic algae

Irina A. Guschina;John L. Harwood

1400
Citations
The lipid handbook

Frank D. Gunstone;John L. Harwood;Fred B. Padley

1092
Citations
RECENT ADVANCES IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF PLANT FATTY ACIDS

John L. Harwood

658
Citations
Lipids in plants and microbes

John L. Harwood;Nicholas J. Russell

614
Citations
Does the membrane's physical state control the expression of heat shock and other genes?

Laszlo Vigh;Bruno Maresca;John L. Harwood

511
Citations
The versatility of algae and their lipid metabolism

John L. Harwood;Irina A. Guschina

387
Citations
n-3 Fatty Acids Specifically Modulate Catabolic Factors Involved in Articular Cartilage Degradation *

Clare L. Curtis;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;C. R. Flannery;Chris B. Little

382
Citations
A raison d'être for two distinct pathways in the early steps of plant isoprenoid biosynthesis?

Andréa Hemmerlin;John L. Harwood;Thomas J. Bach

373
Citations
Algal lipids and effect of the environment on their biochemistry

Irina A. Guschina;John L. Harwood

370
Citations
Increasing the flow of carbon into seed oil.

Randall J. Weselake;David C. Taylor;M. Habibur Rahman;Saleh Shah

370
Citations
Occurrence and Characteristics of Oils and Fats

F. B. Padley;F. D. Gunstone;J. L. Harwood

343
Citations
The lipid biochemistry of eukaryotic algae.

Yonghua Li-Beisson;Jay J. Thelen;Eric Fedosejevs;John L. Harwood

330
Citations
The significance of lipid composition for membrane activity: new concepts and ways of assessing function.

Làszló Vigh;Pablo V. Escribá;Alois Sonnleitner;Max Sonnleitner

260
Citations
Mechanisms of temperature adaptation in poikilotherms.

Irina A. Guschina;John L. Harwood

252
Citations
Pathologic indicators of degradation and inflammation in human osteoarthritic cartilage are abrogated by exposure to n-3 fatty acids.

Clare L. Curtis;Sarah G. Rees;Chris B. Little;Carl R. Flannery

244
Citations
Handbook of olive oil

Ramo╠ n Aparicio;John Harwood

235
Citations
Membrane lipid therapy: Modulation of the cell membrane composition and structure as a molecular base for drug discovery and new disease treatment

Pablo V. Escribá;Xavier Busquets;Jin Ichi Inokuchi;Gábor Balogh

234
Citations
Metabolic control analysis is helpful for informed genetic manipulation of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) to increase seed oil content.

Randall J. Weselake;Saleh Shah;Mingguo Tang;Patti A. Quant

232
Citations
Lipid metabolism in algae.

John L. Harwood;A. Lesley Jones

225
Citations