Hilary Ranson

31.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
204 papers, 20.9k citations indexed

About

Hilary Ranson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hilary Ranson has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 127 papers in Molecular Biology and 68 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Hilary Ranson's work include Malaria Research and Control (137 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (136 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (112 papers). Hilary Ranson is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (137 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (136 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (112 papers). Hilary Ranson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Burkina Faso. Hilary Ranson's co-authors include Janet Hemingway, John Vontas, Natalie Lissenden, Frank H. Collins, N. J. Hawkes, Ahmadali Enayati, L. McCarroll, Clare Strode, Martin J. Donnelly and Christopher M. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hilary Ranson

201 papers receiving 20.4k citations

Hit Papers

Insecticide Resistance in Insect Vectors of Human Disease 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2004 2010 2005 2016 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Insecticide Resistance in Insect Vectors of Human Disease
    2000 1.2k citations Janet Hemingway, Hilary Ranson profile →
  2. The molecular basis of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes
    2004 851 citations Janet Hemingway, Hilary Ranson et al. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology profile →
  3. Pyrethroid resistance in African anopheline mosquitoes: what are the implications for malaria control?
    2010 829 citations Hilary Ranson, Raphaël N’Guessan et al. Trends in Parasitology profile →
  4. Insect glutathione transferases and insecticide resistance
    2005 816 citations Hilary Ranson, Janet Hemingway et al. Insect Molecular Biology profile →
  5. Insecticide Resistance in African Anopheles Mosquitoes: A Worsening Situation that Needs Urgent Action to Maintain Malaria Control
    2016 602 citations Hilary Ranson et al. Trends in Parasitology profile →
  6. A deficit of detoxification enzymes: pesticide sensitivity and environmental response in the honeybee
    2006 585 citations Hilary Ranson et al. Insect Molecular Biology profile →
  7. Identification of a point mutation in the voltage‐gated sodium channel gene of Kenyan Anopheles gambiae associated with resistance to DDT and pyrethroids
    2000 507 citations Hilary Ranson, Janet Hemingway et al. Insect Molecular Biology profile →
  8. Averting a malaria disaster: will insecticide resistance derail malaria control?
    2016 299 citations Janet Hemingway, Hilary Ranson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hilary Ranson United Kingdom 77 12.5k 10.7k 8.0k 6.8k 1.2k 204 20.9k
Janet Hemingway United Kingdom 77 13.0k 1.0× 11.2k 1.1× 9.1k 1.1× 7.2k 1.1× 993 0.8× 286 23.1k
John Vontas Greece 64 4.4k 0.4× 8.4k 0.8× 5.9k 0.7× 9.2k 1.4× 760 0.6× 270 15.3k
Frank H. Collins United States 60 7.7k 0.6× 5.9k 0.6× 3.0k 0.4× 4.0k 0.6× 1.8k 1.5× 172 13.7k
Martin S. Williamson United Kingdom 63 2.3k 0.2× 7.1k 0.7× 5.4k 0.7× 9.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 160 13.0k
Fabrice Chandre France 57 8.5k 0.7× 3.9k 0.4× 5.6k 0.7× 2.5k 0.4× 361 0.3× 211 11.2k
Willem Takken Netherlands 74 10.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.2× 5.2k 0.6× 6.3k 0.9× 1.8k 1.5× 354 18.1k
Bart GJ Knols Netherlands 62 5.9k 0.5× 1.8k 0.2× 3.5k 0.4× 4.3k 0.6× 852 0.7× 161 9.6k
Maureen Coetzee South Africa 50 8.6k 0.7× 2.8k 0.3× 3.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.3× 456 0.4× 206 10.4k
John C. Beier United States 64 11.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.1× 3.1k 0.4× 2.7k 0.4× 782 0.7× 351 14.1k
L. M. Field United Kingdom 63 1.5k 0.1× 5.5k 0.5× 4.3k 0.5× 9.0k 1.3× 2.3k 2.0× 162 12.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hilary Ranson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grigoraki, Linda, et al.. (2023). Rapid identification of mosquito species and age by mass spectrometric analysis. BMC Biology. 21(1). 10–10. 5 indexed citations
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Balabanidou, Vasileia, et al.. (2023). ABCH2 transporter mediates deltamethrin uptake and toxicity in the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii. PLoS Pathogens. 19(8). e1011226–e1011226. 9 indexed citations
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Tennessen, Jacob A., Victoria A. Ingham, Kobié Hyacinthe Toé, et al.. (2020). A population genomic unveiling of a new cryptic mosquito taxon within the malaria‐transmitting Anopheles gambiae complex. Molecular Ecology. 30(3). 775–790. 18 indexed citations
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Ingham, Victoria A., Andrew F. Bennett, Duo Peng, Simon C. Wagstaff, & Hilary Ranson. (2020). IR-TEx: An Open Source Data Integration Tool for Big Data Transcriptomics Designed for the Malaria Vector <em>Anopheles gambiae</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments.
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Adolfi, Adriana, et al.. (2019). Functional genetic validation of key genes conferring insecticide resistance in the major African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(51). 25764–25772. 75 indexed citations
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Ingham, Victoria A., Amalia Anthousi, Vassilis Douris, et al.. (2019). A sensory appendage protein protects malaria vectors from pyrethroids. Nature. 577(7790). 376–380. 150 indexed citations
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Jaal, Zairi, et al.. (2015). PYRETHROID AND ORGANOPHOSPHATE SUSCEPTIBILITY STATUS OF AEDES AEGYPTI (LINNAEUS) AND AEDES ALBOPICTUS (SKUSE) IN PENANG, MALAYSIA. Journal of Entomological Research. 3(3). 91–95. 12 indexed citations
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Ranson, Hilary, et al.. (2015). National malaria vector control policy: an analysis of the decision to scale-up larviciding in Nigeria. Health Policy and Planning. 31(1). 91–101. 23 indexed citations
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Pombi, Marco, Wamdaogo M. Guelbéogo, Katharina Kreppel, et al.. (2014). The Sticky Resting Box, a new tool for studying resting behaviour of Afrotropical malaria vectors. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 247–247. 27 indexed citations
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Wondji, Charles S., et al.. (2013). Identifying permethrin resistance loci in malaria vectors by genetic mapping. Parasitology. 140(12). 1468–1477. 8 indexed citations
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Pondeville, Emilie, Jean‐Philippe David, Annick Maria, et al.. (2013). Microarray and RNAi Analysis of P450s in Anopheles gambiae Male and Female Steroidogenic Tissues: CYP307A1 Is Required for Ecdysteroid Synthesis. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e79861–e79861. 34 indexed citations
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Gregory, Richard I., Alistair C. Darby, Helen Irving, et al.. (2011). A De Novo Expression Profiling of Anopheles funestus, Malaria Vector in Africa, Using 454 Pyrosequencing. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e17418–e17418. 44 indexed citations
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Ranson, Hilary, et al.. (2010). Pyrethroid resistance in African anopheline mosquitoes: what are the implications for malaria control?. Trends in Parasitology. 27(2). 91–98. 829 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lumjuan, Nongkran, Shavanthi Rajatileka, Posri Leelapat, et al.. (2010). The role of the Aedes aegypti Epsilon glutathione transferases in conferring resistance to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 41(3). 203–209. 221 indexed citations
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Riaz, Muhammad, Rodolphe Poupardin, Stéphane Reynaud, et al.. (2009). Impact of glyphosate and benzo[a]pyrene on the tolerance of mosquito larvae to chemical insecticides. Role of detoxification genes in response to xenobiotics☆. Aquatic Toxicology. 93(1). 61–69. 110 indexed citations
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Amenya, Dolphine A., Hilary Ranson, Belinda L. Spillings, et al.. (2008). Over expression of a Cytochrome P450 (CYP6P9) in a Major African Malaria Vector, Anopheles Funestus, Resistant to Pyrethroids. Insect Molecular Biology. 17(1). 19–25. 103 indexed citations
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Ding, Yunchuan, et al.. (2003). The Anopheles gambiae glutathione transferase supergene family: annotation, phylogeny and expression profiles. BMC Genomics. 4(1). 35–35. 230 indexed citations
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Ranson, Hilary, Anthony J. Cornel, Didier Fournier, et al.. (1997). Cloning and Localization of a Glutathione S-transferase Class I Gene from Anopheles gambiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(9). 5464–5468. 45 indexed citations

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