M. Charles Liberman

36.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
223 papers, 26.7k citations indexed

About

M. Charles Liberman is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Charles Liberman has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 26.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 207 papers in Sensory Systems, 171 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 61 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in M. Charles Liberman's work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (207 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (166 papers) and Vestibular and auditory disorders (61 papers). M. Charles Liberman is often cited by papers focused on Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (207 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (166 papers) and Vestibular and auditory disorders (61 papers). M. Charles Liberman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. M. Charles Liberman's co-authors include Sharon G. Kujawa, Stéphane F. Maison, Leslie W. Dodds, Leslie D. Liberman, Adam C. Furman, M. Christian Brown, Keiko Hirose, Gabriel Corfas, Sacha B. Nelson and John J. Guinan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

M. Charles Liberman

220 papers receiving 26.3k citations

Hit Papers

Adding Insult to Injury: Coch... 1978 2026 1994 2010 2009 1978 2002 2013 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Adding Insult to Injury: Cochlear Nerve Degeneration after “Temporary” Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
    2009 1.8k citations Sharon G. Kujawa, M. Charles Liberman Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  2. Auditory-nerve response from cats raised in a low-noise chamber
    1978 908 citations M. Charles Liberman profile →
  3. Prestin is required for electromotility of the outer hair cell and for the cochlear amplifier
    2002 682 citations M. Charles Liberman et al. profile →
  4. Noise-induced cochlear neuropathy is selective for fibers with low spontaneous rates
    2013 574 citations Sharon G. Kujawa, M. Charles Liberman et al. profile →
  5. Age-Related Cochlear Synaptopathy: An Early-Onset Contributor to Auditory Functional Decline
    2013 568 citations M. Charles Liberman, Sharon G. Kujawa et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  6. Synaptopathy in the noise-exposed and aging cochlea: Primary neural degeneration in acquired sensorineural hearing loss
    2015 535 citations Sharon G. Kujawa, M. Charles Liberman Hearing Research profile →
  7. Cochlear synaptopathy in acquired sensorineural hearing loss: Manifestations and mechanisms
    2017 494 citations M. Charles Liberman, Sharon G. Kujawa Hearing Research profile →
  8. Toward a Differential Diagnosis of Hidden Hearing Loss in Humans
    2016 466 citations M. Charles Liberman, Stéphane F. Maison et al. profile →
  9. Acoustic trauma in cats. Cochlear pathology and auditory-nerve activity.
    1978 421 citations M. Charles Liberman et al. profile →
  10. Treatment of autosomal dominant hearing loss by in vivo delivery of genome editing agents
    2017 410 citations Mingqian Huang, M. Charles Liberman et al. profile →
  11. Primary Neural Degeneration in the Guinea Pig Cochlea After Reversible Noise-Induced Threshold Shift
    2011 409 citations Sharon G. Kujawa, M. Charles Liberman et al. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology profile →
  12. Sensory Neuron Diversity in the Inner Ear Is Shaped by Activity
    2018 274 citations Sharon G. Kujawa, M. Charles Liberman 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
M. Charles Liberman United States 92 23.0k 18.0k 7.3k 6.3k 3.5k 223 26.7k
Richard Salvi United States 63 12.1k 0.5× 8.6k 0.5× 5.5k 0.7× 2.1k 0.3× 2.1k 0.6× 424 15.9k
Peter Dallos United States 56 9.4k 0.4× 7.1k 0.4× 2.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.2× 1.3k 0.4× 197 11.1k
Edwin W. Rubel United States 79 11.1k 0.5× 4.0k 0.2× 2.2k 0.3× 456 0.1× 4.1k 1.2× 291 17.0k
Sharon G. Kujawa United States 41 7.4k 0.3× 5.6k 0.3× 2.9k 0.4× 2.6k 0.4× 748 0.2× 77 8.7k
A. J. Hudspeth United States 74 10.6k 0.5× 4.0k 0.2× 3.0k 0.4× 304 0.0× 6.0k 1.7× 197 17.7k
John J. Guinan United States 51 7.1k 0.3× 6.3k 0.3× 2.9k 0.4× 2.0k 0.3× 302 0.1× 121 8.4k
Richard A. Altschuler United States 54 6.1k 0.3× 3.1k 0.2× 2.2k 0.3× 524 0.1× 2.2k 0.6× 174 9.1k
Allen F. Ryan United States 53 5.5k 0.2× 2.5k 0.1× 1.9k 0.3× 619 0.1× 2.7k 0.8× 331 11.5k
Rémy Pujol France 51 6.5k 0.3× 3.2k 0.2× 2.2k 0.3× 574 0.1× 1.5k 0.4× 166 7.9k
Jos J. Eggermont Canada 63 7.3k 0.3× 10.7k 0.6× 3.0k 0.4× 1.3k 0.2× 260 0.1× 162 12.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Larsen, Erik, Leonid M. Litvak, M. Charles Liberman, & Stéphane F. Maison. (2025). Peripheral Neural Plasticity in Cochlear Implant Users Across the Lifespan. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 152(2). 126–126.
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Bartholomew, Ryan A., Amy F. Juliano, Pei‐zhe Wu, et al.. (2024). On the Difficulty Predicting Word Recognition Performance After Cochlear Implantation. Otology & Neurotology. 45(5). e393–e399. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Pei‐zhe, Leslie D. Liberman, & M. Charles Liberman. (2024). Noise-induced synaptic loss and its post-exposure recovery in CBA/CaJ vs. C57BL/6J mice. Hearing Research. 445. 108996–108996. 5 indexed citations
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Bächinger, David, Jennifer T. O’Malley, Stéphane Bernhard, et al.. (2024). Poly(Ethylene Glycols) to Facilitate Celloidin Removal for Immunohistochemical Studies on Archival Human Brain and Temporal Bone Sections. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 72(7). 419–433.
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Vasilkov, Viacheslav, M. Charles Liberman, & Stéphane F. Maison. (2023). Isolating auditory-nerve contributions to electrocochleography by high-pass filtering: A better biomarker for cochlear nerve degeneration?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 24401–24401. 8 indexed citations
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Wedemeyer, Carolina, Jimena A. Ballestero, Stéphane F. Maison, et al.. (2018). A Gain-of-Function Mutation in the α9 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Alters Medial Olivocochlear Efferent Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(16). 3939–3954. 19 indexed citations
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Valero, Michelle D., et al.. (2017). Noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy in rhesus monkeys ( Macaca mulatta ). Hearing Research. 353. 213–223. 159 indexed citations
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Fernandez, Katharine, et al.. (2015). Aging after Noise Exposure: Acceleration of Cochlear Synaptopathy in “Recovered” Ears. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(19). 7509–7520. 258 indexed citations
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Viana, Lucas Moura, Jennifer T. O’Malley, Barbara J. Burgess, et al.. (2015). Cochlear neuropathy in human presbycusis: Confocal analysis of hidden hearing loss in post-mortem tissue. Hearing Research. 327. 78–88. 285 indexed citations
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Street, Valerie A., Sharon G. Kujawa, Ani Manichaikul, et al.. (2014). Resistance to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in 129S6 and MOLF Mice: Identification of Independent, Overlapping, and Interacting Chromosomal Regions. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. 15(5). 721–738. 10 indexed citations
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Liberman, M. Charles, et al.. (2013). Age-Related Cochlear Synaptopathy: An Early-Onset Contributor to Auditory Functional Decline. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(34). 13686–13694. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Mingqian, Albena Kantardzhieva, Déborah Scheffer, M. Charles Liberman, & Zheng‐Yi Chen. (2013). Hair Cell Overexpression of Islet1 Reduces Age-Related and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(38). 15086–15094. 30 indexed citations
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Maison, Stéphane F., et al.. (2012). Dopaminergic Signaling in the Cochlea: Receptor Expression Patterns and Deletion Phenotypes. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(1). 344–355. 71 indexed citations
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Maison, Stéphane F., Douglas E. Vetter, Ruth Anne Eatock, et al.. (2010). Muscarinic Signaling in the Cochlea: Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Effects on Efferent Feedback and Afferent Excitability. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(19). 6751–6762. 30 indexed citations
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Kujawa, Sharon G. & M. Charles Liberman. (2009). Adding Insult to Injury: Cochlear Nerve Degeneration after “Temporary” Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(45). 14077–14085. 1808 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Xiaoqing, Oleg V. Bulgakov, Keith N. Darrow, et al.. (2007). Usherin is required for maintenance of retinal photoreceptors and normal development of cochlear hair cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(11). 4413–4418. 211 indexed citations
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Kujawa, Sharon G. & M. Charles Liberman. (2006). Acceleration of Age-Related Hearing Loss by Early Noise Exposure: Evidence of a Misspent Youth. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(7). 2115–2123. 480 indexed citations
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Stanković, Konstantina M., Carlos Río, Anping Xia, et al.. (2004). Survival of Adult Spiral Ganglion Neurons Requires erbB Receptor Signaling in the Inner Ear. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(40). 8651–8661. 165 indexed citations
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Varvares, Mark A., Malcolm C. Brown, M. Charles Liberman, et al.. (1994). Application of the Er:YAG laser to middle ear surgery: pressure effects. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sacha B., M. Charles Liberman, William F. Sewell, & John J. Guinan. (1986). Single unit clues to cochlear mechanisms. Hearing Research. 22(1-3). 171–182. 73 indexed citations

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