2026 A. J. Hudspeth: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	93	994	529	222	30221

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Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Kavli Prize, The Kavli Foundation for their scientific discoveries of the molecular and neural mechanisms of hearing
2003 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1985 - W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons
1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

A. J. Hudspeth is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience. Within these broader fields, their work focuses significantly on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research topics include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics; Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics; Gene Regulatory Network Analysis; Gene expression and cancer classification; Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ; Mechanical and Optical Resonators; and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions.

Hudspeth's recent notable papers are:

Small-molecule inhibition of Lats kinases may promote Yap-dependent proliferation in postmitotic mammalian tissues, 2021, Nature Communications
Development of an improved inhibitor of Lats kinases to promote regeneration of mammalian organs, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Mechanochemical symmetry breaking during morphogenesis of lateral-line sensory organs, 2020, Nature Physics
Mechanical Frequency Tuning by Sensory Hair Cells, the Receptors and Amplifiers of the Inner Ear, 2020, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
Modeling Active Non-Markovian Oscillations, 2022, Physical Review Letters

They have frequently collaborated with several co-authors, notably Caleb C. Reagor, Nicolas Velez-Angel, Rodrigo Alonso, Nathaniel R. Kastan, and Ksenia Gnedeva.

The main publication venues where Hudspeth's work appears include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, and Nature Physics.

Throughout their career, Hudspeth has received several awards, including the Kavli Prize from The Kavli Foundation in 2018, recognizing scientific discoveries related to the molecular and neural mechanisms of hearing. Other honors include the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience awarded by the Society for Neuroscience in 2003, fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002, membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1991, the W. Alden Spencer Award from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1985, and fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

Vanilloid Receptor–Related Osmotically Activated Channel (VR-OAC), a Candidate Vertebrate Osmoreceptor

Wolfgang Liedtke;Yong Choe;Marc A. Martí-Renom;Andrea M. Bell;Andrea M. Bell

1566
Citations
How the ear's works work

A. J. Hudspeth

1182
Citations
Sensitivity, polarity, and conductance change in the response of vertebrate hair cells to controlled mechanical stimuli

A J Hudspeth;D P Corey

1031
Citations
Compliance of the hair bundle associated with gating of mechanoelectrical transduction channels in the Bullfrog's saccular hair cell

J. Howard;A.J. Hudspeth

766
Citations
Kinetics of the receptor current in bullfrog saccular hair cells.

DP Corey;AJ Hudspeth

680
Citations
Colocalization of ion channels involved in frequency selectivity and synaptic transmission at presynaptic active zones of hair cells

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652
Citations
Ionic basis of the receptor potential in a vertebrate hair cell.

D. P. Corey;A. J. Hudspeth

639
Citations
Making an Effort to Listen: Mechanical Amplification in the Ear

A.J. Hudspeth

537
Citations
Mechanical relaxation of the hair bundle mediates adaptation in mechanoelectrical transduction by the bullfrog's saccular hair cell

J Howard;A J Hudspeth

477
Citations
Voltage- and ion-dependent conductances in solitary vertebrate hair cells.

R. S. Lewis;R. S. Lewis;A. J. Hudspeth;A. J. Hudspeth

467
Citations
Integrating the active process of hair cells with cochlear function

Hudspeth Aj

453
Citations
Mutations in a novel cochlear gene cause DFNA9, a human nonsyndromic deafness with vestibular dysfunction

N G Robertson;L Lu;S Heller;S N Merchant

435
Citations
Active hair-bundle movements can amplify a hair cell’s response to oscillatory mechanical stimuli

Pascal Martin;A. J. Hudspeth

405
Citations
Mechanoelectrical transduction by hair cells.

J Howard;W M Roberts;A J Hudspeth

388
Citations
Adaptation of mechanoelectrical transduction in hair cells of the bullfrog's sacculus

RA Eatock;DP Corey;AJ Hudspeth

386
Citations
Mechanical amplification of stimuli by hair cells

AJ Hudspeth

384
Citations
RIM Binding Proteins (RBPs) Couple Rab3-Interacting Molecules (RIMs) to Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels

H. Hibino;R. Pironkova;O. Onwumere;M. Vologodskaia

370
Citations
Pulling springs to tune transduction: Adaptation by hair cells

A.J. Hudspeth;Peter G. Gillespie

358
Citations
A model for electrical resonance and frequency tuning in saccular hair cells of the bull-frog, Rana catesbeiana.

A J Hudspeth;R S Lewis

332
Citations
Negative hair-bundle stiffness betrays a mechanism for mechanical amplification by the hair cell.

P. Martin;A. D. Mehta;A. J. Hudspeth

323
Citations
Putting ion channels to work: Mechanoelectrical transduction, adaptation, and amplification by hair cells

A. J. Hudspeth;Y. Choe;A. D. Mehta;P. Martin

313
Citations
How Hearing Happens

A.J Hudspeth

312
Citations