2026 Richard J. Goodyear: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	48	6232	5740	498	456	78	7823

Overview

Richard J. Goodyear is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and specializes in neuroscience research, with a focus on sensory systems. Their scholarly work concentrates on auditory biology, particularly related to hearing mechanisms, cochlea function, tinnitus, and genetic factors affecting hearing.

The main fields of study associated with their publications include:

Neuroscience

Their subfields of study span:

Sensory Systems
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurology
Microbiology
Otorhinolaryngology

The core topics covered in their research are:

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
Vestibular and auditory disorders
Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
Immune Response and Inflammation
Marine animal studies overview

Richard J. Goodyear has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed publications. Their most recent papers include:

"Age-related changes in the biophysical and morphological characteristics of mouse cochlear outer hair cells," 2020, The Journal of Physiology
"Identification of a series of hair-cell MET channel blockers that protect against aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity," 2021, JCI Insight
"MET currents and otoacoustic emissions from mice with a detached tectorial membrane indicate the extracellular matrix regulates Ca²⁺ near stereocilia," 2021, The Journal of Physiology
"AAV-mediated rescue of Eps8 expression in vivo restores hair-cell function in a mouse model of recessive deafness," 2022, Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
"Visualizing Collagen Fibrils in the Cochlea's Tectorial and Basilar Membranes Using a Fluorescently Labeled Collagen-Binding Protein Fragment," 2023, Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Their frequent publication venues include:

The Journal of Physiology
JCI Insight
Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development
Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
Nature Neuroscience

Richard J. Goodyear collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

Guy P. Richardson
Jing-Yi Jeng
Stuart L. Johnson
Adam J. Carlton
Walter Marcotti

Best Publications

A targeted deletion in alpha-tectorin reveals that the tectorial membrane is required for the gain and timing of cochlear feedback.

P.Kevin Legan;Victoria A. Lukashkina;Richard J. Goodyear;Manfred Kössl

424
Citations
The Tip-Link Antigen, a Protein Associated with the Transduction Complex of Sensory Hair Cells, Is Protocadherin-15

Zubair M. Ahmed;Richard Goodyear;Saima Riazuddin;Ayala Lagziel

325
Citations
Hearing loss and retarded cochlear development in mice lacking type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase

Lily Ng;Richard J. Goodyear;Chad A. Woods;Mark J. Schneider

316
Citations
Development and properties of stereociliary link types in hair cells of the mouse cochlea.

Richard J Goodyear;Walter Marcotti;Corné J Kros;Guy P Richardson

263
Citations
The Very Large G-Protein-Coupled Receptor VLGR1: A Component of the Ankle Link Complex Required for the Normal Development of Auditory Hair Bundles

JoAnn McGee;Richard J. Goodyear;D. Randy McMillan;Eric A. Stauffer

251
Citations
Otoancorin, an inner ear protein restricted to the interface between the apical surface of sensory epithelia and their overlying acellular gels, is defective in autosomal recessive deafness DFNB22.

Ingrid Zwaenepoel;Mirna Mustapha;Michel Leibovici;Elisabeth Verpy

229
Citations
Actin-Bundling Protein TRIOBP Forms Resilient Rootlets of Hair Cell Stereocilia Essential for Hearing

Shin Ichiro Kitajiri;Takeshi Sakamoto;Inna A. Belyantseva;Richard J. Goodyear

217
Citations
Myosin XVa and whirlin, two deafness gene products required for hair bundle growth, are located at the stereocilia tips and interact directly

Benjamin Delprat;Vincent Michel;Richard Goodyear;Yasuhiro Yamasaki

204
Citations
Cell-Cell Contact Area Affects Notch Signaling and Notch-Dependent Patterning

Oren Shaya;Udi Binshtok;Micha Hersch;Micha Hersch;Dmitri Rivkin

202
Citations
Sharpened cochlear tuning in a mouse with a genetically modified tectorial membrane.

Ian J Russell;P Kevin Legan;Victoria A Lukashkina;Andrei N Lukashkin

190
Citations
Retardation of cochlear maturation and impaired hair cell function caused by deletion of all known thyroid hormone receptors.

Alfons Rüsch;Lily Ng;Richard Goodyear;Dominik Oliver

189
Citations
Stereocilin-deficient mice reveal the origin of cochlear waveform distortions

Elisabeth Verpy;Dominique Weil;Michel Leibovici;Richard J. Goodyear

181
Citations
Cadherin 23 is a component of the transient lateral links in the developing hair bundles of cochlear sensory cells.

Vincent Michel;Richard J. Goodyear;Dominique Weil;Walter Marcotti

178
Citations
Extracellular matrices associated with the apical surfaces of sensory epithelia in the inner ear: molecular and structural diversity.

Richard J Goodyear;Guy P Richardson

174
Citations
A Receptor-Like Inositol Lipid Phosphatase Is Required for the Maturation of Developing Cochlear Hair Bundles

R. J. Goodyear;P. K. Legan;M. B. Wright;W. Marcotti

173
Citations
Stereocilin connects outer hair cell stereocilia to one another and to the tectorial membrane

Elisabeth Verpy;Michel Leibovici;Nicolas Michalski;Richard J. Goodyear

167
Citations
A deafness mutation isolates a second role for the tectorial membrane in hearing

P Kevin Legan;Victoria A Lukashkina;Richard J Goodyear;Andrei N Lukashkin

163
Citations
Pattern Formation in the Basilar Papilla: Evidence for Cell Rearrangement

Richard Goodyear;Guy Richardson

157
Citations
Sensory organ development in the inner ear: molecular and cellular mechanisms.

Jane Bryant;Richard J Goodyear;Guy P Richardson

153
Citations
Mutations in Protocadherin 15 and Cadherin 23 Affect Tip Links and Mechanotransduction in Mammalian Sensory Hair Cells

Kumar N. Alagramam;Richard J. Goodyear;Ruishuang Geng;David N. Furness

151
Citations
Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 16 interacts with α-tectorin and is mutated in autosomal dominant hearing loss (DFNA4)

Jing Zheng;Katharine K. Miller;Tao Yang;Tao Yang;Michael S. Hildebrand

144
Citations
The Ankle-Link Antigen: an Epitope Sensitive to Calcium Chelation Associated with the Hair-Cell Surface and the Calycal Processes of Photoreceptors

Richard Goodyear;Guy Richardson

140
Citations