Matthew Lieberman: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Matthew Lieberman's h-index is 108 (210 i10-index, 60,336+ total citations across 334+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of August 2026. Matthew Lieberman is affiliated with Professor of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
Matthew Lieberman is a researcher affiliated with Professor of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), specializing in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Neuroscience, Affective Neuroscience. Their work has been cited 60,336 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Matthew Lieberman's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 334 indexed publications. Of these, 18 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 108
- i10-Index
- 210
- Total Citations
- 60,336
- Citing Countries
- 61
As of August 2026.
Matthew Lieberman has an h-index of 108 and 60,336 total citations across 334 publications, with research cited by institutions in 61 countries.
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Does rejection hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion
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The researcher established a social cognitive neuroscience framework for understanding intuition, a contribution validated by highly cited core and follow-up publications in top-tier journals.
The researcher pioneered the use of fMRI to investigate the neural mechanisms of social exclusion, establishing a foundational link between social pain and physical pain processing.
The researcher established that verbal labeling of emotions disrupts amygdala activity, providing a foundational neural mechanism for how language modulates affective responses.
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About Matthew Lieberman's research
Matthew Lieberman is a researcher in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Neuroscience and Affective Neuroscience at Professor of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Their work has been cited 60,336 times across 334 publications (h-index 108), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Does rejection hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion” (2003), has accumulated 6,906 citations. Other influential works include “Social cognitive neuroscience: a review of core processes” (2007) with 3,150 citations and “Putting Feelings Into Words: Affect Labeling Disrupts Amygdala Activity in Response to Affective Stimuli” (2007) with 2,232 citations.
Citations of Matthew Lieberman's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
