Sign language studies

11.3k citations
898 papers · indexed · active since 1950

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Papers in

Sign language studies

732 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Peers

Sign language studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 139
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 9.7k
  • Human-Computer Interaction 3.6k
  • Language and Linguistics 5.8k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.4k
  • Linguistics and Language 672
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About Sign language studies

The 898 papers published in Sign language studies in the last decades have received a total of 11.3k indexed citations . Papers published in Sign language studies usually cover Developmental and Educational Psychology (731 papers), Language and Linguistics (479 papers), Human-Computer Interaction (237 papers), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (190 papers) and Linguistics and Language (57 papers) specifically the topics of Hearing Impairment and Communication (716 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (324 papers), Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (221 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (164 papers), Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (80 papers), Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism (77 papers), Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (55 papers) and Subtitles and Audiovisual Media (47 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Sign language studies are Ross E. Mitchell, Michael A. Karchmer, Robert E. Johnson, Scott K. Liddell, James Woodward, Robbin Battison, James Woodward, Madeline M. Maxwell, Harlan Lane and Marina L. McIntire.

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