Sign language studies 11.3k citations
898 papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Hearing Impairment and Communication Hand Gesture Recognition Systems Papers in ⓘ Hearing Impairment and Communication 716 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 324 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity 55 Subtitles and Audiovisual Media 47 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Sign language studies
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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 The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education United States
Research on Language and Social Interaction United States
Discourse Processes United States
Journal of Language and Social Psychology United States
Annals of Dyslexia United States
Discourse Studies United States
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior United States
Language & Communication United States
First Language United States
Journal of Research in Reading United Kingdom
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The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education · 1× This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Sign language studies. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Sign language studies with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sign language studies more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in Sign language studies. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Sign language studies.
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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