Sign language studies 14.5k citations
918 papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Hearing Impairment and Communication Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Papers in i Hearing Impairment and Communication 726 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 328 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity 55 Subtitles and Audiovisual Media 48 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Sign language studies
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Developmental and Educational Psychology 11.2k Language and Linguistics 7.8k Human-Computer Interaction 4.0k Linguistics and Language 1.6k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3.4k 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
Language & Communication United States
Annals of Dyslexia United States
Discourse Studies United States
First Language United States
International Journal of Bilingualism United States
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior United States
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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 918 papers published in Sign language studies in the last decades have received a total of 14.5k indexed citations . Papers published in Sign language studies usually cover Developmental and Educational Psychology (741 papers), Language and Linguistics (484 papers), Human-Computer Interaction (240 papers), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (193 papers) and Communication (86 papers) specifically the topics of Hearing Impairment and Communication (726 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (328 papers), Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (224 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (167 papers), Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (81 papers), Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism (79 papers), Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (55 papers) and Subtitles and Audiovisual Media (48 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Sign language studies are Ross E. Mitchell , Michael A. Karchmer , Scott K. Liddell , Robert E. Johnson , James Woodward , Robbin Battison , James Woodward , Marina L. McIntire , Madeline M. Maxwell and Harlan Lane .
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