Gesture

Aims & Scope

Gesture publishes articles reporting original research, as well as survey and review articles, on all aspects of gesture.

The journal aims to stimulate and facilitate scholarly communication between the different disciplines within which work on gesture is conducted.

For this reason papers written in the spirit of cooperation between disciplines are especially encouraged.

Topics may include, but are by no means limited to: the relationship between gesture and speech; the role gesture may play in communication in all the circumstances of social interaction, including conversations, the work-place or instructional settings; gesture and cognition; the development of gesture in children; the place of gesture in first and second language acquisition; the processes by which spontaneously created gestures may become transformed into codified forms; the documentation and discussion of vocabularies of ‘quotable’ or ‘emblematic’ gestures; the relationship between gesture and sign; studies of gesture systems or sign languages such as those that have developed in factories, religious communities or in tribal societies; the role of gesture in ritual interactions of all kinds, such as greetings, religious, civic or legal rituals; gestures compared cross-culturally; gestures in primate social interaction; biological studies of gesture, including discussions of the place of gesture in language origins theory; gesture in multimodal human-machine interaction; historical studies of gesture; and studies in the history of gesture studies, including discussions of gesture in the theatre or as a part of rhetoric.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.394

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13918

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	48

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The effect of gestures on second language memorisation by young children

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Marion

• Gestural communication of orangutans (<i>Pongo pygmaeus</i>)

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Katja, Simone, Michael

• Home position

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Harvey, Emanuel A.

• Raise your hand if you’re spatial

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Autumn B., Martha W.

• Depicting by gesture

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Jürgen

• Some uses of the head shake

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Adam

• Patterned iconicity in sign language lexicons

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Carol A., Irit, So-One, Ryan, Sharon, Tory

• Gesture and the communicative intention of the speaker

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Alissa, Willem J.M.

• Gesture and speech

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Olga, Virginia

• Across time, across the body

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Kensy, Rafael

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