2026 Carol Padden: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	4119	3803	1961	1778	102	9102

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2010 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Carol Padden is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research centers on topics related to hearing impairment, communication strategies, and linguistics, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology.

The scientist's work spans multiple fields, including:

Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Human-Computer Interaction
Occupational Therapy
Clinical Psychology

Their research topics include:

Hearing Impairment and Communication
Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Linguistics and Terminology Studies
Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
Family and Disability Support Research
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Carol Padden's recent papers cover a range of subjects related to deafness, communication, and bioethics. Notable papers include:

"Deaf Children Need Rich Language Input from the Start: Support in Advising Parents" (2022), published in Children
"Who Goes First? Deaf People and CRISPR Germline Editing" (2020), published in Perspectives in biology and medicine
"Emerging Sign Languages" (2022), published in Languages
"Attitudes and experiences regarding preventive strategies for the deaf population in Western New York" (2023), published in PLOS Global Public Health
"A Conversation among Four Deaf Linguists" (2024), published in Sign language studies

Frequent co-authors of Carol Padden include:

Tom Humphries
Howard Burton
Gaurav Mathur
Donna Jo Napoli
Christian Rathmann

Their works have appeared regularly in venues such as:

Sign language studies
Children
Perspectives in biology and medicine
Languages
PLOS Global Public Health

Carol Padden has also contributed to book publications. These include:

Sign Language Linguistics (2020), published by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks
Être Sourd aux États-Unis (2020), published by Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales eBooks

The scientist has been recognized with several fellowships, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 2010
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1992

Best Publications

Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture

Carol Padden;Tom Humphries

1057
Citations
The emergence of grammar: Systematic structure in a new language

Wendy Sandler;Irit Meir;Carol Padden;Mark Aronoff

736
Citations
Inside Deaf Culture

Carol Padden;Tom L. Humphries

559
Citations
Interaction of Morphology and Syntax in American Sign Language

Carol A. Padden

545
Citations
Language acquisition for deaf children: Reducing the harms of zero tolerance to the use of alternative approaches

Tom Humphries;Poorna Kushalnagar;Gaurav Mathur;Donna Jo Napoli

421
Citations
Emerging Sign Languages

Irit Meir;Wendy Sandler;Carol Padden;Mark Aronoff

342
Citations
American Sign Language and reading ability in deaf children.

Carol Padden;Claire Ramsey

329
Citations
The gradual emergence of phonological form in a new language

Wendy Sandler;Mark Aronoff;Irit Meir;Carol Padden

308
Citations
Reading Ability in Signing Deaf Children.

Carol Padden;Claire Ramsey

251
Citations
American Sign Language and the architecture of phonological theory

Carol A. Padden;David M. Perlmutter

202
Citations
Body as subject().

Irit Meir;Carol A. Padden;Mark Aronoff;Wendy Sandler

197
Citations
The roots of linguistic organization in a new language

Mark Aronoff;Irit Meir;Carol A. Padden;Wendy Sandler

195
Citations
Patterned iconicity in sign language lexicons

Carol A. Padden;Irit Meir;So-One Hwang;Ryan Lepic

188
Citations
Ensuring language acquisition for deaf children:What linguists can do

Tom Humphries;Poorna Kushalnagar;Gaurav Mathur;Carol Padden

156
Citations
Infants and children with hearing loss need early language access.

Poorna Kushalnagar;Gaurav Mathur;Christopher J. Moreland;Donna Jo Napoli

155
Citations
How the Alphabet Came to Be Used in a Sign Language

Carol A. Padden;Darline Clark Gunsauls

142
Citations
Competing iconicities in the structure of languages

Irit Meir;Carol Padden;Mark Aronoff;Wendy Sandler

132
Citations
Avoiding Linguistic Neglect of Deaf Children

Tom Humphries;Poorna Kushalnagar;Gaurav Mathur;Donna Jo Napoli

129
Citations
Morphological universals and the sign language type

Mark Aronoff;Irit Meir;Carol Padden;Wendy Sandler

114
Citations
The emergence of complexity in prosody and syntax.

Wendy Sandler;Irit Meir;Svetlana Dachkovsky;Carol Padden

113
Citations
A Basic Course in American Sign Language

Tom Humphries;Carol Padden;Terrence J. O'Rourke

106
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Kirby University of Edinburgh

Ray Jackendoff Tufts University

Marianne Gullberg Lund University

Larry M. Hyman University of California, Berkeley

Howard Poizner University of California, San Diego

Ursula Bellugi Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Douglas Carnine University of Oregon

Edith Kaplan Boston University

Heidi M. Feldman Stanford University

Susan Goldin-Meadow University of Chicago

External Links

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