Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Gesture
ISSN 1568-1475 · eISSN 1569-9773 · John Benjamins Publishing Company
Gesture: CAS Zone 2 · Literature (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1; hybrid open access; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gesture is published by John Benjamins Publishing Company and is classed under Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hearing Impairment and Communication, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, together about 50.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology25.2%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology13.5%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities11.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.2%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science6.8%
- Hand Gesture Recognition SystemsComputer Science6.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Action Observation and SynchronizationPsychology3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 211OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 676 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 2025 | 21 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5 | 16 |
| 2023 | 26 | 4 | 34 |
| 2022 | 23 | 3 | 52 |
| 2021 | 29 | 5 | 124 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 1568-1475
- Electronic ISSN
- 1569-9773
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gesture
What CAS zone is Gesture in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Gesture?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 58.
Which databases index Gesture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gesture is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is Gesture open access, and what is the APC?
Gesture is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .