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Total Deaf academics on this website
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Deaf women academics featured on this website
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Deaf men academics featured on this website
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Countries with the highest concentration of Deaf academics worldwide
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Deaf Research Centers featured in this website (full list here)
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University Programs featured in this website (full list here)
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Deaf people with a doctoral degree worldwide (full list here)
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Year the first Deaf signing person (congenitally deaf) in the world to earn a doctoral degree: Jay Justin Basch (Temple University, USA)
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Average age at which Deaf academics earned their doctoral degree
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Most represented academic field among Deaf scholars (… academics)
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Country with most known Deaf academics abroad (… academics)
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Years of active career of the most senior Deaf academic featured (…)
🎓 Latest Doctoral Defenses
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📊 Academia Unusualverse in Charts
Deaf Academics by Topic
Average Combined h-index by Topic
Top 5 Countries
Thesis Defenses by Year
Deaf Academics by Status
Presence on Academic Platforms
🌏 Deep Dive: Demographics & Academic Journey
Gender Ratio by Country
Countries with 2 or more Deaf academics featured (% women vs men)
* Countries with fewer than 2 Deaf academics featured on this website are excluded from this chart. Profiles with missing residence or gender data are not included.
Age at PhD Defense
Distribution of age when Deaf academics earned their doctoral degree
* Only includes academics for whom both birth year and thesis year are known.
Academic Fields: Size vs. Research Impact
X axis: number of academics · Y axis: average combined h-index · Bubble size: number of academics
⭐ Top 5 Deaf Academics by Research Impact
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Note: Rankings are based on h-index values, a metric of research impact. This does not capture the full scope of a scholar's contributions, and lower positions do not diminish the value or significance of their work. See full list summary here.
