Death Studies

Aims & Scope

Now published ten times each year, this acclaimed journal provides refereed papers on significant research, scholarship, and practical approaches in the fast growing areas of bereavement and loss, grief therapy, death attitudes, suicide, and death education.

It provides an international interdisciplinary forum in which a variety of professionals share results of research and practice, with the aim of better understanding the human encounter with death and assisting those who work with the dying and their families.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	2.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.969

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	85

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5090

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1655

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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 Arts and Humanities and Psychology, 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 DUAL PROCESS MODEL OF COPING WITH BEREAVEMENT: RATIONALE AND DESCRIPTION

  Citation: 1618

  Authors: Margaret Stroebe, Henk

• Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety

  Citation: 1182

  Authors: Sherman A.

• Predictors of Complicated Grief: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies

  Citation: 468

  Authors: Elizabeth A., Linda J., Samar M., Leanne, Georgia K. B., Anna

• SEARCHING FOR THE MEANING OF MEANING: GRIEF THERAPY AND THE PROCESS OF RECONSTRUCTION

  Citation: 409

  Authors: Robert A.

• Sense-Making, Grief, and the Experience of Violent Loss: Toward a Mediational Model

  Citation: 339

  Authors: Joseph M., Jason M., Robert A.

• Continuing Bonds and Reconstructing Meaning: Mitigating Complications in Bereavement

  Citation: 335

  Authors: Robert A., Scott A., James

• Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Complicated Grief: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Citation: 306

  Authors: Birgit, Christine, Andreas

• A Social Constructionist Account of Grief: Loss and the Narration of Meaning

  Citation: 286

  Authors: Robert A., Dennis, Michael Robert

• PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON DEATH ATTITUDES: AN OVERVIEW AND EVALUATION

  Citation: 261

  Authors: ROBERT A., JOACHIM, RICHARD P.

• SEARCHING FOR MEANING IN LOSS: ARE CLINICAL ASSUMPTIONS CORRECT?

  Citation: 242

  Authors: Christopher

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