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OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion Migration, Health and Trauma Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
ISSN0030-2228
Citation impact (2-yr)1.46
h-index83
i10-index1,531
Total citations56,364
Top institutions publishing hereWayne State University
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying per year

59
2014
111
2015
71
2016
97
2017
76
2018
96
2019
143
2020
181
2021
284
2022
198
2023
182
2024
181
2025

Citation impact of OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying by publication year

998
2014
1.7K
2015
1.4K
2016
2K
2017
1.2K
2018
1.2K
2019
2.1K
2020
2.1K
2021
2.1K
2022
777
2023
456
2024
165
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

The Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement: A Decade on

Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut · 3 Sep 2010

The Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement (DPM; Stroebe & Schut, 1999) is described in this article. The rationale is given as to why this model was deemed necessary and how it was designed to overcome limitations of earlier models of adaptive coping with loss. Although building on earlier theoretical formulations, it contrasts with…

A Comparison of Adult Bereavement in the Death of a Spouse, Child, and Parent

Catherine Sanders · 1 Jun 1980

The Grief Experience Inventory (GEI) and the MMPI were used to assess bereavement reactions in 102 newly bereaved individuals; 107 controls were also assessed. Intensities of bereavement reactions were compared across three types of deaths experienced, i.e., spouse, child, and parent. Significantly higher intensities of grief were noted in parents surviving their child's death. A…

Does the Internet Change How We Die and Mourn? Overview and Analysis

Tony Walter, Rachid Hourizi, Wendy Moncur et al. · 29 Feb 2012

The article outlines the issues that the internet presents to death studies. Part 1 describes a range of online practices that may affect dying, the funeral, grief and memorialization, inheritance and archaeology; it also summarizes the kinds of research that have been done in these fields. Part 2 argues that these new online practices have…

Death Attitudes across the Life-Span: The Development and Validation of the Death Attitude Profile (DAP)

Gina Gesser, Paul T. P. Wong, Gary T. Reker · 1 Mar 1988

Four orthogonal factors were identified by principal component factor analysis: Fear of Death/Dying, Approach-Oriented Death Acceptance, Escape-Oriented Death Acceptance, and Neutral Death Acceptance. Theta estimates of the internal consistency of the factor scales ranged from fair (.60) to good (.89). An elderly sample ( n = 50) showed less fear of death and more acceptance…

Bereavement in Times of COVID-19: A Review and Theoretical Framework

Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut · 21 Oct 2020

A review of the literature on adaptation to bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted to assess the current state of knowledge. Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases were searched for studies published during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 outbreak. 44 articles were included in the review. Narrative synthesis showed that…

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What reference style does OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying use?
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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