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Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN1541-3764

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.691

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.963

Total Worksi

3,464

Total Citationsi

55,131

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Health (social science); Life-span and Life-course Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyEight No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,464

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1541-3764

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.2k

2019

143

2.1k

2020

181

2.2k

2021

284

2.1k

2022

198

788

2023

182

468

2024

181

173

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ2

Health (social science)Q2

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, MultidisciplinarySocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Life-span and Life-course StudiesCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesDeath Anxiety and Social ExclusionMigration, Health and TraumaReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologySuicide and Self-Harm StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesOptimism, Hope, and Well-beingFamily Support in IllnessPatient Dignity and Privacy

Frequently asked questions about Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Is Omega: Journal of Death and Dying a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Omega: Journal of Death and Dying: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Omega: Journal of Death and Dying?

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.24.

Is Omega: Journal of Death and Dying indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Omega: Journal of Death and Dying?