Journal of Near-Death Studies

{{Infobox journal

| title = Journal of Near-Death Studies

| cover =

| editor = Janice Holden

| discipline = Near-death studies

| formernames = Anabiosis

| abbreviation = J. Near-Death Stud.

| publisher = International Association for Near-Death Studies

| country =

| history = 1982-present

| frequency = Quarterly

| website = http://www.iands.org/publications/journal-of-near-death-studies.html

| ISSN = 0891-4494

| eISSN = 1573-3661

| OCLC = 45254332

| LCCN = 88648131

| CODEN = JNDAE7

}}

The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published by the International Association for Near-Death Studies.{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Jon |date=September 29, 1999 |title=Almost Blinded By The Light Near-death Experiences Share Common Thread |newspaper=The Chicago Tribune}}{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Jon |date=May 13, 2004 |title=Shedding light on life at death's door |newspaper=The Chicago Tribune}}{{cite magazine |last=Graves |first=Lee |date=Summer 2007 |title=Altered States. Scientists analyze the near-death experience |magazine=The University of Virginia Magazine}}{{cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Daniel |date=August 31, 2007 |title=At the Hour Of Our Death |magazine=Time}}{{cite journal |last=Griffith |first=Linda J. |date=October 2009 |title=Near-death experiences and psychotherapy |journal=Psychiatry |volume=6 |issue=10 |pages=35–42|pmid=20011577 |pmc=2790400 }}{{cite news |last=Beck |first=Melinda |date=October 25, 2010 |title=Seeking Proof in Near-Death Claims |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}{{cite magazine |last=Lichfield |first=Gideon |date=April 2015 |title=The Science of Near-Death Experiences. Empirically investigating brushes with the afterlife |magazine=The Atlantic}}

The journal's founding editor-in-chief was Kenneth Ring.Author biography in {{cite book |last1=Ring |first1=Kenneth |last2=Elsaesser Valarino |first2=Evelyn |year=1998 |title=Lessons from the Light: What we can learn from the near-death experience |location=Needham, MA |publisher=Moment Point Press |isbn=978-0-306-45983-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lessonsfromlight00ring }} Subsequent editors were Bruce Greyson and Janice Holden.

History

The journal was established in 1982 as Anabiosis and obtained its current title in 1987 with the start of volume 6.{{cite web |url=http://www.iands.org/publications/journal-of-near-death-studies.html |title=Journal of Near-Death Studies |publisher=International Association for Near-Death Studies |access-date=2011-02-06}} From 1997 to 2003 the journal was published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, but this arrangement was discontinued upon completion of volume 21.{{cite web |url=http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/105586/ |title=Journal of Near-Death Studies |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |work=SpringerLink |access-date=2011-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715102429/http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/105586/ |archive-date=2012-07-15 }}

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