Publications

IANDS has two main publications
Vital Signs (VS)


Vital Signs, a quarterly magazine, contains NDE accounts, commentary and perspectives on near-death experiences, association news, and articles of general interest.

Previous issues can be viewed below. These articles offer good examples of the type of content featured in Vital Signs.

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LINKS TO VITAL SIGNS:  2023

42-1   PDF HERE

42-2  PDF HERE

42-3 PDF HERE

42-4 PDF HERE

Back issues are available from the IANDS Store.

PDFs of  past issues are available

 

Journal of Near-Death Studies (JNDS)

Journal of Near-Death Studies

The Journal of Near-Death Studies (JNDS) is the only peer-reviewed scholarly journal (ISSN 0891-4494) dedicated exclusively to the field of near-death studies. It is cross-disciplinary.

  • From its inception in 1981 through 2018, JNDS was published quarterly, with each volume containing a Fall and Winter issue in one calendar year and a Spring and Summer issue in the following calendar year.
  • Beginning in 2019, JNDS has been published three times per year: Each volume number corresponds to a calendar year and contains a Spring, Summer, and Fall issue.

For more information, click here.

Instructions to authors for articles.
Instructions to authors for media reviews.

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 All JNDS issues are in-print and available as PDFs:

  • Articles more than three years old can be downloaded at no charge from the Internet; click on the volume below, then on the doi associated with the article.
  • Articles three or fewer years old can be ordered from the IANDS Store.

 Table of Contents:

Click on each volume to view the table of contents.

Book Publications

IANDS Book Publication Policy

IANDS resources for book publications are limited. If we have time and a proposed book meets these criteria we will consider publishing it. The criteria are that the book must be: 

  • In the health/education/research/science (HERS) category,  
  • A unique and valuable contribution of current interest to the field of near-death studies, 
  • Attempted to be published but not able to be published by an established publisher,  
  • In English or translated into English, and 
  • Approved by the IANDS Board for funding and royalty arrangements. 

 

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