Medicine Science and the Law

Papers
(The median citation count of Medicine Science and the Law is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Automatism: Are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater?45
Misconnected chest tube: An extremely unusual fatal complication of secondary pneumothorax24
Age estimation in the combined long bones and ribs by histomorphometry: Past, present, and future20
Sex estimation of the foramen magnum using computed tomography data in Malaysian juveniles18
Time to address the reality of dying alone17
Suicide attempts and deaths by self-immolation: A population-based study in Fars (Iran), 2011–201912
Women falling from heights in Turkey—can the Latin American model protocol help them?9
Informed consent in clinical research: Medico-legal standards, ethical challenges and forensic implications in UK and EU frameworks9
The “Right” to refuse treatment9
Updates on medically assisted suicide in Italy: Approval of first regional law in February 20259
The impact of COVID-19 on clinical forensic medicine and forensic psychiatry: A literature review9
Mental health care provision for segregated prisoners in England9
Work-related and non-work-related fatal road accidents: Assessment of psychoactive substance use in commuting8
Supervision and guardianship during drowning fatalities among Canadian youth: An 11-year review of a preventable paediatric public health crisis8
Artefacts due to putrefactive gas production – an overview8
An examination of service user satisfaction in forensic mental health settings8
The UK's Illegal Migration Bill: Human rights violated8
The need to histologically exclude the cystic atrioventricular node tumour7
Changes in the characteristics of suicide in Japan in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of continued suicide prevention measures7
Consent for sexual acts and rape offences: A dangerous international difformity7
Prison healthcare: The practical and ethical consequences of the current state of prisons7
Sex, stature, and age estimation from skull using computed tomography images: Current status, challenges, and future perspectives6
Role of forensic medicine in addressing the war crimes: Perspective from Russia-Ukraine conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Identifying focal points to prevent traffic accidents in Japan and specific measures proposed: Aspects common to Japan and South Korea and suggested preventive measures6
Supporting people with immigration issues in the context of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 20056
Correction to a correction of a statistical error5
A methodological comparison of discriminant function analysis and binary logistic regression for estimating sex in forensic research and case-work5
Corrigendum to Prison healthcare: The practical and ethical consequences of the current state of prisons5
The ephemeral self: The legitimacy of an advance euthanasia directive4
Machine learning and regression analysis for age estimation from the iliac crest based on computed tomographic explorations in an Indian population4
The “amount” criterion in the determination of personal possession offenses involving the four most common drugs in Türkiye's supreme court4
Fatal gunshot trauma of a child: A case from colonial Cyprus4
Emerging issues in the approach to submerged bodies: Water-related deaths in Friuli, northeastern Italy (1993–2020). Analysis of post-mortem reports and some unusual cases4
Scene of death investigation in apparent suicidal deaths in Rotterdam, the Netherlands3
Utilizing a combined hospital and criminal justice database to identify risk factors for repeat firearm injury or violent-crime arrest among firearm victims3
An analysis of risk factors for child suicide in three centres from 2008 to 20173
Exploring the factors contributing to a severe injury in a domestic staircase accident3
Provision of forensic healthcare services for police custodial settings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: Current practice and implications for other services?3
How different countries respond to adverse events whilst patients’ rights are protected3
Compulsory vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in health care professionals in Italy: Bioethical-legal issues3
Legal and human rights issues in the use of electronic monitoring (using GPS ‘tracking’ technology) in forensic mental health settings in the UK3
The causal relationship between insanity and offense in post-Raso Italian case law3
The role of Qatar's first forensic community team in reducing recidivism and re-admission of mentally unwell offenders3
Mental health care needs for the enforced disappearance and Aynaghor (House of Mirrors) survivors in Bangladesh: A recent daunting challenge3
Cable ties in forensic practice3
RETRACTION NOTICE: Research progress in the estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) using non-coding RNA (ncRNA) markers3
The spectrum of presentations of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning3
Blood alcohol concentration and road accidents: Underestimation due to time of the arrival to the emergency department (ED) or delay in blood sampling. A 4-Year Retrospective Study in Rome3
The Julian Assange case and its implications for expert witness evidence3
Police perspectives on the economic considerations of providing healthcare in short-term custodial settings in Australia3
Lethal septic pulmonary thromboembolism in a repatriated body – a rare complication of prolonged urinary catheterization3
ChatGPT: Forensic, legal, and ethical issues3
Specific measures to enhance suicide prevention in Japan3
“The uncooperative nearest relative and admission under sections 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983”3
Experts, who needs them? Judicial inconsistency in instruction, admission and interpretation of forensic expertise2
Features of fatal pesticide ingestion in South Australia2
Initiating further measures to prevent traffic accidents in Japan: The use of a social medicine perspective2
Postmortem CT and MRI for detecting bowel obstruction in cases of pediatric sepsis deaths2
Autonomy, liberty, and risk: The ethical and legal challenges of suspending leave of absence for patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic2
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the asylum system2
Physiology and biomechanics of prone restraint respiration2
Methamphetamine use in homicide victims2
Parricide and homicide NGRI offenders: How do they differ?2
Collagen fibers as an indicator of postmortem interval in non-gravid uterus, prostate, and skeletal muscles of adult albino rats2
Psychological trauma and the law…post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or post-traumatic disorders (PTDs)? Is PTSD still fit for purpose?2
A review of the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology2
Memories of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS)2
The over-representation of neurodivergent children in Youth Justice Systems and The Youth Court2
When missing becomes murder: An analysis of missing-femicide cases from the Republic of Ireland2
RECAPACITA PROJECT: Impact of the New York Convention on capacity modification judgments in persons with severe mental disorders: A comparative study using mixed methodology2
The three-parent baby: Medicolegal, forensic and ethical concerns2
Domestic staircase accidents: Prevention beyond architectural restriction2
A study of judicial dissatisfaction with, and criticism of, expert healthcare witnesses2
Double suicide in Japan in the post-war reconstruction period, with reference to contemporary Japan2
Pharmacokinetic and toxicological evaluation of AB-CHMINACA in rodents: A comprehensive study2
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) within prisons and the criminal justice system2
Rethinking the death penalty through a public health lens: Examples from Malaysia2
Dr Ann Priston OBE1
Professor Nigel Eastman (1945–2022)1
Trends and prevalence of suicide among children and young people in Türkiye1
Filicide in South Asia: Demography, risk factors, psychiatric, and legal aspects1
Fatal hyperthermia among children in school buses: Analysis of 47 cases in China1
Victim–perpetrator relationship, age and method of homicide in intimate and non-intimate cases of femicide from the republic of Ireland1
‘Hiding in plain sight’ – mass disasters and murder1
Crime, punishment, and detention in secure psychiatric hospital1
Changes in suicide trends among young populations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and Taiwan1
Dental methods of post-mortem interval estimation. A pilot study on Feulgen reaction for DNA integrity on teeth pulp1
Recidivism risk in male adult sex offenders with psychopathic traits assessed by PCL-R: A systematic review1
Crowd-control chemicals and medical witness in Georgia1
Sex estimation from biometric face photos for forensic purposes1
The British Academy of Forensic Sciences: Diamond anniversary1
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Intervention (TCTSY). Improving Conditions for Incarcerated Women in Latin America1
Without a trace: Long-term missing women and girls and ‘ no-body ’ femicides from the Republic of Ireland1
Medically assisted suicide in Italy: Recent legal developments on a controversial topic1
The Abolition of ‘Discharge By Operation of Law’ – patients detained under sections 3 and 37, Mental Health Act 19831
Increasing age and lethal opiate use1
A randomised controlled trial of eye movement desensitisation and re-processing (EMDR) in forensic services and in prison1
Fatal cerebral air embolism post esophageal endoscopy with dilatation: A case report1
Causes of death and sociodemographic predictors of dead-on-arrival adult cases in Ethiopia1
Mental health in prisons in Latin America: The effects of COVID-191
Prison-based democratic therapeutic communities, medication, and the power to exclude1
Sex determination using the clavicle by deep learning in a Thai population1
Forensic considerations in nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism: A case report and review1
Emerging trends in domestic homicide/femicide in Greece over the period 2010–20211
Developing an initial programme theory for a model of social care in prisons and on release (empowered together): A realist synthesis approach1
Visual analysis of hotspots and evolutionary trends in the field of postmortem interval estimation1
Lethal gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19 infection at autopsy1
Causes of death among people living in prison in Greece: A 9-year retrospective study (2010–2018) at the national prison hospital1
The UK's exportation of asylum obligations to Rwanda: A challenge to mental health, ethics and the law1
Deep learning-based CNN model for multiclass classification of fingerprint patterns1
Serial neonaticide: Analysis of 126 cases1
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