OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Medicine Science and the Law is 2. 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.)

Article	Citations
Automatism: Are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater?	45
Misconnected chest tube: An extremely unusual fatal complication of secondary pneumothorax	24
Age estimation in the combined long bones and ribs by histomorphometry: Past, present, and future	20
Sex estimation of the foramen magnum using computed tomography data in Malaysian juveniles	18
Time to address the reality of dying alone	17
Suicide attempts and deaths by self-immolation: A population-based study in Fars (Iran), 2011–2019	12
Informed consent in clinical research: Medico-legal standards, ethical challenges and forensic implications in UK and EU frameworks	9
The “Right” to refuse treatment	9
Updates on medically assisted suicide in Italy: Approval of first regional law in February 2025	9
The impact of COVID-19 on clinical forensic medicine and forensic psychiatry: A literature review	9
Mental health care provision for segregated prisoners in England	9
Women falling from heights in Turkey—can the Latin American model protocol help them?	9
Work-related and non-work-related fatal road accidents: Assessment of psychoactive substance use in commuting	8
Supervision and guardianship during drowning fatalities among Canadian youth: An 11-year review of a preventable paediatric public health crisis	8
Artefacts due to putrefactive gas production – an overview	8
An examination of service user satisfaction in forensic mental health settings	8
The UK's Illegal Migration Bill: Human rights violated	8
The need to histologically exclude the cystic atrioventricular node tumour	7
Changes in the characteristics of suicide in Japan in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of continued suicide prevention measures	7
Consent for sexual acts and rape offences: A dangerous international difformity	7
Prison healthcare: The practical and ethical consequences of the current state of prisons	7
Sex, stature, and age estimation from skull using computed tomography images: Current status, challenges, and future perspectives	6
Role of forensic medicine in addressing the war crimes: Perspective from Russia-Ukraine conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Identifying focal points to prevent traffic accidents in Japan and specific measures proposed: Aspects common to Japan and South Korea and suggested preventive measures	6
Supporting people with immigration issues in the context of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005	6

Correction to a correction of a statistical error	5
A methodological comparison of discriminant function analysis and binary logistic regression for estimating sex in forensic research and case-work	5
Corrigendum to Prison healthcare: The practical and ethical consequences of the current state of prisons	5
The ephemeral self: The legitimacy of an advance euthanasia directive	4
Machine learning and regression analysis for age estimation from the iliac crest based on computed tomographic explorations in an Indian population	4
The “amount” criterion in the determination of personal possession offenses involving the four most common drugs in Türkiye's supreme court	4
Fatal gunshot trauma of a child: A case from colonial Cyprus	4
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 cases	4
An analysis of risk factors for child suicide in three centres from 2008 to 2017	3
Exploring the factors contributing to a severe injury in a domestic staircase accident	3
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 protected	3
Compulsory vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in health care professionals in Italy: Bioethical-legal issues	3
Legal and human rights issues in the use of electronic monitoring (using GPS ‘tracking’ technology) in forensic mental health settings in the UK	3
The causal relationship between insanity and offense in post-Raso Italian case law	3
The role of Qatar's first forensic community team in reducing recidivism and re-admission of mentally unwell offenders	3
Mental health care needs for the enforced disappearance and Aynaghor (House of Mirrors) survivors in Bangladesh: A recent daunting challenge	3
Cable ties in forensic practice	3
RETRACTION NOTICE: Research progress in the estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) using non-coding RNA (ncRNA) markers	3
The spectrum of presentations of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning	3
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 Rome	3
The Julian Assange case and its implications for expert witness evidence	3
Police perspectives on the economic considerations of providing healthcare in short-term custodial settings in Australia	3
Lethal septic pulmonary thromboembolism in a repatriated body – a rare complication of prolonged urinary catheterization	3
ChatGPT: Forensic, legal, and ethical issues	3
Specific measures to enhance suicide prevention in Japan	3
“The uncooperative nearest relative and admission under sections 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983”	3
Scene of death investigation in apparent suicidal deaths in Rotterdam, the Netherlands	3
Utilizing a combined hospital and criminal justice database to identify risk factors for repeat firearm injury or violent-crime arrest among firearm victims	3
Initiating further measures to prevent traffic accidents in Japan: The use of a social medicine perspective	2
Postmortem CT and MRI for detecting bowel obstruction in cases of pediatric sepsis deaths	2
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) pandemic	2
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the asylum system	2
Physiology and biomechanics of prone restraint respiration	2
Methamphetamine use in homicide victims	2
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 rats	2
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 entomology	2
Memories of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS)	2
The over-representation of neurodivergent children in Youth Justice Systems and The Youth Court	2
When missing becomes murder: An analysis of missing-femicide cases from the Republic of Ireland	2
RECAPACITA PROJECT: Impact of the New York Convention on capacity modification judgments in persons with severe mental disorders: A comparative study using mixed methodology	2
The three-parent baby: Medicolegal, forensic and ethical concerns	2
Domestic staircase accidents: Prevention beyond architectural restriction	2
A study of judicial dissatisfaction with, and criticism of, expert healthcare witnesses	2
Double suicide in Japan in the post-war reconstruction period, with reference to contemporary Japan	2
Pharmacokinetic and toxicological evaluation of AB-CHMINACA in rodents: A comprehensive study	2
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) within prisons and the criminal justice system	2
Rethinking the death penalty through a public health lens: Examples from Malaysia	2

Experts, who needs them? Judicial inconsistency in instruction, admission and interpretation of forensic expertise	2
Features of fatal pesticide ingestion in South Australia	2