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Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Analytical Toxicology is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Blood to serum concentration ratios for ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate after five drinking episodes	55
Effects of dichloromethane, nitrate, and sulfhemoglobin-induced substances on carboxyhemoglobin detection: a comprehensive review	42
A Comparison of Vitreous Fluid and Blood Matrices in Postmortem Drug Analysis	41
Correction to: Can PEth be detected with a cutoff of 20 ng/mL after single alcohol consumption?	40
Randall Clint Baselt (12 February 1944–15 May 2021): An Appreciation	33
Correction to: Urine and hair drug test results associated with daily consumption of codeine-predominant poppy seed food products	32
Enantiomer-specific analysis of amphetamine in urine, oral fluid and blood	27
Sensitive Screening of New Psychoactive Substances in Serum Using Liquid Chromatography–Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry	26
Comparative Study: Postmortem Long-Term Stability of Endogenous GHB in Cardiac Blood, Femoral Blood, Vitreous Humor, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Urine with and without Sodium Fluoride Stabilization	24
Exhumation of a Methamphetamine Body Packer: Pitfalls of Hair Result Interpretation	22
ELISA Screens for Fentanyl in Urine Are Susceptible to False-Positives in High Concentration Methamphetamine Samples	22
Implementation of Mathematical Models to Predict New Cannabis Use by Urine Drug Testing: It Is Time to Move Forward	21
Development of a Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for the Simultaneous Determination of 40 Drugs of Abuse in Human Urine: Application to Real Cases	20
1,1-Difluoroethane Forensic Aspects for the Toxicologist and Pathologist	17
Detection of the benzodiazepine bromazolam by liquid chromatography with quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry in postmortem toxicology casework and prevalence in Indiana (2023)	15
Strategic Decision-Making by a Forensic Toxicology Laboratory in Response to an Emerging NPS: Detection, Quantitation and Interpretation of Carfentanil in Death Investigations in Ontario, Canada, July	15
Development and validation of a simple chromatographic method to screen oral fluid samples for drugs in DUID investigations	15
The Role of Forensic Veterinary Toxicology in Pet Custody Cases	14
Over-the-counter medications encountered in the postmortem pediatric population from 2010–2020	14
Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and 11-hydroxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol as markers of cannabis use in urinary drug testing	14
Bromazolam in impaired driving investigations	13
Melatonin Supplementation in Undetermined Pediatric Deaths	13
Application of Dried Urine Spots for Non-Targeted Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Drug Screening	13
Identification of 5-aminometonitazene and 5-acetamidometonitazene in a postmortem case: are nitro-nitazenes unstable?	13
Overdose of the HIV Medicine Genvoya® in Two Auto-Intoxications	13

UHPLC–MS-MS Determination of THC, CBD and Their Metabolites in Whole Blood of Light Cannabis Smokers	13
Time- and temperature-dependent postmortem ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration changes in rabbits following controlled inhaled cannabis administration	13
Perimortem Distribution of U-47700, Tramadol and Their Main Metabolites in Pigs Following Intravenous Administration	13
Cork sheet as an efficient biosorbent for forensic toxicology: Application to vitreous humor analysis	12
Comparison of Quantitative Values of Headspace Gas Chromatography--Mass Spectrometry and a Formate Quantification Kit in Blood Formate Quantification	12
Development and validation of a sensitive LC–MS-MS method to quantify psilocin in authentic oral fluid samples	12
A Fatal Case Report of Barium Chloride Toxicity	12
The Rise and Fall of Isotonitazene and Brorphine: Two Recent Stars in the Synthetic Opioid Firmament	11
A model of evaluative opinion to encourage greater transparency and justification of interpretation in postmortem forensic toxicology	11
Fentanyl, Acetylfentanyl and Carfentanil in Impaired Driving Cases: A Review of 270 Cases	11
Signal-Separated Quantification of γ-Hydroxybutyrate with Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Human Urine and Serum as an Improvement of the Analyte Adduct Ion-Based Quantification	11
Blackout Brownie: A Final Dessert Case Study	11
Bibliometric evaluation of Journal of Analytical Toxicology as a scholarly publication according to the Web-of-Science citation database	10
Comparisons of blood alcohol concentrations between initial testing and reanalysis from unopened tubes preserved with 0.25% NaF following refrigerated storage up to 3.93 years	10
A fast and reliable LC–MS-MS method for the quantification of saxitoxin in blood plasma samples	10
Methadone, Buprenorphine, Oxycodone, Fentanyl and Tramadol in Multiple Postmortem Matrices	10
Loss of Consciousness and Visual Hallucinations Related to 5-MeO-DALT Intake, a Case Report Confirmed by Toxicological Analyses	10
Validation of an analytical method for quantitation of metonitazene and isotonitazene in plasma, blood, urine, liver and brain and application to authentic postmortem casework in New York City	10
Confirmation of cannabinoids in forensic toxicology casework by isomer-selective UPLC–MS-MS analysis in urine	9
Testing for trazodone, an antidepressant, in hair collected from horses	9
Analytical toxicology of the semi-synthetic cannabinoid hexahydrocannabinol studied in human samples, pooled human liver S9 fraction, rat samples and drug products using HPLC–HRMS-MS	9
N,N-Dimethylpentylone (dipentylone)—A new synthetic cathinone identified in a postmortem forensic toxicology case series	9
Phenethyl-4-ANPP: A Marginally Active Byproduct Suggesting a Switch in Illicit Fentanyl Synthesis Routes	9
Identification of 4F-MDMB-BICA using a molecular network strategy in a case of severe poisoning with coma	9
Microextraction by Packed Sorbent as a Clean-up Approach for the Determination of Ketamine and Norketamine in Hair by Gas Chromatography--Tandem Mass Spectrometry	9
Rethinking Drug Analysis in Health Care: High-Throughput Analysis of 71 Drugs of Abuse in Oral Fluid Using Ion Mobility--High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry	9
Fatal Rectal Injection of 3-MMC in a Sexual Context: Toxicological Investigations Including Metabolites Identification Using LC–HRMS	9
Beyond the buzz: the fatal consequences of caffeine overconsumption	9
Comparative Evaluation of Carboxyhemoglobin Quantification in Postmortem Whole Blood by CO-Oximetry and Headspace Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detection and Atom Absorption Spectrophotomet	9
Reports of Adverse Events Associated with Use of Novel Psychoactive Substances, 2017–2020: A Review	9
Chemotyping of ∆8-THC-Containing e-Liquids Analyzed during the 2019–2020 New York State EVALI Investigation	9
The Power of Keratinous Matrices (Head Hair, Body Hair and Nail Clippings) Analysis in a Case of Death Involving Anabolic Agents	9
Trends in central/peripheral ratio of fentanyl in Harris County, TX, and Orange County, CA, from 2009 to 2020	8
Validation of a novel LC–MS-MS method for the separation and differentiation of Δ8- and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol isomers and their major metabolites in antemortem whole blood	8
Green liquid–liquid microextraction for quantification of ketamine and metabolites in human urine by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry	8
Assessment of urinary 6-hydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadienyl mercapturic acid as a novel biomarker of benzene exposure	8
Correction to: Urinary Excretion Profile of Cannabinoid Analytes Following Acute Administration of Oral and Vaporized Cannabis in Infrequent Cannabis Users	8
Development of a dried blood spot screening test using gas chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry: application in authentic postmortem samples	8
TIAFT President’s Letter	8
The cross-reactivity of cannabinoid analogs (delta-8-THC, delta-10-THC and CBD), their metabolites and chiral carboxy HHC metabolites in urine of six commercially available homogeneous immunoassays	8
Chiral analysis of amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDMA and MDA enantiomers in human hair samples	8
Optimization of a disposable pipette tips extraction for the analysis of psychoactive substances in sweat specimens using design of experiments	8
Identification of in vivo and in vitro metabolites of fentanyl using UHPLC-Q–Orbitrap-HRMS	8
Postmortem diphenhydramine blood concentrations in children	8
Rapid Extraction and Qualitative Screening of 30 Drugs in Oral Fluid at Concentrations Recommended for the Investigation of DUID Cases	8
Postmortem Analysis of Opioids and Metabolites in Skeletal Tissue	8
Comprehensive LC-MS/MS analysis of THC isomers, analogs, homologs and metabolites in blood and urine	8
Testing for Prohibited Substances in Rural Agricultural Show Exhibits: A Twenty-Three Year Experience	7
Erratum to: Driving under the Influence of Flualprazolam: 10 Case Reports	7
HPLC–ESI–HRMS2 Determination ofN-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-l-valyl-l-leucine in Human Urine: Method Validation	7

Longitudinal trends in meconium drug detection in 46 US states between the years 2015 and 2020	7
Correction to: Drug detection in oral fluid and urine after single therapeutic doses of dexamphetamine, lisdexamphetamine, and methylphenidate in healthy volunteers	7
Comparison of Dried Blood Spot and Microtube Techniques for Trace Element Quantification by ICP-MS	7
Desalkylgidazepam blood concentrations in 63 forensic investigation cases	7
Determination of Orellanine in Human Biological Matrices Using Liquid Chromatography with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Detection: A Validated Method Applied to Suspected Poisoning Cases	7
Optimization of Solid-Phase Extraction of a Degradation Product of Novichok (A234) and Its Application to Environmental Samples	7
Synthetic cannabinoid identification in cases associated with blue lotus and valerian root vaping products	7
Development and Validation of a DLLME–GC–MS-MS Method for the Determination of Benzotriazole UV Stabilizer UV-327 and Its Metabolites in Human Blood	7
Extended Detection Window for Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate in the Urine of an Elderly Woman	7
Determination of Patient Adherence for Duloxetine in Urine	7
Liquid–liquid extraction solvent selection for comparing illegal drugs in whole blood and dried blood spot with LC–MS–MS	6
Unusually High Concentration of Fentanyl in a Driver: A Case Report	6
Preanalytical Factors Influencing the Stability of Ethanol in Antemortem Blood and Urine Samples	6
LC–MS-MS quantification of Δ8-THC, Δ9-THC, THCV isomers and their main metabolites in human plasma	6
Development and Validation of a GC–MS-EI Method to Determine α-PHP in Blood: Application to Samples Collected during Medico-Legal Autopsies	6
Evaluation of Alcohol Markers in Urine and Oral Fluid after Regular and Hard Kombucha Consumption	6
Metabolic Profiles of 5F-MDMB-PICA in Human Urine, Serum and Hair Samples Using LC–Q Exactive HF-MS	6
2-Fluorodeschloroketamine consumption: About two deaths and a case of self-mutilation	6
Assessment of Bioanalytical Method Validation Data Utilizing Heteroscedastic Seven-Point Linear Calibration Curves by EZSTATSG1 Customized Microsoft Excel Template	6
Prevalence of Cannabidiol, ∆9- and ∆8-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Metabolites in Workplace Drug Testing Urine Specimens	6
From Bumps to Binges: Overview of Deaths Associated with Cocaine in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2000–2019)	6
Urine and hair drug test results associated with daily consumption of codeine-predominant poppy seed food products	6
Evaluation of the Compatibility of Ethyl Glucuronide and Ethyl Sulfate Levels to Assess Alcohol Consumption in Decomposed and Diabetic Postmortem Cases	6
The impact of vaping ethanol-containing electronic cigarette liquids on roadside impairment investigations	6
Comprehensive Evaluation of an HPLC–MS-MS Method for Quantitation of Seven Anti-Coagulant Rodenticides and Dicoumarol in Animal Serum	6
Lethal carbon monoxide generated from small internal combustion engines	6
Comment on ‘Estimates of Non-Alcoholic Food-Derived Ethanol and Methanol in Human’	6
Fentanyl-related deaths in Ontario, Canada: toxicological findings and circumstances of death in 4395 cases (2020–22)	6
Analysis of homemade cannabis edibles by UHPLC–HRMS after standard addition method	6
Suitability of SoToxa® Oral Fluid Screening Over Time: Re-Examination of Drugged Driving in Wisconsin	6
Detection of “smoke powder” etomidate and its metabolite etomidate acid in blood and urine by UHPLC–MS-MS: application in authentic cases	6