OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology is 4. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
A cranio-encephalic trauma due to electric-scooter accident: could the wearing of a helmet reduce this risk?	36
HIV contact notification in sexual assault cases—ethical, legal, and procedural challenges	19
Findings and inferences from full autopsies, minimally invasive autopsies and biopsy studies in patients who died as a result of COVID19 — A systematic review	17
Author Correction: Review of autopsy reports of deaths relating to fire in South Australia 2000–2015	16
Fatal intoxication with new synthetic cannabinoids 5F-MDMB-PICA and 4F-MDMB-BINACA—parent compounds and metabolite identification in blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid	16
Commentary on the “Entrapment within an ottoman storage bed: an unusual accidental asphyxial death”: the complex asphyxiation	16
Autopsy findings of COVID-19 in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Correction to: Fatal injuries due to direct helicopter propeller strike	11
Cardiac disease and driver fatality	11
The value of the defence postmortem examination in England and Wales	10
Confusion between firearms and electrical weapons as a factor in police shootings	10
Sudden cardiac deaths have higher proportion of left stellate ganglionitis	10
The prognostic value of the Frank sign	9
Characteristics of fatal insulin overdoses	9
Author Correction: Regarding “Fatal adrenal crisis due to Addison’s disease arising in the context of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1”	8
Buried penis and morbid obesity	8
A missed psoas abscess diagnosis: A forensic case report	7
Publisher Correction: Gunshot trauma in human long bones: towards practical diagnostic guidance for forensic anthropologists	7
Ballistic trauma caused by military rifles: experimental study based on synthetic skull proxies	7
Fuel tank injury in a fatal motorcycle accident	7
Examination of multiple drug arrests reported to the Maine Diversion Alert Program	6
Toxicological analysis of a "poison vial" found in the remains of an SS soldier (Maltot, Normandy, France)	6
Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism should be considered a differential diagnosis in forensic cases where animal abuse is suspected	6
Issues that arise in the assessment of pedestrian deaths	6
Traumatic axonal injury: neuropathological features, postmortem diagnostic methods, and strategies	6

Spontaneous retropharyngeal haematoma: a rare cause of upper airway obstruction	5
Causes of fatalities in motor vehicle occupants: an overview	5
Acute alcohol intoxication and lethal neck flexion	5
Post mortem computed tomography is highly sensitive for pyelonephritis. A radiologic-pathologic correlation series	5
Characteristics of deceased and quality of death certificates for cases subjected to Indonesia’s management of the dead protocol for bodies with COVID-19	4
Entrapment within an ottoman storage bed: an unusual accidental asphyxial death	4
Gunshot trauma in human long bones: towards practical diagnostic guidance for forensic anthropologists	4
How does mass loss compare with total body score when assessing decomposition of human and pig cadavers?	4
A case of autopsy discovery of acute chest syndrome triggered by pulmonary embolism in a sickle cell patient	4
Forensic identification of a fatal snakebite from Bungarus multicinctus (Chinese krait) by pathological and toxicological findings: a case report	4
An avenue to miscarriage: a case report	4
Non-fatal strangulation and COVID-19 common symptoms and signs: considerations for medical and forensic assessment	4
The intervertebral discs’ fibrocartilage as a DNA source for genetic identification in severely charred cadavers	4
Vaginal injuries after consensual sexual intercourse — a survey among office-based gynecologists in Hamburg, Germany	4
Analysis of the risk of traumatic brain injury and evaluation neurogranin and myelin basic protein as potential biomarkers of traumatic brain injury in postmortem examination	4
Utility of the sternal synostosis for age-at-death estimation in a Mediterranean population	4