OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology is 3. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Beyond the visible spectrum – applying 3D multispectral full-body imaging to the VirtoScan system	50
A cranio-encephalic trauma due to electric-scooter accident: could the wearing of a helmet reduce this risk?	50
Findings and inferences from full autopsies, minimally invasive autopsies and biopsy studies in patients who died as a result of COVID19 — A systematic review	30
HIV contact notification in sexual assault cases—ethical, legal, and procedural challenges	24
Comparison of superficial wound documentation using 2D forensic photography, 3D photogrammetry, Botscan© and VR with real-life examination	20
Fatal anogenital exenteration of the intestine	16
Commentary on the “Entrapment within an ottoman storage bed: an unusual accidental asphyxial death”: the complex asphyxiation	15
Clandestine mummified remains	15
Cytokine storm and histopathological findings in 60 cases of COVID-19-related death: from viral load research to immunohistochemical quantification of major players IL-1β, IL-6, IL-15 and TNF-α	14
Fatal intoxication with new synthetic cannabinoids 5F-MDMB-PICA and 4F-MDMB-BINACA—parent compounds and metabolite identification in blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid	13
Author Correction: Review of autopsy reports of deaths relating to fire in South Australia 2000–2015	13
Autopsy findings of COVID-19 in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Cardiac disease and driver fatality	12
Correction to: Fatal injuries due to direct helicopter propeller strike	11
Confusion between firearms and electrical weapons as a factor in police shootings	10
The value of the defence postmortem examination in England and Wales	10
Sudden cardiac deaths have higher proportion of left stellate ganglionitis	10
The prognostic value of the Frank sign	10
Orofacial injuries in child family homicide: a population study	10
Colorectal barotrauma following compressed air spray to the perineum	9
Mob justice fatalities in South Africa: a forensic mortuary study	9
Recognition and confirmation of Fox sign	9
Characteristics of fatal insulin overdoses	8
Traumatic herniation of intestine through ruptured skin at the ankle	8
Fuel tank injury in a fatal motorcycle accident	7

Author Correction: Regarding “Fatal adrenal crisis due to Addison’s disease arising in the context of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1”	7
Publisher Correction: Gunshot trauma in human long bones: towards practical diagnostic guidance for forensic anthropologists	7
Buried penis and morbid obesity	7
A missed psoas abscess diagnosis: A forensic case report	7
The human intervertebral disc as a source of DNA for molecular identification	6
Issues that arise in the assessment of pedestrian deaths	6
Ballistic trauma caused by military rifles: experimental study based on synthetic skull proxies	6
Traumatic axonal injury: neuropathological features, postmortem diagnostic methods, and strategies	6
Toxicological analysis of a "poison vial" found in the remains of an SS soldier (Maltot, Normandy, France)	6
Bile pulmonary embolism-related sudden death following an abdominal firearm injury: An autopsy case report and review of literature	6
Examination of multiple drug arrests reported to the Maine Diversion Alert Program	5
A novel approach for rapid cell assessment to estimate DNA recovery from human bone tissue	5
An examination of the intrapuparial development of Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) (Calliphoridae: Diptera) at three different temperatures	5
Post mortem computed tomography is highly sensitive for pyelonephritis. A radiologic-pathologic correlation series	5
A case of persistent severe sequelae of COVID-19 infection: potential role in sudden death?	5
Fatal course of undetected Ewing-like sarcoma in a 9-year-old boy with uncharacteristic clinical presentation	5
A study into the viability of Synbone® as a proxy for Sus scrofa (domesticus) ribs for use with 7.62 × 51 mm Full Metal Jacket ammunition in ballistic testing	5
The intervertebral discs’ fibrocartilage as a DNA source for genetic identification in severely charred cadavers	5
Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism should be considered a differential diagnosis in forensic cases where animal abuse is suspected	5
Female genital injury—which findings have to be considered physiological using colposcopy with and without toluidine blue dye?	5
Acute alcohol intoxication and lethal neck flexion	5
Asphyxia caused by delayed subglottic stenosis after neck trauma	5
Spontaneous retropharyngeal haematoma: a rare cause of upper airway obstruction	5
Academic Referencing – a dying art	4
Death by fecaloma	4
Vaginal injuries after consensual sexual intercourse — a survey among office-based gynecologists in Hamburg, Germany	4
Two fatal cases of acetone cyanohydrin poisoning: case report and literature review	4
Regarding “Post-mortem CT lung findings at a medicolegal institute in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positive cases with autopsy correlation”	4
Causes of fatalities in motor vehicle occupants: an overview	4
Post-mortem CT lung findings at a medicolegal institute in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positive cases with autopsy correlation	4
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
Forensic identification of a fatal snakebite from Bungarus multicinctus (Chinese krait) by pathological and toxicological findings: a case report	3
A case of autopsy discovery of acute chest syndrome triggered by pulmonary embolism in a sickle cell patient	3
Organ transplantation in Arabian Gulf countries: ethical and legal practice and beyond	3
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	3
Gunshot trauma in human long bones: towards practical diagnostic guidance for forensic anthropologists	3
Medullary thyroid carcinoma with diabetic ketoacidosis: an autopsy case report and literature review	3
Atypical longitudinal self-inflicted incised wounds as a cause of death in an ecstasy user	3
An avenue to miscarriage: a case report	3
Characteristics of suicides of young people in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, from 2010 to 2016	3
Gastro-esophageal pharmacobezoar	3
Police reporting in cases of sexual assault – a 10-year study of reported cases, unreported cases, and cases with delayed reporting	3
Entrapment within an ottoman storage bed: an unusual accidental asphyxial death	3
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) following recent Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination	3
The handling of SARS-CoV-2 associated deaths - infectivity of the body	3
How does mass loss compare with total body score when assessing decomposition of human and pig cadavers?	3