Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Artificial intelligence in forensic mental health: A review of applications and implications35
Demographics and characteristics of acute sexual assault presentations to a sexual assault service within metropolitan Sydney33
Physician complicity in human rights violations: Involuntary sterilization among women from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States27
Non-traumatic ecchymoses: A literature review from a medico-legal perspective17
Ability to consent to a sexual assault medical forensic examination in adult patients with serious mental illness15
Reflected near-infrared photography: Digging deeper into post-mortem examination15
A novel approach towards identification: A case report and review of literature15
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and macroscopic analysis of immature human permanent molar immersion in hydrochloric acid (HCL, 38%)15
Will medical cause of death certifications data quality improve in the UK with the new medical examiner system?15
Usability of the mandibular gonial angle measured retrospectively from computed tomography sections in sex estimation13
Mummification – An historical and cultural overview13
Male rape in Brazil: A descriptive analysis from 2010 to 202212
Umbrella review: CT of frontal, maxillary and sphenoidal sinuses for sexual dimorphism12
Forensic medical examination after conflict-related sexual violence: A scoping review of the literature12
“It changed my whole entire thinking”: Identifying narrative elements in medical affidavit writing for asylum seekers11
The final breath on prone restraint deaths: Response to promoting the prone position paranoia10
Usability of elemental analysis for antemortem and postmortem bone fracture differentiation10
Female genital mutilation – An overview for forensic practitioners10
Cranial anatomical structures with high sexual dimorphism in metric and morphological evaluation: A systematic review10
Corrigendum to “Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review” [J Forensic Legal Med 103 (2024) 1–9 102675]10
Analysis of suicide-related deaths among children aged 0–14 years in Türkiye10
Combined use of cocaine and alcohol: A violent cocktail? A systematic review10
Oral corpse messaging in drug trafficking victims: A scoping review9
Wound ballistics and the unusual injuries of the tandem bullet phenomenon: A systematic review of case-specific characteristics9
Sternal aspirate sampling of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) and Cyanobacteria in suspected drowning cases9
Severe poisoning after smoking a mixture of 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl (4-FiBF) and alpha-pyrolidinoisohexaphenone (α-PiHP)8
Necrotizing Fasciitis: When skin confuses - An autopsy case report8
Determinant factors in the identification of unknown cadavers in a forensic medical institute8
Life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in congenital afibrinogenemia: Two case reports and systematic literature review8
Hyperostosis frontalis interna, a clue in the reconstructive identification of skeletons. Epidemiology of an autopsy population at Limoges University Hospital (France)8
Femicide in Ireland 2012–20238
Editorial Board8
Reflections on editorial and peer review in the forensic medical literature8
PTSD assessments in sexual assault trials in Taiwan: Interdisciplinary Challenges and Implications for Judicial Policy Reform8
Blood extravasations in the vaginal and rectal mucosa: probably underdiagnosed findings in female victims of sexual homicide8
Determining the specificity of the 36-InDelplex panel among species8
Hunger strikes and force feeding in detention: Clinical and ethical challenges8
A medical child abuse case with spurious bleeding; importance of collecting the evidence8
Comparing the diagnostic utility of the Pleural Effusion Ratio and the Drowning Index in identifying freshwater drowning deaths7
Decomposition variability between the scene and autopsy examination and implications for post-mortem interval estimations7
Beyond the distance between juridic and scientific decision-making process: An evidence-based prediction algorithm for professional liability assessment in healthcare-associated infections7
Homicidal sharp force cases: An 11-year autopsy-based study7
Diagnosing neurocysticercosis in skeletonized human remains of forensic importance7
Estimation of the post-mortem interval; added value of mechanical excitability of human skeletal muscle7
Age related changes in thyroid and cricoid cartilages: An autopsy based radiological analysis7
Recommendations for large-scale exhumations of Potter's Fields: Cases in the US7
Editorial Board7
Epidemiological, forensic, and clinical insights into burn injuries: A decade-long retrospective analysis from Goa Medical College6
Analysis of non-metric dental traits for ethnicity identification in a mixed population of Uttar Pradesh6
Identifying the prevalence of genito-anal injuries amongst clients attending St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre following an allegation of anal penetration6
Editorial Board6
Knowledge and perception of forensic science among junior police officers in Ghana6
A review of sexual transmitted infection rates among sexually assaulted patients that present for care6
A rare case of sudden death due to endomyocardial fibrosis in Italy: A differential diagnosis with other causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy6
Assessing the forensic implications of DNA degradation for PMI estimation using comet assay: A systematic review6
A machine learning approach for automated injuries classification on postmortem images6
Correlation of vitreous and serum biochemical markers with postmortem interval and cold storage duration: A prospective observational study6
Postmortem tissue alterations induced by corrosive substances – a scoping review6
The significance of evaluating sphenoid sinus fluid by postmortem computed tomography in cases of drowning6
Editorial Board6
What constitutes a high-quality, comprehensive medico-legal asylum affidavit in the United States immigration context? A multi-sectoral consensus-building modified Delphi5
Thick quilt may severely impact the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology-based methods -two case reports5
Risk factor analysis of medical litigation outcomes in obstetrics and gynecology: A retrospective cohort study of 344 claims in Japan5
Microbial community analyses provide a differential diagnosis for the antemortem and postmortem injury of decayed cadaver: An animal model5
Acute vertical deceleration injury: A case of cranial impalement5
The specifics of homicide-suicide in France5
Identification of N-piperidinyl etonitazene in alternative keratinous matrices from a decomposing cadaver5
A prospective non-fatal injuries assessment: A multivariate analysis in medical-legal examinations5
Meningioma: A silent cause of suicide -case study5
The washing away of evidence: The effect of different washing treatments on body fluid identification and DNA profiling from stained clothing fabrics5
Informing therapeutic care and legal process in assault cases involving non-fatal strangulation5
Postmortem biochemistry in deaths from ischemic heart disease5
Risk factors of sudden cardiac death in women: A 10 years study in Tunisia5
Drowning and forensic medical process in Türkiye: The retrospective analysis on 989 autopsied cases in 5 years5
Review of nine malpractice cases with allegations of causation of cervical artery dissection by cervical spine manipulation: No evidence for causation5
Assaults in schools: Findings using a national data base5
Is self-immolation still a contemporary phenomenon? Forensic evidence from the case studies of Milan (Italy) and literature review5
Paediatrician experience of management of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy5
Systematic review on age assessment using Schmeling and Kellinghaus scoring of the medial end of the clavicle by various diagnostic imaging techniques5
Comperative evaluation of Nolla, Willems and Cameriere methods for age estimation of Turkish children in the Central Black Sea Region: A preliminary study5
3D printing and CBCT anatomical reproducibility assessment in forensic scenarios5
A continuous forensic spectral analysis study to identify antemortem and postmortem muscle contusions by chemometrics5
Femicide in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil: Matched case-control study4
Common medical ethics dilemmas: Few reflections from a Saudi perspective4
Alcimedes4
The significance of APACHE II as a predictor of mortality in paraquat poisoning: A systematic review and meta-analysis4
Towards automation of human stage of decay identification: An artificial intelligence approach4
The use of dye to detect sites of hemorrhage and leak in postmortem cases4
Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review4
Distinguishing injury patterns in pedestrian motor vehicle collisions from fall-from-height impacts. Medico-legal implications4
The analysis of pregnancies terminated before and after the limit of viability: A medicolegal view4
Subendocardial hemorrhages in a case of crush asphyxia4
Unidentified: Simulation-based education in forensic odontology4
Commentary - Forensic & Legal Medicine in the UK in 20214
Analysis of the pathogenesis of acute necrotizing esophagitis (black esophagus): A report of three autopsy cases4
Sexual Safety in English mental health in-patient beds: has nothing been learned?4
Evaluation of medical malpractice claims in obstetric ultrasonography: Opinion of The Council of Forensic Medicine in Turkey4
Validation of an in-house Dutch Forensic Death Coding system (FDC)4
Can prisons be trauma-informed? Reflections on the development of a trauma-informed approach4
Awareness survey on drug crime scene investigation and drug detection kits among drug-related police officers4
Fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries: An unusual case of sudden death and review of the literature4
Facial age progression: Review of scientific literature and value for missing person identification in forensic medicine4
The hidden world of a sexual offence examiner4
Editorial Board4
A subjective analysis of participants’ views in a study of experimental modelling of imposed airway obstruction in infants and children4
Nystagmus among suspected amphetamine impaired drivers4
Viral infection and sudden non-cardiac death: A systematic review4
Significantly reduced rates of interpersonal violence in an urban Danish population 2003–20214
Suspicion of needle pricking/spiking in 2022 in Paris, France, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine3
Rare fatal effect of combined use of sildenafil and alcohol leading to Cerebrovascular Accident3
Femicide in Ireland 2012–20233
A fatal case of acetamiprid poisoning with turquoise urine3
The effect of the presence or absence of skull fractures on intracranial lesion development in road traffic accidents3
Usefulness of powdered crown of mandibular first premolars in birth year estimation by radiocarbon dating3
Quality standards in forensic medicine3
Evaluation of sexual dimorphism in the foramina of the middle cranial fossa using high-resolution multi-slice computed tomography scan: A cross-sectional study3
The hidden aspect of carotid lesions in traffic accidents: A little-known phenomenon3
Ear-ly Warnings: The diagnostic accuracy of Frank's sign in fatal coronary artery disease – A forensic pathology study3
The importance of outliers in forensic practice3
Mapping the landscape: Analysis of publication trends in forensic anthropology. Insights from Poland3
Relationships between cause of death and concentrations of seven steroids obtained from the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of cadavers3
A fatal suicidal sodium nitrite ingestion determined six days after death3
Examination of bone fractures in women exposed to domestic violence (Tokat-Turkey)3
Forensic medicine in (West-Bank) Palestine visions and obstacles3
The forensic implications of lonely deaths (Kodokushi) – A South Australian study3
The completeness of routine registration of the counterpart in deliberate interpersonal violence in an urban emergency department3
Which tissue to take? A retrospective study of the identification success of altered human remains3
Letter to the Editor regarding the article “Neck vascular lesions in hanging cases: A literature review”3
Application of 3D imaging and selfies in forensic dental identification3
Loss of Wharton's jelly and fibrosis in umbilical cord stricture area: A case report3
Analysis of the descriptive characteristics of female victims of violence applying to the domestic violence office of a court of law3
Petechiae and subconjunctival hemorrhages in a child after a visit to the dentist3
The role of miRNA-21 and hypoxia inducible factor-1 in predicting post mortem interval in cardiac muscles of aluminum phosphide deaths3
Investigating the extent of medical malpractice in cosmetic surgeries during the first half of 2019: A Study of the Tehran Forensic Commission3
A critical assessment of the diatom test of rib bone marrow as a supporting procedure in the case of drowning3
Histopathology in medico-legal autopsies: Clinical foundation, legal mandate, and judicial guarantee3
Association of Paraphenylenediamine (PPD), with suicidal attempts in Pakistan- A cross-sectional study3
Editorial Board3
Effects of deferred prosecution on psychological well-being in individuals with substance use disorders3
Performance of an on-site urine multidrug test used by forensic physicians in determining the cause of death3
Analysis of aborted fetal material using autosomal STR markers in forensic cases of sexual assault3
Non-fatal strangulation versus general assault in a clinical forensic medicine cohort: Characteristics of patient, perpetrator and presentation3
Forensic aspects of healthcare-related murders: a series of homicides and attempted homicides committed by nurses in Italy3
Quantitative estimation of TNF-α and IL-3 by using ELISA from human lung tissue in fatal asphyxial deaths3
Comparative study on informed consent regulation in health care among Italy, France, United Kingdom, Nordic Countries, Germany, and Spain3
Review of the demographic factors and toxicology related to deaths due to pregabalin in Northern Ireland3
An investigation into the profile and temporal evolution of firearm-related fatalities at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Laboratory3
Fatal mechanical asphyxia: a comprehensive forensic review with an illustrative case3
Sodium azide/nitrite suicides in the Netherlands between 2015 and 20223
Hepatovascular manifestation of Takayasu arteritis presenting as sudden cardiac death3
Calcified cartilage-like aggregations of the external acoustic meatus found on cone beam computed tomography scans may offer forensic application: Report of case series3
To investigate the pattern of neck injuries and the role of toxicology in cases of hanging and manual/homicidal ligature strangulation in Ireland between 2016 – 2020: A retrospective review and analys3
The impact of major occupational injuries on professional reintegration. A Portuguese medico-legal contribution3
Analysis of free-fall bullet injury potential in the cranium via finite elements method2
Firearm suicides in Sweden2
Sudden infantile death due to left ventricular myocardial ischemia associated with undiagnosed single coronary artery of Lipton's type LII-B2
Death due to extensive aortic dissection with an unusual retrograde extension in a young adult2
An approximation to the identification of contexts, experiences, and profiles of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults2
The prevalence of non-accidental trauma among children with polytrauma: A nationwide level-I trauma centre study2
A fatal case of gastropericardial fistula due to a benign gastric ulcer2
A pilot study for investigating the feasibility of supervised machine learning approaches for the classification of pedestrians struck by vehicles2
Age estimation at death in individuals over 50 using CT images: An innovative anthropological approach2
Temporal changes in extra-axial brain hematoma's signal intensity in magnetic resonance images of trauma patients: A preliminary, technical study2
Common errors In medico-legal reporting by the first responders at A tertiary trauma unit In North India2
Forensic toxicological and analytical aspects of carbamate poisoning – A review2
Wischnewski spots and ethylene glycol fatal poisoning: a case report2
WITHDRAWN: Sudden cardiac death: the role of molecular autopsy with next-generation sequencing2
A primary study of ethanol production in postmortem liver and muscle tissue of rats2
A case report on the reconstruction of arson, corpse burning, and postmortem relocation based on burn trace characteristics2
Lanthanide luminescent markers in hollow-point projectiles to facilitate post-mortem ballistic analysis2
Utilizing a participatory curriculum development approach for multidisciplinary training on the forensic medical evaluation of asylum seekers2
Elongated styloid process: An incidental autopsy finding of clinical and medico-legal significance2
Forensic odontology: Wrong convictions, “bad apples” and “the innocence files”2
Transfer and persistence of microbiota markers from the human hand to the knife: A preliminary study2
Acute concomitant injury and intoxication in complainants of recent sexual assault: A review2
Physical health status of individuals convicted of sexual offences: Results from an Australian prisoner cohort2
Facial growth parameters in Down syndrome: Review of the literature and forensic application for missing persons age progression2
Transitioning from conventional to digital methods for estimating time since death: a multi-parameter forensic software2
Sexual dimorphism and bilateral difference of fingerprint sweat pore among Slovak population2
Public prosecutors' perspectives on forensic medical information in non-fatal injury cases in the Netherlands: practices, barriers and recommendations2
Pellet gun trauma: An unusual and unexpected type of bone lesion2
Suicide pacts in the Milan district (Italy): A retrospective autopsy-based study with literature review2
Editorial Board2
Reflective writing an assessment strategy for post-mortem observational activity in medical students2
Purple bowel misdiagnosed as intestinal hemorrhage2
Alcimedes2
Ethyl alcohol consumption characteristics of deceased individuals in Lithuania2
Can human sex be estimated based on the dimensions of the maxillary sinuses? A systematic review of the literature on cone-beam and multi-slice computed tomography2
Questions of logic in Atlas methods of dental age estimation2
Age-at-death estimation based on algorithms for multi-class discriminant analysis using binary and ordinal predictors2
Retrospective cohort study of acute behavioural disturbance in police use of force reports2
Exploring the use of selfies in human identification2
Strangulation in sexual homicide: Is it opportunity, victim's vulnerability or sadism?2
Captive bolt guns and suicides: a 15-year Swedish retrospective study2
Storage of evidence and delayed reporting after sexual assault: Rates and impact factors on subsequent reporting2
Forensic Herald2
Forensics under fire: Legal gaps and the role of the Israeli national institute of forensic medicine in the aftermath of the October 7th attacks2
Editorial Board2
Tracking devices and Intimate Partner Violence: Dangers beyond benefits highlight the need for legislative regulation2
Investigative interviews with individuals who perpetrated sex crimes: A scoping review2
Infective endocarditis and litigation for compensation on healthcare-associated infections: An Italian sample analysis2
Medicolegal study of Egyptian suspicious childhood deaths during 2020–20212
Patho-mechanical comparative morpho-characterization of contre-coup injuries of liver by cadaveric experimental simulation for medico-legal and forensic implications2
Editorial Board2
Trigeminal nerve injuries following dental procedures: A retrospective analysis of malpractice claims from 2016 to 2023 in South Korea2
Unusual autopsy, unusual tissue(s) for DNA, but a useful genetic profile: A case of the DNA profiling from the human tissue of challenged provenance2
A method of identifying the high-risk mutations of sudden cardiac death at KCNQ1 and KCNH2 genes1
Study on forensic diagnostic biomarker combination for acute ischemia heart disease based on postmortem biochemistry1
Editorial Board1
Penetration capability of 0.177 (4.5 mm) air gun pellet and the characteristics of the entrance wound at various impact energies between 3.28 - 15.64 J on porcine skin. An experimental study1
Post-mortem blood lead analysis; a comparison between LeadCare II and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry analysis results1
Snake venom – An unconventional recreational substance for psychonauts in India1
A fatal muzzle/barrel injury by home-made firearm-an unusual mechanism1
Alcimedes1
Skull fractures or accessory sutures: A case report1
Sibutramine-induced pheochromocytoma crisis: A rare and lethal occurrence1
Postmortem computed tomography imaging of negative pressure pulmonary edema induced by rice cakes: A case report1
Erratum to “Sessa et al. First report of Heleomyzidae (Diptera) recovered from the inner cavity of an intact human femur” [J Forensic Leg Med. (2019) 66 4–7]1
Institutionalising forensic sciences and medicine in centres for newly arrived unaccompanied minors: A case study from Milano1
Electrifying evidence: Ten years of fatal encounters with electricity at Tygerberg mortuary1
Identifying the prevalence of genital injuries amongst patients attending Saint Mary's sexual assault referral centre following an allegation of digital penetration1
From post-mortem practice to forensic insight. A review of craniotomy studies1
Reasons for contacting the consultation service of a Dutch assault centre1
A new “Stethoscope” autopsy incision in comparison to various conventional incisions along with suturing techniques and body packing methods for post autopsy reconstruction1
Using expert-reviewed CSAM to train CNNs and its anthropological analysis1
A systematic review of photogrammetry as a reliable methodology in gender identification of human skull1
Response to Kroll et al., Promoting the prone position paranoia: Confusing correlation with causation1
Editorial Board1
Alcimedes1
Salivary markers of violence - the possible alterations in salivary cortisol levels to identify victims of violence - a systematic review1
Fatal injury by high-pressure water jet unit – A case report1
Trends in the analysis of abrin poisoning for forensic purposes1
Challenges and considerations in forensic entomology: A comprehensive review1
Prevalence of blood-borne infections in forensic samples: Epidemiology in areas of Chiba, Japan1
Anthropometric weight estimation is less accurate than visual weight estimation in forensic postmortem cases in a Swiss population1
The role of artificial intelligence in analyzing clinical malpractice disputes through medical record management1
Psychological autopsy: Overview of equivocal deaths, suicides and homicide-suicides1
Sexual dimorphism of the twelfth thoracic vertebra for sex determination in the Central Thai population1
The interagency approach in Barbados for an infant with unexplained injuries1
Methadone-related death in detention1
Subdural and epidural hematoma occurrence in relation to the head impact site: An autopsy study1
Sexual violence via social media1
Rare presentation of multiple sinuses of Valsalva Aneurysms with rupture into the right atrium: An autopsy case1
Intra-familiar homicides: From 2006 to 2021 in the judicial district of Milan1
An autopsy case report of tramline bruises with various shapes –histological and mechanistic considerations–1
Between blunt, sharp and hacking trauma: Observing the characteristics of pickaxe injuries1
Challenges encountered by emergency nurses in forensic case management: A qualitative study1
Sex determination using forensic DNA and focused research in forensic odontology: A systematic review1
Child sexual abuse, mental health, and legislation in India and Thailand: A cross-country comparison1
Editorial Board1
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