Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Article	Citations
Does peer consultation between forensic physicians reduce inter-doctor variation when issuing medical death certifications?	29
Demographics and characteristics of acute sexual assault presentations to a sexual assault service within metropolitan Sydney	27
Non-traumatic ecchymoses: A literature review from a medico-legal perspective	26
Ability to consent to a sexual assault medical forensic examination in adult patients with serious mental illness	25
Reflected near-infrared photography: Digging deeper into post-mortem examination	24
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and macroscopic analysis of immature human permanent molar immersion in hydrochloric acid (HCL, 38%)	24
Will medical cause of death certifications data quality improve in the UK with the new medical examiner system?	20
A novel approach towards identification: A case report and review of literature	15
Male rape in Brazil: A descriptive analysis from 2010 to 2022	13
Early postmortem biochemical, histological, and immunohistochemical alterations in skeletal muscles of rats exposed to boldenone undecylenate: Forensic implication	12
Corrigendum to “Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review” [J Forensic Legal Med 103 (2024) 1–9 102675]	12
Forensic medical examination after conflict-related sexual violence: A scoping review of the literature	12
Mummification – An historical and cultural overview	12
Sternal aspirate sampling of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) and Cyanobacteria in suspected drowning cases	12
Physician complicity in human rights violations: Involuntary sterilization among women from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States	12
Usability of elemental analysis for antemortem and postmortem bone fracture differentiation	11
Wound ballistics and the unusual injuries of the tandem bullet phenomenon: A systematic review of case-specific characteristics	11
Female genital mutilation – An overview for forensic practitioners	11
“It changed my whole entire thinking”: Identifying narrative elements in medical affidavit writing for asylum seekers	10
Combined use of cocaine and alcohol: A violent cocktail? A systematic review	10
Cranial anatomical structures with high sexual dimorphism in metric and morphological evaluation: A systematic review	9
Online teaching of forensic medicine and pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A course evaluation	9
Umbrella review: CT of frontal, maxillary and sphenoidal sinuses for sexual dimorphism	9
Reflections on editorial and peer review in the forensic medical literature	8
Oral corpse messaging in drug trafficking victims: A scoping review	8

Editorial Board	8
Investigating the phenomenon of overkill in Greece: A forensic psychiatric autopsy study between 2005 and 2020	8
Determinant factors in the identification of unknown cadavers in a forensic medical institute	8
Hunger strikes and force feeding in detention: Clinical and ethical challenges	7
Femicide in Ireland 2012–2023	7
Life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in congenital afibrinogenemia: Two case reports and systematic literature review	7
Editorial Board	7
Homicidal sharp force cases: An 11-year autopsy-based study	7
A medical child abuse case with spurious bleeding; importance of collecting the evidence	7
Necrotizing Fasciitis: When skin confuses - An autopsy case report	7
Diagnosing neurocysticercosis in skeletonized human remains of forensic importance	7
Age related changes in thyroid and cricoid cartilages: An autopsy based radiological analysis	7
Recommendations for large-scale exhumations of Potter's Fields: Cases in the US	6
Editorial Board	6
Assessing the forensic implications of DNA degradation for PMI estimation using comet assay: A systematic review	6
A review of sexual transmitted infection rates among sexually assaulted patients that present for care	6
Estimation of the post-mortem interval; added value of mechanical excitability of human skeletal muscle	6
Identifying the prevalence of genito-anal injuries amongst clients attending St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre following an allegation of anal penetration	6
Decomposition variability between the scene and autopsy examination and implications for post-mortem interval estimations	6
Editorial Board	6
Analysis of non-metric dental traits for ethnicity identification in a mixed population of Uttar Pradesh	6
The significance of evaluating sphenoid sinus fluid by postmortem computed tomography in cases of drowning	6
Professional legislation knowledge of dentists and psychological effects of negligence	6
Severe poisoning after smoking a mixture of 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl (4-FiBF) and alpha-pyrolidinoisohexaphenone (α-PiHP)	6
Postmortem tissue alterations induced by corrosive substances – a scoping review	6
A rare case of sudden death due to endomyocardial fibrosis in Italy: A differential diagnosis with other causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy	6
Beyond the distance between juridic and scientific decision-making process: An evidence-based prediction algorithm for professional liability assessment in healthcare-associated infections	6
Elemental composition of hair as a marker for forensic human identification	6
The specifics of homicide-suicide in France	5
Alcimedes	5
Assaults in schools: Findings using a national data base	5
Paediatrician experience of management of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy	5
Microbial community analyses provide a differential diagnosis for the antemortem and postmortem injury of decayed cadaver: An animal model	5
Postmortem biochemistry in deaths from ischemic heart disease	5
Is it time for other practitioners to certify death?	5
Informing therapeutic care and legal process in assault cases involving non-fatal strangulation	5
Risk factors of sudden cardiac death in women: A 10 years study in Tunisia	5
A prospective non-fatal injuries assessment: A multivariate analysis in medical-legal examinations	5
Risk factor analysis of medical litigation outcomes in obstetrics and gynecology: A retrospective cohort study of 344 claims in Japan	5
Acute vertical deceleration injury: A case of cranial impalement	5
Comperative evaluation of Nolla, Willems and Cameriere methods for age estimation of Turkish children in the Central Black Sea Region: A preliminary study	5
Thick quilt may severely impact the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology-based methods -two case reports	5
What constitutes a high-quality, comprehensive medico-legal asylum affidavit in the United States immigration context? A multi-sectoral consensus-building modified Delphi	5
Femicide in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil: Matched case-control study	4
Commentary - Forensic & Legal Medicine in the UK in 2021	4
3D printing and CBCT anatomical reproducibility assessment in forensic scenarios	4
Evaluation of medical malpractice claims in obstetric ultrasonography: Opinion of The Council of Forensic Medicine in Turkey	4
Common medical ethics dilemmas: Few reflections from a Saudi perspective	4
“Touch microbiome” as a potential tool for forensic investigation: A pilot study	4
The significance of APACHE II as a predictor of mortality in paraquat poisoning: A systematic review and meta-analysis	4

Can prisons be trauma-informed? Reflections on the development of a trauma-informed approach	4
Significantly reduced rates of interpersonal violence in an urban Danish population 2003–2021	4
Awareness survey on drug crime scene investigation and drug detection kits among drug-related police officers	4
Subendocardial hemorrhages in a case of crush asphyxia	4
Sleep, waking and sleep inertia in sexual assault: A retrospective descriptive study	4
Effects of antibiotics ceftriaxone and levofloxacin on the growth of Calliphora vomitoria L. (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and effects on the determination of the post-mortem interval	4
Analysis of the pathogenesis of acute necrotizing esophagitis (black esophagus): A report of three autopsy cases	4
Performance of an on-site urine multidrug test used by forensic physicians in determining the cause of death	4
Fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries: An unusual case of sudden death and review of the literature	4
Comment to the article: Discriminating between consensual intercourse and sexual assault: Genital-anal injury pattern in females	4
Pathology of fatal diffuse brain injury in severe non-penetrating head trauma	4
The analysis of pregnancies terminated before and after the limit of viability: A medicolegal view	4
The hidden world of a sexual offence examiner	4
Temporomandibular joint trauma and disability assessment - A longitudinal exploratory study	4
Identification of N-piperidinyl etonitazene in alternative keratinous matrices from a decomposing cadaver	4
Failure to provide evidential breath specimens in females	4
Comment on Tomsia M. et al. Article “sodium nitrite detection in costal cartilage and vitreous humor - Case report of fatal poisoning with sodium nitrite”	4
Editorial Board	4
Review of nine malpractice cases with allegations of causation of cervical artery dissection by cervical spine manipulation: No evidence for causation	4
A subjective analysis of participants’ views in a study of experimental modelling of imposed airway obstruction in infants and children	4
Mapping the landscape: Analysis of publication trends in forensic anthropology. Insights from Poland	3
Sodium azide/nitrite suicides in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2022	3
Usefulness of powdered crown of mandibular first premolars in birth year estimation by radiocarbon dating	3
Review of the demographic factors and toxicology related to deaths due to pregabalin in Northern Ireland	3
Rare fatal effect of combined use of sildenafil and alcohol leading to Cerebrovascular Accident	3
A preliminary study to quantify the efficacy of 3D data acquisition for human bone replication	3
Comparative study on informed consent regulation in health care among Italy, France, United Kingdom, Nordic Countries, Germany, and Spain	3
Toxico-epidemiology of acute poisoning; an exploratory study from a tertiary care hospital in South India along with global comparisons and solutions	3
Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review	3
Viral infection and sudden non-cardiac death: A systematic review	3
Facial age progression: Review of scientific literature and value for missing person identification in forensic medicine	3
Analysis of aborted fetal material using autosomal STR markers in forensic cases of sexual assault	3
Developmental changes of the facial skeleton from birth to 18 years within a South African cohort (A computed tomography study)	3
The importance of outliers in forensic practice	3
Application of 3D imaging and selfies in forensic dental identification	3
The completeness of routine registration of the counterpart in deliberate interpersonal violence in an urban emergency department	3
Quality standards in forensic medicine	3
Examination of bone fractures in women exposed to domestic violence (Tokat-Turkey)	3
The hidden aspect of carotid lesions in traffic accidents: A little-known phenomenon	3
Suspicion of needle pricking/spiking in 2022 in Paris, France, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine	3
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 analys	3
Editorial Board	3
Sexual Safety in English mental health in-patient beds: has nothing been learned?	3
Nystagmus among suspected amphetamine impaired drivers	3
Relationships between cause of death and concentrations of seven steroids obtained from the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of cadavers	3
Petechiae and subconjunctival hemorrhages in a child after a visit to the dentist	3
A critical assessment of the diatom test of rib bone marrow as a supporting procedure in the case of drowning	3
Femicide in Ireland 2012–2023	3
An investigation into the profile and temporal evolution of firearm-related fatalities at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Laboratory	3
Analysis of the descriptive characteristics of female victims of violence applying to the domestic violence office of a court of law	3
A fatal suicidal sodium nitrite ingestion determined six days after death	3
Non-fatal strangulation versus general assault in a clinical forensic medicine cohort: Characteristics of patient, perpetrator and presentation	3
The impact of major occupational injuries on professional reintegration. A Portuguese medico-legal contribution	3
Bilateral arachnoid cyst-associated subdural fluid collections in an infant following TBI	3
Forensic medicine in (West-Bank) Palestine visions and obstacles	3
The use of dye to detect sites of hemorrhage and leak in postmortem cases	3
The forensic implications of lonely deaths (Kodokushi) – A South Australian study	3
Forensic toxicological and analytical aspects of carbamate poisoning – A review	2
Abuse of defibrillator pads: Suicide by electrocution	2
Physical health status of individuals convicted of sexual offences: Results from an Australian prisoner cohort	2
Unusual autopsy, unusual tissue(s) for DNA, but a useful genetic profile: A case of the DNA profiling from the human tissue of challenged provenance	2
Editorial Board	2
A fatal case of acetamiprid poisoning with turquoise urine	2
Tracking devices and Intimate Partner Violence: Dangers beyond benefits highlight the need for legislative regulation	2
An approximation to the identification of contexts, experiences, and profiles of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults	2
A pilot study for investigating the feasibility of supervised machine learning approaches for the classification of pedestrians struck by vehicles	2
A primary study of ethanol production in postmortem liver and muscle tissue of rats	2
Which tissue to take? A retrospective study of the identification success of altered human remains	2
Common errors In medico-legal reporting by the first responders at A tertiary trauma unit In North India	2
Loss of Wharton's jelly and fibrosis in umbilical cord stricture area: A case report	2
Editorial Board	2
Facial growth parameters in Down syndrome: Review of the literature and forensic application for missing persons age progression	2
Forensic odontology: Wrong convictions, “bad apples” and “the innocence files”	2
Analysis of free-fall bullet injury potential in the cranium via finite elements method	2
Storage of evidence and delayed reporting after sexual assault: Rates and impact factors on subsequent reporting	2
Cerebrospinal fluid in forensic toxicology: Current status and future perspectives	2
Purple bowel misdiagnosed as intestinal hemorrhage	2
WITHDRAWN: Sudden cardiac death: the role of molecular autopsy with next-generation sequencing	2
Alcimedes	2
Death due to extensive aortic dissection with an unusual retrograde extension in a young adult	2

The role of miRNA-21 and hypoxia inducible factor-1 in predicting post mortem interval in cardiac muscles of aluminum phosphide deaths	2
Temporal changes in extra-axial brain hematoma's signal intensity in magnetic resonance images of trauma patients: A preliminary, technical study	2
Medicolegal study of Egyptian suspicious childhood deaths during 2020–2021	2
Association of Paraphenylenediamine (PPD), with suicidal attempts in Pakistan- A cross-sectional study	2
Reflective writing an assessment strategy for post-mortem observational activity in medical students	2
Letter to the Editor regarding the article “Neck vascular lesions in hanging cases: A literature review”	2
Transfer and persistence of microbiota markers from the human hand to the knife: A preliminary study	2
Sudden infantile death due to left ventricular myocardial ischemia associated with undiagnosed single coronary artery of Lipton's type LII-B	2
Strangulation in sexual homicide: Is it opportunity, victim's vulnerability or sadism?	2
Questions of logic in Atlas methods of dental age estimation	2
The prevalence of non-accidental trauma among children with polytrauma: A nationwide level-I trauma centre study	2
Sexual dimorphism and bilateral difference of fingerprint sweat pore among Slovak population	2
Upper and lower limb amputations in vehicle-related fatalities	2
A Swiss collaborative exercise for Disaster Victim Identification (DVI): Covering situations with different levels of complexity	2
Age-at-death estimation based on algorithms for multi-class discriminant analysis using binary and ordinal predictors	2
Alcimedes for June/July edition	2
EAR-LY WARNINGS: THE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF FRANK'S SIGN IN FATAL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE – A FORENSIC PATHOLOGY STUDY	2
Exploring the use of selfies in human identification	2
Quantitative estimation of TNF-α and IL-3 by using ELISA from human lung tissue in fatal asphyxial deaths	2
Pellet gun trauma: An unusual and unexpected type of bone lesion	2
Manner of death associated with multiple tattoos	2
The effect of the presence or absence of skull fractures on intracranial lesion development in road traffic accidents	2
Effect of postmortem interval and conditions of teeth on STR based DNA profiling from unidentified dead bodies	2
Editorial Board	2
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 tomography	2
Suicide pacts in the Milan district (Italy): A retrospective autopsy-based study with literature review	2
Age estimation at death in individuals over 50 using CT images: An innovative anthropological approach	2
Retrospective cohort study of acute behavioural disturbance in police use of force reports	2
Elongated styloid process: An incidental autopsy finding of clinical and medico-legal significance	2
Insulin murder and the case of Colin Norris	1
A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of community deaths in County St. Patrick Trinidad over a one-year period from January to December 2022	1
Intra-familiar homicides: From 2006 to 2021 in the judicial district of Milan	1
Skull fractures or accessory sutures: A case report	1
Identifying the prevalence of genital injuries amongst patients attending Saint Mary's sexual assault referral centre following an allegation of digital penetration	1
Challenges encountered by emergency nurses in forensic case management: A qualitative study	1
Two cases of fatal iatrogenic air embolism confirmed by autopsies	1
Using expert-reviewed CSAM to train CNNs and its anthropological analysis	1
Prevalence of blood-borne infections in forensic samples: Epidemiology in areas of Chiba, Japan	1
Pitfalls in arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy (ALVC). A review of the literature with considerations on a single case of sudden death in a juvenile athlete	1
Electrifying evidence: Ten years of fatal encounters with electricity at Tygerberg mortuary	1
Firearm suicides in Sweden	1
A fatal muzzle/barrel injury by home-made firearm-an unusual mechanism	1
Patho-mechanical comparative morpho-characterization of contre-coup injuries of liver by cadaveric experimental simulation for medico-legal and forensic implications	1
A systematic review of photogrammetry as a reliable methodology in gender identification of human skull	1
Ethyl alcohol consumption characteristics of deceased individuals in Lithuania	1
The effect of post-mortem computed tomography angiography (PMCTA) on biomarkers of coronary artery disease	1
Acute concomitant injury and intoxication in complainants of recent sexual assault: A review	1
A new “Stethoscope” autopsy incision in comparison to various conventional incisions along with suturing techniques and body packing methods for post autopsy reconstruction	1
Ethanol concentrations in various biological specimens: Living and postmortem forensic toxicology analysis and comprehensive literature review	1
Three-dimensional visualization of gunshot cavities in ballistic gelatine with computed tomography – A forensic ballistics case study	1
Fatal motorcycle straddle injury consolidated with traumatic testicular dislocation: A case report	1
Fatal injury by high-pressure water jet unit – A case report	1
Accuracy of geometric morphometrics for age estimation using frontal face photographs of children and adolescents: A promising method for forensic practice	1
Editorial Board	1
A method of identifying the high-risk mutations of sudden cardiac death at KCNQ1 and KCNH2 genes	1
Sexual dimorphism of the twelfth thoracic vertebra for sex determination in the Central Thai population	1
Between blunt, sharp and hacking trauma: Observing the characteristics of pickaxe injuries	1
Psychological autopsy: Overview of equivocal deaths, suicides and homicide-suicides	1
Editorial Board	1
Methadone-related death in detention	1
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
Rare presentation of multiple sinuses of Valsalva Aneurysms with rupture into the right atrium: An autopsy case	1
Set up to ‘fail’? Implementing contamination minimisation procedures and environmental monitoring in a Sexual Assault Referral Centre	1
Post-mortem blood lead analysis; a comparison between LeadCare II and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry analysis results	1
Time since death: The histological chronotanatognostic	1
Sodium nitrite detection in costal cartilage and vitreous humor – Case report of fatal poisoning with sodium nitrite	1
Structures, processes and outcomes of health care for people detained in short-term police custody settings: A scoping review	1
Editorial Board	1
Role of molecular techniques in PMI estimation: An update	1
Child sexual abuse, mental health, and legislation in India and Thailand: A cross-country comparison	1
Characteristics and scope of humanitarian relief forensic medical evaluations for immigrant children in the US	1
Correlates of psychopathy in a Tunisian sample of incarcerated women	1
Feminicide: ideology and losing sense of proportion?	1
Fatality from Firework-Induced Trauma: A Case Report	1
Institutionalising forensic sciences and medicine in centres for newly arrived unaccompanied minors: A case study from Milano	1
Trends in the analysis of abrin poisoning for forensic purposes	1
Reasons for contacting the consultation service of a Dutch assault centre	1
Editorial Board	1
Postmortem computed tomography imaging of negative pressure pulmonary edema induced by rice cakes: A case report	1
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 study	1
Challenges and considerations in forensic entomology: A comprehensive review	1
An evaluation of Italian medical students attitudes and knowledge regarding forensic medicine	1
Subdural and epidural hematoma occurrence in relation to the head impact site: An autopsy study	1
Utilizing a participatory curriculum development approach for multidisciplinary training on the forensic medical evaluation of asylum seekers	1
Snake venom – An unconventional recreational substance for psychonauts in India	1
Self-inflicted hammer blows to the head—Literature and case review	1
Elderly suicides in Turkey	1
Trigeminal nerve injuries following dental procedures: A retrospective analysis of malpractice claims from 2016 to 2023 in South Korea	1
Editorial Board	1
Using CT scout view to scan illicit drug carriers may reduce radiation exposure	1
Anthropometric weight estimation is less accurate than visual weight estimation in forensic postmortem cases in a Swiss population	1
Forensic DNA phenotyping: Inferring phenotypic traits from crime scene DNA	1
Study on forensic diagnostic biomarker combination for acute ischemia heart disease based on postmortem biochemistry	1
Investigating the forensic pathological characteristics of systemic vasculitis: A retrospective study of 20 deaths caused by systemic vasculitis	1
The first case of C4-Blast related death in Malaysia: A multidisciplinary approach illustrated with emphasis on conjoint anthropologic and radiologic expertise in forensic identification of skeletal r	1