OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Artificial intelligence in forensic mental health: A review of applications and implications	35
Demographics and characteristics of acute sexual assault presentations to a sexual assault service within metropolitan Sydney	33
Physician complicity in human rights violations: Involuntary sterilization among women from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States	27
Non-traumatic ecchymoses: A literature review from a medico-legal perspective	17
Ability to consent to a sexual assault medical forensic examination in adult patients with serious mental illness	15
Reflected near-infrared photography: Digging deeper into post-mortem examination	15
A novel approach towards identification: A case report and review of literature	15
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 estimation	13
Mummification – An historical and cultural overview	13
Umbrella review: CT of frontal, maxillary and sphenoidal sinuses for sexual dimorphism	12
Forensic medical examination after conflict-related sexual violence: A scoping review of the literature	12
Male rape in Brazil: A descriptive analysis from 2010 to 2022	12
“It changed my whole entire thinking”: Identifying narrative elements in medical affidavit writing for asylum seekers	11
Female genital mutilation – An overview for forensic practitioners	10
Cranial anatomical structures with high sexual dimorphism in metric and morphological evaluation: A systematic review	10
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 Türkiye	10
Combined use of cocaine and alcohol: A violent cocktail? A systematic review	10
The final breath on prone restraint deaths: Response to promoting the prone position paranoia	10
Usability of elemental analysis for antemortem and postmortem bone fracture differentiation	10
Wound ballistics and the unusual injuries of the tandem bullet phenomenon: A systematic review of case-specific characteristics	9
Sternal aspirate sampling of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) and Cyanobacteria in suspected drowning cases	9
Oral corpse messaging in drug trafficking victims: A scoping review	9

Necrotizing Fasciitis: When skin confuses - An autopsy case report	8
Determinant factors in the identification of unknown cadavers in a forensic medical institute	8
Life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in congenital afibrinogenemia: Two case reports and systematic literature review	8
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 2012–2023	8
Editorial Board	8
Reflections on editorial and peer review in the forensic medical literature	8
PTSD assessments in sexual assault trials in Taiwan: Interdisciplinary Challenges and Implications for Judicial Policy Reform	8
Blood extravasations in the vaginal and rectal mucosa: probably underdiagnosed findings in female victims of sexual homicide	8
Determining the specificity of the 36-InDelplex panel among species	8
Hunger strikes and force feeding in detention: Clinical and ethical challenges	8
A medical child abuse case with spurious bleeding; importance of collecting the evidence	8
Severe poisoning after smoking a mixture of 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl (4-FiBF) and alpha-pyrolidinoisohexaphenone (α-PiHP)	8
Beyond the distance between juridic and scientific decision-making process: An evidence-based prediction algorithm for professional liability assessment in healthcare-associated infections	7
Homicidal sharp force cases: An 11-year autopsy-based study	7
Diagnosing neurocysticercosis in skeletonized human remains of forensic importance	7
Estimation of the post-mortem interval; added value of mechanical excitability of human skeletal muscle	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	7
Editorial Board	7
Comparing the diagnostic utility of the Pleural Effusion Ratio and the Drowning Index in identifying freshwater drowning deaths	7
Decomposition variability between the scene and autopsy examination and implications for post-mortem interval estimations	7
Knowledge and perception of forensic science among junior police officers in Ghana	6
A review of sexual transmitted infection rates among sexually assaulted patients that present for care	6
A rare case of sudden death due to endomyocardial fibrosis in Italy: A differential diagnosis with other causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy	6
Assessing the forensic implications of DNA degradation for PMI estimation using comet assay: A systematic review	6
A machine learning approach for automated injuries classification on postmortem images	6
Correlation of vitreous and serum biochemical markers with postmortem interval and cold storage duration: A prospective observational study	6
Postmortem tissue alterations induced by corrosive substances – a scoping review	6
The significance of evaluating sphenoid sinus fluid by postmortem computed tomography in cases of drowning	6
Editorial Board	6
Epidemiological, forensic, and clinical insights into burn injuries: A decade-long retrospective analysis from Goa Medical College	6
Analysis of non-metric dental traits for ethnicity identification in a mixed population of Uttar Pradesh	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
Editorial Board	6
Microbial community analyses provide a differential diagnosis for the antemortem and postmortem injury of decayed cadaver: An animal model	5
Acute vertical deceleration injury: A case of cranial impalement	5
The specifics of homicide-suicide in France	5
Identification of N-piperidinyl etonitazene in alternative keratinous matrices from a decomposing cadaver	5
A prospective non-fatal injuries assessment: A multivariate analysis in medical-legal examinations	5
Meningioma: A silent cause of suicide -case study	5
The washing away of evidence: The effect of different washing treatments on body fluid identification and DNA profiling from stained clothing fabrics	5
Informing therapeutic care and legal process in assault cases involving non-fatal strangulation	5
Postmortem biochemistry in deaths from ischemic heart disease	5
Risk factors of sudden cardiac death in women: A 10 years study in Tunisia	5
Drowning and forensic medical process in Türkiye: The retrospective analysis on 989 autopsied cases in 5 years	5
Review of nine malpractice cases with allegations of causation of cervical artery dissection by cervical spine manipulation: No evidence for causation	5
Assaults in schools: Findings using a national data base	5
Is self-immolation still a contemporary phenomenon? Forensic evidence from the case studies of Milan (Italy) and literature review	5
Paediatrician experience of management of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy	5

Systematic review on age assessment using Schmeling and Kellinghaus scoring of the medial end of the clavicle by various diagnostic imaging techniques	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
3D printing and CBCT anatomical reproducibility assessment in forensic scenarios	5
A continuous forensic spectral analysis study to identify antemortem and postmortem muscle contusions by chemometrics	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
Thick quilt may severely impact the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology-based methods -two case reports	5
Risk factor analysis of medical litigation outcomes in obstetrics and gynecology: A retrospective cohort study of 344 claims in Japan	5
The analysis of pregnancies terminated before and after the limit of viability: A medicolegal view	4
Subendocardial hemorrhages in a case of crush asphyxia	4
Commentary - Forensic & Legal Medicine in the UK in 2021	4
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 Turkey	4
Unidentified: Simulation-based education in forensic odontology	4
Validation of an in-house Dutch Forensic Death Coding system (FDC)	4
Analysis of the pathogenesis of acute necrotizing esophagitis (black esophagus): A report of three autopsy cases	4
Can prisons be trauma-informed? Reflections on the development of a trauma-informed approach	4
Awareness survey on drug crime scene investigation and drug detection kits among drug-related police officers	4
Fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries: An unusual case of sudden death and review of the literature	4
The hidden world of a sexual offence examiner	4
A subjective analysis of participants’ views in a study of experimental modelling of imposed airway obstruction in infants and children	4
Nystagmus among suspected amphetamine impaired drivers	4
Facial age progression: Review of scientific literature and value for missing person identification in forensic medicine	4
Viral infection and sudden non-cardiac death: A systematic review	4
Editorial Board	4
Significantly reduced rates of interpersonal violence in an urban Danish population 2003–2021	4
Femicide in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil: Matched case-control study	4
Alcimedes	4
Towards automation of human stage of decay identification: An artificial intelligence approach	4
The use of dye to detect sites of hemorrhage and leak in postmortem cases	4
Common medical ethics dilemmas: Few reflections from a Saudi perspective	4
Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review	4
The significance of APACHE II as a predictor of mortality in paraquat poisoning: A systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Distinguishing injury patterns in pedestrian motor vehicle collisions from fall-from-height impacts. Medico-legal implications	4
Mapping the landscape: Analysis of publication trends in forensic anthropology. Insights from Poland	3
The importance of outliers in forensic practice	3
A fatal suicidal sodium nitrite ingestion determined six days after death	3
Relationships between cause of death and concentrations of seven steroids obtained from the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of cadavers	3
Examination of bone fractures in women exposed to domestic violence (Tokat-Turkey)	3
Forensic medicine in (West-Bank) Palestine visions and obstacles	3
The forensic implications of lonely deaths (Kodokushi) – A South Australian study	3
The completeness of routine registration of the counterpart in deliberate interpersonal violence in an urban emergency department	3
Which tissue to take? A retrospective study of the identification success of altered human remains	3
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 identification	3
Loss of Wharton's jelly and fibrosis in umbilical cord stricture area: A case report	3
Analysis of the descriptive characteristics of female victims of violence applying to the domestic violence office of a court of law	3
Petechiae and subconjunctival hemorrhages in a child after a visit to the dentist	3
Investigating the extent of medical malpractice in cosmetic surgeries during the first half of 2019: A Study of the Tehran Forensic Commission	3
The role of miRNA-21 and hypoxia inducible factor-1 in predicting post mortem interval in cardiac muscles of aluminum phosphide deaths	3
Histopathology in medico-legal autopsies: Clinical foundation, legal mandate, and judicial guarantee	3
A critical assessment of the diatom test of rib bone marrow as a supporting procedure in the case of drowning	3
Editorial Board	3
Association of Paraphenylenediamine (PPD), with suicidal attempts in Pakistan- A cross-sectional study	3
Effects of deferred prosecution on psychological well-being in individuals with substance use disorders	3
Performance of an on-site urine multidrug test used by forensic physicians in determining the cause of death	3
Analysis of aborted fetal material using autosomal STR markers in forensic cases of sexual assault	3
Non-fatal strangulation versus general assault in a clinical forensic medicine cohort: Characteristics of patient, perpetrator and presentation	3
Forensic aspects of healthcare-related murders: a series of homicides and attempted homicides committed by nurses in Italy	3
Quantitative estimation of TNF-α and IL-3 by using ELISA from human lung tissue in fatal asphyxial deaths	3
Comparative study on informed consent regulation in health care among Italy, France, United Kingdom, Nordic Countries, Germany, and Spain	3
Review of the demographic factors and toxicology related to deaths due to pregabalin in Northern Ireland	3
An investigation into the profile and temporal evolution of firearm-related fatalities at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Laboratory	3
Fatal mechanical asphyxia: a comprehensive forensic review with an illustrative case	3
Hepatovascular manifestation of Takayasu arteritis presenting as sudden cardiac death	3
Sodium azide/nitrite suicides in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2022	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
Calcified cartilage-like aggregations of the external acoustic meatus found on cone beam computed tomography scans may offer forensic application: Report of case series	3
The impact of major occupational injuries on professional reintegration. A Portuguese medico-legal contribution	3
Suspicion of needle pricking/spiking in 2022 in Paris, France, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine	3
Rare fatal effect of combined use of sildenafil and alcohol leading to Cerebrovascular Accident	3
Femicide in Ireland 2012–2023	3
A fatal case of acetamiprid poisoning with turquoise urine	3
The effect of the presence or absence of skull fractures on intracranial lesion development in road traffic accidents	3
Usefulness of powdered crown of mandibular first premolars in birth year estimation by radiocarbon dating	3
Quality standards in forensic medicine	3
Evaluation of sexual dimorphism in the foramina of the middle cranial fossa using high-resolution multi-slice computed tomography scan: A cross-sectional study	3
The hidden aspect of carotid lesions in traffic accidents: A little-known phenomenon	3
Ear-ly Warnings: The diagnostic accuracy of Frank's sign in fatal coronary artery disease – A forensic pathology study	3