Medicine Science and the Law

Papers
(The median citation count of Medicine Science and the Law 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
COVID-19 and prisons: Providing mental health care for people in prison, minimising moral injury and psychological distress in mental health staff36
Dental age estimation: Demirjian’s versus the other methods in different populations. A literature review20
An increase in suicides amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Nepal19
Detection of bloodstains using attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy supported with PCA and PCA–LDA18
Psychological impact of being wrongfully accused of criminal offences: A systematic literature review18
A review of the management and safe handling of bodies in cases involving COVID-1914
Prevalence and potential consequences of child labour in India and the possible impact of COVID-19 – a contemporary overview14
The role of forensic pathologists in coronavirus disease 2019 infection: The importance of an interdisciplinary research14
Prone restraint cardiac arrest: A comprehensive review of the scientific literature and an explanation of the physiology13
Methamphetamine deaths: Changing trends and diagnostic issues13
Third molar maturity index and legal age in different ethnic populations: Accuracy of Cameriere’s method13
How well do Regulation 28 reports serve future public health and safety?12
Forensic investigation of arson residue by infrared and Raman spectroscopy: From conventional to non-destructive techniques11
Reform of the death investigation system in Japan10
Zebrafish larvae: A new model to study behavioural effects and metabolism of fentanyl, in comparison to a traditional mice model10
The Islamic perspective on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia10
Drugs, pesticides and metabolites in forensic post-mortem blood samples9
Flubromazolam: Detection in five post-mortem cases8
Complex and complicated suicides in Friuli (1993–2017)8
Cognitive and human factors in legal layperson decision making: Sources of bias in juror decision making8
Cannabis knowledge and implications for health: Considerations regarding the legalization of non-medical cannabis8
Femoral blood concentrations of the designer benzodiazepine etizolam in post-mortem cases8
Dignity and rights of the dead and their families: A compromise in the time of coronavirus disease 20197
Forensic mental-health assessments after coronavirus disease 2019: Will telehealth lead us to trade psychological depth for convenience?7
Violence against women in heterosexual couples: A review of psychological and medico-legal considerations7
Simultaneous analysis of potassium and ammonium ions in the vitreous humour by capillary electrophoresis and their integrated use to infer the post mortem interval (PMI)7
Male victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence: A steadily increasing phenomenon7
Determination of ethanol in micro-volumes of blood by headspace gas chromatography: Statistical comparison between capillary and venous sampling sites7
Alcohol-associated traffic injuries in Verona territory: A nine-year survey6
Validating dental age estimation in Kenyan black children and adolescents using the Willems method6
Mortality in Prisons: The Experience of the Bureau of Legal Medicine of Milan (Italy) (1993–2017)6
Monozygotic twins: Identical or distinguishable for science and law?6
Role of forensic medicine in addressing the war crimes: Perspective from Russia-Ukraine conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic5
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in mHealth: Theoretical and practical aspects for practitioners’ use5
DNA profiling and databasing: An analysis of issues and challenges in the criminal justice system of Pakistan5
Comparison of sex determination using three methods applied to the greater sciatic notch of os coxae in a Thai population: Dry bone morphology, 2-dimensional photograph morphometry, and deep learning 5
Histomorphological aspects of cadaveric skin and its possible use in forensic genetics5
Lodged bullets on computed tomography: Three classification procedures for the virtual investigation of bullets or their fragments that cannot be recovered from the living patient5
The UK's exportation of asylum obligations to Rwanda: A challenge to mental health, ethics and the law5
Ormrod Lecture October 2019: Police restraint – causes of death5
Vehicle fatalities involving collisions with kangaroos4
Informing reform: The views of legal professionals on the unique aspects of Scottish Law4
The early identification of people with personality disorder in the criminal justice system4
ChatGPT: Forensic, legal, and ethical issues4
Traumatic inguinal hernia: An uncommonly reported entity4
Deep learning and morphometric approach for Sex determination of the lumbar vertebrae in a Thai population4
Drug transfer during intimate moments: A key issue in doping control that can be documented by hair tests of the athlete and the partner4
Methamphetamine use and the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis4
Urine drug-testing tampering approaches: Turkish probationers4
Policies and practice in the disclosure of medical error: Insights from leading countries to address the issue in Italy4
Developing a clinical pathway for traumatic stress in prisons3
Forensic age estimation using conventional radiography of the medial clavicular epiphysis: A systematic review3
Education and training in forensic medicine in United Kingdom: Fit for purpose?3
Response to: Response to: Prone restraint cardiac arrest: A comprehensive review of the scientific literature and an explanation of the physiology3
Potential significance of swastika tattoos in a medico-legal setting3
Emerging trends in domestic homicide/femicide in Greece over the period 2010–20213
The development and testing of Thai facial soft tissue thickness data in three-dimensional computerized forensic facial reconstruction3
The workload of a medical examiner service at an acute National Health Service hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital experience3
Glass table tops: An unusual source of lethal domestic injury3
Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope ratios reveal geographic affinity and dietary status of Ajnala skeletal remains: A forensic anthropological study3
Mental health in prisons in Latin America: The effects of COVID-193
Resizing reaction volumes for the ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep kit library preparation3
Evaluation of the relationship between the detectability of seminal stains on laundered fabric and stain age3
Post-mortem analysis of gunshot wounds to the head and thorax in dogs by computed tomography, radiography and forensic necropsy3
Chemsex-related crime and vulnerability: A public health and criminal justice priority3
Testing regression and mean model approaches to facial soft-tissue thickness estimation3
Amendment to the law to curb violence against doctors during the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis in India3
Ultrasonographic evaluation of the wrist and elbow joints: A pilot study to explore a non-invasive technique for age estimation3
England's rate of involuntary psychiatric admission is double that of the Republic of Ireland: Why? A consideration of some possible causes3
The right to mourn: Post-traumatic stress and the forensic pathologist3
Femoral histomorphometric age-at-death studies: The issue of sample size and standard error3
Personality disorders and forensic assessments: The benefits of ICD-113
Identification of skeletal remains by orthopaedic implant: A case report and brief review of the literature3
Emerging issues in the approach to submerged bodies: Water-related deaths in Friuli, northeastern Italy (1993–2020). Analysis of post-mortem reports and some unusual cases2
Genetic analysis of 12 X-short tandem repeats loci in a northern Thai population2
Explosion fatalities in Sweden, 2000–20182
Dr Eddie Josse, OBE, MA, FRCGP, DMJ, FFFLM, FACBS (1933–2020)2
Policing mental illness: Police use of section 136 – Perspectives from police and mental-health nurses2
The prone position paradox2
Ethical considerations regarding mental disorder and medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in the prison population2
Lethal mechanisms in cases of inverted suspension from the lap component of seat belts2
Compulsory vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in health care professionals in Italy: Bioethical-legal issues2
Professor Nigel Eastman (1945–2022)2
Terry Keating (1950–2020)2
Consultation between forensic and clinical pathologists for histopathology examination after forensic autopsy2
Diagnostic accuracies of CTs, X-rays and Lodox to detect blunt force trauma in adults, using a pig model2
A meta-analysis on the effects of incarceration-based opioid substitution treatment2
Delayed fatal upper-airway obstruction due to laryngopharyngeal burns and thermal epiglottis2
Autopsy findings of suicidal hanging in Mugla, Turkey2
Estimating age from digital radiographic images of lumbar vertebrae in a Thai population using an image analysis technique2
Signs of an increase in suicides due to the effects of COVID-192
Over 30 years of liaison and diversion in England and Wales: How far have we come, and what is now needed?2
Clinical and scientific expert witness bias: Sources and expression2
Casper’s sign in the elderly2
Response to: Prone restraint cardiac arrest – A comprehensive review of the scientific literature and an explanation of the physiology2
Humanitarian forensic action in aviation disasters: Managing personal effects2
A retrospective cohort study describing characteristics of those repeatedly detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act over a 5-year period and the association with past abuse2
Histotopography of haemorrhagic infiltration in the hanging cutaneous furrow: Where to look for haemorrhagic infiltration in hanging2
Childhood cycling fatalities in South Australia before and after the introduction of helmet legislation2
Sex estimation from biometric face photos for forensic purposes2
Age-related changes in the hyoid bone: An autopsy-based radiological analysis2
Major organ loss from post-mortem animal predation: Issues arising from emptied body cavities2
Court liaison and diversion services for people with neurodevelopmental conditions: A House of Lords consensus meeting2
Exploring the prevalence of personality disorder and the feasibility of using the SAPAS as a screening tool for personality disorder in an emergency department in India1
Forensic issues arising in the assessment of chlorine-related deaths in a domestic setting1
Accusations of witchcraft: A form of violence against women in Nepal1
Victim–perpetrator relationship, age and method of homicide in intimate and non-intimate cases of femicide from the republic of Ireland1
Fatal cerebral air embolism post esophageal endoscopy with dilatation: A case report1
The criminalisation of miscarriage associated with illicit substance consumption whilst pregnant1
High-dose benzodiazepine dependence among health-care professionals: A neglected phenomenon1
Workplace hazards in forensic mortuaries in Saudi Arabia: A survey of forensic mortuary personnel1
Double suicide in Japan in the post-war reconstruction period, with reference to contemporary Japan1
Health implications of the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda: Evidence from medico-legal reports1
Evaluation of secondary dentin deposition in lower first molars to indicate a legal age threshold of 14 years using receiver operating characteristic curves1
Custodial deaths seen in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Lagos, Nigeria: An 11-year autopsy study1
Death following extreme temperature exposure: Histological, biochemical and immunohistochemical markers1
Suicides following an earthquake: Japanese proposals arising from post-earthquake analyses1
An overview of suicides related to motor vehicles1
Silos and rigid processes: Barriers to the successful implementation of the Older prisoner Health and Social Care Assessment and Plan1
The Italian ‘holistic’ vision of forensic medicine and science1
Foreword to the proceedings of the 43rd National Congress of the Italian Society of Legal and Insurance Medicine (SIMLA), Verona, 20181
Legal and human rights issues in the use of electronic monitoring (using GPS ‘tracking’ technology) in forensic mental health settings in the UK1
Changes in the characteristics of suicide in Japan in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of continued suicide prevention measures1
Trends in motorcycle accident mortality in Lagos: Consequences of government policy changes1
Acute necrotising duodenitis1
Legal response to the gene-edited babies event1
Extradition and mental health: The need for multidisciplinary review and research1
Deaths associated with wheelchairs1
Effect of incomplete sampling description in DNA reports on bloodstain pattern analysis and reconstruction of a crime scene1
Advancing research in adult secure mental health services in England1
Thunder storm mortality: Issues of medicolegal concern1
Forensic casework analysis and legal challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 global pandemic: An update from Pakistan1
The threat to our human rights: The repeal of the Human Rights Act 19981
Are the Preliminary Impairment Tests used by UK police fit for purpose?1
Response to: The prone position paradox1
Establishment of a national DNA database in the Republic of Serbia: Legal aspects and implications for the future1
Manual scavenging and the right to health in India – social and medicolegal perspectives1
Legislative differences may influence the characteristics of involuntary hospitalised psychiatric patients1
Death and dignity in India and Nepal during the second wave of Coronavirus disease 20191
Scene of death investigation in apparent suicidal deaths in Rotterdam, the Netherlands1
RETRACTION NOTICE: A study of elderly unnatural deaths in medico-legal autopsies at Lucknow locality1
How often is autopsy contributory in cases of sepsis?1
Issues and problems involving acid attacks against male victims in India1
Diagnosing coronary thrombosis using multiphase post-mortem CT angiography (MPMCTA): A case study1
Specific measures to enhance suicide prevention in Japan1
Filicide in South Asia: Demography, risk factors, psychiatric, and legal aspects1
DNA evidence in sexual assault cases in Pakistan1
Provision of forensic healthcare services for police custodial settings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: Current practice and implications for other services?1
COVID-19: A systematic evaluation of personal protective equipment (PPE) performance during restraint1
Do not resuscitate: Lawful or unlawful?1
Current state of cause of death determinations in Japan and the need to list the precise underlying cause of death1
Research ethics committees: A forum where scientists, editors, and policymakers can cooperate during pandemics1
Evaluation of autopsied refugee deaths in Izmir, Turkey1
Knowledge of evidence-based practices for PTSD among mental health court judges1
Philemon and Baucis deaths: A case of two siblings and state of the art1
Morphological cardiac changes in electrocution deaths: A literature review1
A methodological comparison of discriminant function analysis and binary logistic regression for estimating sex in forensic research and case-work1
Injuries and deaths caused by non-human primate attacks: Paediatric vulnerability1
McKern-Stewart method as a technique for analysing age related pubic symphyseal changes: A systematic review and meta-analysis1
RETRACTED: Research progress in the estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) using non-coding RNA (ncRNA) markers1
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