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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Age estimation in the combined long bones and ribs by histomorphometry: Past, present, and future26
Automatism: Are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater?20
Misconnected chest tube: An extremely unusual fatal complication of secondary pneumothorax16
Mental health care provision for segregated prisoners in England14
Suicide attempts and deaths by self-immolation: A population-based study in Fars (Iran), 2011–201914
Evaluation of autopsied refugee deaths in Izmir, Turkey9
The impact of COVID-19 on clinical forensic medicine and forensic psychiatry: A literature review9
Artefacts due to putrefactive gas production – an overview8
Work-related and non-work-related fatal road accidents: Assessment of psychoactive substance use in commuting8
Women falling from heights in Turkey—can the Latin American model protocol help them?8
Prison healthcare: The practical and ethical consequences of the current state of prisons8
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 8
The UK's Illegal Migration Bill: Human rights violated7
An examination of service user satisfaction in forensic mental health settings7
The “Right” to refuse treatment7
Role of forensic medicine in addressing the war crimes: Perspective from Russia-Ukraine conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic6
The need to histologically exclude the cystic atrioventricular node tumour6
Consent for sexual acts and rape offences: A dangerous international difformity6
A methodological comparison of discriminant function analysis and binary logistic regression for estimating sex in forensic research and case-work5
Correction to a correction of a statistical error5
Identifying focal points to prevent traffic accidents in Japan and specific measures proposed: Aspects common to Japan and South Korea and suggested preventive measures5
Changes in the characteristics of suicide in Japan in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of continued suicide prevention measures5
Supporting people with immigration issues in the context of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 20055
Machine learning and regression analysis for age estimation from the iliac crest based on computed tomographic explorations in an Indian population4
Lethal septic pulmonary thromboembolism in a repatriated body – a rare complication of prolonged urinary catheterization4
The ephemeral self: The legitimacy of an advance euthanasia directive4
How different countries respond to adverse events whilst patients’ rights are protected4
Cable ties in forensic practice4
Fatal gunshot trauma of a child: A case from colonial Cyprus4
RETRACTION NOTICE: Research progress in the estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) using non-coding RNA (ncRNA) markers4
The development and testing of Thai facial soft tissue thickness data in three-dimensional computerized forensic facial reconstruction4
Chemsex-related crime and vulnerability: A public health and criminal justice priority3
Utilizing a combined hospital and criminal justice database to identify risk factors for repeat firearm injury or violent-crime arrest among firearm victims3
Legal and human rights issues in the use of electronic monitoring (using GPS ‘tracking’ technology) in forensic mental health settings in the UK3
COVID-19 Vaccination in those with mental health difficulties: A guide to assist decision-making in England, Scotland, and Wales3
Blood alcohol concentration and road accidents: Underestimation due to time of the arrival to the emergency department (ED) or delay in blood sampling. A 4-Year Retrospective Study in Rome3
The spectrum of presentations of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning3
ChatGPT: Forensic, legal, and ethical issues3
Erratum3
“The uncooperative nearest relative and admission under sections 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983”3
Provision of forensic healthcare services for police custodial settings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: Current practice and implications for other services?3
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 cases3
Compulsory vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in health care professionals in Italy: Bioethical-legal issues3
Scene of death investigation in apparent suicidal deaths in Rotterdam, the Netherlands3
The role of Qatar's first forensic community team in reducing recidivism and re-admission of mentally unwell offenders3
Specific measures to enhance suicide prevention in Japan3
When missing becomes murder: An analysis of missing-femicide cases from the Republic of Ireland2
An analysis of risk factors for child suicide in three centres from 2008 to 20172
The three-parent baby: Medicolegal, forensic and ethical concerns2
Police perspectives on the economic considerations of providing healthcare in short-term custodial settings in Australia2
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 India2
Establishment of a national DNA database in the Republic of Serbia: Legal aspects and implications for the future2
The over-representation of neurodivergent children in Youth Justice Systems and The Youth Court2
Autonomy, liberty, and risk: The ethical and legal challenges of suspending leave of absence for patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic2
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the asylum system2
A review of the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology2
Initiating further measures to prevent traffic accidents in Japan: The use of a social medicine perspective2
The right to mourn: Post-traumatic stress and the forensic pathologist2
Contributory factors regarding childhood cycling fatalities in South Australia before and after the introduction of helmet legislation2
The Julian Assange case and its implications for expert witness evidence2
Postmortem CT and MRI for detecting bowel obstruction in cases of pediatric sepsis deaths2
Lethal giant basal cell carcinoma2
Double suicide in Japan in the post-war reconstruction period, with reference to contemporary Japan2
Research ethics committees: A forum where scientists, editors, and policymakers can cooperate during pandemics2
Crime, punishment, and detention in secure psychiatric hospital2
Psychological trauma and the law…post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or post-traumatic disorders (PTDs)? Is PTSD still fit for purpose?2
Experts, who needs them? Judicial inconsistency in instruction, admission and interpretation of forensic expertise2
RECAPACITA PROJECT: Impact of the New York Convention on capacity modification judgments in persons with severe mental disorders: A comparative study using mixed methodology2
Features of fatal pesticide ingestion in South Australia2
Forensic psychiatric evaluations of people charged with rape in Croatia2
Histotopography of haemorrhagic infiltration in the hanging cutaneous furrow: Where to look for haemorrhagic infiltration in hanging2
Parricide and homicide NGRI offenders: How do they differ?2
‘Hiding in plain sight’ – mass disasters and murder2
Response to: Prone restraint cardiac arrest – A comprehensive review of the scientific literature and an explanation of the physiology2
A randomised controlled trial of eye movement desensitisation and re-processing (EMDR) in forensic services and in prison2
Memories of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS)2
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) within prisons and the criminal justice system2
Methamphetamine use in homicide victims2
Changes in suicide trends among young populations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and Taiwan1
The influence of a Learning to Forgive Program on institutional offending and recidivism among offenders with mental disorder1
Serial neonaticide: Analysis of 126 cases1
England's rate of involuntary psychiatric admission is double that of the Republic of Ireland: Why? A consideration of some possible causes1
Mental health in prisons in Latin America: The effects of COVID-191
Advancing research in adult secure mental health services in England1
Fatal hyperthermia among children in school buses: Analysis of 47 cases in China1
Sex estimation from biometric face photos for forensic purposes1
Professor Nigel Eastman (1945–2022)1
The Abolition of ‘Discharge By Operation of Law’ – patients detained under sections 3 and 37, Mental Health Act 19831
Increasing age and lethal opiate use1
Recidivism risk in male adult sex offenders with psychopathic traits assessed by PCL-R: A systematic review1
Prison-based democratic therapeutic communities, medication, and the power to exclude1
British Academy of Forensic Sciences – President's new year message1
Methamphetamine use and the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis1
Victim–perpetrator relationship, age and method of homicide in intimate and non-intimate cases of femicide from the republic of Ireland1
The UK's exportation of asylum obligations to Rwanda: A challenge to mental health, ethics and the law1
Suspected serial killers and unsuspected statistical blunders1
The British Academy of Forensic Sciences: Diamond anniversary1
Andrew Malkinson: A miscarriage of justice?1
Sex determination using the clavicle by deep learning in a Thai population1
Cognitive and human factors in legal layperson decision making: Sources of bias in juror decision making1
The workload of a medical examiner service at an acute National Health Service hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital experience1
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Intervention (TCTSY). Improving Conditions for Incarcerated Women in Latin America1
Without a trace: Long-term missing women and girls and ‘no-body’ femicides from the Republic of Ireland1
Crime-scene and offender characteristics in conventional and nonconventional stranger homicides committed by male offenders in Sweden1
Creating a system to quickly determine cause of death, and efforts that should be made to elucidate the circumstances of suicides1
To confront sexual violence, we must train non-forensic experts to perform medico-legal evaluations1
Filicide in South Asia: Demography, risk factors, psychiatric, and legal aspects1
Dr Ann Priston OBE1
Response to: Response to: Prone restraint cardiac arrest: A comprehensive review of the scientific literature and an explanation of the physiology1
Developing an initial programme theory for a model of social care in prisons and on release (empowered together): A realist synthesis approach1
RETRACTED: Research progress in the estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) using non-coding RNA (ncRNA) markers1
Forensic considerations in nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism: A case report and review1
Emerging trends in domestic homicide/femicide in Greece over the period 2010–20211
Estimating age from digital radiographic images of lumbar vertebrae in a Thai population using an image analysis technique1
Medically assisted suicide in Italy: Recent legal developments on a controversial topic1
Fatal cerebral air embolism post esophageal endoscopy with dilatation: A case report1
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