OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Forensic Science International is 22. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Violence against women in the Covid-19 pandemic: A review of the literature and a call for shared strategies to tackle health and social emergencies	116
The Sydney declaration – Revisiting the essence of forensic science through its fundamental principles	91
A DWT-SVD based robust digital watermarking for medical image security	79
Providing illicit drugs results in five seconds using ultra-portable NIR technology: An opportunity for forensic laboratories to cope with the trend toward the decentralization of forensic capabilitie	42
Isotonitazene: Fatal intoxication in three cases involving this unreported novel psychoactive substance in Switzerland	36
Fatal methemoglobinemia: A case series highlighting a new trend in intentional sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate ingestion as a method of suicide	36
Operationalising forensic genetic genealogy in an Australian context	31
Determination of cannabinoids in urine, oral fluid and hair samples after repeated intake of CBD-rich cannabis by smoking	30
Age estimation in the living: A scoping review of population data for skeletal and dental methods	30
Chemsex/slamsex-related intoxications: A case report involving gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and 3-methylmethcathinone (3-MMC) and a review of the literature	30
Wildlife forensics: A boon for species identification and conservation implications	29
Contrasting insect activity and decomposition of pigs and humans in an Australian environment: A preliminary study	29
Carfentanil – from an animal anesthetic to a deadly illicit drug	28
Fatal intoxication related to two new arylcyclohexylamine derivatives (2F-DCK and 3-MeO-PCE)	27
A forensic analysis on 53 cases of complex suicides and one complicated assessed at the Bureau of Legal Medicine of Milan (Italy)	27
Bitten or struck by dog: A rising number of fatalities in Europe, 1995–2016	26
Analysis of pharmaceutical products and dietary supplements seized from the black market among bodybuilders	24
Surface enhanced Raman scattering specificity for detection and identification of dried bloodstains	23
Trends in counterfeit drugs and pharmaceuticals before and during COVID-19 pandemic	22
Testing the accuracy and reliability of palmar friction ridge comparisons – A black box study	22
Postmortem submersion interval (PMSI) estimation from the microbiome of Sus scrofa bone in a freshwater river	22
Technical Note: The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) Map of Identified Osteological Collections	22
A different perspective on the forensic science crisis	22
Investigation into the prevalence of background DNA on flooring within houses and its transfer to a contacting surface	22