OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Forensic Science International is 24. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

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	99
A DWT-SVD based robust digital watermarking for medical image security	70
Dimensionality reduction and visualisation of hyperspectral ink data using t-SNE	68
The Sydney declaration – Revisiting the essence of forensic science through its fundamental principles	53
Recent advances in digital image manipulation detection techniques: A brief review	53
Automated latent fingerprint identification system: A review	42
Biowarfare, bioterrorism and biocrime: A historical overview on microbial harmful applications	39
Fatal poisoning in drug addicts in the Nordic countries in 2017	39
Forensic soil analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and Fourier transform infrared total attenuated reflectance spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR): Principles and case studies	39
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	37
The synthetic cannabinoid 5F-MDMB-PICA: A case series	36
DNA methylation age estimation in blood samples of living and deceased individuals using a multiplex SNaPshot assay	36
Vitreous humor endogenous compounds analysis for post-mortem forensic investigation	33
Cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations in commercially available CBD E-liquids in Switzerland	32
Assessment of a portable quadrupole-based gas chromatography mass spectrometry for seized drug analysis	31
Strengthening the role of forensic anthropology in personal identification: Position statement by the Board of the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE)	30
Fatal methemoglobinemia: A case series highlighting a new trend in intentional sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate ingestion as a method of suicide	28
Isotonitazene: Fatal intoxication in three cases involving this unreported novel psychoactive substance in Switzerland	28
Synthetic route sourcing of illicit at home cannabidiol (CBD) isomerization to psychoactive cannabinoids using ion mobility-coupled-LC–MS/MS	28
Testing wastewater from a music festival in Switzerland to assess illicit drug use	27
Carfentanil – from an animal anesthetic to a deadly illicit drug	25
Contrasting insect activity and decomposition of pigs and humans in an Australian environment: A preliminary study	25
A new LC-MS/MS confirmation method for the determination of 17 drugs of abuse in oral fluid and its application to real samples	25
Bitten or struck by dog: A rising number of fatalities in Europe, 1995–2016	24
Retrospective screening of synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic opioids and designer benzodiazepines in data files from forensic post mortem samples analysed by UHPLC-QTOF-MS from 2014 to 2018	24

Age estimation in the living: A scoping review of population data for skeletal and dental methods