Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Article	Citations
Reflected near-infrared photography: Digging deeper into post-mortem examination	28
Male rape in Brazil: A descriptive analysis from 2010 to 2022	26
Physician complicity in human rights violations: Involuntary sterilization among women from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States	26
Does peer consultation between forensic physicians reduce inter-doctor variation when issuing medical death certifications?	24
A novel approach towards identification: A case report and review of literature	23
Ability to consent to a sexual assault medical forensic examination in adult patients with serious mental illness	19
Will medical cause of death certifications data quality improve in the UK with the new medical examiner system?	18
Non-traumatic ecchymoses: A literature review from a medico-legal perspective	15
Demographics and characteristics of acute sexual assault presentations to a sexual assault service within metropolitan Sydney	14
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and macroscopic analysis of immature human permanent molar immersion in hydrochloric acid (HCL, 38%)	12
Mummification – An historical and cultural overview	12
Usability of elemental analysis for antemortem and postmortem bone fracture differentiation	12
Female genital mutilation – An overview for forensic practitioners	12
Corrigendum to “Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review” [J Forensic Legal Med 103 (2024) 1–9 102675]	12
“It changed my whole entire thinking”: Identifying narrative elements in medical affidavit writing for asylum seekers	11
Sternal aspirate sampling of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) and Cyanobacteria in suspected drowning cases	10
Cranial anatomical structures with high sexual dimorphism in metric and morphological evaluation: A systematic review	10
Forensic medical examination after conflict-related sexual violence: A scoping review of the literature	10
Online teaching of forensic medicine and pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A course evaluation	10
Wound ballistics and the unusual injuries of the tandem bullet phenomenon: A systematic review of case-specific characteristics	9
Combined use of cocaine and alcohol: A violent cocktail? A systematic review	9
Management of female suspects of sexual assault	9
Early postmortem biochemical, histological, and immunohistochemical alterations in skeletal muscles of rats exposed to boldenone undecylenate: Forensic implication	9
Oral corpse messaging in drug trafficking victims: A scoping review	9
A medical child abuse case with spurious bleeding; importance of collecting the evidence	8

Reflections on editorial and peer review in the forensic medical literature	8
Determinant factors in the identification of unknown cadavers in a forensic medical institute	8
Umbrella review: CT of frontal, maxillary and sphenoidal sinuses for sexual dimorphism	8
Diagnosing neurocysticercosis in skeletonized human remains of forensic importance	7
Editorial Board	7
Severe poisoning after smoking a mixture of 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl (4-FiBF) and alpha-pyrolidinoisohexaphenone (α-PiHP)	7
Femicide in Ireland 2012–2023	7
Editorial Board	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
Life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in congenital afibrinogenemia: Two case reports and systematic literature review	6
Hunger strikes and force feeding in detention: Clinical and ethical challenges	6
Editorial Board	6
Estimation of the post-mortem interval; added value of mechanical excitability of human skeletal muscle	6
A rare case of sudden death due to endomyocardial fibrosis in Italy: A differential diagnosis with other causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy	6
Investigating the phenomenon of overkill in Greece: A forensic psychiatric autopsy study between 2005 and 2020	6
Necrotizing Fasciitis: When skin confuses - An autopsy case report	6
Homicidal sharp force cases: An 11-year autopsy-based study	6
Beyond the distance between juridic and scientific decision-making process: An evidence-based prediction algorithm for professional liability assessment in healthcare-associated infections	6
The significance of evaluating sphenoid sinus fluid by postmortem computed tomography in cases of drowning	6
Postmortem tissue alterations induced by corrosive substances – a scoping review	6
A review of sexual transmitted infection rates among sexually assaulted patients that present for care	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
Decomposition variability between the scene and autopsy examination and implications for post-mortem interval estimations	6
Editorial Board	6
Analysis of non-metric dental traits for ethnicity identification in a mixed population of Uttar Pradesh	6
Assessing the forensic implications of DNA degradation for PMI estimation using comet assay: A systematic review	6
Thick quilt may severely impact the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology-based methods -two case reports	5
Assaults in schools: Findings using a national data base	5
Acute vertical deceleration injury: A case of cranial impalement	5
Risk factors of sudden cardiac death in women: A 10 years study in Tunisia	5
Professional legislation knowledge of dentists and psychological effects of negligence	5
Paediatrician experience of management of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy	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
A prospective non-fatal injuries assessment: A multivariate analysis in medical-legal examinations	5
Elemental composition of hair as a marker for forensic human identification	5
Informing therapeutic care and legal process in assault cases involving non-fatal strangulation	5
Regarding “acute necrotizing esophagitis (black esophagus): An autopsy case with alcoholic ketoacidosis”	5
Subendocardial hemorrhages in a case of crush asphyxia	4
Risk factor analysis of medical litigation outcomes in obstetrics and gynecology: A retrospective cohort study of 344 claims in Japan	4
Postmortem biochemistry in deaths from ischemic heart disease	4
Significantly reduced rates of interpersonal violence in an urban Danish population 2003–2021	4
Fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries: An unusual case of sudden death and review of the literature	4
An autopsy case of death due to AC compressor blast – A rare case illustrating primary, secondary, tertiary & quaternary blast injuries	4
The hidden world of a sexual offence examiner	4
Is it time for other practitioners to certify death?	4
The specifics of homicide-suicide in France	4
What constitutes a high-quality, comprehensive medico-legal asylum affidavit in the United States immigration context? A multi-sectoral consensus-building modified Delphi	4
Case stories and Post-violence behavior of women seeking medical attention at the emergency department due to physical violence	4
Sleep, waking and sleep inertia in sexual assault: A retrospective descriptive study	4

A subjective analysis of participants’ views in a study of experimental modelling of imposed airway obstruction in infants and children	4
Awareness survey on drug crime scene investigation and drug detection kits among drug-related police officers	4
The analysis of pregnancies terminated before and after the limit of viability: A medicolegal view	4
Microbial community analyses provide a differential diagnosis for the antemortem and postmortem injury of decayed cadaver: An animal model	4
COVID-19-related deaths in residential care homes for elderly: The situation in Italy	4
Alcimedes	4
Temporomandibular joint trauma and disability assessment - A longitudinal exploratory study	4
Commentary - Forensic & Legal Medicine in the UK in 2021	4
Common medical ethics dilemmas: Few reflections from a Saudi perspective	3
Evaluation of medical malpractice claims in obstetric ultrasonography: Opinion of The Council of Forensic Medicine in Turkey	3
Bilateral arachnoid cyst-associated subdural fluid collections in an infant following TBI	3
Examination of bone fractures in women exposed to domestic violence (Tokat-Turkey)	3
Unidentified: Simulation-Based Education in Forensic Odontology	3
The significance of APACHE II as a predictor of mortality in paraquat poisoning: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Nystagmus among suspected amphetamine impaired drivers	3
3D printing and CBCT anatomical reproducibility assessment in forensic scenarios	3
Pathology of fatal diffuse brain injury in severe non-penetrating head trauma	3
“Touch microbiome” as a potential tool for forensic investigation: A pilot study	3
Editorial Board	3
Review of nine malpractice cases with allegations of causation of cervical artery dissection by cervical spine manipulation: No evidence for causation	3
Facial age progression: Review of scientific literature and value for missing person identification in forensic medicine	3
The forensic implications of lonely deaths (Kodokushi) – A South Australian study	3
A fatal suicidal sodium nitrite ingestion determined six days after death	3
Editorial Board	3
Validation of an in-house Dutch Forensic Death Coding system (FDC)	3
Forensic medicine in (West-Bank) Palestine visions and obstacles	3
The use of dye to detect sites of hemorrhage and leak in postmortem cases	3
Comment to the article: Discriminating between consensual intercourse and sexual assault: Genital-anal injury pattern in females	3
Sexual Safety in English mental health in-patient beds: has nothing been learned?	3
Can prisons be trauma-informed? Reflections on the development of a trauma-informed approach	3
Identification of N-piperidinyl etonitazene in alternative keratinous matrices from a decomposing cadaver	3
Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review	3
Performance of an on-site urine multidrug test used by forensic physicians in determining the cause of death	3
Editorial Board	3
Toxico-epidemiology of acute poisoning; an exploratory study from a tertiary care hospital in South India along with global comparisons and solutions	3
Suspicion of needle pricking/spiking in 2022 in Paris, France, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine	3
Analysis of the pathogenesis of acute necrotizing esophagitis (black esophagus): A report of three autopsy cases	3
Effects of antibiotics ceftriaxone and levofloxacin on the growth of Calliphora vomitoria L. (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and effects on the determination of the post-mortem interval	3
Comment on Tomsia M. et al. Article “sodium nitrite detection in costal cartilage and vitreous humor - Case report of fatal poisoning with sodium nitrite”	3
Viral infection and sudden non-cardiac death: A systematic review	3
Femicide in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil: Matched case-control study	3
Failure to provide evidential breath specimens in females	3
Infective endocarditis and litigation for compensation on healthcare-associated infections: an Italian sample analysis	2
Mapping the landscape: Analysis of publication trends in forensic anthropology. Insights from Poland	2
Editorial Board	2
Letter to the Editor regarding the article “Neck vascular lesions in hanging cases: A literature review”	2
Medicolegal study of Egyptian suspicious childhood deaths during 2020–2021	2
Rare fatal effect of combined use of sildenafil and alcohol leading to Cerebrovascular Accident	2
Review of the demographic factors and toxicology related to deaths due to pregabalin in Northern Ireland	2
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	2
Manner of death associated with multiple tattoos	2
The role of miRNA-21 and hypoxia inducible factor-1 in predicting post mortem interval in cardiac muscles of aluminum phosphide deaths	2
Relationships between cause of death and concentrations of seven steroids obtained from the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of cadavers	2
The completeness of routine registration of the counterpart in deliberate interpersonal violence in an urban emergency department	2
Comparative study on informed consent regulation in health care among Italy, France, United Kingdom, Nordic Countries, Germany, and Spain	2
Petechiae and subconjunctival hemorrhages in a child after a visit to the dentist	2
An approximation to the identification of contexts, experiences, and profiles of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults	2
Effect of postmortem interval and conditions of teeth on STR based DNA profiling from unidentified dead bodies	2
A clinical investigation into the ability of subjects with lung disease to provide breath specimens using the EvidenzerIRL evidential breath analyser in alcohol intoxicant driving in criminal justice	2
Reflective writing an assessment strategy for post-mortem observational activity in medical students	2
Femicide in Ireland 2012–2023	2
Suicide pacts in the Milan district (Italy): A retrospective autopsy-based study with literature review	2
A critical assessment of the diatom test of rib bone marrow as a supporting procedure in the case of drowning	2
The importance of outliers in forensic practice	2
Usefulness of powdered crown of mandibular first premolars in birth year estimation by radiocarbon dating	2
Quantitative estimation of TNF-α and IL-3 by using ELISA from human lung tissue in fatal asphyxial deaths	2
Alcimedes for June/July edition	2
The hidden aspect of carotid lesions in traffic accidents: A little-known phenomenon	2
An investigation into the profile and temporal evolution of firearm-related fatalities at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Laboratory	2
Analysis of aborted fetal material using autosomal STR markers in forensic cases of sexual assault	2
The effect of the presence or absence of skull fractures on intracranial lesion development in road traffic accidents	2
A primary study of ethanol production in postmortem liver and muscle tissue of rats	2
Physical health status of individuals convicted of sexual offences: Results from an Australian prisoner cohort	2
WITHDRAWN: Sudden cardiac death: the role of molecular autopsy with next-generation sequencing	2
Application of 3D imaging and selfies in forensic dental identification	2
Editorial Board	2
Non-fatal strangulation versus general assault in a clinical forensic medicine cohort: Characteristics of patient, perpetrator and presentation	2
Age estimation at death in individuals over 50 using CT images: An innovative anthropological approach	2
Which tissue to take? A retrospective study of the identification success of altered human remains	2
A fatal case of acetamiprid poisoning with turquoise urine	2

A preliminary study to quantify the efficacy of 3D data acquisition for human bone replication	2
Sodium azide/nitrite suicides in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2022	2
Alcimedes	2
Developmental changes of the facial skeleton from birth to 18 years within a South African cohort (A computed tomography study)	2
Quality standards in forensic medicine	2
The impact of major occupational injuries on professional reintegration. A Portuguese medico-legal contribution	2
Analysis of the descriptive characteristics of female victims of violence applying to the domestic violence office of a court of law	2
Association of Paraphenylenediamine (PPD), with suicidal attempts in Pakistan- A cross-sectional study	2
Loss of Wharton's jelly and fibrosis in umbilical cord stricture area: A case report	2
Acute concomitant injury and intoxication in complainants of recent sexual assault: A review	1
The interest of using vitreous humor for γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) quantification in related fatalities: Stability evaluation, case report and literature review	1
Patho-mechanical comparative morpho-characterization of contre-coup injuries of liver by cadaveric experimental simulation for medico-legal and forensic implications	1
An autopsy case report of tramline bruises with various shapes –histological and mechanistic considerations–	1
Characteristics and scope of humanitarian relief forensic medical evaluations for immigrant children in the US	1
Reproducibility and reliability of fingerprint microfeatures: Effect of immersing hand in water at different temperatures	1
Pellet gun trauma: An unusual and unexpected type of bone lesion	1
Alcimedes	1
Fatal injury by high-pressure water jet unit – A case report	1
Forensic toxicological and analytical aspects of carbamate poisoning – A review	1
The functional health needs of older persons in custody: A rapid review	1
Insulin murder and the case of Colin Norris	1
Child sexual abuse, mental health, and legislation in India and Thailand: A cross-country comparison	1
A Swiss collaborative exercise for Disaster Victim Identification (DVI): Covering situations with different levels of complexity	1
Three-dimensional visualization of gunshot cavities in ballistic gelatine with computed tomography – A forensic ballistics case study	1
Can human sex be estimated based on the dimensions of the maxillary sinuses? A systematic review of the literature on cone-beam and multi-slice computed tomography	1
Analyzing two decades of intimate partner femicide-suicides in Türkiye	1
Forensic odontology: Wrong convictions, “bad apples” and “the innocence files”	1
Trigeminal nerve injuries following dental procedures: A retrospective analysis of malpractice claims from 2016 to 2023 in South Korea	1
Retrospective cohort study of acute behavioural disturbance in police use of force reports	1
Sibutramine-induced pheochromocytoma crisis: A rare and lethal occurrence	1
Elongated styloid process: An incidental autopsy finding of clinical and medico-legal significance	1
The socio-economic status of families experiencing the sudden unexpected death of an infant – Is it possibly related to a higher rate of non-natural deaths among them	1
Ethanol concentrations in various biological specimens: Living and postmortem forensic toxicology analysis and comprehensive literature review	1
Feminicide: ideology and losing sense of proportion?	1
Death due to extensive aortic dissection with an unusual retrograde extension in a young adult	1
Identifying vulnerability in police custody: Making sense of information provided to custody officers	1
Utilizing a participatory curriculum development approach for multidisciplinary training on the forensic medical evaluation of asylum seekers	1
Editorial Board	1
Abuse of defibrillator pads: Suicide by electrocution	1
Investigating the forensic pathological characteristics of systemic vasculitis: A retrospective study of 20 deaths caused by systemic vasculitis	1
Suspension torture and its physical sequelae	1
Purple bowel misdiagnosed as intestinal hemorrhage	1
Set up to ‘fail’? Implementing contamination minimisation procedures and environmental monitoring in a Sexual Assault Referral Centre	1
Manual and instrument asphyxiation/strangulation: Examining perpetrator and victim characteristics	1
Genital injuries and allegation of digital vaginal penetration – A retrospective examination of forensic case notes	1
Ethyl alcohol consumption characteristics of deceased individuals in Lithuania	1
Editorial Board	1
Strangulation in sexual homicide: Is it opportunity, victim's vulnerability or sadism?	1
Alcimedes	1
Cerebrospinal fluid in forensic toxicology: Current status and future perspectives	1
Correlates of psychopathy in a Tunisian sample of incarcerated women	1
Sudden infantile death due to left ventricular myocardial ischemia associated with undiagnosed single coronary artery of Lipton's type LII-B	1
A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of community deaths in County St. Patrick Trinidad over a one-year period from January to December 2022	1
The association between childhood trauma and lifetime suicide attempts among a sample of male prisoners: A pilot observational study	1
Suicide behaviours in incarcerated males: Links to psychopathic traits, forms of aggression to others, personal characteristics, and current penitentiary variables	1
Sexual dimorphism and bilateral difference of fingerprint sweat pore among Slovak population	1
Erratum to “Sessa et al. First report of Heleomyzidae (Diptera) recovered from the inner cavity of an intact human femur” [J Forensic Leg Med. (2019) 66 4–7]	1
The prevalence of non-accidental trauma among children with polytrauma: A nationwide level-I trauma centre study	1
Two fatal cases due to inadvertent discharge of carbon dioxide fire suppressant: Intoxication or asphyxiation?	1
Temporal changes in extra-axial brain hematoma's signal intensity in magnetic resonance images of trauma patients: A preliminary, technical study	1
Therapeutic artifact: Case series	1
Time since death: The histological chronotanatognostic	1
Research trends in forensic anthropology: A bibliometric analysis	1
Tracking devices and Intimate Partner Violence: Dangers beyond benefits highlight the need for legislative regulation	1
Alcimedes - for May 2021	1
Self-inflicted hammer blows to the head—Literature and case review	1
A novel approach for exploring the regional features of vaginal fluids based on microbial relative abundance and alpha diversity	1
Storage of evidence and delayed reporting after sexual assault: Rates and impact factors on subsequent reporting	1
Fatal motorcycle straddle injury consolidated with traumatic testicular dislocation: A case report	1
Firearm suicides in Sweden	1
Role of molecular techniques in PMI estimation: An update	1
Forensic DNA phenotyping: Inferring phenotypic traits from crime scene DNA	1
Examining the use of different sample types following decomposition to estimate year of death using bomb pulse dating	1
The first case of C4-Blast related death in Malaysia: A multidisciplinary approach illustrated with emphasis on conjoint anthropologic and radiologic expertise in forensic identification of skeletal r	1
Editorial Board	1
Intra-familiar homicides: From 2006 to 2021 in the judicial district of Milan	1
Questions of logic in Atlas methods of dental age estimation	1
Accuracy of geometric morphometrics for age estimation using frontal face photographs of children and adolescents: A promising method for forensic practice	1
Exploring the use of selfies in human identification	1
Fatality from Firework-Induced Trauma: A Case Report	1
Transfer and persistence of microbiota markers from the human hand to the knife: A preliminary study	1
Common errors In medico-legal reporting by the first responders at A tertiary trauma unit In North India	1
Institutionalising forensic sciences and medicine in centres for newly arrived unaccompanied minors: A case study from Milano	1
Unusual autopsy, unusual tissue(s) for DNA, but a useful genetic profile: A case of the DNA profiling from the human tissue of challenged provenance	1
Pitfalls in arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy (ALVC). A review of the literature with considerations on a single case of sudden death in a juvenile athlete	1
Upper and lower limb amputations in vehicle-related fatalities	1
Unusual suicide with an electric Jigsaw: A case report and literature review	1
An evaluation of Italian medical students attitudes and knowledge regarding forensic medicine	1
Common errors in reporting cause-of-death statement on death certificates: A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Analysis of free-fall bullet injury potential in the cranium via finite elements method	1
Toxicological analysis in victims of sexual and domestic violence: A retrospective study of a 3-year period (2018–2020)	1
Using CT scout view to scan illicit drug carriers may reduce radiation exposure	1
Pathological causes of sudden death in autopsied children with reference to peculiar findings: An Egyptian perspective	1
Facial growth parameters in Down syndrome: Review of the literature and forensic application for missing persons age progression	1
Structures, processes and outcomes of health care for people detained in short-term police custody settings: A scoping review	1