Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Male rape in Brazil: A descriptive analysis from 2010 to 202237
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 tomography23
Traumatic brain injury and forensic evaluations: Three case studies of U.S. asylum-seekers21
Hip-flask defense: An experimental study in the Hungarian population20
Awareness on tetrodotoxin of illegal activity: forensic issue from a rare homicide case report and literature review20
Does peer consultation between forensic physicians reduce inter-doctor variation when issuing medical death certifications?19
An autopsy case of death due to AC compressor blast – A rare case illustrating primary, secondary, tertiary & quaternary blast injuries19
Homicide mechanisms, weapon types and causes of death in the autopsy material of the Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University of Gdańsk Poland in the years 2010–201913
Awareness survey on drug crime scene investigation and drug detection kits among drug-related police officers13
The analysis of pregnancies terminated before and after the limit of viability: A medicolegal view12
Subendocardial hemorrhages in a case of crush asphyxia11
Medico legal and ethical aspects of surrogacy; A case report of a tragic maternal death from Sri Lanka11
Editorial Board11
The doctrine of “Reasonable Doctor” in medical negligence: Need to be more reasonable11
Fatal diving accidents in Genoa (North-West Italy) from 1968 to 2021: Forensic approach and literature review10
The radiographic diversity of dental patterns for human identification — Systematic review and meta-analysis10
Editorial Board10
Fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries: An unusual case of sudden death and review of the literature9
Identifying the prevalence of genital injuries amongst patients attending Saint Mary's sexual assault referral centre following an allegation of digital penetration9
Editorial Board9
Evaluation of the clinical-immuno-radiological and legal consequences in the presence of post-surgical gossypiboma9
A lucid interval in a victim of abusive head trauma with multiple parenchymal lacerations9
Intraoral cultural tattooing: Possible forensic utility9
Significantly reduced rates of interpersonal violence in an urban Danish population 2003–20219
Postmortem computed tomography imaging of negative pressure pulmonary edema induced by rice cakes: A case report8
Femicide in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil: Matched case-control study8
Failure to provide evidential breath specimens in females8
Physical health status of individuals convicted of sexual offences: Results from an Australian prisoner cohort8
A subjective analysis of participants’ views in a study of experimental modelling of imposed airway obstruction in infants and children8
Reasons for contacting the consultation service of a Dutch assault centre8
The relationship between postmortem interval and protein changes in mice8
A novel approach towards identification: A case report and review of literature8
Editorial Board8
Ability to consent to a sexual assault medical forensic examination in adult patients with serious mental illness7
Sleep, waking and sleep inertia in sexual assault: A retrospective descriptive study7
The effects of surface variation on the decomposition of pig carcasses7
A Swiss collaborative exercise for Disaster Victim Identification (DVI): Covering situations with different levels of complexity7
The phenomenon of overkill in northern Greece: A descriptive forensic psychiatric study between 2015 and 2020 on criminal offenders found not guilty by reason of insanity7
Temporomandibular joint trauma and disability assessment - A longitudinal exploratory study7
Commentary - Forensic & Legal Medicine in the UK in 20217
Alcimedes7
Is it time for other practitioners to certify death?7
The coronary artery calcification severity on postmortem CT could be a clue for the diagnosis of sudden cardiac death7
The hidden world of a sexual offence examiner7
Reflected near-infrared photography: Digging deeper into post-mortem examination6
Clinical characteristics of new psychoactive substances: A multicenter study6
Identification of N-piperidinyl etonitazene in alternative keratinous matrices from a decomposing cadaver6
Exploring the use of selfies in human identification6
3D printing and CBCT anatomical reproducibility assessment in forensic scenarios6
Non-traumatic ecchymoses: A literature review from a medico-legal perspective6
Institutionalising forensic sciences and medicine in centres for newly arrived unaccompanied minors: A case study from Milano6
Oral form of auto-brewery syndrome6
Physician complicity in human rights violations: Involuntary sterilization among women from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States6
The Forensic Assessment for Immigration Relief (FAIR) clinic: A faculty-led, pediatric clinic model6
Cerebrospinal fluid in forensic toxicology: Current status and future perspectives6
Will medical cause of death certifications data quality improve in the UK with the new medical examiner system?5
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and macroscopic analysis of immature human permanent molar immersion in hydrochloric acid (HCL, 38%)5
An approximation to the identification of contexts, experiences, and profiles of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults5
Quality of death certification based on the documented underlying cause of death: A retrospective study5
Two cases of fatal iatrogenic air embolism confirmed by autopsies5
Update on risk factors and biomarkers of sudden unexplained cardiac death5
Between blunt, sharp and hacking trauma: Observing the characteristics of pickaxe injuries5
A Modern Trail of Tears: The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Crisis in the US5
“Touch microbiome” as a potential tool for forensic investigation: A pilot study5
Repeat attenders are disproportionately vulnerable: An exploration of revictimisation at Saint Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre5
The association between childhood trauma and lifetime suicide attempts among a sample of male prisoners: A pilot observational study5
Transfer and persistence of microbiota markers from the human hand to the knife: A preliminary study5
Trends in the analysis of abrin poisoning for forensic purposes5
Sudden infantile death due to left ventricular myocardial ischemia associated with undiagnosed single coronary artery of Lipton's type LII-B5
Prevalence of blood-borne infections in forensic samples: Epidemiology in areas of Chiba, Japan5
Pathology of fatal diffuse brain injury in severe non-penetrating head trauma4
Age estimation at death in individuals over 50 using CT images: An innovative anthropological approach4
Questions of logic in Atlas methods of dental age estimation4
Determination of amatoxin concentration in heat-treated samples of Amanita phalloides by high-performance liquid chromatography: A forensic approach4
Litigation involving patients with slipped capital femoral epiphysis4
Cirsoid aneurysm rupture of the splenic artery as a rare cause of fatal hemoperitoneum4
WITHDRAWN: Basilar artery impingement secondary to longitudinal fracture of the clivus: A rare entity with postmortem computed tomography angiogram correlation4
Uterine leiomyosarcoma as a rare cause of fatal retroperitoneal haemorrhage due to compression and rupture of the renal vein4
Peliosis of the spleen as an unusual cause of splenic rupture: A case report and a review of literature4
Female genital mutilation – An overview for forensic practitioners4
Men after the sexual assault: The journey from medical service to court4
Can prisons be trauma-informed? Reflections on the development of a trauma-informed approach4
Review of nine malpractice cases with allegations of causation of cervical artery dissection by cervical spine manipulation: No evidence for causation4
Early postmortem biochemical, histological, and immunohistochemical alterations in skeletal muscles of rats exposed to boldenone undecylenate: Forensic implication4
Applications of microbiology to different forensic scenarios – A narrative review4
The fine line of defensive medicine4
Strangulation in sexual homicide: Is it opportunity, victim's vulnerability or sadism?4
Forensic medical examination after conflict-related sexual violence: A scoping review of the literature3
Alcohol use, civilian interference, and other possible risk factors for death during restraint3
An evaluation of injury photography practices in Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC)3
Analysis of the pathogenesis of acute necrotizing esophagitis (black esophagus): A report of three autopsy cases3
Editorial Board3
Comment to the article: Discriminating between consensual intercourse and sexual assault: Genital-anal injury pattern in females3
Online teaching of forensic medicine and pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A course evaluation3
Effectiveness of various methods of DNA isolation from bones and teeth of animals exposed to high temperature3
Forensic application of DNA barcoding in the identification of commonly occurring poisonous plants3
Development of a standardized peer review and oversight process in cases of suspected child physical abuse3
Wound ballistics and the unusual injuries of the tandem bullet phenomenon: A systematic review of case-specific characteristics3
Abuse of defibrillator pads: Suicide by electrocution3
Tracking devices and Intimate Partner Violence: Dangers beyond benefits highlight the need for legislative regulation3
Nystagmus among suspected amphetamine impaired drivers3
Pellet gun trauma: An unusual and unexpected type of bone lesion3
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
Storage of evidence and delayed reporting after sexual assault: Rates and impact factors on subsequent reporting3
Improving state medicolegal death investigation: Does system level reform improve public health data concerning drug-related mortality?3
A method for estimating time since death through analysis of substances deposited on the surface of dental enamel in a body immersed in freshwater3
Reporting after sexual violence: The influence of victim, assault and perpetrator characteristics3
Sexual dimorphism of the twelfth thoracic vertebra for sex determination in the Central Thai population3
Viral infection and sudden non-cardiac death: A systematic review3
The significance of APACHE II as a predictor of mortality in paraquat poisoning: A systematic review and meta-analysis3
A new “Stethoscope” autopsy incision in comparison to various conventional incisions along with suturing techniques and body packing methods for post autopsy reconstruction3
Post-traumatic cerebral infarction caused by thrombus in the middle cerebral artery3
Common medical ethics dilemmas: Few reflections from a Saudi perspective3
Effects of antibiotics ceftriaxone and levofloxacin on the growth of Calliphora vomitoria L. (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and effects on the determination of the post-mortem interval3
Retrospective cohort study of acute behavioural disturbance in police use of force reports3
Sexual assault of the older person: Attendances to the Republic of Ireland's sexual assault treatment unit network3
Sexual dimorphism and bilateral difference of fingerprint sweat pore among Slovak population3
Forensic toxicological and analytical aspects of carbamate poisoning – A review3
Facial growth parameters in Down syndrome: Review of the literature and forensic application for missing persons age progression2
Editorial Board2
Sternal aspirate sampling of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) and Cyanobacteria in suspected drowning cases2
Anatomical distribution and autopsy features of gunshot injuries to support the manner of death2
A pilot study for investigating the feasibility of supervised machine learning approaches for the classification of pedestrians struck by vehicles2
The prevalence of non-accidental trauma among children with polytrauma: A nationwide level-I trauma centre study2
Upper and lower limb amputations in vehicle-related fatalities2
A retrospective observational study of genital findings in adult women presenting to a New Zealand Adult Sexual Abuse Assessment and Treatment Service following an allegation of recent sexual assault2
Traumatic rupture of the circle of Willis with closed head injury: Its pathology and possible pathogenesis2
Sexual Safety in English mental health in-patient beds: has nothing been learned?2
Medico-legal study of the hymen2
Cranial anatomical structures with high sexual dimorphism in metric and morphological evaluation: A systematic review2
Peer victimization, prison climate, resilience and psychological distress of incarcerated juvenile offenders in Ghana: A serial mediation examination2
Alcimedes2
Performance of an on-site urine multidrug test used by forensic physicians in determining the cause of death2
“It changed my whole entire thinking”: Identifying narrative elements in medical affidavit writing for asylum seekers2
Corrigendum to “Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review” [J Forensic Legal Med 103 (2024) 1–9 102675]2
A study to determine a practical method for weight estimation of deceased persons2
Forensic odontology: Wrong convictions, “bad apples” and “the innocence files”2
Prevalence of Vitamin-D deficiency and insufficiency among prisoners across the globe: A systematic review and meta-analysis2
Evaluation of medical malpractice claims in obstetric ultrasonography: Opinion of The Council of Forensic Medicine in Turkey2
The prevalence of medical violation claims and associated predictors at the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia: A logistic regression analysis2
Systematic review of laryngohyoid fractures in fatal falls: A potential mimicker of strangulation2
Usability of elemental analysis for antemortem and postmortem bone fracture differentiation2
Revisiting the canonical definition of heat hematoma: A rare case of postmortem subdural heat hematoma2
Death due to extensive aortic dissection with an unusual retrograde extension in a young adult2
Oral corpse messaging in drug trafficking victims: A scoping review2
Elongated styloid process: An incidental autopsy finding of clinical and medico-legal significance2
Facial age progression: Review of scientific literature and value for missing person identification in forensic medicine2
Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review2
The use of dye to detect sites of hemorrhage and leak in postmortem cases2
Editorial Board2
Forensic medicine in Nepal: Past, present, and future2
Management of female suspects of sexual assault2
Temporal changes in extra-axial brain hematoma's signal intensity in magnetic resonance images of trauma patients: A preliminary, technical study2
Editorial Board2
Editorial Board2
Analysis of free-fall bullet injury potential in the cranium via finite elements method2
Editorial Board2
A method of identifying the high-risk mutations of sudden cardiac death at KCNQ1 and KCNH2 genes1
Examination of bone fractures in women exposed to domestic violence (Tokat-Turkey)1
Forensic DNA phenotyping: Inferring phenotypic traits from crime scene DNA1
Background characteristics and neuropathological findings of medico-legal autopsy cases with chronic alcohol use and acute head injury1
Forensic medicine in (West-Bank) Palestine visions and obstacles1
A medical child abuse case with spurious bleeding; importance of collecting the evidence1
Combined use of cocaine and alcohol: A violent cocktail? A systematic review1
Difference in microRNA levels in the post-mortem blood from different sampling sites: A proof of concept1
The legal requirements for patient consent in Poland: A survey of doctors’ level of knowledge1
Complex vsersus simple suicides in Northern Tunisia: A 17 years autopsy-based study1
Recommendations for large-scale exhumations of Potter's Fields: Cases in the US1
Comparative study on informed consent regulation in health care among Italy, France, United Kingdom, Nordic Countries, Germany, and Spain1
Discriminating between consensual intercourse and sexual assault: Genital-anal injury pattern in females1
Comparison of different methods of analysis of maxillary sinus volume and validation of a new proposal using cone beam computed tomography1
Editorial Board1
Common errors in reporting cause-of-death statement on death certificates: A systematic review and meta-analysis1
Time since death: The histological chronotanatognostic1
Auto brewery syndrome from the perspective of the neurologist1
Association between postmortem computed tomography value of cerebrospinal fluid and time after death: A longitudinal study of antemortem and postmortem computed tomography1
Reconstruction of a real-world car-to-pedestrian collision using geomatics techniques and numerical simulations1
Editorial Board1
The prevalence of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders among asylum seekers in South Florida1
Reflections on editorial and peer review in the forensic medical literature1
Acute abdominal disease with nonspecific symptoms in the elderly: A case series1
Trigeminal nerve injuries following dental procedures: A retrospective analysis of malpractice claims from 2016 to 2023 in South Korea1
Using expert-reviewed CSAM to train CNNs and its anthropological analysis1
Snake venom – An unconventional recreational substance for psychonauts in India1
Personality assessment inventory (PAI) in forensic and correctional settings: A comprehensive review1
Necrotizing Fasciitis: When skin confuses - An autopsy case report1
Suspension torture and its physical sequelae1
Relationship between forensic medicine education, stress factors, and mobbing perception from the perspective of specialists in Turkey's universities1
Sudden death due to cirrhotic cardiomyopathy: An autopsy case report1
Safety of Vascular Neck Restraint applied by law enforcement officers1
In vitro β-hydroxybutyrate stability evaluation in femoral blood and vitreous humor for integration into forensic toxicology practices1
Diagnosing neurocysticercosis in skeletonized human remains of forensic importance1
Anthropometric weight estimation is less accurate than visual weight estimation in forensic postmortem cases in a Swiss population1
Socio-economic, health and environmental factors influencing suicide rates: A cross-country study in the Eastern Mediterranean region1
Rupture of huge thoracic aortic aneurysm in a young man: Case report and literature review1
Set up to ‘fail’? Implementing contamination minimisation procedures and environmental monitoring in a Sexual Assault Referral Centre1
Life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in congenital afibrinogenemia: Two case reports and systematic literature review1
Study of court decisions on dental errors in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil1
Stranger rape; distinctions between the typical rape type and other types of rape. A study based on data from Center for Victims of Sexual Assault1
Psychological autopsy: Overview of equivocal deaths, suicides and homicide-suicides1
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 analys1
Relationship of injuries detected in fatal falls with sex, body mass index, and fall height: An autopsy study1
Something to see here: ACT Police referrals for impaired driving due to medical conditions1
Sibutramine-induced pheochromocytoma crisis: A rare and lethal occurrence1
Development of forensic medicine in Rwanda- past, present, and future perspectives1
Acute upper airway obstruction due to cervical hematoma after cervicofacial liposuction1
Using CT scout view to scan illicit drug carriers may reduce radiation exposure1
A fatal muzzle/barrel injury by home-made firearm-an unusual mechanism1
Sodium nitrite detection in costal cartilage and vitreous humor – Case report of fatal poisoning with sodium nitrite1
Self-inflicted hammer blows to the head—Literature and case review1
A clear presentation of intracranial hypostasis on PMCT1
Forensic toxicological studies of acute glufosinate poisoning: A case series1
Firearm suicides in Sweden1
2,4-Dinitrophenol overdose - Everything old is new again1
The impact of major occupational injuries on professional reintegration. A Portuguese medico-legal contribution1
Distribution of donepezil in postmortem casework1
A fatal suicidal sodium nitrite ingestion determined six days after death1
Ethanol concentrations in various biological specimens: Living and postmortem forensic toxicology analysis and comprehensive literature review1
Editorial Board1
Lifetime sexual violence experienced by women asylum seekers and refugees hosted in high-income countries: Literature review and meta-analysis1
Investigating the phenomenon of overkill in Greece: A forensic psychiatric autopsy study between 2005 and 20201
Medico-legal implications for the colon perforation during colonoscopy1
Acute concomitant injury and intoxication in complainants of recent sexual assault: A review1
Suspicion of needle pricking/spiking in 2022 in Paris, France, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine1
Utilizing a participatory curriculum development approach for multidisciplinary training on the forensic medical evaluation of asylum seekers1
Role of molecular techniques in PMI estimation: An update1
An evaluation of Italian medical students attitudes and knowledge regarding forensic medicine1
Study on forensic diagnostic biomarker combination for acute ischemia heart disease based on postmortem biochemistry1
Ethyl alcohol consumption characteristics of deceased individuals in Lithuania1
Challenges encountered by emergency nurses in forensic case management: A qualitative study1
Utilization of oral check-up data of autopsy cases1
Physical violence against women in southern Tunisia: Epidemiology and risk factors1
Research trends in forensic anthropology: A bibliometric analysis1
The forensic implications of lonely deaths (Kodokushi) – A South Australian study1
Xylazine abuse, the growing risk: A review of its effects, upsurge use and associated fatalities in the USA and Puerto Rico1
An autopsy case of cerebral hemorrhage in an HIV-infected patient with suspected HIV-associated cerebrovascular disease1
Three-dimensional prediction of the nose for facial reconstruction: A preliminary study on North Indian adults1
Patho-mechanical comparative morpho-characterization of contre-coup injuries of liver by cadaveric experimental simulation for medico-legal and forensic implications1
Forensic case reports of Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in Santa Catarina state, Southern Brazil1
Post-mortem blood lead analysis; a comparison between LeadCare II and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry analysis results1
Elderly suicides in Turkey1
Subdural and epidural hematoma occurrence in relation to the head impact site: An autopsy study1
Attitudes and experiences of health professionals towards clinical evaluations of torture and ill-treatment1
A systematic review of photogrammetry as a reliable methodology in gender identification of human skull1
Insulin murder and the case of Colin Norris1
Homicidal burial - Forensic issues1
Toxico-epidemiology of acute poisoning; an exploratory study from a tertiary care hospital in South India along with global comparisons and solutions1
Hunger strikes and force feeding in detention: Clinical and ethical challenges1
Methadone-related death in detention1
Postmortem tissue alterations induced by corrosive substances – a scoping review1
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