Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine is 2. 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
Reflected near-infrared photography: Digging deeper into post-mortem examination28
Physician complicity in human rights violations: Involuntary sterilization among women from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States26
Male rape in Brazil: A descriptive analysis from 2010 to 202226
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 literature23
Ability to consent to a sexual assault medical forensic examination in adult patients with serious mental illness19
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 perspective15
Demographics and characteristics of acute sexual assault presentations to a sexual assault service within metropolitan Sydney14
Usability of elemental analysis for antemortem and postmortem bone fracture differentiation12
Female genital mutilation – An overview for forensic practitioners12
Corrigendum to “Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review” [J Forensic Legal Med 103 (2024) 1–9 102675]12
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and macroscopic analysis of immature human permanent molar immersion in hydrochloric acid (HCL, 38%)12
Mummification – An historical and cultural overview12
“It changed my whole entire thinking”: Identifying narrative elements in medical affidavit writing for asylum seekers11
Forensic medical examination after conflict-related sexual violence: A scoping review of the literature10
Online teaching of forensic medicine and pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A course evaluation10
Sternal aspirate sampling of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) and Cyanobacteria in suspected drowning cases10
Cranial anatomical structures with high sexual dimorphism in metric and morphological evaluation: A systematic review10
Oral corpse messaging in drug trafficking victims: A scoping review9
Wound ballistics and the unusual injuries of the tandem bullet phenomenon: A systematic review of case-specific characteristics9
Combined use of cocaine and alcohol: A violent cocktail? A systematic review9
Management of female suspects of sexual assault9
Early postmortem biochemical, histological, and immunohistochemical alterations in skeletal muscles of rats exposed to boldenone undecylenate: Forensic implication9
Determinant factors in the identification of unknown cadavers in a forensic medical institute8
Umbrella review: CT of frontal, maxillary and sphenoidal sinuses for sexual dimorphism8
A medical child abuse case with spurious bleeding; importance of collecting the evidence8
Reflections on editorial and peer review in the forensic medical literature8
Age related changes in thyroid and cricoid cartilages: An autopsy based radiological analysis7
Recommendations for large-scale exhumations of Potter's Fields: Cases in the US7
Diagnosing neurocysticercosis in skeletonized human remains of forensic importance7
Editorial Board7
Severe poisoning after smoking a mixture of 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl (4-FiBF) and alpha-pyrolidinoisohexaphenone (α-PiHP)7
Femicide in Ireland 2012–20237
Editorial Board7
Beyond the distance between juridic and scientific decision-making process: An evidence-based prediction algorithm for professional liability assessment in healthcare-associated infections6
The significance of evaluating sphenoid sinus fluid by postmortem computed tomography in cases of drowning6
Postmortem tissue alterations induced by corrosive substances – a scoping review6
A review of sexual transmitted infection rates among sexually assaulted patients that present for care6
Identifying the prevalence of genito-anal injuries amongst clients attending St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre following an allegation of anal penetration6
Decomposition variability between the scene and autopsy examination and implications for post-mortem interval estimations6
Editorial Board6
Analysis of non-metric dental traits for ethnicity identification in a mixed population of Uttar Pradesh6
Assessing the forensic implications of DNA degradation for PMI estimation using comet assay: A systematic review6
Life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in congenital afibrinogenemia: Two case reports and systematic literature review6
Hunger strikes and force feeding in detention: Clinical and ethical challenges6
Editorial Board6
Estimation of the post-mortem interval; added value of mechanical excitability of human skeletal muscle6
A rare case of sudden death due to endomyocardial fibrosis in Italy: A differential diagnosis with other causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy6
Investigating the phenomenon of overkill in Greece: A forensic psychiatric autopsy study between 2005 and 20206
Necrotizing Fasciitis: When skin confuses - An autopsy case report6
Homicidal sharp force cases: An 11-year autopsy-based study6
A prospective non-fatal injuries assessment: A multivariate analysis in medical-legal examinations5
Elemental composition of hair as a marker for forensic human identification5
Informing therapeutic care and legal process in assault cases involving non-fatal strangulation5
Regarding “acute necrotizing esophagitis (black esophagus): An autopsy case with alcoholic ketoacidosis”5
Thick quilt may severely impact the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology-based methods -two case reports5
Assaults in schools: Findings using a national data base5
Acute vertical deceleration injury: A case of cranial impalement5
Risk factors of sudden cardiac death in women: A 10 years study in Tunisia5
Professional legislation knowledge of dentists and psychological effects of negligence5
Paediatrician experience of management of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy5
Comperative evaluation of Nolla, Willems and Cameriere methods for age estimation of Turkish children in the Central Black Sea Region: A preliminary study5
Case stories and Post-violence behavior of women seeking medical attention at the emergency department due to physical violence4
Sleep, waking and sleep inertia in sexual assault: A retrospective descriptive study4
A subjective analysis of participants’ views in a study of experimental modelling of imposed airway obstruction in infants and children4
Awareness survey on drug crime scene investigation and drug detection kits among drug-related police officers4
The analysis of pregnancies terminated before and after the limit of viability: A medicolegal view4
Microbial community analyses provide a differential diagnosis for the antemortem and postmortem injury of decayed cadaver: An animal model4
COVID-19-related deaths in residential care homes for elderly: The situation in Italy4
Alcimedes4
Temporomandibular joint trauma and disability assessment - A longitudinal exploratory study4
Commentary - Forensic & Legal Medicine in the UK in 20214
Subendocardial hemorrhages in a case of crush asphyxia4
Risk factor analysis of medical litigation outcomes in obstetrics and gynecology: A retrospective cohort study of 344 claims in Japan4
Postmortem biochemistry in deaths from ischemic heart disease4
Significantly reduced rates of interpersonal violence in an urban Danish population 2003–20214
Fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries: An unusual case of sudden death and review of the literature4
An autopsy case of death due to AC compressor blast – A rare case illustrating primary, secondary, tertiary & quaternary blast injuries4
The hidden world of a sexual offence examiner4
Is it time for other practitioners to certify death?4
The specifics of homicide-suicide in France4
What constitutes a high-quality, comprehensive medico-legal asylum affidavit in the United States immigration context? A multi-sectoral consensus-building modified Delphi4
Bilateral arachnoid cyst-associated subdural fluid collections in an infant following TBI3
Examination of bone fractures in women exposed to domestic violence (Tokat-Turkey)3
The significance of APACHE II as a predictor of mortality in paraquat poisoning: A systematic review and meta-analysis3
3D printing and CBCT anatomical reproducibility assessment in forensic scenarios3
Pathology of fatal diffuse brain injury in severe non-penetrating head trauma3
“Touch microbiome” as a potential tool for forensic investigation: A pilot study3
Analysis of the pathogenesis of acute necrotizing esophagitis (black esophagus): A report of three autopsy cases3
Editorial Board3
Review of nine malpractice cases with allegations of causation of cervical artery dissection by cervical spine manipulation: No evidence for causation3
Facial age progression: Review of scientific literature and value for missing person identification in forensic medicine3
The forensic implications of lonely deaths (Kodokushi) – A South Australian study3
A fatal suicidal sodium nitrite ingestion determined six days after death3
Editorial Board3
The use of dye to detect sites of hemorrhage and leak in postmortem cases3
Comment to the article: Discriminating between consensual intercourse and sexual assault: Genital-anal injury pattern in females3
Sexual Safety in English mental health in-patient beds: has nothing been learned?3
Unidentified: Simulation-Based Education in Forensic Odontology3
Can prisons be trauma-informed? Reflections on the development of a trauma-informed approach3
Nystagmus among suspected amphetamine impaired drivers3
Identification of N-piperidinyl etonitazene in alternative keratinous matrices from a decomposing cadaver3
Emerging global trends and development in forensic toxicology: A review3
Performance of an on-site urine multidrug test used by forensic physicians in determining the cause of death3
Editorial Board3
Toxico-epidemiology of acute poisoning; an exploratory study from a tertiary care hospital in South India along with global comparisons and solutions3
Suspicion of needle pricking/spiking in 2022 in Paris, France, an observational study from the Department of Forensic Medicine3
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
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 review3
Validation of an in-house Dutch Forensic Death Coding system (FDC)3
Femicide in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil: Matched case-control study3
Forensic medicine in (West-Bank) Palestine visions and obstacles3
Failure to provide evidential breath specimens in females3
Common medical ethics dilemmas: Few reflections from a Saudi perspective3
Evaluation of medical malpractice claims in obstetric ultrasonography: Opinion of The Council of Forensic Medicine in Turkey3
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 2020–20212
Rare fatal effect of combined use of sildenafil and alcohol leading to Cerebrovascular Accident2
Review of the demographic factors and toxicology related to deaths due to pregabalin in Northern Ireland2
Manner of death associated with multiple tattoos2
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 analys2
The role of miRNA-21 and hypoxia inducible factor-1 in predicting post mortem interval in cardiac muscles of aluminum phosphide deaths2
Relationships between cause of death and concentrations of seven steroids obtained from the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of cadavers2
The completeness of routine registration of the counterpart in deliberate interpersonal violence in an urban emergency department2
Comparative study on informed consent regulation in health care among Italy, France, United Kingdom, Nordic Countries, Germany, and Spain2
Petechiae and subconjunctival hemorrhages in a child after a visit to the dentist2
An approximation to the identification of contexts, experiences, and profiles of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults2
Effect of postmortem interval and conditions of teeth on STR based DNA profiling from unidentified dead bodies2
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 students2
Femicide in Ireland 2012–20232
Suicide pacts in the Milan district (Italy): A retrospective autopsy-based study with literature review2
A critical assessment of the diatom test of rib bone marrow as a supporting procedure in the case of drowning2
The importance of outliers in forensic practice2
Quantitative estimation of TNF-α and IL-3 by using ELISA from human lung tissue in fatal asphyxial deaths2
Usefulness of powdered crown of mandibular first premolars in birth year estimation by radiocarbon dating2
Alcimedes for June/July edition2
The hidden aspect of carotid lesions in traffic accidents: A little-known phenomenon2
An investigation into the profile and temporal evolution of firearm-related fatalities at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Laboratory2
Analysis of aborted fetal material using autosomal STR markers in forensic cases of sexual assault2
The effect of the presence or absence of skull fractures on intracranial lesion development in road traffic accidents2
A primary study of ethanol production in postmortem liver and muscle tissue of rats2
Physical health status of individuals convicted of sexual offences: Results from an Australian prisoner cohort2
WITHDRAWN: Sudden cardiac death: the role of molecular autopsy with next-generation sequencing2
Application of 3D imaging and selfies in forensic dental identification2
Editorial Board2
Non-fatal strangulation versus general assault in a clinical forensic medicine cohort: Characteristics of patient, perpetrator and presentation2
Age estimation at death in individuals over 50 using CT images: An innovative anthropological approach2
Which tissue to take? A retrospective study of the identification success of altered human remains2
A fatal case of acetamiprid poisoning with turquoise urine2
Sodium azide/nitrite suicides in the Netherlands between 2015 and 20222
A preliminary study to quantify the efficacy of 3D data acquisition for human bone replication2
Alcimedes2
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 medicine2
The impact of major occupational injuries on professional reintegration. A Portuguese medico-legal contribution2
Analysis of the descriptive characteristics of female victims of violence applying to the domestic violence office of a court of law2
Association of Paraphenylenediamine (PPD), with suicidal attempts in Pakistan- A cross-sectional study2
Loss of Wharton's jelly and fibrosis in umbilical cord stricture area: A case report2
Infective endocarditis and litigation for compensation on healthcare-associated infections: an Italian sample analysis2
Mapping the landscape: Analysis of publication trends in forensic anthropology. Insights from Poland2
Editorial Board2
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