OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Forensic Science International-Genetics is 7. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Ethical and security challenges in AI for forensic genetics: From bias to adversarial attacks	101
António Amorim (in memoriam)	49
Inter-platform evaluation of the MPSplex large-scale tri-allelic SNP panel for forensic identification	46
Editorial Board	46
The number of alleles in DNA mixtures with related contributors	45
Development and validation of a custom panel including 256 Y-SNPs for Chinese Y-chromosomal haplogroups dissection	44
Applications of 1993 single nucleotide polymorphism loci in forensic pairwise kinship identifications and inferences	44
Screening and evaluation of endogenous reference genes for miRNA expression analysis in forensic body fluid samples	43
Precision touch DNA sampling on plastic bag knots for improved profiling of packer and holder contributions	38
Microbes in fingerprints: A source for dating crime evidence?	37
Deep coverage proteome analysis of hair shaft for forensic individual identification	33
Massively parallel sequencing of 74 microhaplotypes and forensic characteristics in three Chinese Sino-Tibetan populations	33
Assessing the utility of quantitative and qualitative metrics in the DNA quantification process of skeletal remains for autosomal and Y-chromosome STR amplification purposes	32
DNA transfer between worn clothing and flooring surfaces with known histories of use	31
Eurasiaplex-2: Shifting the focus to SNPs with high population specificity increases the power of forensic ancestry marker sets	31
Species identification on shark fin fragments based on DNA barcoding technique	31
Salmon sperm DNA increases sample recovery from cotton swabs	29
Differences of circular RNA expression profiles between monozygotic twins' blood, with the forensic application in bloodstain and saliva	28
Editorial Board	26
Development and validation of a fast and automated DNA identification line	25
Phenotype predictions of two-person mixture using single cell analysis	25
An enhanced method for successful extraction of DNA from confiscated body fat of Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus)	23
Complete mitogenome in a population sample from Cameroon	23
Editorial Board	23
Genetic and isotope analysis of a triple burial from medieval St. Peter’s cemetery in Cölln/Berlin	22

Using a multi-head, convolutional neural network with data augmentation to improve electropherogram classification performance	22
The comparison of DNA mixture profiles with multiple persons of interest	22
Response of salivary microbiome to temporal, environmental, and surface characteristics under in vitro exposure	21
Validation of the Verogen ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep kit/Primer Mix B for phenotypic and biogeographical ancestry predictions using the Micro MiSeq® Flow Cells	21
Tracing recent outdoor geolocation by analyzing microbiota from shoe soles and shoeprints even after indoor walking	20
Nanopore sequencing of a forensic combined STR and SNP multiplex	20
Development and evaluations of the ancestry informative markers of the VISAGE Enhanced Tool for Appearance and Ancestry	20
Accurate profiling of forensic autosomal STRs using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION device	20
Identification of the body fluid donor in mixtures through target mRNA cSNP sequencing	19
Casework applications of probabilistic genotyping methods for DNA mixtures that allow relationships between contributors	19
Evaluation of microhaplotype panels for complex kinship analysis using massively parallel sequencing	19
Application of a newly constructed NGS panel with 45 X-linked microhaplotypes demonstrates the unique value of X-MH for kinship testing and mixture analysis	19
Exploring postmortem succession of rat intestinal microbiome for PMI based on machine learning algorithms and potential use for humans	19
Forensic Science International: Genetics is the leading journal in the field of legal medicine	19
Recovery of DNA from fired and unfired cartridge casings: comparison of two DNA collection methods	18
Evaluation and simultaneous determination of rectal mucosa markers by multiplex reverse transcription-PCR for biological evidence of sexual assault with anal penetration	18
Beyond simple kinship and identification: aDNA analyses from a 17th-19th century crypt in Germany	18
Best of both: A simultaneous analysis of mRNA and miRNA markers for body fluid identification	18
Carrying out common DNA donor analysis using DBLR™ on two or five-cell mini-mixture subsamples for improved discrimination power in complex DNA mixtures	18
DNA identification of monozygotic twins	17
A fast and highly efficient automated DNA extraction method from small quantities of bone powder from aged bone samples	16
Kinship analysis of skeletal remains from the Middle Ages	16
RMplex reveals population differences in RM Y-STR mutation rates and provides improved father-son differentiation in Japanese	16
Comparative evaluation of the MAPlex, Precision ID Ancestry Panel, and VISAGE Basic Tool for biogeographical ancestry inference	16
Analysis of mixed DNA profiles from the RapidHIT™ ID platform using probabilistic genotyping software STRmix™	15
Value of DNA mixture-to-mixture comparisons within an operational context	15
Discordance of Penta D x.4 microvariant alleles results between three capillary electrophoresis and one massively parallel sequencing short tandem repeat kits	15
Development and validation of a novel forensic STR multiplex assay for blue (Anthropoides paradiseus), wattled (Bugeranus carunculatus), and grey-crowned crane (Balearica regulorum)	15
A forensic population database in El Salvador: 58 STRs and 94 SNPs	14
Expression of Concern: “Genetic profile of 17 Y chromosome STRs in the Guizhou Han population of southwestern China” [Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. 25 (2016) e6–e7]	14
Improved reverse transcription-recombinase polymerase amplification assay for blood mRNA screening: comparison with one-step RT-qPCR assay	14
Editorial Board	14
Expression of Concern: “Genetic population data of Yfiler Plus kit from 1434 unrelated Hans in Henan Province (Central China)” [Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. 22 (2016) e25–e27]	14
Concurrent genotyping of mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA in rootless hair shafts and blood samples for enhanced analysis	14
An inter-laboratory comparison of probabilistic genotyping parameters and evaluation of performance on DNA mixtures from different laboratories	13
Effect existence of aging on stutter ratio evaluated via Bayesian inference	13
Hamiltonian Monte Carlo with strict convergence criteria reduces run-to-run variability in forensic DNA mixture deconvolution	13
Rapid and direct detection of male DNA by recombinase polymerase amplification assay	13
The Missing Person problem through the lens of information theory	13
Developmental validation of an mRNA kit: A 5-dye multiplex assay designed for body-fluid identification	13
Extraction of DNA from trace forensic samples with a modified lysis buffer and chitosan coated magnetic beads	13
Development and validation of a novel 30-plex STR assay for canine individual identification and parentage testing	13
Population structure and forensic genetic analyses in Guarani and Kaingang Amerindian populations from Brazil	13
A proof-of-principle study on implementing polymerase chain displacement reaction (PCDR) to improve forensic low-template DNA analysis	13
Haplotype distribution in a forensic full mtDNA genome database of admixed Southern Brazilians and its association with self-declared ancestry and pigmentation traits	13
Trace DNA and its persistence on various surfaces: A long term study investigating the influence of surface type and environmental conditions – Part two, non-metals	12
Comparison of polymerases used for amplification of mitochondrial DNA from challenging hairs and hairs of various treatments	12
Pulse Lavage System (PLS) versus forensic wet-vacuum collection of biological material	12
Systematic evaluation of the Precision ID GlobalFiler™ NGS STR panel v2 using single-source samples of various quantity and quality and mixed DNA samples	12
Identification of the vaginal secretion donor in mixture stains using polymorphic cSNPs on mRNA biomarkers	12

Application of array-based age prediction models to post-mortem tissue samples	12
Intra-bone nuclear DNA variability and STR typing success in Second World War 12th thoracic vertebrae	12
Who threw that stone? A study on DNA transfer	12
The importance of considering common sources of unknown DNA when evaluating findings given activity level propositions	12
Detection of fraudulent in contraband Shahtoosh trade: Unfair deal in illicit wildlife market	12
Timber DNA release using focused ultrasound extraction (FUSE) for genetic species identification	12
Differences of tsRNA expression profiles efficiently discriminate monozygotic twins in peripheral blood	12
Forty years of research and development on forensic genetics: A bibliometric analysis	11
Identification of individuals from low template blood samples using whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing	11
Human identification of single hair shaft using a mass spectrometry mRNA typing system	11
Forensic nanopore sequencing of microhaplotype markers using QitanTech’s QNome	11
Paternal genetic structure of the Qiang ethnic group in China revealed by high-resolution Y-chromosome STRs and SNPs	11
Fast and accurate kinship estimation using sparse SNPs in relatively large database searches	11
Epigenetic age estimation in saliva and in buccal cells	11
Improving the system power of complex kinship analysis by combining multiple systems	11
Selecting mRNA markers in blood for age estimation of the donor of a biological stain	10
EFMrep: An extension of EuroForMix for improved combination of STR DNA mixture profiles	10
Validation of the IDseek® OmniSTR™ Global Autosomal STR Profiling kit, reverse complement PCR as an improved tool/method for routine massively parallel sequencing of short tandem repeats	10
Identification of body fluid sources based on microbiome antibiotic resistance genes using high-throughput qPCR	10
Male-specific age prediction based on Y-chromosome DNA methylation with blood using pyrosequencing	10
Development and inter-laboratory evaluation of the VISAGE Enhanced Tool for Appearance and Ancestry inference from DNA	10
Exploring legal age estimation using DNA methylation	10
Individual shedder status and the origin of touch DNA	10
Interpreting NUMTs in forensic genetics: Seeing the forest for the trees	10
Assessing the performance of multi-InDel panels for human identification among admixed Brazilians	10
Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup I-P37.2 in Serbian population groups originating from distinct parts of the Balkan Peninsula	10
Tramadol-related fatalities: Metabolic ratios & SNPs/INDELs belonging to UGT1A8, UGT2B7, ABCC2, and SLC22A1	9
Uncovering genetic signatures of the Walser migration in the Alps: Patterns of diversity and differentiation	9
Development and validation of a multiplex panel with 232 microhaplotypes and software for forensic kinship analysis	9
An investigation of downstream processing methods for challenging skeletal samples	9
SCN5A missense variants and their contribution to deaths in Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS)	9
STRAF 2: New features and improvements of the STR population data analysis software	9
Comparison of next generation sequencing (NGS) - (SNPs) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) - (STRs) in the genetic analysis of human remains	9
Non-juvenile familial form of life-threatening arrhythmias caused by the Ryanodine Receptor type 2 c.13823 G>A, p.(Arg4608Gln) pathogenic variant: Atypical catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular	9
From dual nucleic acid co-extraction to co-sequencing: A highly integrated next-generation forensic DNA and RNA sequencing experimental workflow	9
Transfer, persistence and recovery of DNA and mRNA vaginal mucosa markers after intimate and social contact with Bayesian network analysis for activity level reporting	8
AnLRframework incorporating se	8
Extended kinship analysis of historical remains using SNP capture	8
Validation process of automatic DNA extraction from bone material using a new advanced protocol for the EZ2 Connect instrument	8
MHBase: A comprehensive database of short microhaplotypes for advancing forensic genetic analysis	8
Rapid detection of blood using a novel application of RT-RPA integrated with CRISPR-Cas: ALAS2 detection as a model	8
A biogeographical ancestry inference pipeline using PCA-XGBoost model and its application in Asian populations	8
The advent of forensic DNA databases: It’s time to agree on some international governance principles!	8
FST estimates of 94 populations in China based on STR markers	8
STRNaming: Generating simple, informative names for sequenced STR alleles in a standardised and automated manner	8
Taking the microfluidic approach to nucleic acid analysis in forensics: Review and perspectives	8
A preliminary report on the exploration of salivary bacterial diversity by the multiplex SNaPshot assay	8
Evaluation of large-scale highly polymorphic microhaplotypes in complex DNA mixtures analysis using RMNE method	8
Advancing human genotyping: The Infinium HTS iSelect Custom microarray panel (Rita) development study	8
Editorial Board	8
Ancestry resolution of South Brazilians by forensic 165 ancestry-informative SNPs panel	8
Evaluation of the VISAGE basic tool for appearance and ancestry inference using ForenSeq® chemistry on the MiSeq FGx® system	8
The prevalence and persistence of saliva in vehicles	8
Corrigendum to “Biological amplification of low frequency mutations unravels laboratory culture history of the bio-threat agent Francisella tularensis” [Forensic Sci. Int.: Genet. 45 (2020) 102230]	8
Development and evaluation of a novel panel containing 188 microhaplotypes for 2nd-degree kinship testing in the Hebei Han population	8
Persistence of blood (DNA/RNA) on shoe soles under varying casework related conditions	7
Development and comparison of forensic interval age prediction models by statistical and machine learning methods based on the methylation rates of ELOVL2 in blood DNA	7
Mixture detection with Demixtify	7
Biogeographical ancestry, variable selection, and PLS-DA method: a new panel to assess ancestry in forensic samples via MPS technology	7
The level of DNA an individual transfers to untouched items in their immediate surroundings	7
Predicting eye and hair colour in a Norwegian population using Verogen’s ForenSeq™ DNA signature prep kit	7
Editorial Board	7
DNA databases of a CITES listed species Aquilaria malaccensis (Thymelaeaceae) as the tracking tools for forensic identification and chain of custody certification	7
Inference of recent admixture using genotype data	7
DNA on drugs! A preliminary investigation of DNA deposition during the handling of illicit drug capsules	7
Transfer and recovery of DNA and metal particles: A proof-of-concept application of a parallel strategy by DNA and environmental scanning electron microscopy analysis	7
Editorial Board	7
Assessment of the ForenSeq mtDNA control region kit and comparison of orthogonal technologies	7
Editorial Board	7
Evidence of co-amplification of microbial DNA affecting interpretation at the D16S539 locus in the PowerPlex® ESI 17 Fast kit?: A case report	7
Forensic Science International: Genetics Reviewer Hall of Fame 2020	7
Pedigree likelihood formulae based on founder and founder couple symmetry and validation of DNA testing software	7