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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
Forensic Science International
Editor-in-Chief:
P. Saukko
See editorial board for all editors information

An international journal dedicated to the applications of medicine and science in the administration of justice.



Ranked 2nd out of the 9 journals in the ISI Medicine, Legal category! Journal Citation Reports® 2008, published by Thomson Reuters



Description


Forensic Science International publishes original contributions in the many different scientific disciplines pertaining to the forensic sciences. Fields include forensic pathology and histochemistry, chemistry, biochemistry and toxicology (including drugs, alcohol, etc.), biology (including the identification of hairs and fibres), serology, odontology, psychiatry, anthropology, the physical sciences, firearms, and document examination, as well as investigations of value to public health in its broadest sense, and the important marginal area where science and medicine interact with the law.

Forensic Science International publishes:
  • Original Research Papers
  • Review Articles
  • Preliminary Communications
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Book Reviews
  • Case Reports


The journal covers all legal aspects of the general disciplines listed above, as well as specialist topics of forensic interest that are included in, or are related to, these disciplines, e.g.:
  • Biochemical and chemical analyses, and the forensic application of advanced analytical, physical, chemical and instrumental techniques
  • Bitemark evidence
  • Battered child syndrome
  • Questioned documents
  • Ballistics, projectiles and wounds
  • Fingerprints and identification
  • Tool marks
  • Contact traces
  • Poisoning
  • Breath analysers
  • Accident investigation and mass disasters


Bibliographic & ordering information
ISSN: 0379-0738
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Commenced publication 1972

Subscriptions for the year 2009, Volumes 184-193, 30 issues

Institutional online access: ScienceDirect eSelect
For purchase of online access to this journal on ScienceDirect.

Institutional price: Order form
USD 3,338 for all countries except Europe, Japan and Iran
EUR 2,985 for European countries and Iran
JPY 396,800 for Japan

Personal price: Order form
JPY 82,800 for Japan
EUR 623 for European countries and Iran
USD 697 for all countries except Europe, Japan and Iran

Personal price UK: Order form
GBP 435


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Audience
Pathologists, Anthropologists, Psychiatrists, Biologists, Serologists, Odontologists, Physical Scientists, Toxicologists, Scientists in Legal and Social Medicine, Questioned Documents and Jurisprudence.

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See also the Forensic Science/Medicine and Legal Medicine Package

Please visit the Elsevier book page for detailed, practical books from experts in the field.

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Last update: 18 Aug 2008
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