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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.
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
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Bitemark evidence
- Battered child syndrome
- Questioned documents
- Ballistics, projectiles and wounds
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Fingerprints and identification
- Tool marks
- Contact traces
- Poisoning
- Breath analysers
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Accident investigation and mass disasters
Bibliographic & ordering information
ISSN: 0379-0738
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Commenced publication 1972
Subscriptions for the year 2008,
Volumes 174-183,
30 issues
Institutional online access: ScienceDirect eSelect
For purchase of online access to this journal on ScienceDirect.
Institutional price: Order form
JPY 381,500 for Japan
USD 3,210 for all countries except Europe, Japan and Iran
EUR 2,870 for European countries and Iran
Personal price: Order form
USD 658 for all countries except Europe, Japan and Iran
JPY 78,100 for Japan
EUR 588 for European countries and Iran
Personal price UK: Order form
GBP 410
Conditions of sale & ordering procedures, and links to our regional sales offices.
For an overview of recently-dispatched issues, see the Journal issue
dispatch dates
Audience
Pathologists, Anthropologists, Psychiatrists, Biologists, Serologists, Odontologists, Physical Scientists, Toxicologists, Scientists in
Legal and Social Medicine, Questioned Documents and Jurisprudence.
For further information about this Journal, please use the following
e-mail addresses:
Author queries: authorsupport@elsevier.com
Referee queries: reviewersupport@elsevier.com
Editor queries: editorsupport@elsevier.com
Copyright Information can be found here.
Queries should be addressed to Health Permissions HealthPermissions@elsevier.com.
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.
NEW! Encyclopedia
of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Impact factor of this journal
2006: 1.397
Journal Citation Reports® 2007, published by Thomson Scientific
096/932
Last update: 12 May 2008
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