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Forensic Science International
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Forensic Science International

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 2740 21 23 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 157
Documents by Best Scientists*: 198
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 145
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.748
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Forensic Science International?

Forensic Science International primarily tackles Chromatography, Surgery, Genetics, Autopsy and Pathology. The study on Chromatography presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Analytical chemistry. The journal explores research in Surgery and the adjacent study of Injury prevention.

It connects the study in Genetics with the closely related area of Population genetics. Studies on Autopsy discussed in it link to the field of Cause of death.

  • Chromatography (13.85%)
  • Surgery (10.42%)
  • Genetics (7.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Validation of new methods. (978 citations)
  • Publication of population data of human polymorphisms. (532 citations)
  • An investigation of the rigor of interpretation rules for STRs derived from less than 100 pg of DNA. (518 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Forensic Science International:

The published papers mainly tackle studies in Chromatography, Surgery, Genetics, Demography and Medical jurisprudence. Hair analysis and Analytical chemistry are some topics wherein Chromatography research discussed in the most cited publications has an impact. The journal articles explore issues in Surgery which can be linked to other research areas like Orthodontics, Injury prevention and Autopsy.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Diabetes mellitus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Chromatography, Forensic science, Artificial intelligence, Context (language use) and Autopsy. Mass spectrometry and Detection limit are among the concentrations of Chromatography that garnered much attention in Forensic Science International. The research on Artificial intelligence tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Machine learning, Computer vision and Pattern recognition.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Violence against women in the Covid-19 pandemic: A review of the literature and a call for shared strategies to tackle health and social emergencies. (21 citations)
  • A DWT-SVD based robust digital watermarking for medical image security (7 citations)
  • A forensic analysis on 53 cases of complex suicides and one complicated assessed at the Bureau of Legal Medicine of Milan (Italy) (6 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Forensic Science International (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Burkhard Madea (171 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Claude Roux (89 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Angel Carracedo (85 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pascal Kintz (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Bruce Budowle (56 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Forensic Science International (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American Board of Legal Medicine (469 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Lausanne (287 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Bonn (148 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Technology, Sydney (143 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (138 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 11.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.60% of all publications and 68.42% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Characteristics of fatal ‘novel’ benzodiazepine toxicity in Australia

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Sodium nitrite poisoning: A series of 20 fatalities in which post-mortem blood nitrite and nitrate concentrations are reported

    (2023)
    18 Citations
  • Reconstruction of full femora from partial bone fragments for anthropological analyses using statistical shape modeling.

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Use of post-mortem chest computed tomography in Covid-19 pneumonia.

    Fabio De-Giorgio;Francesca Cittadini;Alessandro Cina;Elena Cavarretta

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Trends and patterns in homicides in Italy: A 34-year descriptive study.

    Monica Vichi;Silvia Ghirini;Paolo Roma;Gabriele Mandarelli

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Mortalities of methamphetamine, opioid, and ketamine abusers in Shanghai and Wuhan, China

    Feng Li;Jinchen Liu;Paul S.F. Yip;Xuesong Lu

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Cannabinoid distribution in fatally-injured pilots' postmortem fluids and tissues.

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Total body water is the preferred method to use in forensic blood-alcohol calculations rather than ethanol's volume of distribution

    Peter D. Maskell;A. Wayne Jones;Steven B. Heymsfield;Sue Shapses

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Benefits and outcomes of a new multidisciplinary approach for the management and financing of sudden unexplained death cases in a forensic setting in Switzerland

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • The PERFORM-P (Principles of Evidence-based Reporting in FORensic Medicine-Pathology version).

    P.D.I. Meilia;Herkutanto;D.S. Atmadja;S. Cordner

    (2021)
    7 Citations

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