Journal overview

Published by Oxford University Press from 2023.

As a peer-reviewed journal of the Academy of Forensic Science (AFS), Forensic Sciences Research publishes latest research in various disciplines of forensic sciences. It aims to promote forensic sciences through quality research articles, reviews, case reports, and letters to editors. 

The journal strives for an international authorship and publishes a broad scope of forensic sciences including:

  • Forensic pathology
  • Clinical forensic medicine
  • Forensic psychiatry
  • Forensic toxicology and chemistry (including drugs, alcohol, etc.)
  • Forensic biology (including the identification of hairs and fibers)
  • Forensic genetics
  • Anthropology
  • Criminalistics
  • Document examination
  • Accident investigation
  • Crime scene investigation
  • Explosive
  • Quality assurance
  • Forensic entomology
  • Forensic odontology
  • Digital evidence
  • Gunshot injury, etc.

Peer Review Policy
All peer review is double blind and submission is online via Editorial Manager.

Submission charges
There are no submission charges for this journal.

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All articles will be made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication.

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Volume 7, Issue 4, 2022

Special Issue on The Reality of the Dead in Brazil; Guest Editors Eugénia Cunha, Bridget Algee-Hewitt and Melina Calmon