Forensic Science International

Forensic Science International is an international journal publishing 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, and 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.