Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine

Aims & Scope

The Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine, the official publication of the Romanian Legal Medicine Society, is devoted to the publication of the original investigations, observations, scholarly inquiries and reviews in the various branches of the forensic sciences.

These include forensic pathology and histochemistry, clinical forensic medicine, medical malpractice, traffic medicine, chemistry, biochemistry, thanatochemistry, clinical and forensic toxicology, alcohology, biology (including the identification of hairs and fibres), the physical sciences, firearms, and document examination, physical anthropology, serology, forensic genetics and paternity (with special emphasis on recent advances in DNA technology and PCR), forensic psychiatry and behavioral sciences, forensic odontology, law and ethics, history of forensic sciences.

RJLM also includes similar submissions dealing with forensic-oriented aspects of the social science and the area where science and medicine interact with the law.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.138

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	25523

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	58

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• VALIDATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR EVALUATION OF PARAPHILIC DISORDERS

  Citation: 43

  Authors: C, C

• Method for fingerprints age determination

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Gheorghe, Romica, Nicolae

• Juvenile delinquency within the forensic context

  Citation: 27

  Authors: C, AM, CC, DP

• Predictive role of hand and foot dimensions in stature estimation

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Abdi, Beytullah, Melek, Ahsen, Huseyin

• The Emotional Impact of COVID-19 on Forensic Staff

  Citation: 25

  Authors: C., C.V.

• Emotional Distress and Coping Strategies of Health Care Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic

  Citation: 25

  Authors: M., R., M.L., C., C.

• Sexual dimorphism of crania in a Romanian population: Discriminant function analysis approach for sex estimation

  Citation: 24

  Authors: M., V., M., N., A.

• Major affective distress in testing forensic paternity

  Citation: 24

  Authors: C, C, HV, ML

• The burnout syndrome of forensic pathologists. The influences of personality traits, job satisfaction and environmental factors

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Magdalena, Camelia, Bianca, Beatrice-Gabriela

• Preliminary study on the tongue-based forensic identification

  Citation: 22

  Authors: C.L., M.F., L.S.

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