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Legal Medicine

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1972

ISSN1873-4162

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.48

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.922

Total Worksi

2,900

Total Citationsi

35,925

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1972

Annual Volume~ 178 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,900

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-4162

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.2k

2019

130

1.5k

2020

136

1.1k

2021

135

826

2022

153

732

2023

236

460

2024

145

180

2025

164

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ2

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic MedicineIssues, Ethics and Legal Aspects

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forensic and Genetic ResearchForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesAutopsy Techniques and OutcomesMolecular Biology Techniques and ApplicationsRestraint-Related DeathsForensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisForensic Entomology and Diptera StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body InjuriesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Legal Medicine

Is Legal Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Legal Medicine: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Legal Medicine?

Legal Medicine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.48.

Is Legal Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Legal Medicine is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Legal Medicine?