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Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2019

ISSN2666-2817eISSN2666-2817

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.857

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.382

Total Worksi

700

Total Citationsi

5,315

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Information Systems; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Information Systems; Law; Medical Laboratory Technology; Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Computer Science Applications.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications700

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-2817 / 2666-2817

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

English

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

106

1.9k

2020

120

1.5k

2021

108

943

2022

105

719

2023

112

634

2024

110

183

2025

100

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.

Information SystemsQ1

LawQ1

Medical Laboratory TechnologyQ1

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

Scopus Categories

LawMedical Laboratory TechnologyInformation SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsPathology and Forensic Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital and Cyber ForensicsAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesDigital Media Forensic DetectionUser Authentication and Security SystemsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAdvanced Steganography and Watermarking TechniquesCybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesNetwork Security and Intrusion DetectionHuman auditory perception and evaluationSecurity and Verification in Computing

Frequently asked questions about Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation

Is Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation?

Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.23.

Is Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.