Forensic Sciences Research (FSR) [online ISSN 2471-1411] is a fully open access peer-reviewed journal of the Academy of Forensic Science (AFS), initiated in 2015, that publishes 4 issues per year. All papers published in FSR are made freely available online under an open access licence, with applicable charges. Please refer to the open access section below. Once a paper is accepted, FSR will publish a precopyedited, preproofed version of the paper online within 48 hours of receiving a signed licence. As a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal, FSR has been indexed in such international and domestic databases as the ESCI, PMC, Scopus, DOAJ, ProQuest, HeinOnline, CSCD and Wanfang Data.
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Scope of the Journal
FSR publishes the latest research across 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)