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About the journal
Medico-Legal Journal is a journal published by SAGE Publishing in United Kingdom. It is listed in MEDLINE according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- ISSN
- 0025-8172 · 2042-1834
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Official website
- https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/medico-legal-journal
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1965-01-01
- Indexing
- MEDLINE
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
3777
Last recorded publication year
2026
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29
i10-index
129
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Editorial & policy4
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 92%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 94%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 0412004
- Society affiliations
- Medico-Legal Society
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Subject areas
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Medical and Health Sciences Research
- Legal processes and jurisprudence
- Historical and Scientific Studies
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Criminal Law and Policy
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- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Health, Medicine and Society
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Criminal Justice and Penology
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Legal principles and applications
- Ethics in medical practice
- Ethics in medical practice
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- History of Science and Medicine
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Criminal Law and Evidence
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Healthcare Regulation
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Criminal Law and Evidence
- Criminal Law and Evidence
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Health Services Management and Policy
- Family and Matrimonial Law
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Law in Society and Culture
- Law in Society and Culture
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Legal principles and applications
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Legal principles and applications
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
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