About the journal
Medicine Science and the Law 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
- 0025-8024 · 2042-1818
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
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
4534
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
61
i10-index
1061
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Editorial & policy5
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 97%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 95%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 0400721
- Society affiliations
- British Academy of Forensic Sciences
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Subject areas
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
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- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Ethics in medical practice
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Ethics in medical practice
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