About the journal
Legal Medicine is a journal published by Elsevier BV in Netherlands. It is listed in MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 3,540 USD. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- ISSN
- 1873-4162 · 1344-6223
- Country
- Netherlands
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Declared publication charge
- 3,540 USD
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://www.journals.elsevier.com/legal-medicine
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 2003-01-01
- PUBMED · 2018-04-01
- Indexing
- MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 3,540 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Actual review time (measured)
- 61 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=99)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
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Works in OpenAlex
2945
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
65
i10-index
1098
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Editorial & policy4
- 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
- 95%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 55%
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 100889186
- Society affiliations
- Japanese Society of Legal Medicine
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Subject areas
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
Show all subjects (50)
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Dental Radiography and Imaging
- Dental Radiography and Imaging
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Identification and Quantification in Food
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