法医学杂志是美国法医学学会(AAFS)的官方出版物。它致力于出版原始调查，观察，学术调查，并在法医科学的各个分支的评论。这些学科包括病理学和生物学、毒理学、精神病学和行为科学、普通学科、牙科学、体质人类学、法理学、犯罪学、可疑文献和工程学。类似的意见书涉及社会科学的法医学方面也发表了。
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The Journal of Forensic Sciences is the official publication of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). It is devoted to the publication of original investigations, observations, scholarly inquiries, and reviews in the various branches of the forensic sciences. These include Pathology and Biology, Toxicology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, General, Odontology, Physical Anthropology, Jurisprudence, Criminalistics, Questioned Documents, and Engineering Sciences. Similar submissions dealing with forensic-oriented aspects of the social science are also published.
| 大类学科 | 分区 | 小类学科 | 分区 | Top期刊 | 综述期刊 |
| 医学 | 4区 | MEDICINE, LEGAL 医学：法 | 3区 | 否 | 否 |
| JCR分区等级 | JCR所属学科 | 分区 | 影响因子 |
| Q3 | MEDICINE, LEGAL | Q3 | 1.717 |
| CiteScore | SJR | SNIP | 学科类别 | 分区 | 排名 | 百分位 |
| 3.40 | 0.618 | 1.048 | 大类：Medicine 小类：Pathology and Forensic Medicine | Q2 | 74 / 193 |
61% |
| 大类：Medicine 小类：Genetics | Q3 | 211 / 335 |
37% |
| 影响因子 | h-index | Gold OA文章占比 | 研究类文章占比 | OA开放访问 | 平均审稿速度 |
| 1.717 | 87 | 5.88% | 94.47% | 未开放 | 约2.0个月 |
