The ''Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine'' is a

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

covering

forensic Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to Criminal law, criminal and Civil law (legal system), civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standard ...

and

legal medicine Medical jurisprudence or legal medicine is the branch of science and medicine involving the study and application of scientific and medical knowledge to legal problems, such as inquests, and in the field of law. As modern medicine is a legal c ...

. It was established in 1972 as the ''Police Surgeon'', obtaining its current name in 2007. It is published by

Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', th ...

on behalf of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, of which it is the official journal. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Jason Payne-James. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 0.870.

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*{{Official website, http://www.jflmjournal.org/ Forensic science journals Health law journals Medical law journals Publications established in 1972 Elsevier academic journals English-language journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United Kingdom 8 times per year journals