Forensic Science International
ISSN 0379-0738 · Elsevier BV · Ireland · active 1927–2026
Metrics
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric. Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline.
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Indexing & access
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Frequently asked
Is Forensic Science International a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Forensic Science International. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Forensic Science International indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Forensic Science International appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Forensic Science International?
Papers in Forensic Science International are cited about 2.4 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 175. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Forensic Science International (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
Scimago places Forensic Science International in Q1 for its subject category. Quartiles split the journals in a field into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Forensic Science International is cited about 2.4 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 175. A journal is ranked per subject category, so one spanning several fields can sit in different quartiles depending on the category.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Forensic Science International?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Forensic Science International. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Forensic Science International open access?
We hold no reliable open-access classification for Forensic Science International. Check the journal's own site for its access model and any article processing charge.