Theory and Practice of Forensic Science (ISSN: 1819-2785)

Description

«Theory and Practice of Forensic Science» is a peer-reviewed, open access science and practice journal that charges no submission or publication fees to authors.
The journal was established by the Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation – the head research and methodology organization of the system of forensic science institutes of the Ministry of Justice.
The journal has been released on a quarterly basis since 2006, and is one of Russia's most authoritative publications on forensic sciences.
The journal publishes papers on current issues in forensic sciences and related scientific fields, placing special emphasis on the organizational problems of forensic practice and the use of specialized knowledge in judicial proceedings. Materials accepted for publication include findings of original theoretical, applied and experimental research conducted using state-of-the-art tools and methods, as well as digests of recent research in current issues, summaries of new or updated methodologies, and brief information letters and reviews.
Papers are published in Russian and English. For Russian-language articles, the titles, abstracts, author details, references, and image and table captions are provided in both Russian and English.
Submitted manuscripts undergo a single-blind peer review process. The editorial board reserves the right to reject a submission without peer review when it falls outside the scope of the journal or does not meet specified format requirements.
An archive of previous issues of the journal dating back to 2006 is available on the RFCFS website at: http://www.sudexpert.ru/publishing/tipse.php.
The journal is included in:
the list of Russian peer-reviewed scientific periodicals recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for the publication of key research findings from dissertations for the candidate's and doctoral degrees (2015),
the system of the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) (2008).
Periodical registration certificate PI No. FS77-22228 issued October 28, 2005 by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media.