Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Forensic and Genetic Research, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies and Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes, together about 47.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences is the official publication of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences and helps the Academy meet its Objects. The Academy invites submission of review articles, research papers, commentaries, book reviews and correspondence relevant to Objects of the Academy. The Editorial policy is to attempt to represent the law, medicine and science and to promote active discussions of the relevant issues of the time as they affect the professional practice of the forensic sciences. The Journal is not restricted to contributions only from Australian authors but it will attempt to represent issues of particular relevance to Australia and its region. The meetings of the Academy normally include a plenary presentation and the Journal will seek to publish these presentations where appropriate. Peer review policy Plenaries, commentaries and review articles will normally be subject to a single review. Research papers will normally be subject to a double anonymized review. The Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences, founded in 1967 by the late Dr Oscar R Schmalzbach OBE, aims to bring together learned individuals from the broad areas of the law, medicine and science who are interested in the forensic application of their disciplines. The Objects of the Academy are: to encourage the study, improve the practice, and advance the knowledge of the forensic sciences; to establish and maintain an Education and Research Fund for the purposes of the Objects; to hold meetings; to publish such material as is calculated to further the Objects; and to generally do all things as may be calculated to widen, improve and develop the education and knowledge both of these actively concerned in the pursuit of the forensic sciences and the public.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, LEGAL

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 2, New Zealand 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Web of ScienceEmbasePublisher website

Other: ProQuest, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, Gale, Informit, International Atomic Energy Agency, Thomson Reuters

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Impact

Impact factor

1.01LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

2.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.3Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.35Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.63LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.63Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

19LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

45OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

361OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.84OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

12.23%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

58LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

112,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

16%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

18 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

42 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

24 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Semiannual

Founded

1968

ISSN

0045-0618

Electronic ISSN

1834-562X

Society / sponsor

Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences

Latest issue on the website

Volume 58, Issue 5 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website