Journal profile · TOXICOLOGY
Forensic Toxicology
ISSN 1860-8965 · eISSN 1860-8973 · Springer Singapore · JAPAN · Semiannual · Founded 2006
Forensic Toxicology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.04; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 89 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: On August 11, 2026, Forensic Toxicology will start accepting submissions on SNAPP, Springer Nature’s peer review system. The current Editorial Manager system will no longer accept new submissions after this date. Please click here to find out more about using SNAPP as an author, editor, or reviewer. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Forensic Toxicology is published by Springer Singapore 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 Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research and Psychedelics and Drug Studies, together about 47.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Forensic Toxicology is the official publication of the Japanese Association of Forensic Toxicology (JAFT) and is the continuation of the Japanese Journal of Forensic Toxicology (ISSN 0915-9606). The journal provides an international forum for publication of studies on toxic substances, drugs of abuse, doping agents, chemical warfare agents, and their metabolisms and analyses, which are directly and indirectly related to laws and ethics. It includes original articles, reviews, minireviews, short communications, case reports, and letters to the editor. Although a major focus of the journal is on the development or improvement of analytical methods for the above-mentioned chemicals in human matrices, studies with animal experiments are also welcome.The Japanese Association of Forensic Toxicology (JAFT) was founded in 1982 as the Japanese branch of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT). Its objectives are to promote studies on toxicology directly and indirectly related to laws and ethics. JAFT also fosters the exchange of scientific information through meetings and their journal Forensic Toxicology both domestically and internationally.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): TOXICOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Akira NameraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Japan 27, United States 6, Germany 4, Australia 2, Poland 2 (47 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics29.4%
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchMedicine9.5%
- Psychedelics and Drug StudiesPsychology8.8%
- Alcohol Consumption and Health EffectsMedicine6%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience5.2%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine5.1%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry4%
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.04LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 411OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 39.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 279,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 966 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 43 | 16 | 69 |
| 2024 | 33 | 15 | 175 |
| 2023 | 21 | 8 | 176 |
| 2022 | 47 | 22 | 478 |
| 2021 | 81 | 22 | 810 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
89 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 68 days – 116 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (86 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,990 / EUR 4,690 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
COPE member Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Forensic Toxicology, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-blind peer review Model summary
Forensic Toxicology uses a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1860-8965
- Electronic ISSN
- 1860-8973
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Association of Forensic Toxicology
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 44, Issue 2 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Forensic Toxicology
What CAS zone is Forensic Toxicology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Forensic Toxicology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Toxicology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Forensic Toxicology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.04; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Forensic Toxicology?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 89 days (interquartile range 68–116 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Forensic Toxicology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Forensic Toxicology based?
Of the 47 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (27), United States (6) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Forensic Toxicology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Forensic Toxicology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Forensic Toxicology open access, and what is the APC?
Forensic Toxicology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .