Journal of Forensic Sciences
American Academy of Forensic Sciences / Wiley
Identifier: ISSN 0022-1198 (print), 1556-4029 (online)
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What it is
The flagship journal of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, published by Wiley. AAFS runs a Digital & Multimedia Sciences section (now styled Forensic Digital & Multimedia Sciences), and this is the journal that section publishes in alongside the other forensic disciplines.
Who it is for, and when
This is where digital evidence sits next to DNA, toxicology and pattern evidence, which matters when you are arguing about error rates, validation and opinion formulation to a court that already understands those disciplines. Cite it when you want a digital forensics point framed in the vocabulary the broader forensic science community and the courts use. It is also the venue whose editorials and comment pieces track how forensic science as a whole is responding to reliability criticism.
What it does not cover
Digital and multimedia work is a minority of the content, so it is not a place to browse for artefact-level research; you will find far more digital forensics per issue in FSI: Digital Investigation. It is fully subscription-gated on Wiley Online Library.
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Details
- Type
- Journal
- Written for
- AdvancedLawyers and courtsWorking examinerAdvanced, Lawyers and courts, Working examiner
- Publisher
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences / Wiley
- Identifier
- ISSN 0022-1198 (print), 1556-4029 (online)
- Topics
- research-publishing, error-rates, expert-testimony, validation
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