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Forensic Science International: Synergy is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2589-871XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 52 / 1162 | 95th | Q1 |
| Pathology and Forensic Medicine | 32 / 209 | 84th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.3.
Forensic Science International: Synergy is Q1 in Law (rank 52 of 1162) and Q1 in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (rank 32 of 209), by CiteScore 2025.
Forensic Science International: Synergy is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.937, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 27.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,310 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Forensic Science International: Synergy is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2589-871X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Forensic Science International: Synergy has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 1.7 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #154 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Forensic Science International: Synergy published 63 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 151. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 73 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (28.5%), United Kingdom (7.2%) and Australia (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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