Forensic Science Review (FSR), the only review journal in the field of forensic science, has been continuously publishing two issues per year since 1989. FSR is now widely recognized by members of the forensic science community with pay subscribers from more than 30 countries. It is indexed and included by MEDLINE/PubMed and commercial databases such as EBSCO, Scopus, ProQuest, and Cengage.

1. Two unique aspects of Forensic Science Review:

• Articles (on various forensic science disciplines) published in the “Review Article” section are arguably the most valuable literature providing overviews on specific subject matters. References included in these review articles are helpful in guiding interested forensic scientists who seek deeper understanding of respective subject matters. These review articles can be used as the first reading materials when training beginning forensic scientists on related subject matters.

• The “Professional Review and Commentary” section: (i) features commentaries (written by senior and accomplished members in the forensic science community) on timely and important topics; and (ii) updates readers on crucial issues, events, systems/programs, and books/book reviews in forensic science around the world.

2. As noted in a statement from the publisher in FSR’s July 2019 issue, FSR has been supportive of related professional organizations, and facilitated the publication of three books based on review articles previously published in FSR (with a 4th one in progress). Titles of these books are:

• Liu RH, Goldberger BA, Eds.: Handbook of Workplace Drug Testing; American Association of Clinical Chemistry Press: Washington, DC; 1995
• Shewale JG, Liu RH, Eds.: Forensic DNA Analysis — Current Practices and Emerging Technologies; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL; 2013
• Jones AW, Mørland JG, Liu RH, Eds.: Alcohol, Drugs, and Impaired Driving: Forensic Science and Law Enforcement Issues; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL; 2020

3. Resurchify’s documentation of FSR on the Internet is attached. It should be noted that FSR has not been included by Clarivate (not meeting their inclusion criteria, most likely due to the limited number of articles published per year); the IF score listed was based on Resurchify’s calculation.

List of Attachments

• An “About Forensic Science Review” statement.
• Flies of the three books based on review articles previously published in FSR
• Resurchify’s documentation on FSR

Forensic Science Review (FSR; http://www.forensicsciencereview.com; ISSN 1042-7201; US Library of Congress Control No. 90649976; indexed and included in MEDLINE/PubMed) is a bi-annual review journal devoted to the timely publication of current topics in the field of forensic science. Both issues include two sections ("Professional Review and Commentary" and "Review Article") that are published in January and July of each year.

The journal, original founded by President Shih-si Yen, President of the Central Police University (Taoyuan, Taiwan), is currently published by Forensic Science Review (a sole proprietorship business registered in the State of Washington, USA) with executive editorial offices located in Vancouver (Washington, US) and the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Alabama, US).

Since 1989, FSR has published contributions from the most distinguished figures and on the most significant developments and events in forensic science. For example, Field and Lucas provided a concise account of the first 50 years of the development of forensic science in US (11:121, 1999). The most accomplished forensic scientists in various disciplines have also served as FSR’s guest editors, contributing to the publication of special topic issues in their respective areas of expertise. For example: Farrell and Logan on the effect of drugs on human performance and behavior (14-1&2, 2002; 15-1, 2003); Sinha on Y-STR (15-2, 2003); Isenberg on mtDNA (16-1, 2004); Baylor and Mitchell on workplace drug testing (19-1&2, 2007); Coyle and Lee on nonhuman DNA (21-1, 2009); LeBeau and Montgomery on drug-facilitated sexual assault (22-1, 2010); Shewale on advances in forensic DNA technologies (22-2, 2010; 24-1&2, 2012); and Jones and Mørland on impaired driving (31-2, 2019).

Articles appeared in FSR also constituted individual chapters for a monograph on workplace drug testing published by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (Liu RH, Goldberger BA, Eds: Handbook of Workplace Drug Testing; AACC Press: Washington, DC; 1995); and on recent advances in forensic DNA technologies (Shewale JG, Liu RH, Eds: Forensic DNA Analysis — Current Practices and Emerging Technologies; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL; 2013).

“Alcohol, drugs, and impaired driving” has been the subject matter of many review articles previously published in FSR. For example: Low, Giang, and Kuo guest-edited a volume on the infl uence of alcohol and drugs on traffic safety (a special volume in commemoration of Prof. Robert F. Borkenstein; 12-1&2, 1999); Dubowski presented a brief history of the Robert F. Borkenstein Course on Alcohol and Highway Safety (20:1, 2008); while Jones has made several contributions about forensic aspects of alcohol (8:13, 1996; 12:23, 2000; 23:91, 2011) and Mørland (and his co-workers) on other drugs and driving (12:79, 2000; 27:89, 2015; 28:37, 2016; 28:79, 2016). Numerous other articles dealing with epidemiology, enforcement, countermeasures, and historical aspects of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs have also been published in FSR. Considering these rich resources, Jones, Mørland, and Liu have co-edited a monograph entitled, “Alcohol, Drugs, and Impaired Driving — Forensic Science and Law Enforcement Issues”, published by CRC Press (Boca Raton, FL) in 2021.

We at FSR take great pleasure in providing service to the international forensic science community. For example, copies of the special topic issue (on impaired driving, guest-edited by Jones and Mørland; 31-2, 2019) were provided to all delegates attending T2019 — the 22nd meeting of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS), held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on August 18–21, 2019. Recognizing the expanding role of forensic science in the criminal justice system, we are committed to the pursuit of excellence by providing comprehensive review articles and reports to facilitate continued progress in this scientific discipline.