Theory and Practice of Forensic Science and Criminalistics

Scientific professional peer-reviewed open access publication

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE AND CRIMINALISTICS

Year of establishment: 2001

Founders: Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Kharkiv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations (currently: National Scientific Center «Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Forensic Science Institute»); Mudryi Law Academy of Ukraine (currently: Mudryi National Law University)

Editor in Chief,

Ella Simakova-Yefremian, Professor,

Doctor of Law, Honored Worker of Science and Technology, Head of the Laboratory for Theoretical Research and International, Editorial, Publishing, and Scientific-Methodological Activities of National Scientific Center «Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Forensic Science Institute», Kharkiv, Ukraine,

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YswB34EAAAAJ&hl=ru&oi=ao

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8246-7688,

e-mail: simakova@hniise.gov.ua

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Valery Shepitko, Professor,

Doctor of Law, Honored Worker of Science and Technology, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, President of International Congress of Criminalists, Professor of the Department of Criminalistics at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University(Ukraine)

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ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0719-2151

Web of Science: https://app.webofknowledge.com/author/#/record/31307667?SID=D4vNI1k6kTmGAzdAE6x

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e-mail: shepitko.valery@gmail.com

Issues, thematic focus of the publication: coverage of modern national, foreign theoretical and applied issues of criminalistics, conducting various types of forensic examinations, specific expertise application  in legal proceedings, legal education and training of forensic experts.

The purpose of Research Paper Collection: Theory and Practice of Forensic Science and Criminalistics is to publish the results of theoretical and applied research on topical issues of forensic science, criminalistics, and criminal procedure. The collection pages pay considerable attention to improvement of author's methods and provide scientific recommendations for conducting forensic researches.

Tasks and main objectives of the publication: publication of the results of scientific and dissertation researches in the fields of criminalistics, forensic science and related sciences, popularization and exchange of experience in the field of legal science and staff training of forensic science institutions, discussion of draft laws, dissemination of information about events of a scientific nature (reviews,, personalities of scientists, defense of dissertations, new legal publications, scientific events: conferences, workshops, competitions, etc.).

Scope of publication distribution: national and foreign ones

ISSN: 1993-0917

e-ISSN: 2708-5171

Certificate of State registration: КВ №24671-14611 ПР dated 19.01.2021

Media ID: R 30-02416

Professional registration: the publication is included in category B of the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine where the results of dissertations for the degrees of Doctor, Candidate of Sciences and Doctor of Philosophy can be published: Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine №886 dated on 02.07.2020 with amendments № 582 (clause 1234) dated on 24.04.24.

Field of science: legal sciences

Specializations according to State Accreditation Commission of Ukraine (List of 2011): 081 Law

12.00.07: Administrative Law and Procedure; Finance Law; Information Law;

12.00.09: Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics; Forensic Science; Crime detection and investigation.

Collection is published 4 times per year, quarterly, in English and Ukrainian versions.

Publication Languages: Ukrainian, English.

All applications are submitted on behalf of the publishing house of National Scientific Center «Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Forensic Science Institute» (Certificate of Entry of the Publishing Entity into the State Register of Publishers, Manufacturers and Distributors of Publishing Products: ДК №7423, Media ID: R 30-02416.

Editorial board address: 8a, Zolochivska Str., Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61177

Email: zbirnyk_nscfsi@hniise.gov.ua

The type of publication according to the target purpose are scientific, legal one.

Sources of funding: issued at the expense of National Scientific Center «Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Forensic Science Institute». Articles are published free of charge.

International Digital Index (Doi prefix): 10.32353;

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Articles are sent to the Editorial board exclusively via e-mail. In accordance with topics of the collection, content on the coverage of modern issues of criminalistics, topical issues of various types of forensic science and specific expertise application in legal proceedings are published on the pages of a scientific professional publication.

Scientific articles are accepted for publication (where the author highlights the main working results); scientific and methodological articles (where the author analyzes methods, procedures, tools, thanks to which it is possible to achieve a certain scientific result); scientific and theoretical articles (where the author presents the results of theoretical ways of solving  issue); scientific and practical articles (where the author highlights his own practical experience and conducted scientific experiments); review scientific articles (devoted to assessment, results, generalization, analysis of previously published information). The Editorial board is interested in problematic articles, scientific ideas or brief messages? namely: results of experiment, their own experience, etc. Scientific style of presenting the content is established: accuracy, logic, conciseness, comprehensibility, coherence, integrity, completeness, and a high scientific level.