Research Paper Collection

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" of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine); Yaroslav Mudryi Law Academy of Ukraine (currently: Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University).

Editor-in-Chief

Ella Simakova-Yefremian, Professor,

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Honored Worker of Science and Technology, Head of R&D and Publishing, International Cooperation Laboratory of National Scientific Center "Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Forensic Science Institute" of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

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

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57211298051

Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AEN-2464-2022

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

e-mail: simakova@hniise.gov.ua

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Valery Shepitko, Professor,

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

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=9fZLVHAAAAAJ&hl=ru

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0252-7569

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

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e-mail: shepitko.valery@gmail.com

Edition Scope and Focus: covering contemporary national and international theoretical and practical issues in criminalistics, conducting various types of forensic examinations, applying specific expertise in legal proceedings, legal education and training of forensic experts.

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

Edition objectives: 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 training of forensic science staff, discussion of draft laws, dissemination of information about scientific events (international scientific events: conferences, workshops, competitions, international cooperation, etc.).

Scope of publication distribution: national and foreign ones.

Subject in the field of print media, publisher: National Scientific Center “Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Forensic Science Institute” of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (EDRPOU code: 02883133).

ISSN: 1993-0917

e-ISSN: 2708-5171

Media ID: R 30-02416

Publisher and/or Founder ROR: https://ror.org/01xsq9m65

Certificate of State Registration: КВ No. 24671-14611 ПР of 19.01.2021

Subject Area of Research Paper Collection and the field of knowledge and specialization in which the research papers are published: “Law”, specialization: D8 "Law."

Professional Registration: the edition is included in Category “B” List of Ukrainian scientific professional editions where the results of dissertations for degrees of Doctor of Science, Candidate of Science and Doctor of Philosophy may be published (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 886, dated on July 2, 2020, as amended and supplemented).

Field of Science: legal sciences.

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

Publication Languages: Ukrainian, English.

All applications are submitted on behalf of the Publisher: National Scientific Center "Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Forensic Science Institute" of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (Certificate of Entry of the Publishing Entity into the State Register of Publishers, Manufacturers and Distributors of Publishing Products: ДК № 7423).

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

Email: zbirnyk_nscfsi@hniise.gov.ua

Type of publication by purpose: academic, legal one.

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

International Digital Index (DOI prefix): 10.32353

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Articles are submitted for publication by filling out Google form after reviewing the author guidelines on the relevant page of the Research Paper Collection. In line with its focus, the journal publishes articles addressing contemporary issues in criminalistics, current challenges in conducting various types of forensic examinations and specific expertise application in legal proceedings.

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 performed scientific experiments); review 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 content is established: accuracy, logic, conciseness, comprehensibility, coherence, integrity, completeness, and high scientific level.

Information on Processing Publication of Articles: free of charge, in particular, exempted from any payment (contributions) for processing, review and/or publication of articles submitted by applicants for the third level of higher education of budgetary form of training, performed by them alone (without co-authors).