The ''Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal'' is a quarterly

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which publishes original research papers, comments, and reviews relating to all aspects of

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. It was established in 1968, and is published by

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on behalf of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science. Articles may be published in either English or French. The journal offers an option to publish gold

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Editorial board

The

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is Brian Yamashita (Forensic Science and Identification Services,

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). Associate Editors: * Rolanda Lam,

* Cyril Muehlethaler, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières * Theresa Stotesbury,

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* Karen Woodall,

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Editorial Board members: * G. S. Anderson -

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* C. Boisvert
Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médicine légale
(FR) * F. Chafe - MacEwan University * G. J. Davis - University of Kentucky College of Medicine, United States * S. Forbes - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières * C. Hageman -

* N. Hearns -

* R. Langille - Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences (retired) * J. Marshall -

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* P. Mayne Correia -

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* R. Schimpf -

* T. Tanaka - Private practice * J. G. Wigmore - Private practice

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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and

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. According to the Taylor & Francis, the journal had a 2022 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) factor of 0.220.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcsf20/current Multilingual journals Quarterly journals Academic journals established in 1968 Taylor & Francis academic journals Criminology journals Forensic science journals