| Medicine, Science and the Law | |
| Cover: | --> |
| Former Names: | --> |
| Abbreviation: | Med. Sci. Law |
| Discipline: | Forensic medicine, legal medicine, forensic science |
| Language: | English |
| Editor: | Peter Vanezis |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| History: | 1960-present |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Impact: | 0.689 |
| Issn: | 0025-8024 |
| Eissn: | 2042-1818 |
| Coden: | MDSLA6 |
| Lccn: | 65001593 |
| Oclc: | 985537463 |
| Website: | http://journals.sagepub.com/home/msl |
| Link1: | http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/msl/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://journals.sagepub.com/loi/msl |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
Medicine, Science and the Law is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering forensic medicine and science. It was established in 1960 and was originally published by Sweet & Maxwell; it is now published by SAGE Publications. It has been the official journal of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences since the journal and Academy were both established.[1] The editor-in-chief is Peter Vanezis (Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.689, ranking it 90th out of 147 journals in the category "Law"[2] and 12th out of 15 journals in the category "Medicine, Legal".[3]