Bibliometrics Analysis of Forensic Toxicology Literature of Mainland Chinese Scholars in SCIE Journals / 法医学杂志

Objective To conduct bibliometrics analysis of forensic toxicology literature of mainland Chinese scholars published in SCIE journals between 1998 and 2018. Methods Gephi 0.9.2 software was used for bibliometrics analysis. The status of forensic toxicology research in mainland China was network visualized through data analysis of institutional cooperation, author collaboration, fund support, keywords co-occurrence as well as literature interpretation. Results The total number of papers published in SCIE journals in the past twenty years by mainland Chinese scholars was 242, and increased year by year. Thematic studies, such as analysis and evaluation of toxins in hair, identification of new psychoactive substances, optical enantiomer analysis of amphetamines, analysis of toxic animal and plant components, etc, reached the international advanced level. Conclusion The forensic toxicology discipline in our country has developed rapidly in recent years. The opening and development of forensic science in colleges and universities, the constant emerging of new research teams, especially the funding of major special projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology, have promoted high level research output and academic status of Chinese forensic toxicology on the international stage.

O prontuário clínico odontológico como meio de identificação humana / The odonto-clinical promptuary as a mean of human identification

Este trabalho teve como proposta ressaltar a importância do prontuário clínico odontológico na identificação humana através dos dentes. O estudo foi realizado com dados coletados dos registros do Setor de Odontologia Legal dos anos de 1997 a 2003, do Instituto Médico Legal do Paraná - cidade de Curitiba, no qual comparou-se o número de casos de corpos carbonizados e putrefeitos, e a prevalência quanto à identificação. As autoras concluíram que o número de casos de corpos identificados foi maior nos casos de corpos carbonizados. Foram analisadas as causas dessas ocorrências e de que forma os registros dentários contribuem no processo de identificação humana