[Investigation of regularities of scientific and practical development of forensic medical personality identification using elements of scientometric analysis]. / Issledovanie zakonomernostei nauchno-prakticheskogo razvitiya sudebno-meditsinskoi identifikatsii lichnosti s ispol'zovaniem elementov naukometricheskogo analiza.

The article presents the results of scientometric analysis of theses, defended in the period from 1800 to 2020 yrs. on the «Forensic medicine¼ specialty, which are devoted to personality identification. Based on the analysis of defended theses for a significant period of time, a change of scientific directions was established and their dynamics, main tendencies and prospects were revealed. This allowed to determine the potential vector of research development on the forensic medical identification of personality. The conducted research can be used as a scientific and theoretical basis for predicting the relevance of future scientific investigations.