About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology (JFOS) is an international publication dedicated to forensic odontology, forensic and legal odonto-stomatology, and the forensic dental sciences within the realm of justice administration and safeguarding legal rights.

The journal encompasses various domains of forensic odontology, encompassing Abuse and Neglect, Age Estimation, Anthropology and Archaeology, Bite Marks, Dental Damage, Ethics, Facial Reconstruction, Identification of both deceased and living individuals, Mass Disaster, Jurisprudence and Litigation, and Virtopsy.

The JFOS publishes:

- Original Research Papers

- Review Articles (excluding narrative and descriptive reviews)

- Case Reports and Case Series

- Letters to the Editor

- Position and Opinion Papers

The JFOS rigorously adheres to ethical publication guidelines, comprehensively outlined in its Policies section.

 

Open Access Policy and free APCs

JFOS is a No-Fee Open Access Journal free of charges for authors submitting manuscripts, and free of subscription fees for readers. 

The journal advocates for openly accessible research in forensic odontology to the public, thereby fostering a worldwide exchange of knowledge and enabling publication access for young or financially constrained researchers.

JFOS offers free and open access to full-text articles for both authors and readers. Full-text PDF versions of articles published since 1983 are available at https://ojs.iofos.eu/index.php/Journal/issue/archive.

 

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