Diagnostic Methods in Forensic Pathology: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Special Issue, entitled "Diagnostic Methods in Forensic Pathology". This is a collection of important high-quality papers relating to all aspects of forensic pathology.

Understanding the cause of death in the forensic setting can be difficult and autopsies alone may not be conclusive, making the assessment of the dynamics which lead to death a challenge. Further issues in forensic pathology include the identification of the victim, the post mortem interval (PMI) estimation, injury vitality, and age estimation. In several cases, forensic assessment needs a multidisciplinary approach in which the forensic pathologist integrates his skills with other figures/specialists, such as toxicologists, anthropologists, odontologists, radiologists, entomologists, geneticists, and engineers. This cooperation has allowed innovations in forensic practice and the development of new diagnostic strategies.

This Special Issue aims to include scientific advances and perspectives for the developments and discoveries in all fields of post-mortem forensic diagnostics. To this scope, the Special Issue will include scientific articles on all the forensic methods/investigations/analysis useful to reach a clear post-mortem diagnosis.

Dr. Elvira Ventura Spagnolo
Dr. Cristina Mondello
Guest Editors

Gennaro Baldino
Guest Editor Assistant

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• forensic pathology
• multidisciplinary approach
• post mortem interval
• causes of death
• personal identification
• sudden cardiac death/unexpected death
• fatal anaphylactic shock
• sepsis
• autopsy
• toxicology
• histopathology
• postmortem immunohistochemistry
• forensic odontology
• forensic anthropology
• forensic entomology
• molecular biology
• genetic investigations
• postmortem CT
• postmortem MRI
• micro-CT
• 3D print
• virtopsy
• forensic geology
• forensic veterinary
• forensic microbiology
• post-mortem biochemical analysis
• stereomicroscopy
• energy-dispersive X-ray analysis
• scanning electron microscope (EDX/SEM)
• metallization
• forensic engineering

• Diagnostic Methods in Forensic Pathology in Diagnostics (9 articles)