About the Journal
Multi-agency and multidisciplinary, the Journal of Forensic Practice provides a forum for researchers and practitioners on all aspects of forensic application in relation to the criminal and civil justice systems.
Previously published as The British Journal of Forensic Practice until 2012, previous ISSN 2050-8794.
Submission information
Accepted manuscript types and word counts
- Research Paper — up to 8000 words
- Case Study — up to 8000 words
- Book Review — up to 1500 words
- Editorial — up to 2000 words
- Brief Literatrue/Discussion paper — up to 3000 words
Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.
Reference style
Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.
Keywords
Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.
Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
Open access options
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Accepted languages
This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.
Accepted submission files
Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.
There are currently no open calls for papers for this journal. New calls are posted as they become available.
Open access articles
Metrics snapshot
- 2025 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate)
- 0.4
- Downloaded articles in the last 12 months
- 51497
