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24-09-2022 | Editorial
Editorial
Authors:
Ingo Wirth, Tony Fracasso, Heidi Pfeiffer, Andreas Schmeling
Published in:
International Journal of Legal Medicine
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Issue 6/2022
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Excerpt
100 years ago, Berlin publisher Julius Springer released the first volume of the Deutsche Zeitschrift für die gesamte gerichtliche Medizin (German Journal of Entire Legal Medicine). With the exception of a war-related interregnum from 1944 to 1948, the broadly scoped journal was published with this title until 1969. In 1970, responding to changes in the designation commonly used to describe the specialty and institutes of legal medicine, it became the Zeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin (Journal of Legal Medicine). In renaming it the International Journal of Legal Medicine in 1991, the publishing house and editor were following the growing trend towards academic internationalisation. Under the editorship of Bernd Brinkmann, International Journal of Legal Medicine has become the world’s leading journal of legal medicine and has maintained this top position ever since. …
