{"title":"Revista Española de Medicina Legal: análisis bibliométrico en Scopus del periodo 2008–2024","authors":"Eneko Barbería , Alexandre Xifró , Carles Martin-Fumadó , Cèlia Rudilla-Soler","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To analyze the coverage and main bibliometric indicators of Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine (SJLM) in the Scopus database.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We identified the evolution of the journal's production between 2008–2024 and the citation and impact indicators (number of citations, CiteScore, Scimago Journal Rank-SJR, quartile, h-index, most cited and read papers).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>515 papers were included in Scopus (27.1 annual average) with an h-index of 15 and a self-citation rate of 21.5% for the period studied. The number of citations received in Scopus was 1,510, reaching the peak of citations in 2022. In the category <em>Pathology and Forensic Medicine</em>, for the year 2023, SJLM obtained an h-index of 13, with an SJR of 0.217 corresponding to the third quartile. In 2023 the percentage of female authors was 53.85%. The most productive institutions were the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Catalonia and the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences. The article with the best metrics was the one related to gender violence and confinement due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic published in 2020.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>A positive evolution of SJLM metrics is observed during the period studied. The improvement of the journal's indicators would benefit from its indexing in other international databases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 141-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143164122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrando el 50 aniversario de Revista Española de Medicina Legal","authors":"Clara Ortega","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 135-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143164124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consejos prácticos para escribir un artículo científico","authors":"Erik Cobo, José Antonio González","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The text explores the importance of scientific publishing in the medical field and the dual role of the author/reviewer. The reviewer's work is crucial, as their objective is to assist other authors in improving their manuscripts and ensuring that methods are reproducible, which allows for the validation of results in future studies. In the interest of greater transparency, we emphasize the role of publication guidelines, such as CONSORT, which promote rigorous and reproducible research. There is substantial evidence demonstrating that adherence to these guidelines can enhance the quality of articles. Finally, researchers are encouraged to contribute honestly to the advancement of knowledge and best clinical practices, with the hope that their findings will translate into public health benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 164-166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143164127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La enseñanza de la medicina legal y forense en España","authors":"Bernardo Perea-Pérez , Francisco Pera-Bajo , Enrique Dorado-Fernández , Andrés Santiago-Sáez","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.11.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The teaching of legal and forensic medicine in Spain is undergoing a period of profound change. With the implementation of the new curricula based on the “Bologna Plan”, undergraduate teaching in medical schools has generally lost in quantitative importance compared to previous curricula. However, postgraduate training, and in particular the specialty of Legal and Forensic Medicine in residency training, has made very significant progress. A four-year specialization, with rotations in the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (IMLCFs) and the subsidized health centres, should provide the necessary training for future forensic doctors in Spain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 149-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143164126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aneurisma coronario gigante. Una entidad rara y un hallazgo inusual en la práctica forense. A propósito de un caso","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 3","pages":"Pages 129-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141279774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guía práctica para la investigación multidisciplinar de las muertes durante la práctica de buceo","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2023.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2023.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nowadays, diving is a safe practice and fatalities are uncommon. The main cause of death reported is drowning but others have been described, such as, those secondary to the biophysical foundations that govern the hyperbaric environment, like arterial gas embolism or decompression illness. Because of this, multidisciplinary investigation is essential for elucidating the cause of death.</p><p>A practical guideline is proposed to systematize and direct the collection of technical-police and medical-forensic data by the different professionals involved to correctly identify all events related to the accident.</p><p>It consists of two well-differentiated blocks which shows the sequence to choose the most appropriate autopsy techniques and complementary tests to carry out a complete analysis of each diving fatality, all aimed to avoid overdiagnosis of deaths by drowning.</p><p>This way, it will be possible to identify risk factors or unsafe behaviours about which to develop prevention measures.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 3","pages":"Pages 121-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139876254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inteligencia artificial en las ciencias forenses: el futuro ya está aquí","authors":"Carles Martin-Fumadó , Eneko Barbería-Marcalain , Josep Arimany-Manso","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 3","pages":"Pages 89-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142173389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relevant mental health issues in the Spanish Law 4/2023 about people with sexual diversity","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2023.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2023.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>This contribution will address the shown inconsistency with regard to the mental health field of the Spanish Ministry for Equality's Law 4/2023, which affects people with sexual diversity. In order to provide a context for it, an extensive, non-systematic search of related scientific articles was undertaken, mainly in the MEDLINE and InDICEs-CSIC </span>bibliographic databases. It will consider, in particular: (a) gender discordance as a sexual health diagnosis; (b) </span>sexology<span><span>, minority, and Spanish law; and (c) counter-conditional health interventions. The aforementioned law modifies the registration of the sex of children between the ages of 12 and 14, contrary to the criteria of the General Council of the Judiciary Eliminate (CGPJ), and classifies as a very serious offence the application of conversion treatment to those concerned. This law contradicts current global nosologies, nosographies, and nosotaxies that certain </span>mental disorders can seriously distort the will of some people.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 3","pages":"Pages 113-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139304108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obstetricia y ginecología: análisis sobre la mala praxis en el sistema sanitario público español","authors":"Mónica Hernández Herrero , Jorge Tomillo Urbina","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Obstetrics and gynecology is one of the specialties most involved in malpractice claims. However, there are few studies that provide scientific information on this topic. The aim was to analyze the characteristics of medical liability rulings in Spain in public health care in the speciality of obstetrics and gynecology.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Cross-sectional observational study that analyzed the rulings handed down in the contentious-administrative jurisdiction by the Superior Courts of Justice (2008–2020), in the speciality of obstetrics and gynecology. The variables were administrative, clinical, judicial and compensatory.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We analyzed 1,015 rulings, of which 142 (13.99%) related to the speciality of obstetrics and gynecology. A total of 67.61% of the rulings were dismissed at first instance and 89.28% at second instance. The most frequent reasons for an upheld ruling were diagnostic and/or therapeutic malpractice (40.90%), lack of information (20.45%) and loss of opportunity (18.18%). The most frequently claimed damage was sequelae (66.14%). The median award was 53,758.50 euros (2,000-800,000).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The high frequency of claims in obstetrics and gynecology indicates that these are “high risk” specialties for litigation. The vast majority of judgments are dismissed, <em>i.e.</em> in favor of the administration. The analysis of these results helps to structure the role of lawsuits and to increase professionals' knowledge of the medico-legal aspect of health care.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 3","pages":"Pages 92-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142173266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coloración visceral post mortem debido al azul de metileno","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.reml.2024.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35705,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal","volume":"50 3","pages":"Pages 132-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141281146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}