We have the pleasure to announce a new beginning in the career of the Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine. We intend to change in a radical manner the quality and structure of the journal and bring it more close to the European Union challenges. The journal has as Chief Editor one of the most well-known forensic pathologists in Europe, Professor Duarte Nuno Vieira, who kindly accepted to help us, and I want to thank him again with this occasion. We have a team of foreign board editors from all over the world which perhaps most of you know because they participated to our congresses and conferences in the last years. I want to thank them also for their cooperation. But as local editors we have the biggest responsibility towards the rhythmicity of the journal (four issues per year) and the quality of the articles (we introduced a double-blind peer-review before publishing).
We need your help because the future of the journal means many and good quality articles which are coming from you, our colleagues in Romania, and abroad. As you know the journal lost the
ISI Thomson Reuters indexation in 2024 and we are fully committed to regaining this recognition as soon as possible. We have a duty to honour the legacy of our predecessors and maintain the reputation for excellence of Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine at the highest standards possible, as it has demonstrated since 1932. We have the privilege to edit one of the oldest journals in Romania and we have no excuse to fail.
We have still to work for the Romanian Editorial Board and for other details but we decided to print this issue as soon as possible to re-establish the connection between the moment the journal stopped its appearances and the first issue from 2025. It is a difficult mission because many colleagues from Romania and abroad sent articles and continue to send and they did not have the opportunity to see their articles published. However, with dedication, determination, and your invaluable support, we are confident in our success.
The Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine is the “heart” of the Society of Legal Medicine of Romania and it is our collective responsibility to ensure that this heart continues to beat strongly. We look forward to your contributions and collaboration in this exciting new journey.
On behalf of the Romanian Editorial Board,
Prof. Călin Scripcaru
President of the Society of Legal Medicine of Romania