Peer review policy:

• It is the critical assessment of submitted manuscripts by experts who are not part of the editorial staff.
• Each submitted article for publication is reviewed by at least two senior specialists of the concerned specialty.
• The double blind process is strictly followed and, in certain cases, the opinion of a 3rd reviewer can also be sought.

Biannual forensic sciences and toxicology journal operates a double-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers do not know the names or affiliations of the authors and the reviewer reports provided to the authors are anonymous.

Submitted manuscripts are reviewed initially by the BFSTJ journal chief and associate editors for the scope, the structure, and the language. Then manuscripts will be evaluated by reviewers according to the following criteria:

• Topic: should be relevant to the scope of the journal, informative and concise.
• Objectives: clearly stated.
• Language: clear and scientifically valid.
• Study methods: appropriate, described in an easily understandable way and include relevant details on the experimental design and techniques
• Results: clear and concise.
• Discussion and conclusion: explore the significance of the results of the work and reasonable.
• References: Harvard system.
• Manuscripts that do not follow these criteria will be rejected.

All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two independent reviewers using double-blind policy through an editorial board composed of experts in both forensic medicine and toxicology.