法醫學雜志是美國法醫學學會(AAFS)的官方出版物。它致力于出版原始調查，觀察，學術調查，并在法醫科學的各個分支的評論。這些學科包括病理學和生物學、毒理學、精神病學和行為科學、普通學科、牙科學、體質人類學、法理學、犯罪學、可疑文獻和工程學。類似的意見書涉及社會科學的法醫學方面也發表了。

The Journal of Forensic Sciences is the official publication of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). It is devoted to the publication of original investigations, observations, scholarly inquiries, and reviews in the various branches of the forensic sciences. These include Pathology and Biology, Toxicology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, General, Odontology, Physical Anthropology, Jurisprudence, Criminalistics, Questioned Documents, and Engineering Sciences. Similar submissions dealing with forensic-oriented aspects of the social science are also published.