Publications

Consult the recommendations of the ISFG DNA Commissions and the Congress Proceedings

Forensic Science International: Genetics

FSI: Genetics is a scientific journal (editor-in-chief: Walther Parson) dedicated exclusively to the field of forensic genetics. It has been launched in 2007 by Elsevier Publishers in affiliation with the International Society of Forensic Genetics. The journal is fully indexed in Medline and in the Science Citation Index.

FSIgen-journal

All members of the ISFG receive a free subscription of this journal (online version) as part of their membership benefits

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Please visit the journal homepage of FSI: Genetics (public access, no membership privileges) for further details on the the scope of the journal, the editorial board, and the instructions for authors

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Journal Access for ISFG Members

All members of the ISFG have free access to the online version of FSI Genetics only through the ISFG website

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DNA Commission

ISFG Recommendations

Recommendations of the DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) on Short Tandem Repeat sequence nomenclature

Gettings KB., Bodner M., Borsuk LA., King JL., Ballard D., Parson W., Benschop CCG., Børsting C., Budowle B., Butler JM., Van D., Gill P., Gusmão L., Hares DR., Hoogenboom J., Irwin J., Prieto L., Schneider PM., Vennemann M., Phillips C.

2024 FSI:Gen

Forensic Sci. Int.: Genetics 68, 102946

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2023.102946

DNA commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics (ISFG): Recommendations on the interpretation of Y-STR results in forensic analysis

Roewer L., Andersen MM., Ballantyne J., Butler JM., Caliebe A., Corach D., D'amato ME., Gusmão L., Hou Y., De K., Parson W., Prinz M., Schneider PM., Taylor D., Vennemann M., Willuweit S.

2020 FSI:Gen

Forensic Sci. Int.: Genetics 48, 102308

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102308

DNA Commission of the ISFG: Assessing the value of forensic biological evidence - Guidelines highlighting the importance of propositions. Part II: Evaluation of biological traces considering activity level propositions

Gill P., Hicks T., Butler JM., Connolly E., Gusmão L., Kokshoorn B., Morling N., Van O., Parson W., Prinz M., Schneider PM., Sijen T., Taylor D.

2020 FSI:Gen

Forensic Sci. Int.: Genetics 44, 102186

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.102186

Congress Proceedings

Conference Volumes of the International Society for Forensic Genetics

Progress in Forensic Genetics 20

30th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2024

📅 2024

Edited by:

J.M. Butler, A. Carracedo, M.V. Lareu, A. Freire-Aradas, A. Mosquera-Miguel, C. Phillips, M. de la Puente

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Editions, 278 Cursos e Congresos, 2025

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Progress in Forensic Genetics 19

29th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, Washington DC, USA 2022

📅 2022

Edited by:

J.M. Butler, T. Diegoli, H. McKiernan and C. Westring

Forensic Science International Genetics Supplement Series, Vol. 8, 2022

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Progress in Forensic Genetics 18

28th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic 2019

📅 2019

Edited by:

M. Prinz, J.M. Butler, J. Drabek

Forensic Science International Genetics Supplement Series, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2019

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Anniversaries

Publications to commemorate and celebrate the existence of the ISFG

ISFG-50years

Recommendations of the DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) on quality control of autosomal Short Tandem Repeat allele frequency databasing (STRidER)

Bodner M., Bastisch, I., Butler, J.M., Fimmers, R., Gill, P., Gusmão, L., Morling, N., Phillips, C., Prinz, M., Schneider, P.M., Parson, W.

2016 FSI:Gen

Forensic Sci. Int.: Genetics 24, 97-102

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.06.008

Massively parallel sequencing of forensic STRs: Considerations of the DNA commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) on minimal nomenclature requirements

Parson W., Ballard, D., Budowle, B., Butler, J. M., Gettings, K. B., Gill, P., Gusmão, L., Hares, D. R., Irwin, J. A., King, J. L., Knijff, P., Morling, N., Prinz, M., Schneider, P. M., Neste, C., Willuweit, S., Phillips, C.

2016 Forensic Science International: Genetics

Forensic Science International: Genetics 22, 54-63

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.01.009

DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics: Recommendations on the validation of software programs performing biostatistical calculations for forensic genetics applications

Coble MD., Buckleton J., Butler JM., Egeland T., Fimmers R., Gill P., Gusmão L., Guttman B., Krawczak M., Morling N., Parson W., Pinto N., Schneider PM., Sherry ST., Willuweit S., Prinz M.

2016 FSI:Gen

Forensic Sci. Int.: Genetics 25, 191-197

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.09.002

Progress in Forensic Genetics 16

26th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, Kraków, Poland, 2015

📅 2015

Edited by:

W. Branicki, T. Kupiec and M. Prinz

Forensic Science International Genetics Supplement Series, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2015

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DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics: revised and extended guidelines for mitochondrial DNA typing

Parson W., Gusmao L., Hares DR., Irwin JA., Mayr WR., Morling N., Pokorak E., Prinz M., Salas A., Schneider PM., Parsons TJ.

2014 FSI:Gen

Forensic Sci. Int.: Genetics 13, 134-142

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.07.010