Criminalistics and Forensics is an interdepartmental peer-reviewed scientific and methodological collection devoted to criminalistics, forensic examination, and expert support of justice.
Founder: Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
Founded: 1964
Upholding the principles of academic freedom and the democratization of knowledge, the Collection operates under the Diamond Open Access model. Submission, peer review, and publication of articles are provided free of charge for authors (No APC), ensuring open and barrier-free access to all materials.

Academic profile of the publication: cluster “Law,” specialties D8 “Law” and D9 “International Law.”
Scope of the publication: The collection publishes articles on theoretical and practical issues of criminalistics, investigative and judicial activities, methods and methodologies of forensic examinations, regulatory and legal support of forensic expert activity, and other current issues related to expert support of justice.
Readership: The publication is intended for scholars, forensic experts, judges, pre-trial investigation officers, legal practitioners, academic staff, postgraduate students, students, and all interested readers.
Publication frequency: once a year.
The journal is included in the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 928 dated June 11, 2026 (Annex 14) for a period of three years from June 1, 2026, to May 31, 2029, with the assignment of Category 'B'.

ISSN: 2786-7072 (Online); 2786-7080 (Print).
Registration of the print media entity: Decision of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting No. 2041 dated June 13, 2024 (print media); Decision of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting No. 2042 dated June 13, 2024 (online media).
Media identifiers: print media — R30-05289; online media — R40-05288.
Print media entity: Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (6 Simi Brodskykh St., Kyiv, 03057, Ukraine, e-mail: [email protected],  Tel.: +38(044)200-42-26)
Founder-publisher’s EDRPOU code: 02883096
DOI prefix: 10.33994.
ROR ID: 03gbh6z06
Languages of publication: Ukrainian, English.