[Forensic medical characteristics of the damages to the human clothes caused by blowgun shots of various types of darts].

The objective of the present experimental study was to determine certain regular features of the damages to the human clothes caused by blowgun shots of various types of darts and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the formation of the damages. The study revealed the objective morphological features of the damages inflicted by various types of darts shot from the blowguns of two calibers.

[The current problems of investigations into thanatogenesis and the causes of death considered in the articles published in the journal "Sudebno-meditsinskaya ekspertiza (Forensic Medical Expertise)" during the period from 2000 to 2014].

The objective of the present work was the analysis of the scientometrical characteristics of the publication activity of the authors of the articles concerning the problems of investigations into thanatogenesis and the causes of death that were submitted for the publication in the journal "Sudebno-meditsinskaya ekspertiza" during the period from 2000 to 2014. The analysis was aimed at detecting the priority fields of research of interest not only for domestic but especially for foreign specialists. The study has revealed the most popular Russian-language and foreign journals that were most frequently cited by the authors of "Sudebno-meditsinskaya ekspertiza".