The International Journal of Legal Medicine publishes scientific studies and articles in the field of forensic pathology, clinical forensic pathology, forensic haemogenetics, forensic toxicology, traffic medicine and forensic clinical or postmortem imaging. The style and level of the journal depend on the quality of the submitted manuscripts, but, to a great extent, also on the referees’ evaluations of their form and content. These time consuming efforts are most gratefully appreciated, and we would like to thank all those who have supported the International Journal of Legal Medicine with their crucial contributions in the past year.