Keyword

postmortem decomposition

Description: The breakdown of a body after death through biological and environmental processes, studied in forensic taphonomy and death investigation.

Primary topic: Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies (58%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/postmortem-decomposition

Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains

2001 · Mehmet Yaşar İşcan, Barbara Q. McCabe · Forensic Science International · 1,266

Medicolegal relevance of cadaver entomofauna for the determination of the time of death

2001 · M.I. Marchenko · Forensic Science International · 309

A study of volatile organic compounds evolved from the decaying human body

2004 · M. Statheropoulos, C. Spiliopoulou, et al. · Forensic Science International · 215

Postmortem Imaging

2010 · Angela D. Levy, Howard Theodore Harcke, et al. · American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology · 169

Arthropod Succession in Exposed Carrion in a Tropical Rainforest on O'ahu Island, Hawai'i

1987 · K. Tullis, M. Lee Goff · Journal of Medical Entomology · 153

Comparative Performance and Complementarity of Four Sampling Methods and Arthropod Preference Tests from Human and Porcine Remains at the Forensic Anthropology Center in Knoxville, Tennessee

2007 · Kenneth G. Schoenly, Neal H. Haskell, et al. · Journal of Medical Entomology · 142

Enhanced Characterization of the Smell of Death by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (GCxGC-TOFMS)

2012 · Jessica Dekeirsschieter, Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto, et al. · PLoS ONE · 141

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The effect of soil type on adipocere formation

2004 · Shari L. Forbes, Boyd B. Dent, et al. · Forensic Science International · 136

Adipocere: What is known after over two centuries of research

2010 · Douglas H. Ubelaker, Kristina M. Zarenko · Forensic Science International · 131

Disarticulation patterns of some modern East African mammals

1984 · Andrew Hill, Anna K. Behrensmeyer · Paleobiology · 130

Canid Modification of Human Remains: Implications for Time-Since-Death Estimations

1989 · P Willey, LM Snyder · Journal of Forensic Sciences · 121

Taphonomic Mycota: Fungi with Forensic Potential

2003 · DO Carter, M Tibbett · Journal of Forensic Sciences · 112

The origin of bacteria responsible for bioerosion to the internal bone microstructure: Results from experimentally-deposited pig carcasses

2014 · Lorraine White, Thomas J. Booth · Forensic Science International · 106

A Preliminary Investigation of the Stages of Adipocere Formation

2004 · SL Forbes, BH Stuart, et al. · Journal of Forensic Sciences · 98

The Odor of Death: An Overview of Current Knowledge on Characterization and Applications

2017 · François Verheggen, Katelynn A. Perrault, et al. · BioScience · 82

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Agmatine as a Potential Index for Freshness of Common Squid ( Todarodes pacificus )

1987 · H. YAMANAKA, K. SHIOMI, et al. · Journal of Food Science · 81

Thanatomicrobiome and epinecrotic community signatures for estimation of post-mortem time interval in human cadaver

2020 · Hirak Ranjan Dash, Surajit Das · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 80

Length of Time After Death: Effect on Attraction and Oviposition or Larviposition of Midsummer Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Flesh Flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Medicolegal Importance in Missouri

1993 · Robert D. Hall, Kathy E. Doisy · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 77

Establishing the volatile profile of pig carcasses as analogues for human decomposition during the early postmortem period

2016 · P. Armstrong, K.D. Nizio, et al. · Heliyon · 74

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Effects of different types of soil on decomposition: An experimental study

2013 · Ali Riza Tumer, Emre Karacaoglu, et al. · Legal Medicine · 74

Estimation of Age from a Tooth by Means of Racemization of an Amino Acid, Especially Aspartic Acid—Comparison of Enamel and Dentin

1992 · S Ohtani, K Yamamoto · Journal of Forensic Sciences · 74

Microbes as forensic indicators.

2012 · G Alan, J P Sarah · PubMed · 69

Decay and mineralization of non-mineralized tissue in coleoid cephalopods

1995 · Amanda J. Kear, Derek E. G. Briggs, et al. · Bristol Research (University of Bristol) · 68

Exploring new dimensions in cadaveric decomposition odour analysis

2015 · P.-H. Stefanuto, K. A. Perrault, et al. · Analytical Methods · 58

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Microbial ethanol production: Experimental study and multivariate evaluation

2011 · Vassiliki A. Boumba, Vangelis Economou, et al. · Forensic Science International · 58

Works count: 740

Citation count: 7,643