The journal Forensic Toxicology provides an international forum for publication of studies on toxic substances, drugs of abuse, doping agents, chemical warfare agents, and their metabolisms and analyses, which are related to laws and ethics. It includes original articles, reviews, mini-reviews, short communications, and case reports. Although a major focus of the journal is on the development or improvement of analytical methods for the above-mentioned chemicals in human matrices, appropriate studies with animal experiments are also published.

Forensic Toxicology is the official publication of the Japanese Association of Forensic Toxicology (JAFT) and is the continuation of the Japanese Journal of Forensic Toxicology (ISSN 0915-9606).

《Forensic Toxicology》是一本由SPRINGER出版商出版的专业医学期刊，该刊创刊于2006年，刊期Semiannual，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：医学 3区，小类学科：毒理学 3区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q4。该刊发文范围涵盖毒理学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外毒理学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为2.541，平均审稿速度>12周，或约稿。