International Journal of Forensic Engineering
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. Kong Fah Tee
- ISSN online
- 1744-9952
- ISSN print
- 1744-9944
- 4 issues per year
IJFE seeks original contributions on the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail to perform, resulting in personal injury or loss of property. The scope is wider than failure analysis alone, and includes all aspects of forensic engineering and related fields.
Note that, compared to Inderscience's International Journal of Forensic Engineering and Management, IJFE focuses on the scientific and engineering side of forensic engineering; IJFEM, in contrast, focuses on forensics in management, organisational structures, business, economics, finance, public policy and politics.
Topics covered include
- Forensic practices
- Investigation methods
- Expert witnessing
- Codes, standards and guidelines
- Geo-forensic and structural failures
- Material degradation and mechanical failures
- System, product and operational failures
- Forensic electrical engineering
- Post-disaster damage assessment
- Remediation and rehabilitation
- Legal perspectives, ethical conduct and environmental concerns
- Insurance and loss adjustment
- Practices to reduce failures and disaster mitigation
- Education
Objectives
The objectives of IJFE include raising awareness of current forensic engineering practices both to the forensic community itself and to a wider audience. An additional objective will be to attract contributors from experts world-wide to address related issues such as engineering disasters and learning from failure.
Readership
Professional forensic scientists and engineers, lawyers and paralegals, whether in government, academe or private practice will be a prime audience. It should extend to those who manage structural failure, design engineers, insurers, loss adjustors, assessors, field engineers and investigators. Final-year or post-graduate engineering and science students will also form a likely audience.
Contents
Case studies, singly or grouped, on practical and real world failure investigations will form the basic core of contributions. IJFE also publishes original papers, review papers and technical reports. Special Issues devoted to important topics in forensic engineering and selected papers from conferences will be occasionally published. Suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome.
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Editor in Chief
- Tee, Kong Fah, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
(kftee2010gmail.com)
Editorial Board Members
- Augenti, Nicola, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
- Bayat, Mahmoud, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Bistouni, Fathollah, Islamic Azad University, Iran
- Carlton, John, City University London, UK
- Chen, Shen-En, University of North Carolina at Charlotte , USA
- Chen, Xingwei, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, USA
- Chiaia, Bernardino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- Da Silva, Marina Bezerra, Federal Institute of Piauí, Brazil
- Fiorentini, Luca, TECSA SPA, Italy
- Fowler, David W., The University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Gharehbaghi, Koorosh, RMIT University, Australia
- Grzebieta, Raphael, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Hainsworth, Sarah, University of Leicester, UK
- Kaloo, Masood Ayoub, Government Degree College Shopian, India
- Kasanický, Gustáv, University of Žilina, Slovakia
- Lewis, Peter, The Open University, UK
- Matos, Jose Antonio, Minho University, Portugal
- Mikulec, Roman, Transport Research Centre, Czech Republic
- Mishra, Krishn Kumar, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India
- Mustapha, Kamal Nasharuddin, Tenaga Nasional University, Malaysia
- Natarajan, C., National Institute of Technology, India
- Parfitt, Kevin, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Parisi, Fulvio, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
- Perovic, Doug, University of Toronto, Canada
- Phillips, Declan, University of Limerick, Ireland
- Poudel, Sajag, Syracuse University, USA
- Rada, Gonzalo R., AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., USA
- Saafi, Mohamed, Lancaster University, UK
- Samad, Abdul Aziz bin Abdul, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
- Sargand, Shad, Ohio University, USA
- Sateesh, T.K., Dayananda Sagar University, India
- Singh, Tribhuvan, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India
- Skibniewski, Miroslaw J., University of Maryland, USA
- Spagnoli, Andrea, University of Parma, Italy
- Thomas, Ian, I F Thomas & Associates Pty Ltd, Australia
- Vijayakumar, K., St. Joseph's Institute of Technology, India
- Wan Yusoff, Wan Ahmad Yusmawiza, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia
- Yaragal, Subhash C., National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India
- Yogi, Manas, Pragati Engineering College (Autonomous), India
- Yuvaraja, T., Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology, India
A few essentials for publishing in this journal
- Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
- Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written (more details available here) and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted.
- Briefs and research notes are not published in this journal.
- All our articles go through a double-blind review process.
- All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted article. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors (PDF) is available.
- There are no charges for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be Open Access (OA). You can find more information on OA here.
- All articles for this journal must be submitted using our online submissions system.
- View Author guidelines.
Submission process
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2 July, 2025
About the Journal
Prof. Kong Fah Tee, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Forensic Engineering, cordially invites researchers to join his journal's editorial team. IJFE is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for the dissemination of research, case studies and applied work in the field of forensic engineering. The journal’s mission is to advance knowledge and practice in areas such as structural failure analysis, material degradation, accident investigation, risk assessment and reliability engineering, with a particular focus on supporting safety, accountability and innovation in engineering practice.
Editorial Board Member responsibilities
- Supporting the journal’s mission by contributing to the peer review process in your area of expertise
- Advising on special issues, emerging topics and strategies for journal development
- Promoting the journal within your professional network
Qualifications
Applications are welcome from individuals with
- a PhD or equivalent research degree in engineering or a related field
- demonstrated expertise and publication record in forensic engineering or related disciplines
If you are interested in joining the board, please email Prof. Kong Fah Tee at kftee2010gmail.com with a brief statement of interest and your CV. Prof. Tee looks forward to hearing from you and to building a dynamic and diverse editorial team.
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