Research activities, along with expert activities, have been developing at the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) since the beginning of its functioning in 1914 as the Office of Scientific Forensic Examination under the Prosecutor of the Kyiv Judicial Chamber. Strengthening its potential in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the Institute is now developing all areas of innovative forensic activity, carrying out, applied and express research with priority in the field of law and expert specialities, the results of which are actively implemented in lawmaking, law enforcement and expert activities, scientific support of rule-making processes and is a scientific centre for expert support of justice.

In accordance with the Thematic Plan of Research Work of Research Institutions of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine for 2024, the Institute carries out 38 research works on topical problems of the theory and practice of forensic examination. According to the Institute’s Plan, 6 research works were carried out.

The plan of research work of the Institute is being fully implemented. In particular, in the current year, the implementation of 38 topics of the Plan is underway, aimed at ensuring forensic activities and creating methods for conducting forensic examinations. The forms of implementation of these scientific studies are methodical recommendations; textbooks; monographs; textbooks; scientific and practical comments; reference books; standards of established practice; and methods of conducting forensic examinations.

As a result of systematic work aimed at increasing the level of publication of the results of scientific activity, the scientists of the Institute annually publish scientific papers in journals indexed in the international scientific databases Scopus and Web of Science.

The Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise has an electronic repository, which is filled with new publications and currently has more than 8 thousand entries. materials, which contributes to the popularization of the work of scientists of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise on the Internet.

Of great importance for the implementation of scientific research at the Institute is the organization and holding of international scientific and scientific-practical conferences, seminars, round tables, and working meetings. These events are attended by leading scientists, representatives of state authorities, law enforcement agencies, in particular, foreign countries, scientific and scientific-pedagogical workers of higher education institutions, and scientific institutions.

According to the results of the state certification conducted on May 22, 2019, the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise was recognized as a scientific institution that passed the state certification with a certification grade of 3.08/3.87 for a period of 5 years. Certificate of State Attestation Series DA No. 00018 valid until May 31, 2024. Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise belongs to the I classification group.

The research work of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise is headed by the Director. The Deputy Director of the Institute for Scientific Work supervises and ensures the functioning of this area of activity. The institute also has a scientific secretary, who is the secretary of the Academic Council of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise. For the purpose of proper organization of research by all expert and scientific subdivisions of the Institute, in accordance with the regulations on it, the Laboratory for the Organization of Scientific, Methodological Activities, Regulatory Support and International Cooperation operates.

In accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Scientific and Scientific-Technical Activities”, the Statute of the Institute and the Regulations on the Academic Council of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, the Institute has an Academic Council consisting of 15 people. Meetings of the Academic Council are held regularly (11-12 meetings per year).

In addition to the actual research developments, the Institute conducts scientific and methodological activities. These include: organization and participation in spring, autumn and extraordinary meetings of sections of the Scientific Advisory and Methodological Council on Forensic Examination at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine; participation in the annual meeting of the Presidium of the Scientific Advisory and Methodological Council on Forensic Examination at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. The Laboratory for the Organization of Scientific, Methodological Activities, Regulatory Support, International Cooperation and Training of Experts carries out editorial and publishing activities. In particular, in accordance with Art. 8 of the Law of Ukraine “On Forensic Expertise” regularly, once a year, the interdepartmental scientific and methodological collection “Criminalistics and Forensics” is published. The publication is included in the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine of category B in legal sciences in the specialty 081 “Law”, is printed in mixed languages: Ukrainian and English and is distributed on the territory of the state and abroad. The journal is registered on the platform “Scientific Periodicals of Ukraine” and in the international scientometric databases “Index Copernicus”, “Ulrich’s Periodicals”, “ERICH PLUS”, “Google Scholar”, assigned an identifier of the international standard DOI (digital object identifier).

For the entire period of existence of this publication, more than four thousand scientific articles have been published.

Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise has carried out more than 700 research developments, including methods, scientific and methodological recommendations, etc.

The Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise has launched the publication of the textbook “Forensic Examinations in the Procedural Law of Ukraine”, designed to clearly and fully disclose the content, tasks, issues to be solved, methods used and necessary materials for conducting certain types of forensic examinations. The fourth manual is already being published. The publication is intended for a wide range of readers who can potentially appoint, or are subjects of the appointment of forensic examinations, is in great demand and is one of the latest and most relevant publications in Ukraine over the past 30 years.