HuCS-ID Lab - Publications

A computed tomography (CT) study of the eyeball position and estimation models for craniofacial identification
Humphrey, Robert A.R., Hona, Te Wai Pounamu T. and Stephan, Carl N.  (2026) A computed tomography (CT) study of the eyeball position and estimation models for craniofacial identification. International Journal of Legal Medicine. In press.

Mean human corneal diameter and palpebral fissure lengths as scales for forensic analysis of photographed faces: an analytical review
Healy, Sean S., Stephan, Carl N. (2026) Mean human corneal diameter and palpebral fissure lengths as scales for forensic analysis of photographed faces: an analytical review. International Journal of Legal Medicine. Early Online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-026-03733-0

Correlations of Facial Soft Tissue Thicknesses with Craniometric Dimensions Improve Craniofacial Identification Estimates: Fact or Fiction?
Hona, Te Wai Pounamu T. and Stephan, Carl N. (2025) Correlations of Facial Soft Tissue Thicknesses with Craniometric Dimensions Improve Craniofacial Identification Estimates: Fact or Fiction? Journal of Forensic Sciences. 70 (2) 430-445. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15694

The Critical Photographic Variables Contributing to Skull-Face Superimposition Methods to Assist Forensic Identification of Skeletons: A Review
Healy, Sean S., Stephan, Carl N. (2024) The critical photographic variables contributing to skull-face superimposition methods to assist forensic identification of skeletons: A review. Journal of Imaging. 10 (1) 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging10010017

Cervicothoracic junction in disaster victim identification: Idiosyncrasies and relevance of body position for advanced chest radiograph comparisons
Stephan, Carl N., Caple, Jodi M., Jaques, Susan S.D., Byrd, John E. (2024) Cervicothoracic junction in disaster victim identification: Idiosyncrasies and relevance of body position for advanced chest radiograph comparisons. Journal of Forensic Sciences 69 1587-1603. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15436

Global Facial Soft Tissue Thicknesses for Craniofacial Identification (2024): A Review of 140 years of Data since Welcker’s First Study
Hona, Te Wai Pounamu T. and Stephan, Carl N. (2024). Global Facial Soft Tissue Thicknesses for Craniofacial Identification (2023): A Review of 140 years of Data since Welcker’s First Study. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 138 (2) 519-535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-023-03087-x

Facial Soft Tissue Depths in Craniofacial Identification (Part I): An Analytical Review of the Published Adult Data
Stephan, Carl N. and Simpson, Ellie K. (2008). Facial Soft Tissue Depths in Craniofacial Identification (Part I): An Analytical Review of the Published Adult Data. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53 (6), 1257-1272. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00852.x

A standardized nomenclature for craniofacial and facial anthropometry
Caple, Jodi and Stephan, Carl N. (2015). A standardized nomenclature for craniofacial and facial anthropometry. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 130 (3), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1292-1

Predicting nose projection and pronasale position in facial approximation: A test of published methods and proposal of new guidelines
Stephan, Carl N., Henneberg, Maciej and Sampson, Wayne (2003). Predicting nose projection and pronasale position in facial approximation: A test of published methods and proposal of new guidelines. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 122 (3), 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10300

Facial soft tissue thicknesses in Australian adult cadavers
Domaracki, Monica and Stephan, Carl N. (2006). Facial soft tissue thicknesses in Australian adult cadavers. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 51 (1), 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2005.00009.x

Building faces from dry skulls: are they recognized above chance rates?
Stephan, C. N. and Henneberg, M. (2001). Building faces from dry skulls: are they recognized above chance rates?. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 46 (3), 432-440. https://doi.org/10.1520/JFS14993J

Facial approximation: An evaluation of mouth-width determination
Stephan, Carl N. (2003). Facial approximation: An evaluation of mouth-width determination. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 121 (1), 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10166

Skeletal evidence of sharp-force disarticulation and tissue flensing in 54 Cases exhibiting approximately 4200 bone strike injuries
Stephan, Carl N., Caple, Jodi M., Atkins, Jen G., Lynch, Jeffrey J., Meikle, Brandon and Fisk, Wes (2019). Skeletal evidence of sharp-force disarticulation and tissue flensing in 54 Cases exhibiting approximately 4200 bone strike injuries. Dismemberments: Perspectives in Forensic Anthropology and Legal Medicine. (pp. 133-154) edited by Ann H. Ross and Eugénia Cunha. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-811912-9.00009-5

Skeletal identification by radiographic comparison of the cervicothoracic region on chest radiographs
Stephan, Carl N., D'Alonzo, Susan S., Wilson, Emily K., Guyomarc'h, Pierre, Berg, Gregory E. and Byrd, John E. (2018). Skeletal identification by radiographic comparison of the cervicothoracic region on chest radiographs. New perspectives in forensic human skeletal identification. (pp. 277-292) edited by Krista E. Latham, Eric J. Bartelink and Michael Finnegan. London, Untied Kingdom: Academic Press, Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805429-1.00024-7

Complexities and remedies of unknown-provenance osteology
Stephan, Carl N., Caple, Jodi M., Veprek, Andrew, Sievwright, Emma, Kippers, Vaughan, Moss, Steve and Fisk, Wesley (2017). Complexities and remedies of unknown-provenance osteology. Commemorations and memorials: exploring the human face of anatomy. (pp. 65-95) edited by Goran Štrkalj and Nalini Pather. Singapore, Singapore: World Scientific. doi: 10.1142/9789813143159_0006

Craniofacial Identification Techniques of Facial Approximation and Craniofacial Superimposition
Stephan, Carl N. and Claes, Peter (2016). Craniofacial Identification Techniques of Facial Approximation and Craniofacial Superimposition. Handbook of forensic anthropology and archaeology. (pp. 402-415) edited by Soren Blau and Douglas H. Ubelaker. New York NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315528939-37

Two-dimensional computer generated average human face morphology and facial approximation
Stephan,, Penton-Voak, Ian S., Perrett, David I., Tiddeman, Bernard P., Clement, John G. and Henneberg, Maciej (2005). Two-dimensional computer generated average human face morphology and facial approximation. Computer-graphic facial reconstruction. (pp. 105-127) edited by John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks. Boston, United States: Academic Press

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