OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Industrial Health is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Prevalence of coronary heart disease and its risk factors by working environment among Japanese male workers	24
Association between job control and psychological health in middle-level managers	24
Industrial workers and bullying: a systematic review and meta-analysis of workplace violence	19
Relationship between using tables, chairs, and computers and improper postures when doing VDT work in work from home	19
Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) among workers in China	16
Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the psychological safety scale for workers	15
Exposure of paediatric healthcare personnel to nitrous oxide in paediatric care units	14
Supporting the management of long-term health risk from night work	13
The past and future of industrial hygiene in Japan	12
Protocol for a web-based study on the work environment and daily lifestyle of Japanese employees	12
Work engagement in the post-COVID-19 era: an occupational mental health perspective	12
Association between long working hours of doctors and the seriousness of adverse events: a cross-sectional study using national adverse event reporting system data in Japan	11
Association between home working and mental health by key worker status during the Covid-19 pandemic. Evidence from four British longitudinal studies	10
Occupational safety and health in freelancers in Japan	10
Multidimensional analysis of schoolteachers’ occupational stress by the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire: focusing on gender differences	10
I watch SEM: continuous time dynamic models with <i>N</i>≥1 smart watch data	9
Factors and their age differences associated with low back pain among Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study	9
Farm operations and slips, trips, and falls among corn farm workers in Thailand	9
Stress and the gig economy: it's not all shifts and giggles	7
How changes in laughter predict work engagement and workaholism: reciprocal relationships among Japanese employees	6
Symptoms of heat illness and water consumption habits in mine industry workers over the summer months in Australia	6
Conflicts in the workplace, negative acts and health consequences: evidence from a clinical evaluation	6
Asbestos Diseases Research Institute – A New WHO Collaborating Center	6
Factors associated with work ability and intention to leave nursing profession: a nested case-control study	6
Occupational management of low back pain secondary to prolapsed intervertebral disc in a Malaysian healthcare worker: a case report emphasizing ergonomic intervention and risk reduction strategies	6

Association between work content and musculoskeletal disorders among home caregivers: a cross-section study	5
Asian Intensive Reader of Pneumoconiosis program: examination for certification during 2008–2020	5
Measuring the effects of respiratory protective equipment and other protectors in preventing the scattering of vocalization droplets	5
Uneven distribution of stressful working conditions among Japanese nurses: a secondary analysis of nurses with and without children	5
The husband’s mental health is affected by the wife’s happiness, but not vice versa: a longitudinal observation	5
Cross-sectional associations between oral diseases and work productivity loss among regular employees in Japan	5
Home as a new physical workplace: a causal model for understanding the inextricable link between home environment, work productivity, and well-being	5
Work-family conflict and withdrawal behavior among mainland China's IT employees: the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and moderating role of job autonomy	5
History of work-related diseases as a tool to protect the health of workers	5
Association between work stress and sleep disturbances: the mediating role of pre-sleep arousal symptoms	5
Database-driven chemical information integration: analysis of substances investigated by the Investigative Committee on Risk Assessment for Preventing Impairment of Workers’ Health Caused by Chemical	4
Slim larks and overweight owls? A two years dietary intervention in shift workers	4
Supporting the well-being of nurses, paramedics, and firefighters during external crises by managing workload: an umbrella review	4
Prevention against carbon monoxide poisoning emanating from burning coal briquettes – Generation rate of carbon monoxide and ventilation requirement –	4
Effects of 2-hour nighttime nap on melatonin concentration and alertness during 12-hour simulated night work	4
Teleworking during COVID-19: experiences from Saudi Arabia	4
Burnout and poor perceived health in flexible working time in Japanese employees: the role of self-endangering behavior in relation to workaholism, work engagement, and job stressors	4
Risk factors for resignation from work during pregnancy among Japanese women: a cross-sectional, multicenter questionnaire survey	4
Work strain and thermophysiological responses in Norwegian fish farming — a field study	4
Increased job strain and cardiovascular disease mortality: a prospective cohort study in U.S. workers	4
Concurrent trajectories of occupational groups and sustainable working life―a Swedish twin cohort study over 16 years	4
The relationships between coping styles and food intake in shiftworking nurses and midwives: a pilot study	4
Occupational carcinogens in Italy: an overview on exposure to cadmium and its compounds	4
Frequency of laughter and work engagement among Japanese employees: a cross-sectional study during COVID-19	3
Protecting sleep for the well-being of physicians and their patients	3
Relationship among work–treatment balance, job stress, and work engagement in Japan: a cross-sectional study	3
Does breaking up sitting in office-based settings result in cognitive performance improvements which last throughout the day? A review of the evidence	3
Local effects of printed logos and reflective striping fixed to firefighter clothing material packages under low radiation exposure	3
Work-related injuries and compliance with personal protective equipment among migrant workers in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia	3
Inhalation exposure to 2-ethyl-1-hexanol causes hepatomegaly and transient lipid accumulation without induction of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha in mice	3
Factors affecting work productivity and activity impairment among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients	3
Teaching safety - Resident anaesthetists at the forefront of COVID-19	3
Customer verbal abuse is associated with depressive symptoms among high-workload cosmetics sales workers in South Korea	3
Characteristics of COVID-19 infection clusters occurring among workers in several Asia-Pacific countries	3
Organizational wellbeing and associated factors in telecommunication workers in Thailand	3
Inter-observer agreement and accuracy in classifying radiographs for pneumoconiosis among Asian physicians taking AIR Pneumo certification examination	3
Characteristics of mental disorders among education and learning-support workers in 119 compensated cases in Japan	3
A roadmap to improve usage items to enhance the operational effectiveness of occupational safety and health management expense in Korean construction	3
Paradox of long working hours: how income levels and satisfaction modify health outcomes	3
Autonomic nervous system activity under rotational shift programs: effects of shift period and gender	2
Changing concepts in approaches to occupational low back pain	2
How can Ministries of Health and Labour add the new indicator on work-related diseases to the monitoring system for the United Nations global goals?	2
Relationship between satisfaction with life and work and work functioning impairment among Japanese animators	2
Development and validation of tools to screen occupational mental health and workplace factors influencing it: for the Indian workforce	2
Hazards associated with blue light emitted during gas metal arc welding of mild steel using various shielding gases and currents	2
Observation of the same asbestos body by both phase contrast microscope and analytical transmission electron microscope	2
Working with physical agents – The past, present, and future of Non-Ionizing Radiation (NIR) in occupational safety and health	2
Working from home: Cognitive irritation as mediator of the link between perceived privacy and sleep problems	2
Subjective and objective fatigue dynamics in air traffic control	2
Association of weekly working hours with poor psychological well-being and moderation by employment status in Korean workers	2

Characteristics of mental disorders among information technology workers in 238 compensated cases in Japan	2
A hospital-based return-to-work programme in Singapore	2
Application of ISO/IEC Guide 51 to COVID-19 infection control for the occupational safety	2
Sociodemographic and work-related factors influencing long working hours among cardiovascular surgeons in Japan: a cross-sectional study	2
Improving the care stress, life quality, and family functions for family-caregiver in long-term care by home modification	2
Development and validation of the Work Style Reform Scale	2
How work engagement and workaholism relate to individuals’ and their intimate partners’ mental well-being: a test of the spillover-crossover model among Indonesian dual-earner couple	2
Effects of different bed heights on the physical burden of physiotherapists during manual therapy: an experimental study	2
Strategies to manage working from home during the pandemic: the employee experience	2
The relationship among sleep reactivity, job-related stress, and subjective cognitive dysfunction: a cross-sectional study using path analysis	2
Exposure assessment of nanotitanium oxide powder handling using real-time size-selective particle number concentration measurements and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry —The possibility of exposure to	2
Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea	2
Do holidays change subjective sleep length or sleep debt in shift work disorder?	2
Association of sitting time and cardiorespiratory fitness with cardiovascular disease risk and healthcare costs among office workers	2
Walking the tightrope between work and home: the role of job/home resources in the relation between job/home demands and employee health and well-being	2
Effect of shift work on excessive daytime sleepiness in female nurses: results from the Japan Nurses’ Health Study	2
Association between working overtime and psychological stress reactions in elementary and junior high school teachers in Japan: a large-scale cross-sectional study	2
Measuring work engagement in Thailand: development and validation testing of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Thai version (UWES-TH)	2
An empirical investigation of firefighting personal protective equipment and burn injuries in Korea	2
Relationship between occupational injury and gig work experience in Japanese workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional internet survey	2
Global Accord for Worker Mental Health: Tokyo Declaration on National Policy Commitments	2
Psychosocial Occupational Health, An Interdisciplinary Textbook	1
Asbestos in organochlorine insecticide powder sprinkled between pages of antiquarian books in a library in Japan	1
Health and safety situation of arts and entertainment workers in Japan	1
Associations of employment status, working time and job satisfaction with sleep duration and sleep quality among the 50+ population in Japan	1
The background and current state of implementing a legal system for stress checks in Japan	1
Association between preventive measures against workplace infection and preventive behavior against personal infection	1
Association of open-plan offices and sick leave—a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
The cost of collectivism: the role of workaholism and exploitation in the psychosocial mechanisms of overwork	1
Relationship between working posture/movement and measures to prevent low back pain among care workers: a cross-sectional study in the Kansai region of Japan	1
Occupational exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields	1
Identifying factors that inhibit or facilitate on-site implementation of chemical risk assessment at small and medium-sized companies	1
How much advance notice do workers need? A review and theoretical framework for determining advance notice periods for unpredictable work	1
Effects of different break patterns during driving on cardiovascular responses in male drivers	1
Risk factors associated with heat-related illness among sugarcane farmers in Thailand	1
High serum perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) concentrations and interstitial lung disease in former and current workers in a fluorochemical company	1
Predicting the use of sugar and caffeine as countermeasures to sleepiness in London bus drivers	1
Managing office worker presenteeism by providing financial aid for acupuncture therapy: a pragmatic multicenter randomized comparative study	1
Support for safety in the fire service: a test of reciprocal causality for safety motivation	1
Developing a questionnaire on the quality of working life for female medical and healthcare professionals	1
Loneliness without distress, chosen isolation (solitude) at the workplace, and mental health and job performance: a cross-sectional study of Japanese employees	1
Association between shift rotation and 30-year Framingham risk of cardiovascular disease among male workers in a medium-sized manufacturing factory	1
Comparison of respiratory protection during exercise tasks between different methods of wearing replaceable particulate respirators and powered air-purifying respirators	1
Brugada syndrome and job fitness: report of three cases	1
Remote work and well-being in the post-COVID-19 era	1
Presenteeism among fruit farm workers in Northeast Brazil: cross-sectional study	1
A review of test methods for evaluating mobility of firefighters wearing personal protective equipment	1
Comparison of primary school teachers’ stress responses between pre-pandemic and pandemic periods: a large-scale nationwide survey in Japan	1
Working hours and labour productivity from the occupational medicine perspective	1
Cardiovascular disease incidence and its predictors among school teachers in Peninsular Malaysia: a prospective cohort study	1
Perceptual and objective physical quality of chest images: a comparison between digital radiographic chest images processed for cancer screening and pneumoconiosis screening in Japan	1
Influence of nurse work environment and psychological distress on resignation from hospitals: a prospective study	1