OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Industrial Health is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Association between job control and psychological health in middle-level managers	33
Prevalence of coronary heart disease and its risk factors by working environment among Japanese male workers	24
Industrial workers and bullying: a systematic review and meta-analysis of workplace violence	21
Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) among workers in China	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 Japanese version of the psychological safety scale for workers	18
Exposure of paediatric healthcare personnel to nitrous oxide in paediatric care units	15
Supporting the management of long-term health risk from night work	14
The past and future of industrial hygiene in Japan	14
Work engagement in the post-COVID-19 era: an occupational mental health perspective	13
Occupational safety and health in freelancers in Japan	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	12
Protocol for a web-based study on the work environment and daily lifestyle of Japanese employees	12
Association between home working and mental health by key worker status during the Covid-19 pandemic. Evidence from four British longitudinal studies	11
Farm operations and slips, trips, and falls among corn farm workers in Thailand	10
Factors and their age differences associated with low back pain among Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study	10
Multidimensional analysis of schoolteachers’ occupational stress by the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire: focusing on gender differences	10
Stress and the gig economy: it's not all shifts and giggles	9
I watch SEM: continuous time dynamic models with <i>N</i>≥1 smart watch data	9
Symptoms of heat illness and water consumption habits in mine industry workers over the summer months in Australia	8
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	7
Factors associated with work ability and intention to leave nursing profession: a nested case-control study	7
Association between work stress and sleep disturbances: the mediating role of pre-sleep arousal symptoms	6
Psychological hardiness, sleepiness, and fatigue as predictors of occupational errors in nurses: implications for enhancing nurse well-being and patient safety	6
Asian Intensive Reader of Pneumoconiosis program: examination for certification during 2008–2020	6

Home as a new physical workplace: a causal model for understanding the inextricable link between home environment, work productivity, and well-being	6
Conflicts in the workplace, negative acts and health consequences: evidence from a clinical evaluation	6
More effort to deliver evidence globally through <i>Industrial Health</i>	6
Measuring the effects of respiratory protective equipment and other protectors in preventing the scattering of vocalization droplets	6
Cross-sectional associations between oral diseases and work productivity loss among regular employees in Japan	6
How changes in laughter predict work engagement and workaholism: reciprocal relationships among Japanese employees	6
Uneven distribution of stressful working conditions among Japanese nurses: a secondary analysis of nurses with and without children	5
Database-driven chemical information integration: analysis of substances investigated by the investigative committee on risk assessment for preventing impairment of workers’ health c	5
Slim larks and overweight owls? A two years dietary intervention in shift workers	5
Increased job strain and cardiovascular disease mortality: a prospective cohort study in U.S. workers	5
Work strain and thermophysiological responses in Norwegian fish farming — a field study	5
The husband’s mental health is affected by the wife’s happiness, but not vice versa: a longitudinal observation	5
Teleworking during COVID-19: experiences from Saudi Arabia	5
Night shift and shift work does not affect automatic cognition as reflected by duration mismatch negativity	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
Effects of 2-hour nighttime nap on melatonin concentration and alertness during 12-hour simulated night work	5
Association between work content and musculoskeletal disorders among home caregivers: a cross-section study	5
Prevention against carbon monoxide poisoning emanating from burning coal briquettes – Generation rate of carbon monoxide and ventilation requirement –	4
Risk factors for resignation from work during pregnancy among Japanese women: a cross-sectional, multicenter questionnaire survey	4
Paradox of long working hours: how income levels and satisfaction modify health outcomes	4
Organizational wellbeing and associated factors in telecommunication workers in Thailand	4
Supporting the well-being of nurses, paramedics, and firefighters during external crises by managing workload: an umbrella review	4
The relationships between coping styles and food intake in shiftworking nurses and midwives: a pilot study	4
Local effects of printed logos and reflective striping fixed to firefighter clothing material packages under low radiation exposure	4
Frequency of laughter and work engagement among Japanese employees: a cross-sectional study during COVID-19	4
Occupational carcinogens in Italy: an overview on exposure to cadmium and its compounds	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
Concurrent trajectories of occupational groups and sustainable working life—a Swedish twin cohort study over 16 years	4
Characteristics of COVID-19 infection clusters occurring among workers in several Asia-Pacific countries	4
Inhalation exposure to 2-ethyl-1-hexanol causes hepatomegaly and transient lipid accumulation without induction of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha in mice	4
Poor preparedness of Congolese healthcare workers for Ebola during the 10th outbreak (2018–2020)	4
Protecting sleep for the well-being of physicians and their patients	3
Factors affecting work productivity and activity impairment among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients	3
Inter-observer agreement and accuracy in classifying radiographs for pneumoconiosis among Asian physicians taking AIR Pneumo certification examination	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
Characteristics of workers’ compensation claim applications for COVID-19 infections in South Korea	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
Relationship among work–treatment balance, job stress, and work engagement in Japan: a cross-sectional study	3
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?	3
A roadmap to improve usage items to enhance the operational effectiveness of occupational safety and health management expense in Korean construction	3
Characteristics of mental disorders among information technology workers in 238 compensated cases in Japan	3
Work-related injuries and compliance with personal protective equipment among migrant workers in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia	3
Characteristics of mental disorders among education and learning-support workers in 119 compensated cases in Japan	3
Do holidays change subjective sleep length or sleep debt in shift work disorder?	3
Workload predictions from a biomathematical model compared to top-of-descent NASA Task Load Index scores in commercial pilots	3
Autonomic nervous system activity under rotational shift programs: effects of shift period and gender	3