OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Shielding characteristics of nanocomposites for protection against X- and gamma rays in medical applications: effect of particle size, photon energy and nano-particle concentration	46
Areas of research to support the system of radiological protection	37
Risk of cancer associated with low-dose radiation exposure: comparison of results between the INWORKS nuclear workers study and the A-bomb survivors study	34
Eurados review of retrospective dosimetry techniques for internal exposures to ionising radiation and their applications	23
Individual response of humans to ionising radiation: governing factors and importance for radiological protection	22
Radiation dose rate effects: what is new and what is needed?	20
A bespoke health risk assessment methodology for the radiation protection of astronauts	16
A matter of space: how the spatial heterogeneity in energy deposition determines the biological outcome of radiation exposure	13
Effects of spatial variation in dose delivery: what can we learn from radon-related lung cancer studies?	12
Thermoluminescence study of pellets prepared using NaCl from Khewra Salt Mines in Pakistan	12
The radiation adaptive response and priming dose influence: the quantification of the Raper–Yonezawa effect and its three-parameter model for postradiation DNA lesions and mutations	12
Incidence risks for cerebrovascular diseases and types of stroke in a cohort of Mayak PA workers	11
ProZES: the methodology and software tool for assessment of assigned share of radiation in probability of cancer occurrence	11
Natural dead sea salt and retrospective dosimetry	10
A model of radiation action based on nanodosimetry and the application to ultra-soft X-rays	10
Measurement of radiation attenuation parameters of modified defatted soy flour–soy protein isolate-based mangrove wood particleboards to be used for CT phantom production	10
Biological effectiveness of very high gamma dose rate and its implication for radiological protection	9
Internal doses in experimental mice and rats following exposure to neutron-activated 56MnO2 powder: results of an international, multicenter study	9
Modeling of single cell cancer transformation using phase transition theory: application of the Avrami equation	9
Thyroid doses in Ukraine due to 131I intake after the Chornobyl accident. Report I: revision of direct thyroid measurements	8
Assessment of uranium concentration in blood of Iraqi females diagnosed with breast cancer	8
Modeling low-dose radiation-induced acute myeloid leukemia in male CBA/H mice	8
InterDosi Monte Carlo simulations of photon and electron specific absorbed fractions in a voxel-based crab phantom	7
Meta-analysis of published excess relative risk estimates	7
Assessment of X-ray shielding properties of polystyrene incorporated with different nano-sizes of PbO	7

Reliability of thyroid doses due to 131I intake exceeding 5 Gy in a cohort of Belarusian children exposed to Chernobyl fallout	7
Radiation exposure in a region with natural high background radiation originated from rare earth element deposits at Bat Xat district, Vietnam	7
Relationship between follow-up periods and the low-dose ranges with statistically significant radiation-induced risk of all solid cancers in the Russian cohort of Chernobyl emergency workers	7
In-vivo dose determination in a human after radon exposure: proof of principle	7
Chinese hamster V79 cells’ dependence on background ionizing radiation for optimal growth	7
Radiation dose and cancer risks from radiation exposure during abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) scans: comparison of diagnostic and radiotherapy treatment planning CT scans	7
Heterogeneity of dose distribution in normal tissues in case of radiopharmaceutical therapy with alpha-emitting radionuclides	7
Assessment of thoron contribution to indoor radon exposure in Canada	6
Simulation of the effect of mucociliary clearance on the bronchial distribution of inhaled radon progenies and related cellular damage using a new deposition and clearance model for the lung	6
131I thyroid activity and committed dose assessment among family members of patients treated with radioactive iodine	6
Vancouver call for action to strengthen expertise in radiological protection worldwide	6
Comparison of antioxidative effects between radon and thoron inhalation in mouse organs	6
Dosimetric characteristics of the INTRABEAM ® system with spherical applicators in the presence of air gaps and tissue heterogeneities	6
Early signs of chronic radiation syndrome in residents of the Techa riverside settlements	6
The activities of 210Po and 210Pb in cigarette smoked in Tunisia	6
Do we really need the “detriment” for radiation protection?	6
Inhalation dose due to residential radon and thoron exposure in rural areas: a case study at Erravalli and Narasannapet model villages of Telangana state, India	5
Risk of skin cancer by histological type in a cohort of workers chronically exposed to ionizing radiation	5
Thyroid doses in Ukraine due to 131I intake after the Chornobyl accident. Report II: dose estimates for the Ukrainian population	5
Comparison of effects of dexmedetomidine and amifostine against X-ray radiation-induced parotid damage	5
Awareness of radiation hazards in patients attending radiology departments	5
NaCl pellets for prospective dosimetry using optically stimulated luminescence: Signal integrity and long-term versus short-term exposure	5
Methodological improvements to meta-analysis of low dose rate studies and derivation of dose and dose-rate effectiveness factors	5
Triterpenoid CDDO-Me induces ROS generation and up-regulates cellular levels of antioxidative enzymes without induction of DSBs in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells	5
On the choice of methodology for evaluating dose-rate effects on radiation-related cancer risks	5
Investigation of radiation dose around C-arm fluoroscopy and relevant cancer risk to operating room staff	5
Lung cancer incidence attributable to residential radon exposure in Finland	5
Epidemiology of stroke and transient ischemic attacks in the population of the territories adjacent to the former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Kazakhstan	5
Justification and optimization of radiation exposures: a new framework to aggregate arbitrary detriments and benefits	5
Assessment of occupational exposure from radon in the newly formed underground tourist route under Książ castle, Poland	5
210Pb and 210Po concentration levels in tobacco products and resulting radiation dose for Egyptian smokers	5
Estimating long-term health risks after breast cancer radiotherapy: merging evidence from low and high doses	5
Japanese pediatric and adult atomic bomb survivor dosimetry: potential improvements using the J45 phantom series and modern Monte Carlo transport	5
99mTc internal contaminations measurements among nuclear medicine medical personnel during ventilation – perfusion SPECT lung scans	5
Incidence risks for subtypes of heart diseases in a Russian cohort of Mayak Production Association nuclear workers	4
Amelioration of cognitive and biochemical impairment in Aβ-based rodent model of Alzheimer’s disease following fractionated X-irradiation	4
A Monte Carlo study to investigate the feasibility to use the Moroccan panoramic irradiator in sterile insect technique programs	4
Thyroid uptake test with portable device (COTI) after 131I tracer administration: proof of concept	4
The effect of sunlight and UV lamp exposure on EPR signals in X-ray irradiated touch screens of mobile phones	4
Cancer risk from chronic exposures to chemicals and radiation: a comparison of the toxicological reference value with the radiation detriment	4
Analysis of the association of BRAFV600E mutation and Ki-67 overexpression with clinical and pathological characteristics in papillary thyroid cancer	4
Investigation into the foundations of the track-event theory of cell survival and the radiation action model based on nanodosimetry	4
Radiosensitization of NSCLC cells to X-rays and carbon ions by the CHK1/CHK2 inhibitor AZD7762, Honokiol and Tunicamycin	4
Out-of-field effects: lessons learned from partial body exposure	4
Comparing the performance of some dedicated radioprotection disks in breast intraoperative electron radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo study	3
Low dose of carbon ion irradiation induces early delayed cognitive impairments in mice	3
Dose conversion coefficients for neutron external exposures with five postures: walking, sitting, bending, kneeling, and squatting	3
Comparison of ITO and ZnO ternary glassy composites in terms of radiation shielding properties by Monte Carlo N-particle transport code and BXCOM	3
Biomechanical properties enhancement of gamma radiation-sterilized cortical bone using antioxidants	3
Solid cancer risk dependence on the Pasquill–Gifford atmospheric stability classes in a radiological event	3

Dosimetric evaluation of phantoms including metal objects with high atomic number for use in intensity modulated radiation therapy	3
Radiation and chemotherapy variable response induced by tumor cell hypoxia: impact of radiation dose, anticancer drug, and type of cancer	3
Assessment of skin doses in small field radiotherapy for 6 MV photons and beam spectral analysis at skin surface: an EGSnrc based Monte Carlo study	3
Comparison and multi-model inference of excess risks models for radiation-related solid cancer	3
Site-specific concentration of uranium in urine of workers of the hydrometallurgical plant of Stepnogorsk mining and chemical combine	3
The effect of ionising radiation on the physical properties of 3D-printed polymer boluses	3
Doses from external irradiation and ingestion of 134Cs, 137Cs and 90Sr of the population of Belarus accumulated over 35 years after the Chernobyl accident	3
Effective energy assessment during breast cancer intraoperative radiotherapy by low-energy X-rays: A Monte Carlo study	3
Parameter perturbations in a post-treatment chronic myeloid leukemia model capture the essence of pre-diagnosis A-bomb survivor mysteries	2
Phytoremediation of 137Cs: factors and consequences in the environment	2
The relationship of the efficiency of energy conversion into growth as an indicator for the determination of the optimal dose for mutation breeding with the appearance of chromosomal abnormalities and	2
Inclusion of ionizing radiation in a mathematical model for photosynthesis	2
Implications on dose estimation and dispersion patterns of thoron in a typical indoor environment	2
EPR dosimetry in glass: a review	2
Predominant contribution of the dose received from constituent heavy-ions in the induction of gastrointestinal tumorigenesis after simulated space radiation exposure	2
Concepts of association between cancer and ionising radiation: accounting for specific biological mechanisms	2
Reference man for radiological protection: 71 chemical elements’ content of the prostate gland (normal and cancerous)	2
InterDosi Monte Carlo study of radiation exposure of a reference crab phantom due to radioactive wastewater deposited in marine environment following the Fukushima nuclear accident	2
Assessment of some factors of cellular and humoral immunity in radiology workers	2
3D simulations for evaluation of location factors in an urban environment: application of a novel methodology to calculate external exposure doses for evacuees from Pripyat	2
Ameliorating effect of CpG-ODN (oligodeoxynucleotide) against radiation-induced lung injury in mice	2
Does irradiation for initial primary lung cancer affect the risk of metachronous second primary lung cancer?	2
External dose reconstruction at the shore of the Metlinsky Pond in the former village of Metlino (Techa River, Russia) based on environmental surveys, luminescence measurements and radiation transport	2
Modelling and measurements of distributions in an adult human phantom undergoing proton scanning beam radiotherapy: lung- and prostate-located tumours	2
The effect of piracetam on behavioral reactions of adult rats and morphological changes in the brain after whole body fractionated gamma irradiation: an exploratory study	2
Co-overexpression of TRAIL and Smac sensitizes MDA-MB-231 cells to radiation through apoptosis depending on mitochondrial pathway	2
Use of Gaussian-type functions for flux-based dose calculations in carbon ion therapy	2
Quantitative improvement of lymph nodes visualization of breast cancer using 99mTc-nanocolloid SPECT/CT and updated reconstruction algorithm	2
Response to “On the choice of methodology for evaluating dose-rate effects on radiation-related cancer risks” by Walsh et al.	1
The IRI-DICE hypothesis: ionizing radiation-induced DSBs may have a functional role for non-deterministic responses at low doses	1
An investigation of early radiation damage in rainbow trout eye-lenses	1
Beneficial effects of gamma-irradiation of quinoa seeds on germination and growth	1
Gold-nanoparticle-enriched breast tissue in breast cancer treatment using the INTRABEAM® system: a Monte Carlo study	1
Occupational exposure to physicians working with a Zero-Gravity™ protection system in haemodynamic and electrophysiology labs and the assessment of its performance against a standard ceiling suspended	1
Updated risk models for lung cancer due to radon exposure in the German Wismut cohort of uranium miners, 1946–2018	1
Dosimetric evaluation study of IMRT and VMAT techniques for prostate cancer based on different multileaf collimator designs	1
Comment on “Modeling of single cell cancer transformation using phase transition theory: application of the Avrami equation” by Fornalski and Dobrzyński	1
A new analytical method for estimating electron-absorbed fractions in soft-tissue biological volumes	1
Chromosome aberrations among atomic-bomb survivors exposed in utero: updated analysis accounting for revised radiation doses and smoking	1
Estimation of cancer risks due to chest radiotherapy treatment planning computed tomography (CT) simulations	1
Effects of chronic immobilization stress on biokinetics and dosimetry of 67Ga in a murine model	1
Clinical indications for the use of computed tomography in children who underwent frequent computed tomography: a near-13-year follow-up retrospective study at a single institution in Japan	1
Correction to: Cancer risk from chronic exposures to chemicals and radiation: a comparison of the toxicological reference value with the radiation detriment	1
Applications of MCNP simulation in treatment planning: a comparative study	1
Internal dose rate due to intake of uranium and thorium by fish from a dam reservoir associated with a uranium mine in Brazil	1
Estimation of linear and mass attenuation coefficients of soy–lignin bonded Rhizophora spp. particleboard as a potential phantom material using caesium-137 and cobalt-60	1
Chromosomal radiosensitivity of human breast carcinoma cells and blood lymphocytes following photon and proton exposures	1
Genomic instability induced by radiation-mimicking chemicals is not associated with persistent mitochondrial degeneration	1
The status of natural radioactivity in Nigerian environments	1
Uncertainty analysis in internal dose calculations for cerium considering the uncertainties of biokinetic parameters and S values	1
Validation study of ambient dose equivalent conversion coefficients for radiocaesium distributed in the ground: lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident	1
Design of a protective shield for a radiological emergency intervention using Monte Carlo simulation and an anthropomorphic phantom	1
Mapping in a radon-prone area in Adamawa region, Cameroon, by measurement of radon activity concentration in soil	1
Vibrational spectroscopies for biochemical investigation of X-ray exposure effects on SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells	1
Using Monte Carlo methods for Hp(0.07) values assessment during the handling of 18F-FDG	1
Voxel model of a rabbit: assessment of absorbed doses in organs after CT examination performed by two different protocols	1
War in Ukraine: handling of manuscripts from the Russian federation by radiation and environmental biophysics	1
Organ doses of the fetus from external environmental exposures	1
Evaluation of radon gas concentration in indoor air of spas and in spring water in the central Anatolia region of Turkey	1
Application of Bayesian statistics for radiation dose assessment in mixed beta-gamma fields	1
Effects of reconstruction methods on dose distribution for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment plans	1
Hyper-radiosensitivity affects low-dose acute myeloid leukemia incidence in a mathematical model	1
A thermoluminescent method for the evaluation of the 131I effective half-life in the thyroid when treating Graves’ disease	1
Dosimetric study of a hybrid plan technique for external beam radiotherapy in patients with cervical cancer	1
Use of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) in the detection of irradiated spices	1
Assessment of eye doses to staff involved in interventional cardiology procedures in Kuwait	1
The effect of radiation on the ability of rat mammary cells to form mammospheres	1
Visual grading experiments and optimization in CBCT dental implantology imaging: preliminary application of integrated visual grading regression	1
Radiation doses due to smoking different types of tobacco leaves grown in Turkey	1
Synthesis and evaluation of thermoluminescence properties of ZrO2:Mg for radiotherapy dosimetry	1
UN Sustainable Development Goals: establishment of an electronic ‘collection’ of papers published in Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	1
Production of sealed rod sources made from epoxy resin for the Saint-Petersburg brick phantom for the calibration of whole-body counters	1