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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Areas of research to support the system of radiological protection	44
Risk of cancer associated with low-dose radiation exposure: comparison of results between the INWORKS nuclear workers study and the A-bomb survivors study	40
Radiation dose rate effects: what is new and what is needed?	25
A bespoke health risk assessment methodology for the radiation protection of astronauts	16
Thermoluminescence study of pellets prepared using NaCl from Khewra Salt Mines in Pakistan	16
Assessment of X-ray shielding properties of polystyrene incorporated with different nano-sizes of PbO	15
Effects of spatial variation in dose delivery: what can we learn from radon-related lung cancer studies?	15
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	15
A matter of space: how the spatial heterogeneity in energy deposition determines the biological outcome of radiation exposure	14
Incidence risks for cerebrovascular diseases and types of stroke in a cohort of Mayak PA workers	14
Vancouver call for action to strengthen expertise in radiological protection worldwide	13
Epidemiology of stroke and transient ischemic attacks in the population of the territories adjacent to the former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Kazakhstan	10
Incidence risks for subtypes of heart diseases in a Russian cohort of Mayak Production Association nuclear workers	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	9
Assessment of uranium concentration in blood of Iraqi females diagnosed with breast cancer	9
Heterogeneity of dose distribution in normal tissues in case of radiopharmaceutical therapy with alpha-emitting radionuclides	9
Assessment of thoron contribution to indoor radon exposure in Canada	9
Lung cancer incidence attributable to residential radon exposure in Finland	9
InterDosi Monte Carlo simulations of photon and electron specific absorbed fractions in a voxel-based crab phantom	9
Radiation dose and cancer risks from radiation exposure during abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) scans: comparison of diagnostic and radiotherapy treatment planning CT scans	8
Out-of-field effects: lessons learned from partial body exposure	8
210Pb and 210Po concentration levels in tobacco products and resulting radiation dose for Egyptian smokers	8
EPR dosimetry in glass: a review	8
Modeling low-dose radiation-induced acute myeloid leukemia in male CBA/H mice	8

Assessment of occupational exposure from radon in the newly formed underground tourist route under Książ castle, Poland	7
Reliability of thyroid doses due to 131I intake exceeding 5 Gy in a cohort of Belarusian children exposed to Chernobyl fallout	7
Early signs of chronic radiation syndrome in residents of the Techa riverside settlements	7
Japanese pediatric and adult atomic bomb survivor dosimetry: potential improvements using the J45 phantom series and modern Monte Carlo transport	7
In-vivo dose determination in a human after radon exposure: proof of principle	7
Radiation exposure in a region with natural high background radiation originated from rare earth element deposits at Bat Xat district, Vietnam	7
Chinese hamster V79 cells’ dependence on background ionizing radiation for optimal growth	7
A Monte Carlo study to investigate the feasibility to use the Moroccan panoramic irradiator in sterile insect technique programs	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	6
Comparison of effects of dexmedetomidine and amifostine against X-ray radiation-induced parotid damage	6
Risk of skin cancer by histological type in a cohort of workers chronically exposed to ionizing radiation	6
Phytoremediation of 137Cs: factors and consequences in the environment	6
Investigation of radiation dose around C-arm fluoroscopy and relevant cancer risk to operating room staff	6
Methodological improvements to meta-analysis of low dose rate studies and derivation of dose and dose-rate effectiveness factors	5
Investigation into the foundations of the track-event theory of cell survival and the radiation action model based on nanodosimetry	5
Amelioration of cognitive and biochemical impairment in Aβ-based rodent model of Alzheimer’s disease following fractionated X-irradiation	5
Mapping in a radon-prone area in Adamawa region, Cameroon, by measurement of radon activity concentration in soil	5
Thyroid doses in Ukraine due to 131I intake after the Chornobyl accident. Report II: dose estimates for the Ukrainian population	5
99mTc internal contaminations measurements among nuclear medicine medical personnel during ventilation – perfusion SPECT lung scans	5
On the choice of methodology for evaluating dose-rate effects on radiation-related cancer risks	5
Estimating long-term health risks after breast cancer radiotherapy: merging evidence from low and high doses	5
Awareness of radiation hazards in patients attending radiology departments	5
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	4
Co-overexpression of TRAIL and Smac sensitizes MDA-MB-231 cells to radiation through apoptosis depending on mitochondrial pathway	4
Dose conversion coefficients for neutron external exposures with five postures: walking, sitting, bending, kneeling, and squatting	4
Space radiation quality factor for Galactic Cosmic Rays and typical space mission scenarios using a microdosimetric approach	4
The status of natural radioactivity in Nigerian environments	4
The DNA damage response to radiological imaging: from ROS and γH2AX foci induction to gene expression responses in vivo	4
Concepts of association between cancer and ionising radiation: accounting for specific biological mechanisms	4
Comparison and multi-model inference of excess risks models for radiation-related solid cancer	4
Analysis of the association of BRAFV600E mutation and Ki-67 overexpression with clinical and pathological characteristics in papillary thyroid cancer	4
Radiation and chemotherapy variable response induced by tumor cell hypoxia: impact of radiation dose, anticancer drug, and type of cancer	4
Effective energy assessment during breast cancer intraoperative radiotherapy by low-energy X-rays: A Monte Carlo study	4
Cancer risk from chronic exposures to chemicals and radiation: a comparison of the toxicological reference value with the radiation detriment	4
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
Improving radiation dosimetry with an automated micronucleus scoring system: correction of automated scoring errors	3
Synthesis and evaluation of thermoluminescence properties of ZrO2:Mg for radiotherapy dosimetry	3
Updated risk models for lung cancer due to radon exposure in the German Wismut cohort of uranium miners, 1946–2018	3
Low dose of carbon ion irradiation induces early delayed cognitive impairments in mice	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
Exosome secretion and cellular response of DU145 and PC3 after exposure to alpha radiation	3
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
Putting radioactive materials on the sustainability agenda: a report from a workshop on the sustainability of human-made radioactive materials held at the safeND Research Symposium 2023	2
Chromosome aberrations among atomic-bomb survivors exposed in utero: updated analysis accounting for revised radiation doses and smoking	2
Implications on dose estimation and dispersion patterns of thoron in a typical indoor environment	2
Vibrational spectroscopies for biochemical investigation of X-ray exposure effects on SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells	2
Does irradiation for initial primary lung cancer affect the risk of metachronous second primary lung cancer?	2
Evaluation of radon gas concentration in indoor air of spas and in spring water in the central Anatolia region of Turkey	2
Fetal atomic bomb survivor dosimetry using the J45 series of pregnant female phantoms with realistic survivor exposure scenarios: comparisons to dose estimates in the DS02 system	2

An investigation of early radiation damage in rainbow trout eye-lenses	2
Inclusion of ionizing radiation in a mathematical model for photosynthesis	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
Minimum reporting standards about dosimetry of radiation sources used in radiation research studies	2
Visual grading experiments and optimization in CBCT dental implantology imaging: preliminary application of integrated visual grading regression	2
Quantitative improvement of lymph nodes visualization of breast cancer using 99mTc-nanocolloid SPECT/CT and updated reconstruction algorithm	2
In support of ICRP’s call to action to strengthen expertise in radiological protection worldwide	2
Reference man for radiological protection: 71 chemical elements’ content of the prostate gland (normal and cancerous)	2
Gold-nanoparticle-enriched breast tissue in breast cancer treatment using the INTRABEAM® system: a Monte Carlo study	2
Modelling and measurements of distributions in an adult human phantom undergoing proton scanning beam radiotherapy: lung- and prostate-located tumours	2
Beneficial effects of gamma-irradiation of quinoa seeds on germination and growth	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
Predominant contribution of the dose received from constituent heavy-ions in the induction of gastrointestinal tumorigenesis after simulated space radiation exposure	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
Radiological protection revisited—the story continues	2
Design of a protective shield for a radiological emergency intervention using Monte Carlo simulation and an anthropomorphic phantom	2
Internal dose rate due to intake of uranium and thorium by fish from a dam reservoir associated with a uranium mine in Brazil	2
Dosimetric evaluation study of IMRT and VMAT techniques for prostate cancer based on different multileaf collimator designs	1
Assessment of eye doses to staff involved in interventional cardiology procedures in Kuwait	1
Radiation doses due to smoking different types of tobacco leaves grown in Turkey	1
Forty-eight-year follow-up of a female worker exposed to highly enriched uranium via chronic and acute inhalation	1
Thymidine phosphorylase induction by ionizing radiation antagonizes 5-fluorouracil resistance in human ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma	1
War in Ukraine: handling of manuscripts from the Russian federation by radiation and environmental biophysics	1
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles induce persistent large foci of DNA damage in human melanoma cells post-irradiation	1
Response to “On the choice of methodology for evaluating dose-rate effects on radiation-related cancer risks” by Walsh et al.	1
A thermoluminescent method for the evaluation of the 131I effective half-life in the thyroid when treating Graves’ disease	1
Lifetime excess absolute risk for lung cancer due to exposure to radon: results of the pooled uranium miners cohort study PUMA	1
Genomic instability induced by radiation-mimicking chemicals is not associated with persistent mitochondrial degeneration	1
Hyper-radiosensitivity affects low-dose acute myeloid leukemia incidence in a mathematical model	1
Effects of reconstruction methods on dose distribution for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment plans	1
Influence of rock type and geophysical properties on radon flux density	1
Transfer of elements from soil to earthworms and ground beetles in boreal forest	1
Long-term retention and distribution of highly enriched uranium in an occupationally exposed female	1
Development of modified microdosimetric kinetic model for relative biological effectiveness in proton therapy	1
Reduction of detection limits in monitoring of internal exposures by a combined evaluation of emissions and spectra	1
(Re)integrating radioactive materials and waste into a global sustainable development context	1
Production of sealed rod sources made from epoxy resin for the Saint-Petersburg brick phantom for the calibration of whole-body counters	1
Actinium-225 as an example for monitoring of internal exposure of occupational intakes of radionuclides in face of new nuclear-medical applications for short-lived alpha emitting particles	1
Application of Bayesian statistics for radiation dose assessment in mixed beta-gamma fields	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
Comment on “Modeling of single cell cancer transformation using phase transition theory: application of the Avrami equation” by Fornalski and Dobrzyński	1
Dosimetric study of a hybrid plan technique for external beam radiotherapy in patients with cervical cancer	1
Distributions of energy imparted to a micro-volume by secondary charged fragments of nuclear interactions in space radiation field	1
Radiation dose and lifetime risk for radiation-induced cancer due to natural radioactivity in tap water from Jordan	1
Estimation of cancer risks due to chest radiotherapy treatment planning computed tomography (CT) simulations	1
Voxel model of a rabbit: assessment of absorbed doses in organs after CT examination performed by two different protocols	1
UN Sustainable Development Goals: establishment of an electronic ‘collection’ of papers published in Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	1
Correction to: Cancer risk from chronic exposures to chemicals and radiation: a comparison of the toxicological reference value with the radiation detriment	1
Organ doses of the fetus from external environmental exposures	1
MicroRNA-26 regulates the expression of CTGF after exposure to ionizing radiation	1
Evaluation of scanning resolution, detector choice and detector orientation to be used for accurate and time-efficient commissioning of a 6MV clinical linear accelerator	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
Use of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) in the detection of irradiated spices	1