OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health is 7. 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
Do overweight/obesity and low levels of leisure-time vigorous physical activity moderate the effect of occupational physical activity on self-rated health of construction workers?	43
What it takes to reduce sitting at work: a pilot study on the effectiveness and correlates of a multicomponent intervention	37
Bisphenol A accelerates the vascular complications in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus through vascular calcification—a molecular approach	34
Perinatal exposure to traffic related air pollutants and the risk of infection in the first six months of life: a cohort study from a low-middle income country	30
Cancer risk in the residents of a town near three industrial waste incinerators in Korea: a retrospective cohort study	29
Impact of risk mitigation strategies on non-fatal injuries in the construction sector in qatar: a retrospective analysis	28
Shiftworkers’ attitude to their work hours, positive or negative, and why?	28
Outcome assessment of a complex mental health intervention in the workplace. Results from the MENTUPP pilot study	26
Depression and loneliness may predict work inefficiency among professionally active adults	25
Understanding the health outcomes of the work pattern transformation in the age of gig economy: an investigation of the association between multiple-job holding and health status in the United States	25
Meta-analysis of effort–reward imbalance prevalence among physicians	23
Hybrid work and mental distress: a cross-sectional study of 24,763 office workers in the Norwegian public sector	23
Exploring a new method for the assessment of metal exposure by analysis of exhaled breath of welders	23
Work-related violence and organizational commitment among health care workers: does supervisor’s support make a difference?	22
Effects of age on psychosocial working conditions and future labour market marginalisation: a cohort study of 56,867 Swedish twins	22
Physical activity and sitting time in occupational groups from Papua New Guinea	21
Occupational psychosocial stressors and ergonomic strain during pregnancy and sex-specific risk of childhood asthma	20
Exploratory study on noninvasive biomarker of silicosis in exhaled breath by solid-phase microextraction–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis	20
Childhood exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is associated with emotional and behavioral problems in adolescence: a longitudinal study in China	19
Longitudinal changes in cardiovascular disease–related proteins in welders	19
Corrective exercises administered online vs at the workplace for pain and function in the office workers with upper crossed syndrome: randomized controlled trial	19
Prevalence and risk factors associated with Q fever infection in slaughterhouse workers in Fars province, Iran	18
Association between household cleaning product exposure in infancy and development of recurrent wheeze and asthma	17
The impact of air pollution on influenza incidence in high-altitude regions: a time-stratified case-crossover study based on Qinghai Province	17
“Make it the done thing”: an exploration of attitudes towards rest breaks, productivity and wellbeing while working from home	17

The dilemma of dual adaptation to delayed retirement initiative and work model change of gig economy: the influence of late retirement and multiple-job holding on mental health among older workers	16
Individual and joint associations of air pollutants exposure with semen quality: A retrospective longitudinal study in Wenzhou, China	16
Associations of self-reported occupational exposures and settings to ALS: a case–control study	16
Yoga for musculoskeletal pain, discomfort, perceived stress, and quality of sleep in industry workers: a randomized controlled trial	16
Health inequalities among young workers: the mediating role of working conditions and company characteristics	16
Work-related head injury and industry sectors in Finland: causes and circumstances	16
Association between diurnal temperature range and outpatient visits for urticaria disease in Lanzhou, China: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis	16
An investigation of the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal pain and related disability among poultry slaughterhouse workers: a cross-sectional study	14
Mental illness rates among employees with fixed-term versus permanent employment contracts: a Danish cohort study	14
Worker health risk of heavy metals in pellets of recycled plastic: a skin exposure model	14
Do hairdressers comprise a high risk group for genotoxicity? A systematic review	13
Burnout among primary health care workers in Brazil: results of a multilevel analysis	13
Correction to: The association of three DNA repair genes polymorphisms on the frequency of chromosomal alterations detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization	13
Relationship of fluoride in drinking water with blood pressure and essential hypertension prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Determinants of good or excellent work ability in a branch of the dutch military	12
Reducing sickness absence among public-sector healthcare employees: the difference-making roles of managerial and employee participation	12
Reply to letter to the Editor	12
Association between exposure to air pollution and risk of Dyssomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Long-term associations of psychosocial working conditions with depressive symptoms and work-related emotional exhaustion: comparing effects in a 5-year prospective study of 1949 workers in Germany	12
The longitudinal association between working from home and musculoskeletal pain during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Effect of inhaled anaesthetics gases on cytokines and oxidative stress alterations for the staff health status in hospitals	12
Abusive leadership, psychological well-being, and intention to quit during the COVID-19 pandemic: a moderated mediation analysis among Quebec’s healthcare system workers	12
The effect of MARIKERJA, a fatigue management programme, on the management of fatigue among manufacturing shift workers in Indonesia	11
Long working hours and risk of cardiovascular outcomes and diabetes type II: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS)	11
Burnout, stress and Type D personality amongst hospital/emergency physicians	11
A longitudinal study on the effect of extreme temperature on non-accidental deaths in Hulunbuir City based on DLNM model	11
The association of forced expiratory volume in one second with occupational exposures in a longitudinal study of adults in a rural community in Iowa	11
Musculoskeletal pain trajectories of employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Occupational exposures in the rubber tire industry and risk of cancer: a systematic review	11
Health risk of manual harvesting lodged crops: physiological markers should also be monitored	11
Air quality disparities and respiratory health risks in critically polluted and relatively non-polluted areas: a prospective child health study	11
Changes in anxiety and depression among public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic response	11
Association between lead and circulating markers of inflammation among traffic enforcers in Metro Manila, Philippines: the MMDA traffic enforcer’s health study	10
The linkage of depressive and anxiety disorders with the expected labor market affiliation (ELMA): a longitudinal multi-state study of Danish employees	10
Reforming the workers’ compensation process for occupational lung disease among miners in South Africa: an efficiency study of claims assessment	10
Associations between exposure to various air pollutants and risk of metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Association between physical fitness and perceived work ability among Finnish population: a cross-sectional study	10
Workplace bullying: individual hostility, poor work environment or both? Exploring competing explanatory models in a single longitudinal study	10
Higher anxiety level and associated work-related factors of delivery workers in South Korea: from the 6th Korean working conditions survey	10
Headache related to personal protective equipment in healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico: baseline and 6-month follow-up	10
A study of inflammatory biomarkers in crystalline silica exposed rock drillers	10
The association between day-to-day stress experiences and work–life interference among office workers in academia: an ecological momentary assessment study	10
Working conditions in low risk nulliparous women in The Netherlands: are legislation and guidelines a guarantee for a healthy working environment? A cohort study	10
Migrant workers occupational health research: an OMEGA-NET working group position paper	9
Relationship between exposure to metalworking fluids and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	9
Exploring the effects of predominantly female jobs on demands and resources at work and consequently on health and performance in the Province of Québec, Canada	9
The association between cold exposure and musculoskeletal disorders: a prospective population-based study	9
Impact of different work organizational models on gender differences in exposure to psychosocial and ergonomic hazards at work and in mental and physical health	9
The meta-analysis of cytogenetic biomarkers as an assessment of occupational risk for healthcare workers exposed to antineoplastic drugs	9
Causal effects of promotion to managerial positions on mental health and satisfaction in Japanese male workers	9

Difference in employment status and onset of disability among Japanese community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study	9
Over-commitment positively predicts hair cortisol concentrations only in nurses with high need for recovery	9
Sleep quality, sleep duration, and sleep disturbances among hospital night workers: a prospective cohort study	9
Workplace bullying increases the risk of anxiety through a stress-induced β2-adrenergic receptor mechanism: a multisource study employing an animal model, cell culture experiments and human data	9
Autonomy in the context of cognitive demands—is the resource becoming a stressor?	9
Association of work and hypertension among middle-aged adults and elderly Indians	9
Bioaerosol-induced in vitro activation of toll-like receptors and inflammatory biomarker expression in waste workers	9
Occupational exposure to noise and dust in Swedish soft paper mills and mortality from ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke: a cohort study	8
Quality of leadership and self-rated health: the moderating role of ‘Effort–Reward Imbalance’: a longitudinal perspective	8
Associations between combinations of job demands and job control among 6,16,818 people aged 55–64 in paid work with their labour market status 11 years later: a prospective cohort study	8
Literacy and risk of occupational injury	8
Occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs: what about hospital sanitation personnel?	8
Preconception and gestational versus postnatal exposure to air pollutants and risk of autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Predictors of return to work for people on sick leave with depression, anxiety and stress: secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial	8
A comparative analysis of sleep quality and time management skills between shift and non-shift police officers	8
Agricultural exposures and DNA damage in PBMC of female farmers measured using the alkaline comet assay	8
Psychosocial barriers and facilitators for a successful return to work following injury within firefighters	8
Associations between endocrine disruptor contamination and thyroid hormone homeostasis in Belgian type 1 diabetic children	8
The effects of different types of organisational workplace mental health interventions on mental health and wellbeing in healthcare workers: a systematic review	8
Metal and oxidative potential exposure through particle inhalation and oxidative stress biomarkers: a 2-week pilot prospective study among Parisian subway workers	8
Low back pain and work-related factors among home health care workers with self-governing or conventional team structure – a natural experiment with a cross-sectional design	8
Impact of structural-level environmental interventions on physical activity: a systematic review	8
Fractional exhaled NO in a metalworking occupational cohort	8
Changes in work-related stressors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: differences by gender and parental status	8
Educational inequalities in self-rated health and emotional exhaustion among workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study	8
Health problems associated with single, multiple, and the frequency of months of objectively measured long working hours: a cohort study by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Ja	8
Identifying the risk features for occupational stress in medical workers: a cross-sectional study	8
Health and related behaviours of fly-in fly-out workers in the mining industry in Australia: a cross-sectional study	7
Does salivary cortisol secretion mediate the association of work-related stressors with workers' depression?	7
Correction to: Working from home, quality of life, and perceived productivity during the first 50‑day COVID‑19 mitigation measures in Austria: a cross‑sectional study	7
Lung cancer risk in workers occupationally exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with emphasis on the role of DNA repair gene	7
Influence of indoor volatile organic compounds and its relative respiratory effects among children living in rural biomass cooking households of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh	7
Occupational injuries and risk assessment among stone crushing industry workers: a cross-sectional study	7
Comparative ergonomic assessment of manual harvesting of un-lodged and lodged paddy crops post-tropical cyclone in India	7
Association between self-reported sleep duration and cardiometabolic risk in corporate executives	7
Overtime working patterns and adverse events in work-related suicide cases: hierarchical cluster analysis of national compensation data in Japan (fiscal year 2015–2016)	7
Haematological, renal, and hepatic function changes among Rayong oil spill clean-up workers: a longitudinal study	7
Burnout prevalence among European physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic: what is the effectiveness of using personal protective equipment in health service environments?—a systematic review	7
Longitudinal profiles of occupational physical activity during late midlife and their association with functional limitations at old age: a multi-cohort study	7
Screening of health workers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in a university hospital in the south of France	7
Correction: Musculoskeletal pain trajectories of employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Occupational exposure to particles and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease—during work and after vacation	7
Childhood lead exposure and sleep problems in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study	7