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

Article	Citations
Burnout among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	161
Factors associated with emotional exhaustion in healthcare professionals involved in the COVID-19 pandemic: an application of the job demands-resources model	72
Work stress on rise? Comparative analysis of trends in work stressors using the European working conditions survey	45
Working from home, quality of life, and perceived productivity during the first 50-day COVID-19 mitigation measures in Austria: a cross-sectional study	39
Exploring persistent racial/ethnic disparities in lead exposure among American children aged 1–5 years: results from NHANES 1999–2016	38
Is N95 face mask linked to dizziness and headache?	30
The mediating role of lifestyle in the relationship between shift work, obesity and diabetes	29
Symptoms related to mental disorder in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil	29
Cancer and occupational exposure to pesticides: an umbrella review	28
Burnout prevalence among European physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Self-reported work ability predicts health-related exit and absence from work, work participation, and death: longitudinal findings from a sample of German employees	27
Predictors of return to work for people on sick leave with common mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries in military personnel: a systematic review with meta-analysis	25
Psychological and occupational impact on healthcare workers and its associated factors during the COVID-19 outbreak in China	24
Abusive leadership, psychological well-being, and intention to quit during the COVID-19 pandemic: a moderated mediation analysis among Quebec’s healthcare system workers	24
A prospective cohort study of the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline healthcare workers in New York City	24
Update of the fractions of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to psychosocial work factors in Europe	24
Associations of self-reported occupational exposures and settings to ALS: a case–control study	22
The effect of workplace violence on depression among medical staff in China: the mediating role of interpersonal distrust	22
Effect of lead exposure from electronic waste on haemoglobin synthesis in children	21
Occupational exposure and challenges in tackling M. bovis at human–animal interface: a narrative review	21
The effect of COVID-19 on schoolteachers’ emotional reactions and mental health: longitudinal results from the CLASS study	20
Causes of irritant contact dermatitis after occupational skin exposure: a systematic review	20
Boundaryless working hours and recovery in Germany	19
The association between heart rate variability, reaction time, and indicators of workplace fatigue in wildland firefighters	19

A model for occupational stress amongst paediatric and adult critical care staff during COVID-19 pandemic	18
Perceived organizational support and emotional labour among police communicators: what can organizational context tell us about posttraumatic stress?	18
Migrant workers occupational health research: an OMEGA-NET working group position paper	18
Sex differences in temperature-related all-cause mortality in the Netherlands	18
The impact of precarious jobs on mental health: a gender-sensitive literature review	18
Disability pensions related to heavy physical workload: a cohort study of middle-aged and older workers in Sweden	17
Precarious employment and mental health across European welfare states: a gender perspective	17
COVID-19 fear and compliance in preventive measures precautions in workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Depression symptoms and risk of sick leave: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Shift work, low-grade inflammation, and chronic pain: a 7-year prospective study	16
Contributions and limitations of using machine learning to predict noise-induced hearing loss	15
Burnout and posttraumatic stress symptoms in police officers exposed to traumatic events: the mediating role of ruminations	15
Mobile phone electromagnetic radiation and the risk of headache: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Resilience and occupational health of health care workers: a moderator analysis of organizational resilience and sociodemographic attributes	15
Psychological distress among Egyptian physicians during COVID-19 pandemic	15
Role of air pollution in chronic kidney disease: an update on evidence, mechanisms and mitigation strategies	15
The physical activity paradox: a longitudinal study of the implications for burnout	14
Couriers’ safety and health risks before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	14
Corrective exercises administered online vs at the workplace for pain and function in the office workers with upper crossed syndrome: randomized controlled trial	14
Metal exposure of workers during recycling of electronic waste: a cross-sectional study in sheltered workshops in Germany	14
Mental health status of health sector and community services employees during the COVID-19 pandemic	14
Occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs: what about hospital sanitation personnel?	14
Comparison of the work ability index and the work ability score for predicting health-related quality of life	14
Lung cancer risk in workers occupationally exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with emphasis on the role of DNA repair gene	13
Prevalence of pain, analgesic self-medication and mental health in German pre-hospital emergency medical service personnel: a nationwide survey pilot-study	13
Respiratory toxicity of persulphate salts and their adverse effects on airways in hairdressers: a systematic review	13
Effects of adverse social behaviour at the workplace on subsequent mental distress: a 3-year prospective study of the general working population in Norway	13
Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and associated disability among professional bus drivers: a cross-sectional study	13
Exposure to bisphenol A and breast cancer risk in northern Mexican women	13
Challenges arising for older workers from participating in a workplace intervention addressing work ability: a qualitative study from Germany	12
Short-term exposure to air pollution and hospital admission for heart failure among older adults in metropolitan cities: a time-series study	12
Nurses’ internal contamination by antineoplastic drugs in hospital centers: a cross-sectional descriptive study	12
Associations of technostressors at work with burnout symptoms and chronic low-grade inflammation: a cross-sectional analysis in hospital employees	12
Investigation of psychosocial factors on upper limb musculoskeletal disorders and the prevalence of its musculoskeletal disorders among nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Perceived work exposures and expressed intervention needs among Michigan nail salon workers	12
The effectiveness of workplace health promotion program in reducing work-related depression, anxiety and stress among manufacturing workers in Malaysia: mixed-model intervention	11
Musculoskeletal pain trajectories of employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Long-term sick leave for back pain, exposure to physical workload and psychosocial factors at work, and risk of disability and early-age retirement among aged Swedish workers	10
The association between shift work and possible obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Quantitative microbial risk assessment for occupational health of temporary entrants and staffs equipped with various grade PPE and exposed to microbial bioaerosols in two WWTPs	10
The impact of shift work schedules on PVT performance in naturalistic settings: a systematic review	10
Musculoskeletal problems of hand-sewn crafted footwear manufacturing artisans in Kolhapur, India	10
Blood plasma levels of biomarkers of liver status and lipid profile among nail technicians occupationally exposed to low-level mixture of volatile organic compounds	10
Global DNA (LINE-1) methylation is associated with lead exposure and certain job tasks performed by electronic waste workers	10
Predictors of working days lost due to sickness absence and disability pension	10
Depressive symptoms in helping professions: a systematic review of prevalence rates and work-related risk factors	10
Physical working conditions and subsequent sickness absence: a record linkage follow-up study among 19–39-year-old municipal employees	10
Risk factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among floor-sitting precision handicraft workers	10
Childhood cancer and residential proximity to petrol stations: a nationwide registry-based case–control study in Switzerland and an updated meta-analysis	9
Scoping review of the occurrence and characteristics of firefighter exercise and training injuries	9

Stress, anxiety and depression among gastronomes: association with workplace mobbing and work–family interaction	9
The impact of particulate matter 2.5 on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis	9
Relationship of fluoride in drinking water with blood pressure and essential hypertension prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Physical and psychosocial working conditions as predictors of 5-year changes in work ability among 2078 employees in Germany	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
Cumulative occupational exposure to inorganic dust and fumes and invasive pneumococcal disease with pneumonia	9
Which teachers are most at risk for voice disorders? Individual factors predicting vocal acoustic parameters monitored in situ during a workweek	9
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-induced oxidative stress in Shiraz, Iran: urinary levels, health risk assessment and mediation effect of MDA on the risk of metabolic syndromes	9
Low back and neck pain: objective and subjective measures of workplace psychosocial and physical hazards	9
Systematic literature review of the epidemiology of glyphosate and neurological outcomes	9
Barriers and facilitators for participation in workplace health promotion programs: results from peer-to-peer interviews among employees	9
The relationship between burnout, commuting crashes and drowsy driving among hospital health care workers	9
Musculoskeletal symptoms and associated factors among manual porcelain workers at different workstations: a cross-sectional study	9
The efficiency of antineoplastic drug contamination removal by widely used disinfectants–laboratory and hospital studies	9
Burnout, stress and Type D personality amongst hospital/emergency physicians	8
Heart rate response to alarm tones in firefighters	8
Adverse working conditions and immigrants’ physical health and depression outcomes: a longitudinal study in Greece	8
Understanding occupational heat exposure in the United States and proposing a quantifying stress index	8
Monitoring heat strain: the effect of sensor type and location on single-site and mean skin temperature during work in the heat	8
Associations between exposure to workplace bullying and insomnia: a cross-lagged prospective study of causal directions	8
Long working hours and risk of cardiovascular outcomes and diabetes type II: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS)	8
Association between air pollution and hospital admissions for chronic respiratory disease in people aged over 65 years: a time series analysis in Ningbo, China, 2015–2017	8
Front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic: what is the effectiveness of using personal protective equipment in health service environments?—a systematic review	8
Job satisfaction and perceived stress among radiology technicians: a questionnaire survey in relation to sociodemographic and occupational risk factors	8
Association between the experience of violence and burnout among paramedics	8
The relationship between telework from home and the psychosocial work environment: a systematic review	8
Genetic susceptibility in pneumoconiosis in China: a systematic review	8
Using latent profile analysis to understand burnout in a sample of Greek teachers	8
Mindfulness improves health worker’s occupational burnout: the moderating effects of anxiety and depression	8
Occupational safety and health in traditional date palm works	8
Description and application of a method to quantify criterion-related cut-off values for questionnaire-based psychosocial risk assessment	8
The impact of work-related stress on the cognition domain of executive functioning of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Night shift work and depression among Chinese workers: the mediating role of sleep disturbances	7
Identifying the risk features for occupational stress in medical workers: a cross-sectional study	7
Parental occupational exposure and congenital heart diseases in a Hungarian case–control study	7
The effectiveness of educational interventions aimed at agricultural workers’ knowledge, behaviour, and risk perception for reducing the risk of pesticide exposure: a systematic review and meta-analys	7
Prevalence, risk factors, and prevention of occupational contact dermatitis among professional cleaners: a systematic review	7
The longitudinal association between working from home and musculoskeletal pain during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Vibration related symptoms and signs in quarry and foundry workers	7
Cold-related pain in the face, upper limbs, and lower body among Thai chicken industry workers: a cross-sectional study	7
Factors associated with symptoms of poor mental health among women factory workers in China’s supply chain	7
Mental health: who is more vulnerable to high work intensity? Evidence from Australian longitudinal data	7
Occupational physical activity, mortality and CHD events in the Italian Longitudinal Study	7
Pesticide exposure of workers in apple growing in France	7
Timber-colonizing gram-negative bacteria as potential causative agents of respiratory diseases in woodworkers	7
Gender composition in occupations and branches and medically certified sick leave: a prospective population study	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
A review of workplace mental health interventions and their implementation in public safety organizations	7
Meta-analysis of effort–reward imbalance prevalence among physicians	7
Cardiorespiratory fitness, occupational aerobic workload and age: workplace measurements among blue-collar workers	7
Visual symptoms, Neck/shoulder problems and associated factors among surgeons performing Minimally Invasive Surgeries (MIS): A comprehensive survey	7
Cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between psychological violence and teacher burnout	7
Reasons for presenteeism in different occupational branches in Sweden: a population based cross-sectional study	7
Workplace exercise program in a hospital environment: an effective strategy for the promotion of employees physical and mental health. A randomized controlled study	7
Underground emissions and miners’ personal exposure to diesel and renewable diesel exhaust in a Swedish iron ore mine	7