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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
What it takes to reduce sitting at work: a pilot study on the effectiveness and correlates of a multicomponent intervention	47
Bisphenol A accelerates the vascular complications in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus through vascular calcification—a molecular approach	35
Impact of risk mitigation strategies on non-fatal injuries in the construction sector in qatar: a retrospective analysis	32
Cancer risk in the residents of a town near three industrial waste incinerators in Korea: a retrospective cohort study	30
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	29
Outcome assessment of a complex mental health intervention in the workplace. Results from the MENTUPP pilot study	26
Cumulative asbestos exposure as a key predictor of long-term pleuropulmonary outcomes: insights from decades of follow-up	25
Shiftworkers’ attitude to their work hours, positive or negative, and why?	24
Longitudinal changes in cardiovascular disease–related proteins in welders	23
Exploring a new method for the assessment of metal exposure by analysis of exhaled breath of welders	22
Occupational psychosocial stressors and ergonomic strain during pregnancy and sex-specific risk of childhood asthma	21
Exploratory study on noninvasive biomarker of silicosis in exhaled breath by solid-phase microextraction–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis	20
Meta-analysis of effort–reward imbalance prevalence among physicians	20
The relationship between workplace risk assessments and measures to manage psychosocial risks at work: findings from ESENER	20
Depression and loneliness may predict work inefficiency among professionally active adults	18
Hybrid work and mental distress: a cross-sectional study of 24,763 office workers in the Norwegian public sector	18
Childhood exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is associated with emotional and behavioral problems in adolescence: a longitudinal study in China	17
The impact of air pollution on influenza incidence in high-altitude regions: a time-stratified case-crossover study based on Qinghai Province	16
“Make it the done thing”: an exploration of attitudes towards rest breaks, productivity and wellbeing while working from home	15
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	15
Mental illness rates among employees with fixed-term versus permanent employment contracts: a Danish cohort study	15
Work-related head injury and industry sectors in Finland: causes and circumstances	14
Individual and joint associations of air pollutants exposure with semen quality: A retrospective longitudinal study in Wenzhou, China	14
Association between household cleaning product exposure in infancy and development of recurrent wheeze and asthma	14
An investigation of the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal pain and related disability among poultry slaughterhouse workers: a cross-sectional study	13

Pesticide exposure and health risk assessment in Durian farmers from Southern of Thailand	13
Associations of self-reported occupational exposures and settings to ALS: a case–control study	13
Do hairdressers comprise a high risk group for genotoxicity? A systematic review	13
Association between diurnal temperature range and outpatient visits for urticaria disease in Lanzhou, China: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis	13
Health inequalities among young workers: the mediating role of working conditions and company characteristics	13
Synergic effect of arsenic exposure related methylation changes in three cohorts exposed to levels of this toxicant	13
Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) study: a seven- and twelve-year prospective analysis of occupational exposures and health outcomes among police officers	13
Yoga for musculoskeletal pain, discomfort, perceived stress, and quality of sleep in industry workers: a randomized controlled trial	13
Prevalence and risk factors associated with Q fever infection in slaughterhouse workers in Fars province, Iran	13
Determinants of good or excellent work ability in a branch of the dutch military	13
Corrective exercises administered online vs at the workplace for pain and function in the office workers with upper crossed syndrome: randomized controlled trial	13
Noise-induced hearing impairments in Iranian airlines pilots: risk factors and occupational comparisons	12
Reply to letter to the Editor	12
Air quality disparities and respiratory health risks in critically polluted and relatively non-polluted areas: a prospective child health study	12
The longitudinal association between working from home and musculoskeletal pain during the COVID-19 pandemic	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
Health risk of manual harvesting lodged crops: physiological markers should also be monitored	12
Changes in anxiety and depression among public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic response	12
Reducing sickness absence among public-sector healthcare employees: the difference-making roles of managerial and employee participation	12
Association between exposure to air pollution and risk of Dyssomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
The association of forced expiratory volume in one second with occupational exposures in a longitudinal study of adults in a rural community in Iowa	12
The effect of MARIKERJA, a fatigue management programme, on the management of fatigue among manufacturing shift workers in Indonesia	12
Occupational exposures in the rubber tire industry and risk of cancer: a systematic review	11
The association between day-to-day stress experiences and work–life interference among office workers in academia: an ecological momentary assessment study	11
A longitudinal study on the effect of extreme temperature on non-accidental deaths in Hulunbuir City based on DLNM model	11
Musculoskeletal pain trajectories of employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Sleep quality, sleep duration, and sleep disturbances among hospital night workers: a prospective cohort study	11
The effect of an app-based health intervention on somatic symptoms among employees of the DHL Group: a longitudinal pilot study	11
Headache related to personal protective equipment in healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico: baseline and 6-month follow-up	11
Association between lead and circulating markers of inflammation among traffic enforcers in Metro Manila, Philippines: the MMDA traffic enforcer’s health study	11
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
Higher anxiety level and associated work-related factors of delivery workers in South Korea: from the 6th Korean working conditions survey	10
Association between physical fitness and perceived work ability among Finnish population: a cross-sectional 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
A study of inflammatory biomarkers in crystalline silica exposed rock drillers	9
Workplace bullying: individual hostility, poor work environment or both? Exploring competing explanatory models in a single longitudinal study	9
Associations between exposure to various air pollutants and risk of metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Bioaerosol-induced in vitro activation of toll-like receptors and inflammatory biomarker expression in waste workers	9
The meta-analysis of cytogenetic biomarkers as an assessment of occupational risk for healthcare workers exposed to antineoplastic drugs	8
Causal effects of promotion to managerial positions on mental health and satisfaction in Japanese male workers	8
Over-commitment positively predicts hair cortisol concentrations only in nurses with high need for recovery	8
Long working hours and risk of cardiovascular outcomes and diabetes type II: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS)	8
Associations between endocrine disruptor contamination and thyroid hormone homeostasis in Belgian type 1 diabetic children	8
Association of work and hypertension among middle-aged adults and elderly Indians	8
Difference in employment status and onset of disability among Japanese community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study	8
Changes in work-related stressors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: differences by gender and parental status	8
Shift work and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a systematic review of observational studies	8
Autonomy in the context of cognitive demands—is the resource becoming a stressor?	8
Literacy and risk of occupational injury	8

The effects of different types of organisational workplace mental health interventions on mental health and wellbeing in healthcare workers: a systematic review	7
Impact of structural-level environmental interventions on physical activity: a systematic review	7
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	7
Preconception and gestational versus postnatal exposure to air pollutants and risk of autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Health and related behaviours of fly-in fly-out workers in the mining industry in Australia: a cross-sectional study	7
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	7
Metal and oxidative potential exposure through particle inhalation and oxidative stress biomarkers: a 2-week pilot prospective study among Parisian subway workers	7
Quality of leadership and self-rated health: the moderating role of ‘Effort–Reward Imbalance’: a longitudinal perspective	7
Occupational exposure to noise and dust in Swedish soft paper mills and mortality from ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke: a cohort study	7
The association between cold exposure and musculoskeletal disorders: a prospective population-based study	7
Occupational exposure to particles and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease—during work and after vacation	7
Effect of manual handling weight for lifting and carrying on the severity of acute occupational low back pain	7
Agricultural exposures and DNA damage in PBMC of female farmers measured using the alkaline comet assay	7
A comparative analysis of sleep quality and time management skills between shift and non-shift police officers	7
Predictors of return to work for people on sick leave with depression, anxiety and stress: secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial	7
Relationship between exposure to metalworking fluids and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	7
Educational inequalities in self-rated health and emotional exhaustion among workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study	7
Longitudinal profiles of occupational physical activity during late midlife and their association with functional limitations at old age: a multi-cohort study	7