OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health is 2. 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
Psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: a meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis	137
Harmonized definition of occupational burnout: A systematic review, semantic analysis, and Delphi consensus in 29 countries	119
Return-to-work, disabilities and occupational health in the age of COVID-19	119
Changes in precarious employment in the United States: A longitudinal analysis	51
Physical activity at work may not be health enhancing. A systematic review with meta-analysis on the association between occupational physical activity and cardiovascular disease mortality covering 23	48
Exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix (COVID-19-JEM)	40
The burnout enigma solved?	37
The COVID-19 pandemic: one year later – an occupational perspective	36
Decades of workplace health promotion research: marginal gains or a bright future ahead	30
Low-quality employment trajectories and risk of common mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide attempt: a longitudinal study of the Swedish workforce	29
Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among 108 960 workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany	28
Global, regional and national burden of disease attributable to 19 selected occupational risk factors for 183 countries, 2000–2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-r	27
Effects of an active break and postural shift intervention on preventing neck and low-back pain among high-risk office workers: a 3-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial	24
Infection and death by COVID-19 in a cohort of healthcare workers in Mexico	22
Precarious employment and migrant workers’ mental health: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies	21
COVID-19 mortality across occupations and secondary risks for elderly individuals in the household: A population register-based study	20
How effective are organizational-level interventions in improving the psychosocial work environment, health, and retention of workers? A systematic overview of systematic reviews	20
Informal employment, precariousness, and decent work: from research to preventive action	19
Longitudinal changes in proportionate mortality due to COVID-19 by occupation in England and Wales	17
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and its longitudinal association with physical activity and sedentary behavior	17
Combined ergonomic exposures and development of musculoskeletal pain in the general working population: A prospective cohort study	17
Perceived job insecurity and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: a study of men and women in the Swedish working population	17
How to assess severe burnout? Cutoff points for the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) based on three European samples	17
Working at home and expectations of being available: effects on perceived work environment, turnover intentions, and health	16
Is job strain associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus? A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies	16

How qualitative studies can strengthen occupational health research	16
Workplace bullying and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: A register-based prospective cohort study of 98 330 participants in Denmark	15
Associations of working conditions and chronic low-grade inflammation among employees: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
The influence of chronic diseases and multimorbidity on entering paid employment among unemployed persons – a longitudinal register-based study	14
Global-, regional- and country-level estimates of the work-related burden of diseases and accidents in 2019	14
Job strain and effort-reward imbalance as risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies	14
Aluminum dust exposure and risk of neurodegenerative diseases in a cohort of male miners in Ontario, Canada	13
Night and shift work and incidence of cerebrovascular disease – a prospective cohort study of healthcare employees in Stockholm	13
Towards a better understanding of work participation among employees with common mental health problems: a systematic realist review	13
The role of work in suicidal behavior – uncovering priorities for research and prevention	11
Return-to-work rates and predictors of absence duration after COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic	11
Combined psychosocial work factors and risk of long-term sickness absence in the general working population: Prospective cohort with register follow-up among 69 371 workers	11
Effect of long work hours and shift work on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels among Korean workers	10
The differentiated roles of health in the transition from work to retirement – conceptual and methodological challenges and avenues for future research	10
Developing a cost-estimation model for work–related stress: An absence-based estimation using data from two Italian case studies	10
How does accelerometry-measured arm elevation at work influence prospective risk of long-term sickness absence?	10
Reducing employee turnover in hospitals: estimating the effects of hypothetical improvements in the psychosocial work environment	10
Heart rate during work and heart rate variability during the following night: a day-by-day investigation on the physical activity paradox among blue-collar workers	10
Does occupational forward bending of the back increase long-term sickness absence risk? A 4-year prospective register-based study using device-measured compositional data analysis	10
How effective are interventions in optimizing workplace mental health and well-being? A scoping review of reviews and evidence map	10
Exposure to workplace violence and threats and risk of depression: a prospective study	10
Changes in occupational well-being during COVID-19: the impact of age, gender, education, living alone, and telework in a Finnish four-wave population sample	10
Patterns of working hour characteristics and risk of sickness absence among shift-working hospital employees: a data-mining cohort study	9
The acute effects of working time patterns on fatigue and sleep quality using daily measurements of 6195 observations among 223 shift workers	9
Occupational trajectories of working conditions in Sweden: Development trends in the workforce, 1997–2015	9
An occupational exposure limit for welding fumes is urgently needed	9
Exploring the relationship between job characteristics and infection: Application of a COVID-19 job exposure matrix to SARS-CoV-2 infection data in the United Kingdom	9
Non-standard employment and mortality in Belgian workers: A census-based investigation	9
Safety incidents associated with extended working hours. A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Occupational risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission in Denmark 2020–2021: a follow-up study	9
Workplace psychosocial resources and risk of cardiovascular disease among employees: a multi-cohort study of 135 669 participants	9
Economic evaluation of return-to-work interventions for mental disorder-related sickness absence: two years follow-up of a randomized clinical trial	8
Understanding the impact of psychosocial working conditions on workers’ health: we have come a long way, but are we there yet?	8
Association of managerial position with cardiovascular risk factors: A fixed-effects analysis for Japanese employees	8
Integrating vocational rehabilitation and mental healthcare to improve the return-to-work process for people on sick leave with stress-related disorders: results from a randomized trial	8
Post-COVID condition or “long COVID”, return-to work, and occupational health research	8
Working life expectancies among individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes over a 30-year period	8
The contribution of employer characteristics to continued employment of employees with residual work capacity: evidence from register data in The Netherlands	7
Cost and cost-effectiveness of the ‘Stand and Move at Work’ multicomponent intervention to reduce workplace sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk	7
Sexual and gender harassment in Swedish workplaces: A prospective cohort study on implications for long-term sickness absence	7
Changes in melatonin and sex steroid hormone production among men as a result of rotating night shift work – the HORMONIT study	7
Shift work, work time control, and informal caregiving as risk factors for sleep disturbances in an ageing municipal workforce	7
Cancer-related changes and low-to-moderate exposure to welding fumes: A longitudinal study	7
Low-quality employment trajectories and the risk of common mental health disorders among individuals with Swedish and foreign background – a register-based cohort study	7
Increasing labor force participation in older age requires investments in work ability	6
A prospective cohort study of low-back outcomes and alternative measures of cumulative external and internal vibration load on the lumbar spine of professional drivers	6
Working from home: mismatch between access and need in relation to work–home interference and fatigue	6
Targeting workload to ameliorate risk of heat stress in industrial sugarcane workers	6
Healthcare workers’ SARS-CoV-2 infection rates during the second wave of the pandemic: follow-up study	6
Occupational mechanical exposures as risk factor for chronic low-back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6

Monitoring trends in psychosocial and physical working conditions: Challenges and suggestions for the 21st century	6
Workplace environment around physicians’ burnout: A qualitative study in French hospitals	6
Efficacy of intermittent exposure to bright light for treating maladaptation to night work on a counterclockwise shift work rotation	6
Occupational stress and pregnancy-related hypertension and diabetes: Results from a nationwide prospective cohort	6
Professional cleaning and risk of asthma – a Danish nationwide register-based study	5
Associations of employment sector and occupational exposures with full and part-time sickness absence: random and fixed effects analyses on panel data	5
Supporting workers with mental health problems at work: challenges and avenues	5
Screening for cognitive impairment among patients with work-related stress complaints in Denmark: validation and evaluation of objective and self-report tools	5
Time trends in occupational exposure to chemicals in Sweden: proportion exposed, distribution across demographic and labor market strata, and exposure levels	5
Lung cancer incidence among workers biologically monitored for occupational exposure to lead: a cohort study	5
Effects of changes in early retirement policies on labor force participation: the differential effects for vulnerable groups	5
Precarious employment at a young age and labor-market marginalization during middle-adulthood: A register-linked cohort study	5
The associations of working hour characteristics with short sickness absence among part- and full-time retail workers	5
Psychosocial job stressors and risk of suicidal behavior – an observational study among Swedish men	5
The impact of a meal, snack, or not eating during the night shift on simulated driving performance post-shift	4
Authors' response: Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany: potential for bias	4
Interaction of night shift work with polymorphism in melatonin receptor 1B gene on incident stroke	4
Associations of combining paid work and family care with gender-specific differences in depressive symptoms among older workers and the role of work characteristics	4
Cancer incidence in sites potentially related to occupational exposures: 58 years of follow-up of firefighters in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort	4
Between-occupation differences in work-related COVID-19 mitigation strategies over time: Analysis of the Virus Watch Cohort in England and Wales	4
The influence of chronic diseases and poor working conditions in working life expectancy across educational levels among older employees in the Netherlands	4
Occupational risk of COVID-19 across pandemic waves: a two-year national follow-up study of hospital admissions	4
Can we distinguish the roles of demographic and temporal changes in the incidence and prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders? A systematic review	4
Emotional demands at work and risk of hospital-treated depressive disorder in up to 1.6 million Danish employees: a prospective nationwide register-based cohort study	4
Social inequalities in early exit from employment in Germany: a causal mediation analysis on the role of work, health, and work ability	4
Industry mobility and disability benefits in heavy manual jobs: A cohort study of Swedish construction workers	4
Chronic disorders, work-unit leadership quality and long-term sickness absence among 33 025 public hospital employees	4
Two-year neurocognitive responses to first occupational lead exposure	4
Dysuria, heat stress, and muscle injury among Nicaraguan sugarcane workers at risk for Mesoamerican nephropathy	4
Sickness absence and return to work among employees with knee osteoarthritis with and without total knee arthroplasty: a prospective register linkage study among Finnish public sector employees	4
Job dissatisfaction as a predictor of poor health among middle-aged workers: a 14-wave mixed model analysis in Japan	4
The importance of occupation in the development of the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Interventions for preventing back pain among office workers – a systematic review and network meta-analysis	4
Intensive longitudinal study of newly graduated nurses’ quick returns and self-rated stress	3
Working life, health and well-being of parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in European birth cohorts	3
Circulatory disease mortality among male medical radiation workers in South Korea, 1996–2019	3
Economic evaluations in occupational health: what brings the best bang for the buck?	3
Associations between an international COVID-19 job exposure matrix and SARS-CoV-2 infection among 2 million workers in Denmark	3
The impact of occupational exposures on infection rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: a test-negative design study with register data of 207 034 Dutch workers	3
The association of job fatigue with mental disorders among bus drivers	3
The global health and economic impact of low-back pain attributable to occupational ergonomic factors in the working-age population by age, sex, geography in 2019	3
Gender-based harassment in Swedish workplaces and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality: A prospective cohort study	3
Impact of anxiety and depression disorders on sustained return to work after work-related musculoskeletal strain or sprain: a gender stratified cohort study	3
Short-term exposure to stone minerals used in asphalt affect lung function and promote pulmonary inflammation among healthy adults	3
How to improve intervention research on the psychosocial work environment?	3
Occupational demands associated with rotator cuff disease surgery in the UK Biobank	3
Psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence among younger employees in Denmark: a register-based cohort study using job exposure matrices	3
Does a change to an occupation with a lower physical workload reduce the risk of disability pension? A cohort study of employed men and women in Sweden	3
Overqualification at work and risk of hospitalization for psychiatric and somatic diseases among immigrants in Sweden – a prospective register-based study	3
Effects of workplace measures against COVID-19 on psychological distress of full-time employees: A 12-month prospective study in the COVID-19 pandemic	3
What have we learned about risk assessment and interventions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and support work participation?	3
Trajectories of psychosocial working conditions and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a Swedish register-based cohort study	2
Short-term effectiveness of face-to-face periodic occupational health screening versus electronic screening with targeted follow-up: results from a quasi-randomized controlled trial in four Belgian ho	2
Trajectories of marginal part-time work and risk of depression. Does job or income insecurity mediate the relation?	2
Are resident handlings in eldercare wards associated with musculoskeletal pain and sickness absence among the workers? A prospective study based on onsite observations	2
Night and shift work patterns and incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in a prospective cohort study of healthcare employees	2
Differential impact of working hours on unmet medical needs by income level: a longitudinal study of Korean workers	2
The impact of leisure-time physical activity and occupational physical activity on sickness absence. A prospective study among people with physically demanding jobs	2
Surgery for subacromial impingement syndrome and occupational biomechanical risk factors in a 16-year prospective study among male construction workers	2
Application of two job indices for general occupational demands in a pooled analysis of case–control studies on lung cancer	2
Physical work demands and expected labor market affiliation (ELMA): Prospective cohort with register-follow-up among 46 169 employees	2
The association between the use of shift schedule evaluation tool with ergonomics recommendations and occupational injuries: A 4-year prospective cohort study among healthcare workers	2
Night and shift work characteristics and incident ischemic heart disease and atrial fibrillation among healthcare employees – a prospective cohort study	2
Short and long-term associations between serum proteins linked to cardiovascular disease and particle exposure among constructions workers	2
Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany: potential for bias	2
Effect of vitamin D deficiency on metabolic syndrome among Korean shift workers	2
Office design and occupational health – has research been left behind?	2
Integrated mental healthcare and vocational rehabilitation for people on sick leave with stress-related disorders: 24-month follow-up of the randomized IBBIS trial	2
The importance of extended working hours for work-related injuries	2
Estimating population burdens of occupational disease	2
Night-shift work and psychiatric treatment. A follow-up study among employees in Denmark	2
Efficacy of an indicated prevention strategy on sickness absence and termination of the employment contract: a 5-year follow-up study	2
Asbestos and disease – a public health success story?	2
Changes in health among 45–64-year-old Dutch persons before, during and after becoming unemployed or employed: a seven year follow-up study	2
Occupational risks associated with severe COVID-19 disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection – a Swedish national case-control study conducted from October 2020 to December 2021	2
Association between rotating night shift work and carotid intima-media thickness among Chinese steelworkers: a cross-sectional survey	2
Long working hours and all-cause mortality in China: A 26-year follow-up study	2
Effectiveness of training in guideline-oriented biopsychosocial management of low-back pain in occupational health services – a cluster randomized controlled trial	2