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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Workplace bullying, symptoms of anxiety and the interaction with leadership quality – a longitudinal study using dynamic panel models with fixed effects	81
Professional cleaning and risk of asthma – a Danish nationwide register-based study	57
Work-family conflicts and sickness absence due to mental disorders among female municipal employees – a register-linked study comparing health and social care employees to employees in other sectors	49
Metabolic syndrome increases the risk for premature employment exit: A longitudinal study among 60 427 middle-aged and older workers from the Lifelines Cohort Study and Biobank	49
Occupational history of psychosocial work environment exposures and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases – a Danish register-based cohort study	46
Effect of retirement on self-rated oral health and dental services use: longitudinal fixed-effects instrumental variable study in 31 countries	45
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	39
Ground reaction force as a factor responsible for the topography of injuries in professional dance. An analysis of three dance styles: classical dance, modern dance, and folk dance	38
Healthcare workers’ SARS-CoV-2 infection rates during the second wave of the pandemic: follow-up study	37
Night shift work and cardiovascular diseases among employees in Germany: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study	36
Successful prevention of organic solvent induced disorders: history and lessons	26
Re: Bonde JPE, Sell L, Flachs EM, Coggon D, Albin M, Hengel KMO, Kolstad H, Mehlum IS, Schlünssen V, Solovieva S, Torén K, Jakobsson K, Nielsen C, Nilsson K, Rylander L, Petersen KU, Tøttenborg SS. Oc	26
A meta-analysis of unemployment risk factors for middle-aged workers	25
Workplace bullying and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: A register-based prospective cohort study of 98 330 participants in Denmark	24
Changing of the guards at the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health	24
The effects of prenatal psychosocial work stress on adverse pregnancy outcomes: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Interaction of night shift work with polymorphism in melatonin receptor 1B gene on incident stroke	23
How effective are organizational-level interventions in improving the psychosocial work environment, health, and retention of workers? A systematic overview of systematic reviews	22
Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among 108 960 workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany	21
Social inequalities in early exit from employment in Germany: a causal mediation analysis on the role of work, health, and work ability	20
Mortality of working-age physicians compared to other high-skilled occupations in Austria from 1998 to 2020	20
The role of working conditions in educational differences in all-cause and ischemic heart disease mortality among Swedish men	20
Research topics in occupational medicine, 1990–2022: A text-mining-applied bibliometric study	19
Can we distinguish the roles of demographic and temporal changes in the incidence and prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders? A systematic review	19
Five decades of occupational cancer epidemiology	17

Work-related sexual and gender harassment: conceptual challenges and the need for evidence-based prevention	17
Precarious employment at a young age and labor-market marginalization during middle-adulthood: A register-linked cohort study	17
Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children	16
Psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence among younger employees in Denmark: a register-based cohort study using job exposure matrices	16
Amendments and corrections	15
Office design and occupational health – has research been left behind?	15
The consequences of after-hours work: a fixed-effect study of burnout, pain, detachment and work–home conflict among Norwegian workers	15
Parental precarious employment and the mental health of adolescents: a Swedish registry study	14
Working hours and cardiovascular disease	13
Association between rotating night shift work and carotid intima-media thickness among Chinese steelworkers: a cross-sectional survey	13
Towards a better understanding of work participation among employees with common mental health problems: a systematic realist review	12
Short and long-term associations between serum proteins linked to cardiovascular disease and particle exposure among constructions workers	12
The effect of a night shift nap on post-night shift performance, sleepiness, mood, and first recovery sleep: A randomized crossover trial	12
Effectiveness of leader-targeted stress management interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Occupational mechanical exposures as risk factor for chronic low-back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
An occupational exposure limit for welding fumes is urgently needed	12
Do return-to-work trajectories differ by mental disorder diagnosis? A register study among 37 523 Dutch workers	12
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and its longitudinal association with physical activity and sedentary behavior	12
Development of a gender-specific European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for physical workload and its validation against musculoskeletal pain	11
Gender differences in occupational hazard exposures within the same occupation: A nationally representative analysis in South Korea	11
Cancer incidence in sites potentially related to occupational exposures: 58 years of follow-up of firefighters in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort	10
The importance of occupation in the development of the COVID-19 pandemic	10
The association of job fatigue with mental disorders among bus drivers	9
Job strain and effort-reward imbalance as risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies	9
Respirable crystalline silica and lung cancer in community-based studies: impact of job-exposure matrix specifications on exposure–response relationships	9
The achievements and challenges of occupational health research: Looking back and ahead	9
Could work-related muscle activity explain sex differences in neck pain? A meta-analysis of a pooled dataset	8
COVID-19-related hospital admission in spouses of partners in at-risk occupations	8
Short-term exposure to stone minerals used in asphalt affect lung function and promote pulmonary inflammation among healthy adults	8
Short- and long-term health effects of job insecurity. Fixed effects panel analysis of German data	8
Emotional dissonance and mental health among home-care workers: A nationwide prospective study of the moderating role of leadership behaviors	8
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	8
How effective are interventions in optimizing workplace mental health and well-being? A scoping review of reviews and evidence map	8
The labor market costs of work-related stress: A longitudinal study of 52 763 Danish employees using multi-state modeling	8
Trajectories of psychosocial working conditions and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a Swedish register-based cohort study	8
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	8
Immune modulating effects of continuous bioaerosol and terpene exposure over three years among sawmill workers in Norway	8
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	8
Impact of employment and income support interventions on the health of young adults with episodic disability: Findings from a systematic review	7
Economic evaluations in occupational health: what brings the best bang for the buck?	7
Burden of idiopathic inflammatory rheumatic diseases in occupational healthcare: increased absenteeism and healthcare resource utilization	7
Heat-related illness among workers in British Columbia, Canada: Extreme hot weather in 2021 compared to 2001–2020	7
Organizational strategies of eldercare work and health – Is the daily number of residents cared for over 14 months associated with back pain?	6
COVID-19 mortality across occupations and secondary risks for elderly individuals in the household: A population register-based study	6
Association of persistent pain with the incidence of chronic conditions following a disabling work-related injury	6
The role of work in suicidal behavior – uncovering priorities for research and prevention	6
The impact of employment on mental healthcare use among people with disability: distinguishing between part- and full-time employment	6
Validity of self-reported night shift work among women with and without breast cancer	6
A systematic review of the relation between ten potential occupational sensitizing exposures and asthma	6
Changes in melatonin and sex steroid hormone production among men as a result of rotating night shift work – the HORMONIT study	6

Partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health (PEROSH) – Celebrating 20 years of collaboration	6
Post-COVID condition or “long COVID”, return-to work, and occupational health research	6
Occupational risk of COVID-19 across pandemic waves: a two-year national follow-up study of hospital admissions	6
Longitudinal changes in proportionate mortality due to COVID-19 by occupation in England and Wales	6
Exploring the ‘fit for work’ principle: The association between occupational physical activity, cardio-respiratory fitness, and mortality – a meta-analysis of male worker data	6
Working life, health and well-being of parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in European birth cohorts	6
Trajectories of marginal part-time work and risk of depression. Does job or income insecurity mediate the relation?	5
Associations between single and combined occupational mechanical exposures and surgery for subacromial impingement syndrome: a nationwide Danish cohort study	5
Understanding the impact of psychosocial working conditions on workers’ health: we have come a long way, but are we there yet?	5
Parental occupational exposure to solvents and risk of developing testicular germ cell tumors among sons: a French nationwide case-control study (TESTIS study)	5
Changes in health among 45–64-year-old Dutch persons before, during and after becoming unemployed or employed: a seven year follow-up study	5
The effectiveness of a dynamic seat cushion in preventing neck and low-back pain among high-risk office workers: a 6-month cluster-randomized controlled trial	5
Associations between precarious employment trajectories and mental health among older workers in Germany: Vertical and horizontal inequalities	5
Evaluating effectiveness of an integrated return-to-work and vocational rehabilitation program on work disability duration in the construction sector	5
Effectiveness of 'motivational interviewing' on sick leave: a randomized controlled trial in a social insurance setting	5
Does job control contribute to differences in physician-certified sickness absence across office concepts? A mediation analysis in a nationally representative sample	5
Working behaviors and the risk of sensorineural hearing loss: A large cohort study	5
Occupational demands associated with rotator cuff disease surgery in the UK Biobank	5
Multidimensional employment trajectories and dynamic links with mental health: Evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study	5
Asbestos and disease – a public health success story?	5
Night and shift work patterns and incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in a prospective cohort study of healthcare employees	5
Development and validation of a work-related risk score for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in a French working population	5
Implemented disability-related policies and practices and sustained employment of partially disabled employees: evidence from linked survey and register data	4
Gender differences in work–family conflict and mental health of Swedish workers by childcare responsibilities: findings from the SLOSH cohort study	4
Office design, telework from home, and self-certified sickness absence: A cross-sectional study of main and moderating effects in a nationally representative sample	4
Response to Drs. Igor Burstyn and George Luta’s letter: Advice on better utilization of validation data to adjust odds ratios for differential exposure misclassification (recall bias)	4
Gender-based harassment in Swedish workplaces and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality: A prospective cohort study	4
Workplace environment around physicians’ burnout: A qualitative study in French hospitals	4
Impact of a Finnish reform adding new sickness absence checkpoints on rehabilitation and labor market outcomes: an interrupted time series analysis	4
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	4
Effectiveness of short active breaks for reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity among Japanese office workers: one-year quasi-experimental study	4
Comparison of sedentary time, number of steps and sit-to-stand-transitions of desk-based workers in different office environments including working from home: analysis of quantitative accelerometer da	4
Perceived work stressors and the transition to burnout among nurses in response to the pandemic: implications for healthcare organizations	4
Higher unemployment and higher work-related traumatic fatality: trends and associations from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, 2007–2018	4
Integrated mental healthcare and vocational rehabilitation for people on sick leave with stress-related disorders: 24-month follow-up of the randomized IBBIS trial	3
Gender and educational differences in work participation and working years lost in Norway	3
Occupational exposure to silica dust in France: an ongoing concern	3
Informal employment, precariousness, and decent work: from research to preventive action	3
A complex systems lens can help us understand drivers of emerging challenges in work and health	3
Relationship between long working hours and smoking behaviors: Evidence from population-based cohort studies in Korea	3
Quick returns, sleep, sleepiness and stress – An intra-individual field study on objective sleep and diary data	3
Does economic skills obsolescence increase older workers’ absenteeism?	3
Re: Cillekens B, Huysmans MA, Holtermann A, van Mechelen W, Straker L, Krause N, van der Beek AJ, Coenen P. Physical activity at work may not be health enhancing. A systematic review with meta-analysi	3
The independent and interactive effects of changes in overtime and night shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic on burnout among nurses: a longitudinal study	3
Hip osteoarthritis and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Can psychosocial risk factors mediate the association between precarious employment and mental health problems in Sweden? Results from a register-based study	3
Exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix (COVID-19-JEM)	3
When will we have enough evidence to require improvements at the workplace?	3
Return-to-work rates and predictors of absence duration after COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic	3
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	3
The influence of onset of disease on exit from paid employment among workers in The Netherlands: A longitudinal register-based study with 9 years follow-up	3
In or out of reach? Long-term trends in the reach of health assessments in the Swedish occupational setting	3
Association of objectively measured lifting load with low-back pain, stress, and fatigue: A prospective cohort study	3
Education and pandemic SARS-CoV-2 infections in the German working population – the mediating role of working from home	3
Physical work demands and expected labor market affiliation (ELMA): Prospective cohort with register-follow-up among 46 169 employees	2
Night-shift work and susceptibility to infectious diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Productivity changes during the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated risk factors	2
Associations of minority stress and employment discrimination with job quality among sexual- and gender-minority workers	2
Climate emergency and decent work	2
How to improve intervention research on the psychosocial work environment?	2
Chronic disorders, work-unit leadership quality and long-term sickness absence among 33 025 public hospital employees	2
What have we learned about risk assessment and interventions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and support work participation?	2
Effects of workplace measures against COVID-19 on psychological distress of full-time employees: A 12-month prospective study in the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Night and shift work and incidence of cerebrovascular disease – a prospective cohort study of healthcare employees in Stockholm	2
Fifty years of research on psychosocial working conditions and health: From promise to practice	2
Prevention of hypertension due to long working hours and other work hazards is needed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease	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
Scientific challenges of studying shift schedule design	2
Working from home: mismatch between access and need in relation to work–home interference and fatigue	2
Integrating a life course perspective in work environment and health research: empirical challenges and interdisciplinary opportunities	2
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	2
Predicting long-term sickness absence among retail workers after four days of sick-listing	2
Associations of night shift work with weight gain among female nurses in The Netherlands: results of a prospective cohort study	2
Remote work – the new normal needs more research	2
Night and evening shifts and risk of calling in sick within the next two days – a case-crossover study design based on day-to-day payroll data	2
Night-shift work and psychiatric treatment. A follow-up study among employees in Denmark	2
Is the association between working from home and higher frequency of drinking and heavy episodic drinking causal? A longitudinal analysis in the Norwegian workforce	2
What are the economic costs of a poor work environment?	2
What is next for occupational cancer epidemiology?	2
Workplace-based prevention and management of knee pain: a systematic review	2