OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Return-to-work, disabilities and occupational health in the age of COVID-19	113
Psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: a meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis	103
Harmonized definition of occupational burnout: A systematic review, semantic analysis, and Delphi consensus in 29 countries	101
The deterioration of mental health among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak: A population-based cohort study of workers in Japan	62
How to schedule night shift work in order to reduce health and safety risks	55
Changes in precarious employment in the United States: A longitudinal analysis	39
Exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix (COVID-19-JEM)	36
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	36
The COVID-19 pandemic: one year later – an occupational perspective	34
The burnout enigma solved?	34
The influence of occupational class and physical workload on working life expectancy among older employees	24
Low-quality employment trajectories and risk of common mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide attempt: a longitudinal study of the Swedish workforce	22
Decades of workplace health promotion research: marginal gains or a bright future ahead	22
Exploring multidimensional operationalizations of precarious employment in Swedish register data – a typological approach and a summative score approach	21
Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among 108 960 workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany	21
Infection and death by COVID-19 in a cohort of healthcare workers in Mexico	20
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	19
Work factors facilitating working beyond state pension age: Prospective cohort study with register follow-up	18
Characteristics of working hours and the risk of occupational injuries among hospital employees: a case-crossover study	17
COVID-19 mortality across occupations and secondary risks for elderly individuals in the household: A population register-based study	16
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	16
Precarious employment and migrant workers’ mental health: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies	16
How qualitative studies can strengthen occupational health research	15
Is job strain associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus? A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies	15
Informal employment, precariousness, and decent work: from research to preventive action	15

Not just a research method: If used with caution, can job-exposure matrices be a useful tool in the practice of occupational medicine and public health?	15
Night work, mortality, and the link to occupational group and sex	15
Longitudinal changes in proportionate mortality due to COVID-19 by occupation in England and Wales	14
Perceived job insecurity and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: a study of men and women in the Swedish working population	14
Associations of working conditions and chronic low-grade inflammation among employees: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Association between asbestos exposure and pericardial and tunica vaginalis testis malignant mesothelioma: a case–control study and epidemiological remarks	13
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and its longitudinal association with physical activity and sedentary behavior	13
Working at home and expectations of being available: effects on perceived work environment, turnover intentions, and health	12
How to assess severe burnout? Cutoff points for the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) based on three European samples	12
Combined ergonomic exposures and development of musculoskeletal pain in the general working population: A prospective cohort study	12
The influence of chronic diseases and multimorbidity on entering paid employment among unemployed persons – a longitudinal register-based study	12
Job strain and effort-reward imbalance as risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies	12
Night and shift work and incidence of cerebrovascular disease – a prospective cohort study of healthcare employees in Stockholm	11
Psychosocial work exposures of the job strain model and cardiovascular mortality in France: results from the STRESSJEM prospective study	11
The association of work stress and night work with nutrient intake – a prospective cohort study	10
A longitudinal study on the association between quick returns and occupational accidents	10
The mediating role of sleep, physical activity, and diet in the association between shift work and respiratory infections	10
Aluminum dust exposure and risk of neurodegenerative diseases in a cohort of male miners in Ontario, Canada	10
Towards a better understanding of work participation among employees with common mental health problems: a systematic realist review	10
Working conditions and health behavior as causes of educational inequalities in self-rated health: an inverse odds weighting approach	9
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	9
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	9
Workplace bullying and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: A register-based prospective cohort study of 98 330 participants in Denmark	9
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	9
Effect of long work hours and shift work on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels among Korean workers	9
Non-standard employment and mortality in Belgian workers: A census-based investigation	9
The effects of bright light treatment on subjective and objective sleepiness during three consecutive night shifts among hospital nurses – a counter-balanced placebo-controlled cro	9
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	8
How does accelerometry-measured arm elevation at work influence prospective risk of long-term sickness absence?	8
Occupational exposure to noise in relation to pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders and diabetes	8
Developing a cost-estimation model for work–related stress: An absence-based estimation using data from two Italian case studies	8
Metalworking fluids and cancer mortality in a US autoworker cohort (1941–2015)	8
Exposure to workplace violence and threats and risk of depression: a prospective study	8
Breast cancer among Danish women occupationally exposed to diesel exhaust and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 1964–2016	8
Prevention at work needed to curb the worldwide strong increase in knee replacement surgery for working-age osteoarthritis patients	8
Working life expectancies among individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes over a 30-year period	8
Safety incidents associated with extended working hours. A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Return-to-work rates and predictors of absence duration after COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic	7
Effect of welding fumes on the cardiovascular system: a six-year longitudinal study	7
Comments on a recent case-control study of malignant mesothelioma of the pericardium and the tunica vaginalis testis	7
Association of managerial position with cardiovascular risk factors: A fixed-effects analysis for Japanese employees	7
How effective are organizational-level interventions in improving the psychosocial work environment, health, and retention of workers? A systematic overview of systematic reviews	7
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	7
Cost and cost-effectiveness of the ‘Stand and Move at Work’ multicomponent intervention to reduce workplace sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk	7
The differentiated roles of health in the transition from work to retirement – conceptual and methodological challenges and avenues for future research	7
Patterns of working hour characteristics and risk of sickness absence among shift-working hospital employees: a data-mining cohort study	7