OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health is 6. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Short and long-term associations between serum proteins linked to cardiovascular disease and particle exposure among constructions workers	137
When work interferes with life	121
Do return-to-work trajectories differ by mental disorder diagnosis? A register study among 37 523 Dutch workers	48
Between-occupation differences in work-related COVID-19 mitigation strategies over time: Analysis of the Virus Watch Cohort in England and Wales	40
Working life expectancy and working years lost among users of part- and full-time sickness absence in Finland	37
Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany: potential for bias	36
Safety incidents associated with extended working hours. A systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Evaluating effectiveness of an integrated return-to-work and vocational rehabilitation program on work disability duration in the construction sector	30
Chronic disorders, work-unit leadership quality and long-term sickness absence among 33 025 public hospital employees	28
Professional cleaning and risk of asthma – a Danish nationwide register-based study	27
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	27
Working life expectancies among individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes over a 30-year period	24
Exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix (COVID-19-JEM)	22
The adequacy of workplace accommodation and the incidence of permanent employment separations after a disabling work injury or illness	20
Partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health (PEROSH) – Celebrating 20 years of collaboration	20
Effects of a participatory work stress prevention approach for employees in primary education: results of a quasi-experimental study	19
Changes in health among 45–64-year-old Dutch persons before, during and after becoming unemployed or employed: a seven year follow-up study	18
Parental occupational exposure to solvents and risk of developing testicular germ cell tumors among sons: a French nationwide case-control study (TESTIS study)	17
Working hours and cardiovascular disease	17
A complex systems lens can help us understand drivers of emerging challenges in work and health	17
Does job control contribute to differences in physician-certified sickness absence across office concepts? A mediation analysis in a nationally representative sample	17
Does job stress mediate the risk of work disability due to common mental disorders among social workers compared with other health and social care, education, and non-human service professionals? A pr	17
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	16
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	15
Towards a better understanding of work participation among employees with common mental health problems: a systematic realist review	15

Workplace bullying, symptoms of anxiety and the interaction with leadership quality – a longitudinal study using dynamic panel models with fixed effects	14
Occupational stress and pregnancy-related hypertension and diabetes: Results from a nationwide prospective cohort	14
Effects of the Labor Inspection Authority’s regulatory tools on physician-certified sick leave and employee health in Norwegian home-care services – a cluster randomized controlled trial	13
The effect of a night shift nap on post-night shift performance, sleepiness, mood, and first recovery sleep: A randomized crossover trial	13
Association of objectively measured lifting load with low-back pain, stress, and fatigue: A prospective cohort study	13
Fifty years of research in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health	13
Night and shift work patterns and incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in a prospective cohort study of healthcare employees	12
Effect of retirement on self-rated oral health and dental services use: longitudinal fixed-effects instrumental variable study in 31 countries	12
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	11
Are resident handlings in eldercare wards associated with musculoskeletal pain and sickness absence among the workers? A prospective study based on onsite observations	11
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and its longitudinal association with physical activity and sedentary behavior	11
Asbestos and disease – a public health success story?	10
Effectiveness of 'motivational interviewing' on sick leave: a randomized controlled trial in a social insurance setting	10
The asbestos–asbestosis exposure–response relationship: a cohort study of the general working population	10
Can psychosocial risk factors mediate the association between precarious employment and mental health problems in Sweden? Results from a register-based study	10
Relationship between long working hours and smoking behaviors: Evidence from population-based cohort studies in Korea	10
Integrating a life course perspective in work environment and health research: empirical challenges and interdisciplinary opportunities	10
Does country of resettlement influence the risk of labor market marginalization among refugees? A cohort study in Sweden and Norway	10
An occupational exposure limit for welding fumes is urgently needed	9
Understanding the impact of psychosocial working conditions on workers’ health: we have come a long way, but are we there yet?	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
Screening for cognitive impairment among patients with work-related stress complaints in Denmark: validation and evaluation of objective and self-report tools	9
Developing a cost-estimation model for work–related stress: An absence-based estimation using data from two Italian case studies	9
Multidimensional employment trajectories and dynamic links with mental health: Evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study	9
Patterns of working hour characteristics and risk of sickness absence among shift-working hospital employees: a data-mining cohort study	9
Occupational mechanical exposures as risk factor for chronic low-back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
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	8
Intensive longitudinal study of newly graduated nurses’ quick returns and self-rated stress	8
In or out of reach? Long-term trends in the reach of health assessments in the Swedish occupational setting	8
Effectiveness of a Goldilocks Work intervention in childcare workers – A cluster-randomized controlled trial	8
Development and validation of a work-related risk score for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in a French working population	8
Facilitators and barriers for working beyond statutory pension age: A prospective cohort study across 26 European countries	8
Successful prevention of organic solvent induced disorders: history and lessons	8
Respirable crystalline silica and lung cancer in community-based studies: impact of job-exposure matrix specifications on exposure–response relationships	8
Occupational demands associated with rotator cuff disease surgery in the UK Biobank	7
The effects of a national, voluntary agreement for a more inclusive working life on work participation following long-term sickness absence: a Norwegian cohort study	7
Occupational trajectories of working conditions in Sweden: Development trends in the workforce, 1997–2015	7
Working from home: mismatch between access and need in relation to work–home interference and fatigue	7
Healthcare workers’ SARS-CoV-2 infection rates during the second wave of the pandemic: follow-up study	6
Suicide among transport industry workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
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	6
Job strain and effort-reward imbalance as risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies	6
The association of job fatigue with mental disorders among bus drivers	6
What are the economic costs of a poor work environment?	6
Associations between single and combined occupational mechanical exposures and surgery for subacromial impingement syndrome: a nationwide Danish cohort study	6