OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Radiological Protection is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing?	57
Absorbed dose coefficients for pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioiodine therapy	30
Development and inference of disability-adjusted life years attributable to prolonged radiation exposure based on the calculation method of radiation detriment	23
Regulation the medical uses of ionising radiation during the full-scale Russian invasion to Ukraine	21
Object and person tracking systems to enable extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine using computational methods	20
JRODOS customization for Pakistan and assessment of the consequences of a hypothetical nuclear accident	19
Assessing historical residential radon exposure using a glass-based surface trap method in low radon level areas: a pilot study	18
Combined radiation burn injuries: A note	16
Radiation protection knowledge among healthcare professionals and students — what (if anything) are studies telling us?	15
Radiological safety assessment for transportation of reactor pressure vessel during decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Korea	15
Low doses of ionising radiation: definitions and contexts	15
The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection	14
Dose evaluation of medical staff during proximal femur fracture surgery using fluoroscopy	13
Cytokine use in the hematopoietic subsyndrome of acute radiation syndrome (H-ARS): implications for the role of cytokines in a mass casualty radiologic/nuclear (R/N) emergency	13
UK audit of variation in nuclear medicine occupational exposure calculations in 2021	12
Clinical justification for osteoporosis investigation: transitioning from opportunistic to diagnostic referrals from alternative forms of imaging	12
Potential harm to the skin from unfiltered krypton chloride ‘far-ultraviolet-C’ lamps, even below an occupational exposure limit	11
Health risks from radioactive particles on Cumbrian beaches near the Sellafield nuclear site	11
Comparison of shielding effects of over-glasses-type and regular eyewear in terms of occupational eye dose reduction	11
Proposal and validation of weighting factors for the weighted computed tomography dose index in dual-energy computed tomography	11
Raman spectroscopy of x-ray irradiated blood plasma: a pilot study	11
Effective doses and risks from medical diagnostic x-ray examinations for male and female patients from childhood to old age	10
Lead aprons and thyroid collars: to be, or not to be?	10
Study on inductive charging technology of fixative droplets for submicron aerosol control	10
Assessment of the extremity exposure during preparation and administration of ¹⁷⁷ Lu – results of a multi-center study	10

A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2020-23)	10
Portuguese translation, validity and psychometric evaluation of the healthcare professional knowledge of radiation protection scale	9
Eye lens dose and shielding efficacy of radiation-protective eyewear in C-arm–guided cervical and lumbar epidural blocks: a phantom study	9
Richard Haylock and the nuclear test veterans	9
Survey on the distribution of medical imaging frequencies and dose levels for CT examinations in a comprehensive hospital in Shanghai	9
Evaluation of lead equivalence and integrity of personal radiation protective equipment using multiple imaging modalities	9
Individual external doses and conversion coefficients for outdoor workers after the lifting of evacuation orders in specified reconstruction and revitalization base areas following the Fukushima Daiic	9
Recurrent CT imaging and strategies for patient radiation protection	8
Eye lens dose for medical staff assisting patients during computed tomography: comparison of several types of radioprotective glasses	8
Jan Olof Snihs (1932–2025)	8
Updated computational performance evaluation of ICRP mesh-type reference computational phantoms using PHITS, Geant4, MCNP6.3, and EGSnrc	8
Reducing risks through regulatory cooperation: a review of bilateral regulatory cooperation between the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority and corresponding authorities in countries of t	8
Basic characteristics of Vision badge and its performance as an eye lens dosimeter for endoscopists	8
Regional diagnostic reference levels in paediatric interventional cardiology in Latin America and the Caribbean countries	8
Transcriptomic and proteomic assessment of radiation injury and dose-rate dependency in white blood cells	8
Re-evaluating physical shielding in paediatric chest computed tomography: a phantom-based assessment of dose distribution and image quality	7
Responding to radiation accidents: what more do we need to know?	7
A machine learning approach for correcting glow curve anomalies in CaSO₄:Dy-based TLD dosimeters used in personnel monitoring	7
Surface-clearance levels for the normal reuse of objects for 413 radionuclides	7
Cardiologist’s exposure to radiation in cath lab measured with Instadose^TM dosimeter	7
Ionizing radiation and skin cancer—a review of current evidence	7
Assessment of the total SBO accident progression after extended shutdown of VVER-1000	7
The Declaration of Adelaide White paper: Guidelines for Author Responsibility in Peer Review	7
Trends and evolution in computed tomography radiation dose from 2018 and 2023: a Swiss perspective of the medical radiation exposure^*	7
Evaluation of consumer digital radon measurement devices: a comparative analysis	7
How much resources are reasonable to spend on radiological protection?	6
Personal dosimetry for positron emitters, and occupational exposures from clinical use of gallium-68	6
Progress with the regulation of radiation safety during recovery and removal of spent nuclear fuel from the site for temporary storage at Andreeva Bay on the Kola Peninsula	6
Review of assessment of prospective cancer risks from occupational exposure to ionising radiation (IAEA-TECDOC-1985)	6
An efficient point kernel method for rapid dose evaluation in dynamic virtual environment	6
The application of radiological protection principles in England and sustainable development	6
External radiation spatial distribution and safety assessment of yttrium-90 resin microsphere selective hepatic radioembolisation therapy	6
Conversion coefficients for effective dose calculated using anthropomorphic mesh reference phantoms with the FLUKA code	6
Catchment-based radiological impact assessment of a postulated severe accident at Akkuyu NPP: a FEP-driven dose assessment for humans and biota in the Göksu river catchment	6
Synthesis of the European ALARA network 20th workshop ‘ALARA for interventional radiology and nuclear medicine’	6
Thorium bioassay of miners revisited	6
Operational challenges of positive pressure systems for radiation protection in medical facilities	5
Design and development of a detector system and software tool installed on a mobile laboratory to provide both radiological characterisation of large areas and a simple tool for localising radioactive	5
Response to a ‘Letter to the Editor’ in respect of the published paper titled ‘Recommendations on the effectiveness of sheltering as a protective action in the UK’	5
Development of a military-specific mesh-type computational phantom library and its application to internal dosimetry and in-field radiological triage screening	5
Monitoring of surgical staff x-ray exposure in the operating room with DosiBadge	5
Epidemiologic contributions to radiation risk assessment	5
Effect of radiation protection apron defect on radiation dose during fluoroscopy	5
Development of a method to use standard hospital gamma cameras as triage whole body monitors in UK emergencies	5
Radiation dose aspects and establishment of diagnostic reference levels for ⁹⁰Y radioembolisation during angiographic procedure	5
Practical guidance on the assessment of radiation risks for diagnostic radiological examinations	5
Comparing benefit and detriment from medical diagnostic radiation exposure using disability-adjusted life years: towards quantitative justification	5
A body-size-dependent series of Chinese adult standing phantoms for radiation dosimetry	5
Evaluation of dose distribution and shielding efficiency in portable intraoral x-ray device	5
Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis (the Goldacre review)	5

Model-Based Evaluation of Point-Source Approximation Error for Extended Radionuclide Sources in Nuclear Medicine	5
Numerical assessment of induced electric fields in a worker’s hand with commonly used metallic implants under exposure to low frequency magnetic fields	5
Direct and indirect assessment: comparison of different methods to estimate staff equivalent dose to the lens during different interventional procedures	5
Impact of follow-up record grouping on radiation epidemiology studies	5
¹³¹I dose coefficients for a reference population using age-specific models	5
An analytical tool for calculating kerma-to-dose equivalent average conversion coefficients (H _p(10), H _p(3), H	5
Twenty-first annual Warren K. Sinclair keynote address: challenges faced by studies of nuclear industry workers ^*	5
Benchmarking point-kernel method against Monte Carlo simulations for an ALARA case study in occupational radiation protection	4
Long-term impact of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster on confidence in giving birth or caring for a child: a stratified analysis by family structure and prefecture	4
Applicability of ‘Toolkit for Safety Assessment’ tool to interventional radiology using probabilistic risk assessment techniques	4
Influence of tube and patient positioning in thoracoabdominal CT examinations on radiation exposure–towards a better patient positioning	4
Book Review: The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 488	4
Are we being prudent, precautionary, or both?	4
Impact of shield location on staff and caregiver dose rates for I-131 radiopharmaceutical therapy patients	4
Variations in size-specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy	4
Effect of rotation axis and modulation on x-ray emission in dose assessment in panoramic radiographs using the Monte Carlo method	4
Estimation and sensitivity analysis of operational intervention levels for the early phase of radiological emergencies involving radioactive releases	4
Radiological risk assessment of outdoor ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn around rare earth element and uranium mines from northern Vietnam	4
Experiences of medical physicists and radiographers with automated dose monitoring software tools in computed tomography	4
X-ray spectrometry for calculating conversion coefficients from air kerma to operational quantities in radiation protection	4
On the value and costs of protective actions in a nuclear emergency	4
Study on the effect of body size on ²⁴ Na activity-based neutron dose assessment	4
Radiation protection education for health sciences students	4
Corrigendum: Optimizing whole body computed tomography doses for paediatric trauma patients: a Swiss retrospective analysis (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 021521)	4
Residential radon exposure in Astana and Aqsu, Kazakhstan	4
Optimizing Ca-DTPA/Zn-DTPA therapy for internal decorporation: transitioning from intravenous to oral route with insights on safety and toxicity	4
Tritium dispersion analysis using HotSpot code: a comparative study across reactor types and environmental conditions	4
An overview of background radiation level and spatial distribution of NORM in Bangladesh	4
Fast occupational upper-limb radiation dose prediction using machine learning and Monte Carlo simulation	4
From fragmentation to integration: building a globally harmonised biodosimetry framework for radiological emergency preparedness	4
Studies large and small: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2022	4
Estimation and analysis of S values for ¹³¹I using paediatric mesh type reference computational phantoms	4
Investigating the impact of new dosimetric quantities recommended by ICRU 95 on the OSLD individual monitoring system at OAP, Thailand	3
Distribution of radon in large workplaces: an analysis performed on radon levels measured in UK schools	3
Mortality among workers at the Rocky Flats Plant, 1951–2017	3
Corrigendum: Analysis of radon mitigation methods: 10-year review (2024 J. Radiol. Prot. 44 031503)	3
Pediatric chest radiography in Fukushima prefecture: a multicentre organ dose assessment and optimization analysis	3
Integrated experimental and FLUKA simulation for enhanced radiation safety in open-ceiling radiographic testing facilities	3
Book Review: The scientists who alerted us to the dangers of radiation, by Ian Fairlie and Cindy Folkers	3
Factors affecting radiographers’ use of dose-reduction measures	3
Losing the balance in risk-benefit analysis	3
Transfer functions for Q_A /Q_B international regulatory limits for the safe transport of radioactive materials	3
Report from the IRPA task group on awareness of tissue reactions in the eye lens, cardiovascular system and skin	3
What about the workers?	3
Artificial intelligence model GPT4 narrowly fails simulated radiological protection exam	3
Simulation of the distribution of radioactive materials in urban areas—radiation protection perspectives based on local conditions and the Swedish legal framework	3
A highly scalable and autonomous spectroscopic radiation mapping system with resilient IoT detector units for dosimetry, safety and security	3
Research status and development trends of human decontamination agents for nuclear and chemical medical rescue	3
Resilience after a nuclear accident: readiness in using mobile phone applications to measure radiation and health indicators in various groups (SHAMISEN SINGS project)	3
Air kerma reference field with high energy photons using a 15 MeV electron beam from a clinical linear accelerator	3
Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947	3
Book review: Attribution of radiation health effects and inference of radiation risks—considerations for application of the IAEA safety standards, IAEA Safety Reports Series No. 122	3
Reimagining exclusion zones for enabling SMR deployment in India’s nuclear future	3
RadField3D: a data generator and data format for deep learning in radiation-protection dosimetry for medical applications	3
Approaches to harmonize mortality data sets in three diverse radiation worker cohorts	3
The LNT risk model and radiological protection	3
Efficacy of radiation attenuating caps in reducing radiation doses received at the cerebral level in interventional physicians: a systematic review	3
A workshop on citizen science in radioactivity measurements: empowering Europeans for better environmental monitoring	3
Preventing tissue reactions: a review of the ICRP approach	3
In memory of Leonid Ilyin (1928–2023)	3
Mathematical solutions in internal dose assessment: A comparison of Python-based differential equation solvers in biokinetic modeling	3
M-FISH evaluation of chromosome aberrations to examine for historical exposure to ionising radiation due to participation at British nuclear test sites	3
Dose reference level based on size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) and feasibility of deriving effective body diameter using tube current and time product (mAs) for adult chest and abdomen computed tomo	2
Outcome summary of the scientific program of the 16th IRPA Congress	2
Performance of UAV-based airborne gamma-ray spectrometry for wide-area radiation monitoring of contaminated sites	2
Evaluation of neutron and gamma shielding performance of borated polyethylene using PHITS/MCNP Monte Carlo simulations and experimental measurements	2
A FMEA-based risk analysis of nuclear medicine equipment quality control	2
Improving a regional project on diagnostic reference levels for interventional procedures (OPRIPALC) with the support of a dose management system for the protection of patients and staff	2
Tooth enamel dose coefficients of the ICRP adult mesh-type reference computational phantoms for idealized external neutron exposures	2
Validating the application of the revised ICRP’s biokinetic models for organic ¹⁴C and organically bound tritium to members of the public	2
Influence of reference baselines on size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) in head CT examinations	2
Goodness of fit for censored regression in internal dosimetry	2
Reconstructing strontium-90 intake in beagles using neural networks: a data-driven assessment of historical inhalation records	2
Chronic inflammation in a radium dial painter cohort: elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and radiation-induced hearing loss	2
Consideration of the conversion factor from air dose rates to individual external dose per hour after the Fukushima accident—individual external dose measurements of a TEPCO employee in Fukushima pref	2
Re-calculation of air kerma to dose-equivalent conversion coefficients for mono-energetic photons	2
The influence of building material structure on radon emanation	2
Evaluation of radiation dose to the lens in interventional cardiology physicians before and after dose limit regulation changes	2
Comparison of radiation-related cancer risk against baseline cancer rates in 33 countries using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), lifetime incidence risk and lifetime mortality risks	2
Public perceptions of radioactively contaminated waste resulting from environmental decontamination efforts after a large nuclear accident: a comparison with high-level radioactive waste and industria	2

Evaluation of radiation doses and the impact of operator variability on radiation exposure in fluoroscopy-guided procedures: insights from Sri Lanka	2
A survey of patient contact shielding in dental teaching hospitals in the UK	2
National survey to update the diagnostic reference levels in interventional radiology procedures in Italy: working methodology	2
Introduction and evaluation of size-specific DLP for radiation dose estimation in CT examinations	2
Stochastic expansion of radionuclide inhalation dosimetry for consequence management application: uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in the ICRP 130 human respiratory tract model	2
Scientific consensus views are useful, but dangerous, without a code of ethics	2
Harmonization of practice of release of patients after radiopharmaceutical therapy	2
Finger doses due to ⁶⁸Ga-labelled pharmaceuticals in PET departments—results of a multi-centre pilot study	2
Radiological study of a wastewater treatment plant associated with radioiodine therapy at a hospital in West Java, Indonesia	2
Evaluation of survey meter responses to the new operational quantities proposed by ICRU Report 95	2
A study on the health effects of pantograph–catenary arc from high-speed emus on cardiac pacemaker wearers	2
Radiation protection in a cohort of healthcare workers: knowledge, attitude, practices, feelings and IR-exposure in French hospitals	2
Preparedness and ethical challenges of Czech Fire Rescue Service in radiological response operations	2
Woman with young children in Fukushima after the nuclear accident: an analysis of their role in the social context	2
Predicting individuals’ preventive practices against Radon indoor exposure in Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study	2
Relevance of radon progeny measurements for the assessment of inhalation doses in groundwater utilities	2
Fundamental study on diagnostic reference level quantities for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using a C-arm fluoroscopy system	2
Emergency radiation dose rate monitoring during prolonged armed conflict	2
Radiation detriment and effective dose due to exposure to radon	2
Neudep: a GPU-based Monte Carlo transport program, coupling full physical reaction models of neutrons, photons, electrons/positrons	2
Thorium ore dust research applicable to mineral sands industry workers	2
A review of ‘Recommendations on the effectiveness of sheltering as a protective action in the UK’	2
Occupational skin dose from radionuclide contamination: one country’s approach at standardising skin dose estimates using Varskin+	2
Nonsinusoidal in situ electric field caused by magnetic deactivator device for EAS labels—assessment of field strength inside a detailed anatomical hand model	2
Integrated iodine biokinetic models for pregnancy and lactation based on the ICRP reference adult model	2
Study on concrete activation characteristics and safety management strategies for 30 MeV medical cyclotrons	2
Designing an improved model of the adult female ICRP reference phantom dedicated to mammography procedure	2
Occupational dose attenuation and dosimetric performance of autonomous radiation protection systems in fluoroscopy: a scoping review with implications for the role of conventional lead aprons	2
FLUKA investigations of the applicability of pure propane gas for TEPC-based microdosimetry of space radiation in low Earth orbit	1
Neutron dose assessment by unfolding spectra from neutron activation analysis of a smartphone	1
Application of ALARP cost-benefit analysis to hospital-based radiation protection	1
Corrigendum: Thorium ore dust research applicable to mineral sands industry workers (2025 J. Radiol. Prot . 45 011502)	1
Impact of humidity and flowrate on the thoron measurement sensitivity of electrostatic radon monitors	1
Indoor radon survey in Whitehorse, Canada, and dose assessment	1
Book Review: Farr’s physics for medical imaging (3rd edition)	1
Reassessing lead protective garment assessment using ICRP 103 tissue weighting factors	1
Evaluation of the contamination droplet model used for the assessment of skin dose during the manipulation of radiopharmaceuticals	1
Obituary: in memory of Malgorzata Karpow Sneve (1963–2024)	1
Exposure and impact: highlights from the second scientific conference and recent activities of the International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry (ISoRED)	1
Radiation safety of current European practices of therapeutic nuclear medicine: survey results from 20 HERCA countries	1
Congenital abnormalities in the offspring of nuclear test veterans	1
A Gaussian-plume based Monte Carlo method for calculating radiation dose in the near field of buildings	1
OBITUARY: Professor Krishnaswami Sankaranarayanan (1934–2022)	1
Monte Carlo modelling of cyclotron and radioisotope center (CYRIC) at Tohoku University: a radiation protection study	1
Effective methods for monitoring internal contamination among workers handling radioactive materials in various fields	1
From Epidemiology to Education: The Bernard Wheatley Award for 2024	1
Archival records housed at USTUR support radium dial worker dosimetry	1
A practitioners view on the ICRP review of the system of radiological protection—feedback from SRP 2023 workshop	1
Evaluation of effective and equivalent dose derived from veterinary radiology applications using the Monte Carlo method	1
Radiation safety considerations for ultrafast lasers beyond laser machining	1
Risk communication regarding radiation exposure by experts using two concepts of regulatory science and ALARA	1
Review of the 2024 NEA report: practical guidance for mental health and psychosocial support in radiological and nuclear emergencies	1
‘Radiation safety of accelerator based radioisotope production facilities’, IAEA Specific Safety Guide (SSG-59), 2020	1
Digital phantom versus individualised radiation dosimetry in CT examination protocols for children and adults	1
A comparative evaluation of six Monte Carlo-based software tools for fetal dose estimation from CT examinations	1
A framework for limited use of high-dose areas following the Fukushima nuclear accident	1
Internal exposure control measures during heat exchanger replacement in thermosyphon evaporators: a case study on radiation protection during decommissioning	1
Practical guidelines for personal monitoring and estimation of effective dose and dose to the lens of the eye in interventional procedures	1
Assessment of occupational dose reduction with the use of a floor mounted mobile lead radiation protection shield	1
Eye-lens dose rate conversion factors due to hot particles and surface contaminations on the cornea	1
Reliable information for the public in case of a radiological emergency	1
Reflecting local economic parameters in ALARA evaluations for the reuse of decommissioning remaining building	1
Cancer in nuclear test veterans	1
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) 2024 annual meeting: advanced and small modular nuclear power reactors^*	1
Distribution of plutonium and radium in the human heart	1
European radiation protection week 2025—meeting summary	1
National and local diagnostic reference levels for adult ¹⁸F-FDG and CT in Jordanian PET/CT: findings and implications in practice	1
Occupational radiation exposure in spine surgery: organ-specific OSL phantom dosimetry and workload-based risk assessment	1
Obituary for Professor Peter Cole	1
Impact of the ICRU/ICRP proposal on operational quantities during interventional procedures: investigation through spectral measurements	1
A bioassay method for ²³⁷ Np in fecal samples	1
Science as the foundation for decision-making: China’s ambivalent response to Fukushima’s tritium water discharge	1
Enhancing radiation risk communication: a literature review of strategies, effectiveness, and challenges in public understanding	1
Further development and application of a method for assessing radionuclide surface activity distribution and source location based on measurements of ambient dose equivalent rate. Examples for Andreev	1
Extended analysis of solid cancer incidence among nuclear industry workers in the UK 1955–2011: comparison of workers first hired in earlier and later periods	1
Use of real-time electronic extremity dosimeters for monitoring and optimisation of radiopharmacy technique	1
Medical staff dose estimation during pediatric cardiac interventional procedures	1
Clinical image quality assessment and mean glandular dose for full field digital mammography	1
A review of lunar regolith radiation shielding using i	1
Examining sheltering-in-place operations in radiation protection facilities under compound disaster scenarios: a case study from the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake	1
A strategy for achieving optimisation of radiological protection in digital radiology proposed by ICRP	1
The establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for adult SPECT-CT in Saudi Arabia	1
The young generation in radiation protection (IRPA YGN) in social media and online learning: ‘Brave New World’ or ‘Online Nightmare’?	1
Twelve years on: an evaluation of mental health status in the town of Tomioka, located within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station	1
Significant dose reduction in diagnostic cerebral angiography using the ALARA principle and state-of-the-art medical equipment	1
Construction of tetrahedral mesh phantom for Chinese women of childbearing age	1
Comparison of linear energy transfer measurement for therapeutic carbon beam using CR-39 and TLD	1
Establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for digital mammography in Nepal	1
Obituary: Roger Clarke (1943–2026)	1
Use of secondary air kerma from dose area product and fluoroscopy time for preventive effective dose estimation in interventional radiology procedures for staff	1
Radioactive seed localization is a safe and effective tool for breast cancer surgery: an evaluation of over 25,000 cases	1
CDMAM in digital mammography: contrast threshold measurements, achievable values and relation with dose	1
A study of threshold-like behaviour in low-dose radiation risk using improved statistical evaluation methods and implications for further investigation	1
Mathematical complexities in radionuclide metabolic modelling: a review of ordinary differential equation kinetics solvers in biokinetic modelling	1
Calculation of quality factors for space radiation at low Earth orbit: Monte Carlo-based microdosimetric approach	1