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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
What about the workers? An update	74
Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing?	30
Assessment of scattered radiation from hand-held dental x-ray equipment using the Monte Carlo method	29
Mortality from various diseases of the circulatory system in the Russian Mayak nuclear worker cohort: 1948–2018	28
Priority issues and key findings from evaluation of disposal records for a legacy radioactive waste site	26
Radon in Finnish underground mines 2011–2019	24
Improving models and data for radiological impact assessment: work carried out under the IAEA MODARIA programme	24
Occupational eye lens dose in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using a dedicated eye lens dosimeter	22
Development of operational intervention levels for events with release of radionuclides	22
The future of our radiation protection profession	21
Medical gamma cameras in radiological emergency preparedness: determination of calibration factors and MDA for the GE Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro	19
JRODOS customization for Pakistan and assessment of the consequences of a hypothetical nuclear accident	17
An investigation into potential improvements in the design of lead glasses for protecting the eyes of interventional cardiologists	17
Residential radon exposure in Astana and Aqsu, Kazakhstan	16
Eye-lens dose rate conversion factors due to hot particles and surface contaminations on the cornea	15
Estimation and sensitivity analysis of operational intervention levels for the early phase of radiological emergencies involving radioactive releases	14
Combined radiation burn injuries: A note	14
The influence of building material structure on radon emanation	14
Evaluation of radiation dose and image quality for dental cone-beam computed tomography in pediatric patients	14
A review of current inventory for major industries involving naturally occurring radioactive materials in Canada	14
A European perspective on dental cone beam computed tomography systems with a focus on optimisation utilising diagnostic reference levels	13
Wire mesh capped DRPS based bronchial dosimeter for personal inhalation dosimetry due to radon progeny	13
Characterization of OSL dosimeters used at the ELI-beamlines laser-driven accelerator facility	12
The role of radiation protection societies in tackling the skills shortage and development of young professionals and researchers	12
Improved clearance verification	12

Remediation of the uranium industry in the Czech Republic: regulation aspects and main technologies	11
On the fake accuracy in radiation protection	11
The Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety—30 years of international coordination of radiation protection and safety matters	11
Communicating radiation risk: the role of public engagement in reaching ALARA	11
Overview of epidemiological studies of nuclear workers: opportunities, expectations, and limitations ^∗	11
A biokinetic model for systemic sodium	11
Safety culture to improve accidental event reporting in radiotherapy	10
Update: History of radiation detriment and its calculation methodology used in ICRP Publication 103 (2019 J. Radiol. Prot. 39 R19−R35)	10
Radiation exposure in the intra-arterial nimodipine therapy of subarachnoid hemorrhage related cerebral vasospasm	10
Communication of radiation risk from imaging studies: an IAEA-coordinated international survey	10
Variability of indoor radon concentration in UK homes	9
Radiation exposure to allied health personnel handling blood specimens from patients receiving radioactive iodine-131 and recombinant human TSH (thyrogen®) stimulation	9
Management and cleanup of legacy radium-contaminated sites in the United States	9
Conversion coefficients from total air kerma to the newly proposed ICRU/ICRP operational quantities for radiation protection for photon reference radiation qualities	9
Virtual estimation of effective dose in neutron fields	8
The use of dose quantities in radiological protection: ICRP publication 147 Ann ICRP 50(1) 2021	8
Urban working groups in the IAEA’s model testing programmes: overview from the MODARIA I and MODARIA II programmes	8
Estimated risk of radiation-induced cancer following breast screening employing tomosynthesis and digital mammography	8
Four-decade follow-up of a plutonium-contaminated puncture wound treated with Ca-DTPA	8
The Health Physics Society’s ‘Ask-The-Expert’ feature: widening public support through empathy and science	7
Radiation exposure to the lens of the eye for Japanese nuclear power plant workers	7
Towards an ecological modelling approach for assessing ionizing radiation impact on wildlife populations	7
‘‘Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, 10 years on—progress, lessons and challenges", OECD/NEA 2021	7
Simplified approach to estimation of organ absorbed doses for patients undergoing abdomen and pelvis CT examination	7
Radiological risk assessment of outdoor ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn around rare earth element and uranium mines from northern Vietnam	7
Plant based radioprotectors as an adjunct to radiotherapy: advantages and limitations	7
Usefulness and limitations of various detector systems for estimation of ¹³¹I thyroid activity following an RN event	7
Radiological risk evaluation applied to aerial evacuation procedures in a nuclear scenario	7
Monte Carlo modelling of an x-ray chamber for providing inactivation exposures to viruses	7
Impact of shield location on staff and caregiver dose rates for I-131 radiopharmaceutical therapy patients	7
Political issues encouraging discrimination and prejudice associated with radiation exposure in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) incident for political purposes: a case of five former	7
NCRP commentary no. 33—recommendations for stratification of equipment use and radiation safety training for fluoroscopy	7
Assessment of doses in contaminated urban areas: modelling exercise based on Fukushima data	7
Current status of diagnostic reference levels in interventional cardiology	7
Age-based diagnostic reference levels and achievable doses for paediatric CT: a survey in Shanghai, China	6
Mesenchymal stromal cells in the regeneration of radiation-induced organ sequelae: will they make the difference?	6
A strategy for achieving optimisation of radiological protection in digital radiology proposed by ICRP	6
¹³¹I dose coefficients for a reference population using age-specific models	6
Methods of improving brain dose estimates for internally deposited radionuclides ^*	6
Studies large and small: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2022	6
Evaluation of the contamination droplet model used for the assessment of skin dose during the manipulation of radiopharmaceuticals	6
Radiological safety assessment for transportation of reactor pressure vessel during decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Korea	6
Monitoring of surgical staff x-ray exposure in the operating room with DosiBadge	6
Activity estimates of localised gamma emitting radionuclides using a GR-135 survey meter	6
Object and person tracking systems to enable extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine using computational methods	6
Quantitative investigation of gamma radiation in accelerator produced ISO neutron fields	6
X-ray spectrometry for calculating conversion coefficients from air kerma to operational quantities in radiation protection	6
Radiation dose to nuclear medicine technologists when operating PET/MR compared with PET/CT	5
Radiation risks of lymphoma and multiple myeloma incidence in the updated NRRW-3 cohort in the UK: 1955–2011	5
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	5

Bounding uncertainties around the conceptual representation of species in radiological assessment in the context of routine atmospheric release	5
The young generation in radiation protection (IRPA YGN) in social media and online learning: ‘Brave New World’ or ‘Online Nightmare’?	5
Note on testing of radiological events in conventional and dental radiology	5
Approaches to the definition of potentially exposed groups and potentially exposed populations of biota in the context of solid radioactive waste	5
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	5
Radiation protection infrastructure—challenges in developing countries	5
Applicability of ‘Toolkit for Safety Assessment’ tool to interventional radiology using probabilistic risk assessment techniques	5
Examination of applicability of the ISO slab phantom as calibration phantom for the new ICRU 95 operational quantity personal dose	5
Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data	5
Assessing lead curtains’ impact on radiation protection in coronary interventions	5
Corrigendum: Optimizing whole body computed tomography doses for paediatric trauma patients: a Swiss retrospective analysis (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 021521)	5
Review of ethical values across the ICRP’s system of radiological protection	5
Feasibility study of computational occupational dosimetry: evaluating a proof-of-concept in an endovascular and interventional cardiology setting	5
United States medical preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergencies	5
The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection	5
Could imaging with monochromatic x-ray beams become a reality in all our hospitals?	5
Influence of tube and patient positioning in thoracoabdominal CT examinations on radiation exposure–towards a better patient positioning	5
Prediction of the irradiation doses from ultrashort laser-solid interactions using different temperature scalings at moderate laser intensities	5
Modelling of long-term retention of high-fired plutonium oxide in the human respiratory tract: importance of scar-tissue compartments	5
Absorbed dose coefficients for pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioiodine therapy	5
Low doses of ionising radiation: definitions and contexts	5
Variations in size-specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy	5
Relationship between assistant’s lens exposure and dose information during computed tomography examinations	5
Mitigation of radiation exposure during surgical hepatectomy after yttrium-90 radioembolization	5
Neutron shielding assessment of a ¹⁶O hadron therapy room by means of Monte Carlo simulations with the PHITS code	5
A new phantom developed to test the ATCM performance of chest CT scanners	4
Study on the radiation detriment	4
Book Review: The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 488	4
Role of molecularly-cloned hematopoietic growth factors after acute high-dose radiation exposures	4
Risk communication regarding radiation exposure by experts using two concepts of regulatory science and ALARA	4
Review of IAEA Human Health Series report 42: Establishing and Improving Interventional Radiology	4
Fundamental study on diagnostic reference level quantities for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using a C-arm fluoroscopy system	4
Reflections on effects of low doses and risk inference based on the UNSCEAR 2021 report on ‘biological mechanisms relevant for the inference of cancer risks from low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation’	4
On the value and costs of protective actions in a nuclear emergency	4
Radiation exposure, organ and effective dose of CT-guided liver biopsy as a function of lesion depth and size	4
Overview of the MODARIA programme (and comments on implications for future programmes of work) ^*	4
System understanding as a scientific foundation in radioactive waste disposal, legacy site and decommissioning programmes	4
Dose quantities for measurement and comparison of doses to individual patients in computed tomography (CT)	4
Updated soil to fruit concentration ratios for radiocaesium compiled under the IAEA MODARIA II Programme	4
Radiation levels outside a patient undergoing ¹⁷⁷Lu-PSMA radioligand therapy	4
Radiological impact of the atomic centre Centro Atómico Ezeiza on humans and non-human biota	4
Effective methods for monitoring internal contamination among workers handling radioactive materials in various fields	4
Corrigendum: Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data (2021 J. Radiol. Prot. 41 1228)	4
National survey to update the diagnostic reference levels in interventional radiology procedures in Italy: working methodology	4
Measurement of individual external doses of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings employees working in Fukushima Prefecture and the relationship between individual external doses and air dose rates in	4
The human dimension: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2023	4
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	4
The need to update NCRP 151 data for 10 MV linear accelerator bunker shielding based on new measurements and Monte Carlo simulations	4
IRPA practical guidance for engagement with the public on radiation and risk	4
Health risks from radioactive particles on Cumbrian beaches near the Sellafield nuclear site	4
A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2018–20)	4
Accumulation of radio-iron and plutonium, alone and in combination, in Pseudomonas putida grown in liquid cultures	4
Designing an improved model of the adult female ICRP reference phantom dedicated to mammography procedure	4
Radiation protection in a cohort of healthcare workers: knowledge, attitude, practices, feelings and IR-exposure in French hospitals	4
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	4
UK audit of variation in nuclear medicine occupational exposure calculations in 2021	4
Diagnostic reference levels in digital mammography: a systematic review	4
Congenital abnormalities in the offspring of nuclear test veterans	4
Corrigendum: Radiation detriment calculation methodology: summary of ICRP Publication 152 (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 023001)	4
Summary and analysis of Russian and international requirements for the safe management of very low level radioactive waste and production waste containing very low active radionuclides	4
Estimation of population exposure to terrestrial gamma rays in Canada	4
Keeping the ICRP recommendations fit for purpose	4
Estimation and analysis of S values for ¹³¹I using paediatric mesh type reference computational phantoms	3
Archival records housed at USTUR support radium dial worker dosimetry	3
Mitigating effects of sublethal and lethal whole-body gamma irradiation in a mouse model with soluble melanin	3
Referring physician perspective on how to handle frequent use of CT imaging	3
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	3
Reflections on low-dose radiation, the misconceptions, reality and moving forward	3
Perspectives of the role of ICRP and the system of protection in meeting the United Nations sustainable development goals	3
Development of alimentary tract organs for ICRP pediatric mesh-type reference computational phantoms	3
The determination of coefficients for size specific effective dose for adult and pediatric patients undergoing routine computed tomography examinations	3
Personal dosimeter utilisation among South African interventionalists	3
Scan factors and practices associated with radiation doses for chest CT: current Brazilian scenario	3
Potential harm to the skin from unfiltered krypton chloride ‘far-ultraviolet-C’ lamps, even below an occupational exposure limit	3
Occupational doses in interventional angiography after radiological protection training and use of a real-time direct display dosimeter	3
Towards the establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for abdomen, KUB, and lumbar spine x-ray examinations in Sri Lanka: a multi-centric study	3
Lead aprons and thyroid collars: to be, or not to be?	3
A survey of patient contact shielding in dental teaching hospitals in the UK	3
Going out of print	3
Establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography procedures in Sri Lanka: first nationwide dose survey	3

A study of dose indicators during intra-arterial catheter implantation for liver chemotherapy	3
Radiation exposure of astronauts following an intense solar particle event: analysis and comparison of doses in male and female voxel phantoms	3
Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes	3
A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2020-23)	3
Comparison of lifetime mortality risk, incidence risk, and DALYs of baseline cancer rates among countries as a benchmark for radiation-related cancer risk	3
Women in radiation: a brief discussion of the intersectionality of race and gender	3
Prototype of the National Dose Register (NDR) for Latin America: main experiences in design and implementation	3
Development of paediatric mesh-type reference computational phantom series of International Commission on Radiological Protection	3
Comparison of shielding effects of over-glasses-type and regular eyewear in terms of occupational eye dose reduction	3
Evaluation of the effect of radioactivity to the environment in wooden houses within the evacuation area at Fukushima	3
Radioactive seed localization is a safe and effective tool for breast cancer surgery: an evaluation of over 25,000 cases	3
‘Radiation safety of accelerator based radioisotope production facilities’, IAEA Specific Safety Guide (SSG-59), 2020	3
Doses from ionising radiation in paediatric cardiac catheterisations in Norway 1975–2021	3
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) 2024 annual meeting: advanced and small modular nuclear power reactors^*	3
Survey of the publics’ preferences for communication of medical radiation risk ^*	3
In situ gamma spectrometry using a portable HPGe detector. Radiological characterisation and environmental surveillance around an operating nuclear power plant. Possibilities and limits.	3
Validating the application of the revised ICRP’s biokinetic models for organic ¹⁴C and organically bound tritium to members of the public	3
Comparing the effectiveness of learning formats in radiation protection	3
OBITUARY: Professor Krishnaswami Sankaranarayanan (1934–2022)	3
Tritium in environmental objects in the area affected by FSUE Mayak Production Association in 2014–15	3
Use of real-time electronic extremity dosimeters for monitoring and optimisation of radiopharmacy technique	3
Numerical analysis of two-filter method for continuous measurement of airborne Rn-222	3
Authors’ response to ‘Estimates of cardiovascular disease risk from CT scans may be premature’ (Harbron, 2024)	3
Towards the establishment of national diagnostic reference levels in Tunisia: a multicentre survey in paediatric CT	3
Book Review: IAEA Safety Standard ‘Radiation protection and safety in medical uses of ionizing radiation’, SSG-46 (2018)	3
Comparison of linear energy transfer measurement for therapeutic carbon beam using CR-39 and TLD	3
Shape of radiation dose response relationship for ischaemic heart disease mortality and its interpretation: analysis of the national registry for radiation workers (NRRW) cohort	3
Smoking Kills: The Revolutionary Life of Richard Doll by Conrad Keating. Paperback—18 July 2014	3
Assessment of the effectiveness of Saba shielding with the composition of Cu–Bi in neck CT imaging: a phantom and patient study	3
Factors affecting dose-length product of computed tomography component in whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography	2
Development of the occupational exposure during the production and application of radiopharmaceuticals in Germany	2
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
Lessons being learned from the Covid-19 pandemic for radiological emergencies and vice versa: report from expert discussions	2
Visual impression and texture analysis of advanced modeled iterative reconstruction (ADMIRE): improved assessment of image quality in CT for better estimation of dose reduction potential	2
Obituary for Wolfgang Weiss	2
The impact of body mass index on patient radiation dose in general radiography	2
Establishment of typical adult CT dose indicators for PET-CT scans in Slovenia	2
Lung cancer risk and effective dose coefficients for radon: UNSCEAR review and ICRP conclusions	2
Nuclear Terrorism: Assessment of U.S. Strategies to Prevent, Counter, and Respond to Weapons of Mass Destruction (2024). Report from the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS	2
Medical management of heavily exposed victims: an experience at the Tokaimura criticality accident	2
Relevance of radon progeny measurements for the assessment of inhalation doses in groundwater utilities	2
Survey on the distribution of medical imaging frequencies and dose levels for CT examinations in a comprehensive hospital in Shanghai	2
Evaluation of radiation dose to the lens in interventional cardiology physicians before and after dose limit regulation changes	2
Effective doses and risks from medical diagnostic x-ray examinations for male and female patients from childhood to old age	2
Preliminary assessment of the radiological consequences of the hostile military occupation of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone	2
Potential risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and cancer due to cumulative doses received from diagnostic CT scans?	2
Influence of the simultaneous calibration of multiple ring dosimeters on the individual absorbed dose	2
ALARA in practice—4 decades of radiological protection at Goesgen NPP	2
Investigation of the effect of using radiation protective glasses on the photon fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients of eye substructures	2
Current status of eye-lens dosimetry in Canada	2
Close contact restriction periods for patients who have received iodine-131 therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer	2
Measurement of therapeutic ¹²C beam in a water phantom using CR-39	2
Radiation exposures in pregnancy, health effects and risks to the embryo/foetus—information to inform the medical management of the pregnant patient	2
Shielding design aspects of SR in 3 GeV ILSF	2
Trend of locally produced food avoidance among the guardians with school children in Minamisoma City after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster	2
Basic characteristics of Vision badge and its performance as an eye lens dosimeter for endoscopists	2
Key outcome summaries of the scientific programme of the IRPA15 congress	2
Losing the balance in risk-benefit analysis	2
Radiation detriment calculation methodology: summary of ICRP Publication 152	2
Mathematical complexities in radionuclide metabolic modelling: a review of ordinary differential equation kinetics solvers in biokinetic modelling	2
Factors associated with radiation risk perception among Japanese university students	2
Typical doses and typical values for fluoroscopic diagnostic and interventional procedures	2
M-FISH evaluation of chromosome aberrations to examine for historical exposure to ionising radiation due to participation at British nuclear test sites	2
Uncertainties in occupational eye lens doses from dosimeters over the apron in interventional practices	2
The 2019–2023 Strategic Plan of the Spanish Society of Radiological Protection (SEPR)	2
How much should we be concerned about cumulative effective doses in medical imaging?	2
Early-response multiple-parameter biodosimetry and dosimetry: risk predictions	2
US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine launch low dose research strategy initiative	2
A practitioners view on the ICRP review of the system of radiological protection—feedback from SRP 2023 workshop	2
The correction factors for UD802 dosimeters irradiated with different radiation energies and at different incidence angles	2
Corrigendum: Medical management of heavily exposed victims: an experience at the Tokaimura criticality accident (2021 J. Radiol. Prot. 41 S391)	2
Why is radiological protection different in medicine? Sievert Memorial Lecture	2
Radiation exposure in concurrent abdominoplevic and chest CT Scans: an analysis of overlap and clinical impact	2
Special issues and computational techniques: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2021	2
Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947	2
An approach to dual-energy contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (DE-CESM) using a double layer filter: dosimetric and image quality assessment	2
Advantages of aligning with ICRP dose limits for India’s nuclear program	2
Experiences in radiological risk assessment of a surface waste disposal facility in Chişinău, Moldova	2
Comparison of radiation-shielding curtains for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography staff	2
British standards, Swedish ethics	2
Factors affecting radiographers’ use of dose-reduction measures	2
Eye lens dose for medical staff assisting patients during computed tomography: comparison of several types of radioprotective glasses	2
Old enemy, new threat: you can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s solution	1
The optimisation of paediatric CT examinations in Scotland: phase one; benchmarking current performance	1
ICRP workshop on the review and revision of the system of radiological protection: a focus on research priorities—feedback from the international community	1
Review of extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine	1
The National Dose Registry—Canadian occupational exposure to ionising radiation, 1998–2018	1
Radiobiological damage by space radiation: extension of the BIANCA model to heavy ions up to iron, and pilot application to cosmic ray exposure	1
A simulation system of radiation field and its detection for nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response training	1
A machine learning approach for correcting glow curve anomalies in CaSO₄:Dy-based TLD dosimeters used in personnel monitoring	1
Increasing the public awareness of justification	1
Pre- and post-accident environmental transfer of radionuclides in Japan: lessons learned in the IAEA MODARIA II programme	1
Spectrometry of pulsed photon radiation	1
The three R’s of reasonable in radiological protection: relationships, rationale, and resources	1
A software-based approach for calculating spatially resolved radiation exposure for structural radiation protection in nuclear medical imaging	1