OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Radiological Protection is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing?	49
Low doses of ionising radiation: definitions and contexts	24
Absorbed dose coefficients for pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioiodine therapy	23
Radiological safety assessment for transportation of reactor pressure vessel during decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Korea	23
Approaches to the definition of potentially exposed groups and potentially exposed populations of biota in the context of solid radioactive waste	20
Development and inference of disability-adjusted life years attributable to prolonged radiation exposure based on the calculation method of radiation detriment	19
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	19
Regulation the medical uses of ionising radiation during the full-scale Russian invasion to Ukraine	17
Object and person tracking systems to enable extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine using computational methods	16
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	15
JRODOS customization for Pakistan and assessment of the consequences of a hypothetical nuclear accident	14
The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection	14
Combined radiation burn injuries: A note	14
A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2020-23)	13
UK audit of variation in nuclear medicine occupational exposure calculations in 2021	13
Raman spectroscopy of x-ray irradiated blood plasma: a pilot study	12
Comparison of shielding effects of over-glasses-type and regular eyewear in terms of occupational eye dose reduction	12
Health risks from radioactive particles on Cumbrian beaches near the Sellafield nuclear site	11
Proposal and validation of weighting factors for the weighted computed tomography dose index in dual-energy computed tomography	11
Potential harm to the skin from unfiltered krypton chloride ‘far-ultraviolet-C’ lamps, even below an occupational exposure limit	11
Study on Inductive Charging Technology of Fixative Droplets for Submicron Aerosol Control	10
Richard Haylock and the nuclear test veterans	10
Effective doses and risks from medical diagnostic x-ray examinations for male and female patients from childhood to old age	10
Evaluation of lead equivalence and integrity of personal radiation protective equipment using multiple imaging modalities	10
Lead aprons and thyroid collars: to be, or not to be?	10

Survey on the distribution of medical imaging frequencies and dose levels for CT examinations in a comprehensive hospital in Shanghai	10
Basic characteristics of Vision badge and its performance as an eye lens dosimeter for endoscopists	9
Jan Olof Snihs (1932–2025)	9
Eye lens dose and shielding efficacy of radiation-protective eyewear in C-arm–guided cervical and lumbar epidural blocks: a phantom study	9
Regional diagnostic reference levels in paediatric interventional cardiology in Latin America and the Caribbean countries	8
Eye lens dose for medical staff assisting patients during computed tomography: comparison of several types of radioprotective glasses	8
Assessment of the total SBO accident progression after extended shutdown of VVER-1000	8
Transcriptomic and proteomic assessment of radiation injury and dose-rate dependency in white blood cells	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
Cardiologist’s exposure to radiation in cath lab measured with Instadose^TM dosimeter	8
Recurrent CT imaging and strategies for patient radiation protection	8
Evaluation of consumer digital radon measurement devices: a comparative analysis	7
How much resources are reasonable to spend on radiological protection?	7
Epidemiologic contributions to radiation risk assessment	7
Surface-clearance levels for the normal reuse of objects for 413 radionuclides	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
Thorium bioassay of miners revisited	7
Ionizing radiation and skin cancer—a review of current evidence	7
Trends and evolution in computed tomography radiation dose from 2018 and 2023: a Swiss perspective of the medical radiation exposure^*	7
An efficient point kernel method for rapid dose evaluation in dynamic virtual environment	7
The application of radiological protection principles in England and sustainable development	7
Synthesis of the European ALARA network 20th workshop ‘ALARA for interventional radiology and nuclear medicine’	6
Development of a method to use standard hospital gamma cameras as triage whole body monitors in UK emergencies	6
Numerical assessment of induced electric fields in a worker’s hand with commonly used metallic implants under exposure to low frequency magnetic fields	6
Review of assessment of prospective cancer risks from occupational exposure to ionising radiation (IAEA-TECDOC-1985)	6
Personal dosimetry for positron emitters, and occupational exposures from clinical use of gallium-68	6
Twenty-first annual Warren K. Sinclair keynote address: challenges faced by studies of nuclear industry workers ^*	6
An analytical tool for calculating kerma-to-dose equivalent average conversion coefficients (H _p(10), H _p(3), H	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
Practical application of international recommendations and safety standards in the systematic planning and implementation of remediation of sites or areas with residual radioactive material	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
Conversion coefficients for effective dose calculated using anthropomorphic mesh reference phantoms with the FLUKA code	6
Evaluation of dose distribution and shielding efficiency in portable intraoral x-ray device	6
British nuclear test veteran family trios for the study of genetic risk	6
Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis (the Goldacre review)	6
External radiation spatial distribution and safety assessment of yttrium-90 resin microsphere selective hepatic radioembolisation therapy	6
¹³¹I dose coefficients for a reference population using age-specific models	5
Radiation dose aspects and establishment of diagnostic reference levels for ⁹⁰Y radioembolisation during angiographic procedure	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
Direct and indirect assessment: comparison of different methods to estimate staff equivalent dose to the lens during different interventional procedures	5
Influence of tube and patient positioning in thoracoabdominal CT examinations on radiation exposure–towards a better patient positioning	5
Estimation and sensitivity analysis of operational intervention levels for the early phase of radiological emergencies involving radioactive releases	5
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	5
Are we being prudent, precautionary, or both?	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
Impact of follow-up record grouping on radiation epidemiology studies	5
Practical guidance on the assessment of radiation risks for diagnostic radiological examinations	5
Monitoring of surgical staff x-ray exposure in the operating room with DosiBadge	5
Study on the effect of body size on ²⁴ Na activity-based neutron dose assessment	5

Studies large and small: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2022	5
Tritium dispersion analysis using HotSpot code: a comparative study across reactor types and environmental conditions	5
Development of a military-specific mesh-type computational phantom library and its application to internal dosimetry and in-field radiological triage screening	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
Variations in size-specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy	5
X-ray spectrometry for calculating conversion coefficients from air kerma to operational quantities in radiation protection	5
Applicability of ‘Toolkit for Safety Assessment’ tool to interventional radiology using probabilistic risk assessment techniques	5
Radiological risk assessment of outdoor ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn around rare earth element and uranium mines from northern Vietnam	5
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	4
Reimagining exclusion zones for enabling SMR deployment in India’s nuclear future	4
Preventing tissue reactions: a review of the ICRP approach	4
Factors affecting radiographers’ use of dose-reduction measures	4
Estimation and analysis of S values for ¹³¹I using paediatric mesh type reference computational phantoms	4
Book Review: The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 488	4
Corrigendum: Optimizing whole body computed tomography doses for paediatric trauma patients: a Swiss retrospective analysis (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 021521)	4
Impact of shield location on staff and caregiver dose rates for I-131 radiopharmaceutical therapy patients	4
Trend of locally produced food avoidance among the guardians with school children in Minamisoma City after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster	4
In memory of Leonid Ilyin (1928–2023)	4
Losing the balance in risk-benefit analysis	4
Resilience after a nuclear accident: readiness in using mobile phone applications to measure radiation and health indicators in various groups (SHAMISEN SINGS project)	4
A workshop on citizen science in radioactivity measurements: empowering Europeans for better environmental monitoring	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
Study on the radiation detriment	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
Air kerma reference field with high energy photons using a 15 MeV electron beam from a clinical linear accelerator	4
Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947	4
A simulation system of radiation field and its detection for nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response training	4
M-FISH evaluation of chromosome aberrations to examine for historical exposure to ionising radiation due to participation at British nuclear test sites	4
Integrated experimental and FLUKA simulation for enhanced radiation safety in open-ceiling radiographic testing facilities	4
Special issues and computational techniques: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2021	4
An overview of background radiation level and spatial distribution of NORM in Bangladesh	4
Benchmarking point-kernel method against Monte Carlo simulations for an ALARA case study in occupational radiation protection	4
Experiences of medical physicists and radiographers with automated dose monitoring software tools in computed tomography	4
Fast Occupational Upper-Limb Radiation Dose Prediction Using Machine Learning and Monte Carlo Simulation	4
Effect of rotation axis and modulation on x-ray emission in dose assessment in panoramic radiographs using the Monte Carlo method	4
Nonsinusoidal in situ electric field caused by magnetic deactivator device for EAS labels—assessment of field strength inside a detailed anatomical hand model	3
Thorium ore dust research applicable to mineral sands industry workers	3
Finger doses due to ⁶⁸Ga-labelled pharmaceuticals in PET departments—results of a multi-centre pilot study	3
Radiological study of a wastewater treatment plant associated with radioiodine therapy at a hospital in West Java, Indonesia	3
Introduction and evaluation of size-specific DLP for radiation dose estimation in CT examinations	3
Integrated iodine biokinetic models for pregnancy and lactation based on the ICRP reference adult model	3
Modelling the atmospheric dispersion of radiotracers in small-scale, controlled detonations: validation of dispersion models using field test data	3
RadField3D: a data generator and data format for deep learning in radiation-protection dosimetry for medical applications	3
Efficacy of radiation attenuating caps in reducing radiation doses received at the cerebral level in interventional physicians: a systematic review	3
Book Review: The scientists who alerted us to the dangers of radiation, by Ian Fairlie and Cindy Folkers	3
Simulation of the distribution of radioactive materials in urban areas—radiation protection perspectives based on local conditions and the Swedish legal framework	3
Investigating the impact of new dosimetric quantities recommended by ICRU 95 on the OSLD individual monitoring system at OAP, Thailand	3
A review of ‘Recommendations on the effectiveness of sheltering as a protective action in the UK’	3
Occupational skin dose from radionuclide contamination: one country’s approach at standardising skin dose estimates using Varskin+	3
Harmonization of practice of release of patients after radiopharmaceutical therapy	3
Scientific consensus views are useful, but dangerous, without a code of ethics	3
Mortality among workers at the Rocky Flats Plant, 1951–2017	3
Artificial intelligence model GPT4 narrowly fails simulated radiological protection exam	3
Corrigendum: Analysis of radon mitigation methods: 10-year review (2024 J. Radiol. Prot. 44 031503)	3
Distribution of radon in large workplaces: an analysis performed on radon levels measured in UK schools	3
Pediatric Chest Radiography in Fukushima Prefecture: A Multicenter Organ Dose Assessment and Optimization Analysis	3
Approaches to harmonize mortality data sets in three diverse radiation worker cohorts	3
What about the workers?	3
Reconstructing strontium-90 intake in beagles using neural networks: a data-driven assessment of historical inhalation records	3
Influence of reference baselines on size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) in head CT examinations	3
TOOTH ENAMEL DOSE COEFFICIENTS OF THE ICRP ADULT MESH-TYPE REFERENCE COMPUTATIONAL PHANTOMS FOR IDEALIZED EXTERNAL NEUTRON EXPOSURES	3
Chronic inflammation in a radium dial painter cohort: elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and radiation-induced hearing loss	3
A highly scalable and autonomous spectroscopic radiation mapping system with resilient IoT detector units for dosimetry, safety and security	3
The LNT risk model and radiological protection	3
Report from the IRPA task group on awareness of tissue reactions in the eye lens, cardiovascular system and skin	3
Transfer functions for Q_A /Q_B international regulatory limits for the safe transport of radioactive materials	3
Mathematical solutions in internal dose assessment: A comparison of Python-based differential equation solvers in biokinetic modeling	3