OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Radiological Protection is 4. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Combined radiation burn injuries: A note	89
Urban working groups in the IAEA’s model testing programmes: overview from the MODARIA I and MODARIA II programmes	38
JRODOS customization for Pakistan and assessment of the consequences of a hypothetical nuclear accident	36
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	35
Low doses of ionising radiation: definitions and contexts	31
Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing?	29
Towards an ecological modelling approach for assessing ionizing radiation impact on wildlife populations	28
Approaches to the definition of potentially exposed groups and potentially exposed populations of biota in the context of solid radioactive waste	24
Radiological safety assessment for transportation of reactor pressure vessel during decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Korea	23
Development and inference of disability-adjusted life years attributable to prolonged radiation exposure based on the calculation method of radiation detriment	23
Absorbed dose coefficients for pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioiodine therapy	20
Object and person tracking systems to enable extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine using computational methods	20
Comparing the effectiveness of learning formats in radiation protection	16
The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection	16
A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2020-23)	16
Comparison of shielding effects of over-glasses-type and regular eyewear in terms of occupational eye dose reduction	15
Raman spectroscopy of X-ray irradiated blood plasma: a pilot study	15
Effective doses and risks from medical diagnostic x-ray examinations for male and female patients from childhood to old age	14
Potential harm to the skin from unfiltered krypton chloride ‘far-ultraviolet-C’ lamps, even below an occupational exposure limit	14
UK audit of variation in nuclear medicine occupational exposure calculations in 2021	14
Establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography procedures in Sri Lanka: first nationwide dose survey	14
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	13
Lead aprons and thyroid collars: to be, or not to be?	13
Health risks from radioactive particles on Cumbrian beaches near the Sellafield nuclear site	13
Obituary for Wolfgang Weiss	13

Estimation of population exposure to terrestrial gamma rays in Canada	13
Survey on the distribution of medical imaging frequencies and dose levels for CT examinations in a comprehensive hospital in Shanghai	12
Basic characteristics of Vision badge and its performance as an eye lens dosimeter for endoscopists	12
Richard Haylock and the nuclear test veterans	12
Demonstrating the use of a framework for risk-informed decisions with stakeholder engagement through case studies for NORM and nuclear legacy sites	12
Eye lens dose for medical staff assisting patients during computed tomography: comparison of several types of radioprotective glasses	11
Potential risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and cancer due to cumulative doses received from diagnostic CT scans?	11
Lessons being learned from the Covid-19 pandemic for radiological emergencies and vice versa: report from expert discussions	11
Radiation exposures in pregnancy, health effects and risks to the embryo/foetus—information to inform the medical management of the pregnant patient	11
Evaluation of consumer digital radon measurement devices: a comparative analysis	11
Radiation detriment calculation methodology: summary of ICRP Publication 152	11
Methodological considerations for interrupted time series analysis in radiation epidemiology: an overview	11
Real-time simulation of accidental passive transport of radioactive pollutant from a proposed nuclear power plant	10
Ionizing radiation and skin cancer—a review of current evidence	10
Specific features of medical care provision to the population of the Techa riverside settlements	9
Assessment of the total SBO accident progression after extended shutdown of VVER-1000	9
Cardiologist’s exposure to radiation in cath lab measured with Instadose^TM dosimeter	9
A machine learning approach for correcting glow curve anomalies in CaSO₄:Dy-based TLD dosimeters used in personnel monitoring	9
Cutaneous and local radiation injuries	9
Responding to radiation accidents: what more do we need to know?	9
Trends and evolution in computed tomography radiation dose from 2018 and 2023: a Swiss perspective of the medical radiation exposure^*	9
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	8
Surface-clearance levels for the normal reuse of objects for 413 radionuclides	8
How much resources are reasonable to spend on radiological protection?	8
Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis (the Goldacre review)	8
Chernobyl consequences are coming	8
British nuclear test veteran family trios for the study of genetic risk	8
Prevention and management of infections after exposure to ionising radiation	8
Review of assessment of prospective cancer risks from occupational exposure to ionising radiation (IAEA-TECDOC-1985)	8
Synthesis of the European ALARA network 20th workshop ‘ALARA for interventional radiology and nuclear medicine’	7
Medical consequences of radiation exposure of the bronchi—what can we learn from high-dose precision radiation therapy?	7
Personal dosimetry for positron emitters, and occupational exposures from clinical use of gallium-68	7
Numerical assessment of induced electric fields in a worker’s hand with commonly used metallic implants under exposure to low frequency magnetic fields	7
Basic concepts of radiation emergency medicine	7
An analytical tool for calculating kerma-to-dose equivalent average conversion coefficients (H _p(10), H _p(3), H	7
External radiation spatial distribution and safety assessment of yttrium-90 resin microsphere selective hepatic radioembolization therapy	7
Practical application of international recommendations and safety standards in the systematic planning and implementation of remediation of sites or areas with residual radioactive material	7
Methodological developments and practice in characterisation of unconventional and legacy waste	7
A body-size-dependent series of Chinese adult standing phantoms for radiation dosimetry	6
Assessment of occupational exposure from shielded and unshielded syringes for clinically relevant positron emission tomography (PET) isotopes—a Monte Carlo approach using EGSnrc	6
Radiation dose aspects and establishment of diagnostic reference levels for ⁹⁰Y radioembolisation during angiographic procedure	6
Development of a military-specific mesh-type computational phantom library and its application to internal dosimetry and in-field radiological triage screening	6
Radiological risk assessment of outdoor ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn around rare earth element and uranium mines from northern Vietnam	6
Studies large and small: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2022	6
Comparing benefit and detriment from medical diagnostic radiation exposure using disability-adjusted life years: towards quantitative justification	6
Impact of Follow-Up Record Grouping on Radiation Epidemiology Studies	6
Thorium bioassay of miners revisited	6
Conversion from dose-length product to effective dose in computed tomography venography of the lower extremities	6
Impact of shield location on staff and caregiver dose rates for I-131 radiopharmaceutical therapy patients	6
Applicability of ‘Toolkit for Safety Assessment’ tool to interventional radiology using probabilistic risk assessment techniques	6

Residential radon exposure in Astana and Aqsu, Kazakhstan	6
Development of a method to use standard hospital gamma cameras as triage whole body monitors in UK emergencies	6
Evaluation of dose distribution and shielding efficiency in portable intraoral x-ray device	6
Epidemiologic contributions to radiation risk assessment	6
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	6
¹³¹I dose coefficients for a reference population using age-specific models	6
Estimation and sensitivity analysis of operational intervention levels for the early phase of radiological emergencies involving radioactive releases	6
Practical guidance on the assessment of radiation risks for diagnostic radiological examinations	6
Estimation and analysis of S values for ¹³¹I using paediatric mesh type reference computational phantoms	5
Monitoring of surgical staff x-ray exposure in the operating room with DosiBadge	5
Are we being prudent, precautionary, or both?	5
Radon in Finnish underground mines 2011–2019	5
The need to update NCRP 151 data for 10 MV linear accelerator bunker shielding based on new measurements and Monte Carlo simulations	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	5
M-FISH evaluation of chromosome aberrations to examine for historical exposure to ionising radiation due to participation at British nuclear test sites	5
Investigation of the effect of using radiation protective glasses on the photon fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients of eye substructures	5
Losing the balance in risk-benefit analysis	5
Study on the radiation detriment	5
Role of molecularly-cloned hematopoietic growth factors after acute high-dose radiation exposures	5
Reflections on low-dose radiation, the misconceptions, reality and moving forward	5
Corrigendum: Optimizing whole body computed tomography doses for paediatric trauma patients: a Swiss retrospective analysis (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 021521)	5
Optimizing Ca-DTPA/Zn-DTPA therapy for internal decorporation: transitioning from intravenous to oral route with insights on safety and toxicity	5
Diagnostic reference levels in digital mammography: a systematic review	5
X-ray spectrometry for calculating conversion coefficients from air kerma to operational quantities in radiation protection	5
Reimagining exclusion zones for enabling SMR deployment in India’s nuclear future	5
In memory of Leonid Ilyin (1928–2023)	5
Medical management of heavily exposed victims: an experience at the Tokaimura criticality accident	5
Trend of locally produced food avoidance among the guardians with school children in Minamisoma City after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster	5
Special issues and computational techniques: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2021	5
Radiation exposure, organ and effective dose of CT-guided liver biopsy as a function of lesion depth and size	5
Keeping the ICRP recommendations fit for purpose	5
On the value and costs of protective actions in a nuclear emergency	5
Influence of tube and patient positioning in thoracoabdominal CT examinations on radiation exposure–towards a better patient positioning	5
Tritium dispersion analysis using HotSpot code: a comparative study across reactor types and environmental conditions	5
Variations in size-specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy	5
Radiation risks of lymphoma and multiple myeloma incidence in the updated NRRW-3 cohort in the UK: 1955–2011	5
Factors affecting radiographers’ use of dose-reduction measures	5
Modelling of long-term retention of high-fired plutonium oxide in the human respiratory tract: importance of scar-tissue compartments	5
Computational dose evaluation on children exposed to natural radioactivity from granitic rocks used as architectural materials	5
Corrigendum: Medical management of heavily exposed victims: an experience at the Tokaimura criticality accident (2021 J. Radiol. Prot. 41 S391)	5
Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data	5
Survey of the publics’ preferences for communication of medical radiation risk ^*	5
Book Review: The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 488	5
Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947	5
Radiation protection education using virtual reality for the visualisation of scattered distributions during radiological examinations	4
A simulation system of radiation field and its detection for nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response training	4
How direct measurements of worker eyes with a Scheimpflug camera can affect lensdose coefficients in interventional radiology	4
Spectrometry of pulsed photon radiation	4
Distribution of radon in large workplaces: an analysis performed on radon levels measured in UK schools	4
Corrigendum: Analysis of radon mitigation methods: 10-year review (2024 J. Radiol. Prot. 44 031503)	4
What about the workers?	4
Report from the IRPA task group on awareness of tissue reactions in the eye lens, cardiovascular system and skin	4
Approaches to harmonize mortality data sets in three diverse radiation worker cohorts	4
Air kerma reference field with high energy photons using a 15 MeV electron beam from a clinical linear accelerator	4
The acute radiation syndrome—need for updated medical guidelines	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
Transfer functions for Q_A /Q_B international regulatory limits for the safe transport of radioactive materials	4
Chronic inflammation in a radium dial painter cohort: elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and radiation-induced hearing loss	4
Introduction and evaluation of size-specific DLP for radiation dose estimation in CT examinations	4
Efficacy of radiation attenuating caps in reducing radiation doses received at the cerebral level in interventional physicians: a systematic review	4
The LNT risk model and radiological protection	4
Artificial intelligence model GPT4 narrowly fails simulated radiological protection exam	4
Modelling the atmospheric dispersion of radiotracers in small-scale, controlled detonations: validation of dispersion models using field test data	4
Mathematical solutions in internal dose assessment: A comparison of Python-based differential equation solvers in biokinetic modeling	4
Assessing radiation risk perception by means of a European stakeholder survey	4
Reflection on the proposed changes to dose quantities—an industrial perspective	4
Management and regulatory supervision of legacy sites and radioactively contaminated lands in Republic of Kazakhstan	4
Trajectory and factors of radiation risk perception of students aged 10–12 years at the time of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident	4
A highly scalable and autonomous spectroscopic radiation mapping system with resilient IoT detector units for dosimetry, safety and security	4
Investigating the impact of new dosimetric quantities recommended by ICRU 95 on the OSLD individual monitoring system at OAP, Thailand	4
RadField3D: a data generator and data format for deep learning in radiation-protection dosimetry for medical applications	4