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 2022-08-01 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
Low doses of ionising radiation: definitions and contexts	15
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
The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection	14
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
Dose evaluation of medical staff during proximal femur fracture surgery using fluoroscopy	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An overview of background radiation level and spatial distribution of NORM in Bangladesh	4
Tritium dispersion analysis using HotSpot code: a comparative study across reactor types and environmental conditions	4
From fragmentation to integration: building a globally harmonised biodosimetry framework for radiological emergency preparedness	4
Fast occupational upper-limb radiation dose prediction using machine learning and Monte Carlo simulation	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
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
Book Review: The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 488	4
Influence of tube and patient positioning in thoracoabdominal CT examinations on radiation exposure–towards a better patient positioning	4
Impact of shield location on staff and caregiver dose rates for I-131 radiopharmaceutical therapy patients	4
Are we being prudent, precautionary, or both?	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
Experiences of medical physicists and radiographers with automated dose monitoring software tools in computed tomography	4
Radiological risk assessment of outdoor ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn around rare earth element and uranium mines from northern Vietnam	4
On the value and costs of protective actions in a nuclear emergency	4
X-ray spectrometry for calculating conversion coefficients from air kerma to operational quantities in radiation protection	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
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
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