OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation is 5. 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
Psychological Service Utilization and its Impact on Return to Work in Vocational Retraining Centers: A Cohort Study	71
The Association of Physiotherapy Continuity of Care with Duration of Time Loss Among Compensated Australian Workers with Low Back Pain	69
A Scoping Review of Vocational Rehabilitation Programs for People with Acquired Physical Disabilities	48
Therapeutic Approaches for the Prevention of Upper Limb Repetitive Strain Injuries in Work-Related Computer Use: A Scoping Review	40
Suffering of Common Mental Disorders but Still at Work: A Longitudinal Study During Periods of Differences in Regulations for Having Sick Leave	32
Is a Problem-Solving Intervention with Workplace Involvement for Employees on Sickness Absence Due to Common Mental Disorders More Effective, than Care as Usual, in Reducing Sickness Absence Days? Res	30
Generic and Disease-Specific Themes in Occupational Reflections of Patients in Cardiac, Cancer and Orthopedic Rehabilitation: An Interview Study	30
Disability Phenotypes and Job Accommodations Utilization Among People with Physical Disability	28
Successful Strategies for Occupational Health and Safety in Small and Medium Enterprises: Insights for a Sustainable Return to Work	25
Occupational Exoskeletons as a Technological Solution for Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators for Sustainable Workplace Integration	24
Occupational Factors and Labor Market Outcomes Among Individuals with Sickness Absence due to Common Mental Disorders: A Population-Wide Cohort Study	21
Return-to-Work Experiences in Ontario Policing: Injured But Not Broken	20
Patients’ Needs Regarding Work-Focused Healthcare: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis	19
Barriers to and Facilitators for Finding and Keeping Competitive Employment: A Focus Group Study on Autistic Adults With and Without Paid Employment	18
Reducing Shoulder Complaints in Employees with High Occupational Shoulder Exposures: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Study (The Shoulder-Café Study)	17
Managing Employability and Inclusion for Workers with Chronic Illness: Sustainable Work Participation	16
Understanding Work Ability in Employees with Pain and Stress-Related Ill-Health: An Explorative Network Analysis of Individual Characteristics and Psychosocial Work Environment	15
Return to Work After Lower Limb Amputation: A Critical Challenge in Jordan’s Socioeconomic and Healthcare Context	15
How Much Does Presenteeism Change in Response to Interventions or Alterations in Health Status? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Using the COSMIN Methodology	15
Precision and Recall of Search Strategies for Identifying Studies on Work-Related Psychosocial Risk Factors in PubMed	15
Mapping the Landscape of Work Rehabilitation Education in Physiotherapy Programs: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Quebec	14
Return to Work and Psychosocial Adaptation Trajectories in Young and Middle-Aged Patients with Stroke: A 12-Month Longitudinal Cohort Study	14
Advancing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Pain Science in the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation: Time to Fully Adopt Biopsychosocial Approaches?	13
The Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT): A Nine-Month Evaluation of Use, Changes in Self-efficacy, Presenteeism, and Absenteeism in Workers with Chronic and Episodic Disabilities	13
Implementing the GUideline for Intervention DEscription in Rehabilitation (GUIDE-Rehab) Within Work Disability Prevention Research	13

Ready or Not? Applying the Transtheoretical Model of Change on Return-to-Work Following CBT for Chronic Low Back Pain	12
Training for Supervisors to Improve Sustainable Employment of Employees with a work Disability: A Longitudinal Effect and Process Evaluation from an Intervention Study with Matched Controls	12
Changes and Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Work-Related Traumatic Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Longitudinal Analysis of HRQoL and the EQ-VAS	12
Timing Return-to-Work Counseling: An Observational Study Into the Effect of Time to First Consultation on Return to Work	12
Determinants of Sustainable Return to Work After Burnout or Depression: A Longitudinal Cohort Study	12
Reliability and Construct Validity of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire Domains in Patients with Persistent Low Back Pain	12
Promoting Job Quality and Career Advancement Among Persons with Disabilities During Critical Career Transitions: A Scoping Review of Published Evidence	11
A Multi-component Intervention (NEXpro) Reduces Neck Pain-Related Work Productivity Loss: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Swiss Office Workers	11
Effectiveness of a Stigma Awareness Intervention on Reemployment of People with Mental Health Issues/Mental Illness: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial	11
Novel Internet Support for Neck-Specific Rehabilitation Improves Work-Related Outcomes to the Same Extent as Extensive Visits to a Physiotherapy Clinic in Individuals with Chronic Whiplash-Associated	11
Importance of Health Policy and Systems Research for Strengthening Rehabilitation in Health Systems: A Call to Action to Accelerate Progress	11
Mental Health Stigma in the Workplace and its Association with Possible Actions of Managers to Prevent Sickness Absence of Employees with Mental Health Problems in the Swedish Private Sector: a Video	11
Correction: Organisational Policies and Practices for the Inclusion of Vulnerable Workers: A Scoping Review of the Employer’s Perspective	11
Tensions of Low-Back Pain and Lifting; Bridging Clinical Low-Back Pain and Occupational Lifting Guidelines	10
Long COVID and the Challenge of Long-Term Employment: An Ecological, Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods Approach	10
Work Disability and Rehabilitation in Workers with Hearing Loss: A Scoping Review	10
Reliability of a Spinal Cord Injury-Specific Extension of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ-SCI)	10
Exploring Canadian Career Firefighters’ Understanding of the Return-to-Work Process After Musculoskeletal Injuries	10
Validity of the Capacity to Work Index: Development of an Instrument to Measure Work Capacity in Relation to Depression and Anxiety in the General Working Population	10
Lifestyle Dimensions of Public Safety Personnel Families: There’s No Life Like It	10
Effective Teams in Vocational Rehabilitation: An Exploration of Complexities and Practice in Aotearoa-New Zealand	10
Obstacles, Self-Efficacy, and Strategies for Returning to Work after Experiencing Burnout: Paving the Path to Sustainable Reintegration	10
Sustainable Employability of People with Limited Capability for Work: The Participatory Development and Validation of a Questionnaire	9
Strengthening the IPS Workforce: Designing a Competency-Based IPS Workforce Development Framework for Headspace Centres in Australia	9
Global statements to produce and implement evidence in the post-COVID-19 era provide a path forward for rehabilitation - A joint initiative of Cochrane Rehabilitation and the leading journals in the f	9
What is the Meaning of Paid Employment for Well-Being? A Focus Group Study on Differences and Similarities Between Autistic Adults With and Without Employment	9
What Works (or Doesn’t) in Return to Work after Physical Injury? A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Trauma Patients and Health Care Professionals on Barriers and Facilitators in Return to Work	9
Early Prognostic Factors for Claim Cost and Claim Duration Following a Work-Related Back Injury in Saskatchewan, Canada	8
Including ‘Work as a Treatment Goal’ in the Care for Patients with Chronic Diseases	8
Negotiating Safety: Facilitation of Return to Work for Individuals Employed in High-Risk Occupations	8
Exploring Work Absences and Return to Work During Social Transition and Following Gender-Affirming Care, a Mixed-Methods Approach: ‘Bridging Support Actors Through Literacy’	8
Associations between Psychosocial Working Conditions and Work-Specific Self-Efficacy Beliefs Among Employees Receiving Psychotherapeutic Consultation at Work	8
Increased Use and Large Variation in Strong Opioids and Metamizole (Dipyrone) for Minor and Major Musculoskeletal Injuries Between 2008 and 2018: An Analysis of a Representative Sample of Swiss Worker	8
Assisting Employers of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to Support Employees on Long-Term Sick-Leave: Development of a Web-Based SME Tool Using Intervention Mapping	8
Self-Perceived Interpersonal Problems Among Long-Term Unemployed Individuals, and Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (In)ability to Change Them	8
The Longitudinal Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Job Satisfaction Among Workers with Disabilities in South Korea: An Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis	8
Work-Related Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Risk of Low-Back Pain: Prospective Cohort Study Among Healthcare Workers	7
Incidence Rates and Predictors of Recurrent Long-Term Mental Sickness Absence Due to Common Mental Disorders	7
The Lived Experience of Return to Work in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury in Saudi Arabia: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis	7
Factors Associated with Negative Experiences and Mental Ill Health During a Workers’ Compensation Claim: A Mixed Methods Study	7
Job Accommodations for People with Physical Disabilities: Findings of a United States National Survey	7
Return to Work for People with Common Mental Disorders: Insights into the Implementation of a Collaborative Program in a Specialized Mental Health Hospital	7
Barriers and Facilitators for Interprofessional Education in Work-Focused Healthcare: An Integrative Review	7
General Practitioner Service Use Before and After Long-Term Workplace Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study	7
Indirect Costs Related to Productivity Loss, Work-Related Quality of Life, and Resource Utilization in Workers with Multiple Sclerosis	7
Return to Work and Employment Outcomes in Survivors of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review	6
Conceptualizing Stigma in the Injured Worker Literature: A Scoping Review	6
Trajectories of Work Absence in England due to a Musculoskeletal or Mental Health Condition: An Electronic Health Record Cohort Study	6
Description of Managers’ Competencies in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Scoping Review	6
Effectiveness and Characteristics of Work Participation Interventions for Adults with Musculoskeletal Upper Limb Conditions: A Systematic Review	6

Longterm Persistence and Scalability of a Coordinated Return to Work Model in Healthcare: A Registry-Based Study Across Clinical Pathways	6
Predictors of Mental Health–Related Sick Leave at Referral to Clinical Psychology: A Population-Based Study Using Electronic Health Records	6
Work Difficulties in People with Multiple Sclerosis	6
Acquired Brain Injury Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Nationwide Study of Labor Market Attachment	6
Clinician Experiences of and Responses to the Challenges of Working with Patients in the Australian Compensation Setting	6
The Price and Prize for Employment or Education: a Qualitative Study Examining Facilitators and Barriers from the Perspectives of Service Providers working in Supported Employment and Education and Ex	6
Cross-Sectional Associations Between Overall and Task-Specific Physical Work Demands and Sustainable Employability Among Dutch Firefighters: Results from the SEmFire Cohort Study	6
Work Participation of Hematological Cancer Survivors After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Scoping Review	6
Experiences of Working with Lower Limb Osteoarthritis: A Qualitative Study	6
A Socioeconomic Vulnerability Index for Persons with Disabilities via Machine Learning Approach	6
Elements of Return-to-Work Interventions for Workers on Long-Term Sick Leave: A Systematic Literature Review	6
Acute Effects of a Warm-Up Intervention on Pain, Productivity, Physical Capacities and Psychological Perceptions Among Vineyard Workers: a Cluster Randomized Trial	6
Exploring the Applicability and Relevance of the Seven Principles for Successful Return to Work in Practice: A Qualitative Analysis of the Perspectives of Disability Managers, Case Managers, and Retur	5
What is Safe Long COVID Rehabilitation?	5
Systematic Review to Inform a World Health Organization (WHO) Clinical Practice Guideline: Benefits and Harms of Structured and Standardized Education or Advice for Chronic Primary low back pain in Ad	5
Regional Variation in Management Strategies for Occupational Low Back Pain in Australia	5
Assessing Functional Limitations in Workers with a Common Mental Disorder or a Musculoskeletal Disorder: A Scoping Review of Questionnaires	5
Residual Work Capacity and (In)Ability to Work Fulltime Among a Year-Cohort of Disability Benefit Applicants Diagnosed with Mental and Behavioural Disorders	5
Evaluation of the Acceptability and Feasibility of Stress Mitigation Education and Support Delivered via Telehealth for People After Road Traffic Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic Injury	5
Effects of Reducing the Number of Quick Returns (< 11 h off Between Shifts) on Turnover Intention and Job Satisfaction: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial Among Healthcare Workers	5
Assessing the Effect of a Rehabilitation Intervention on Exhaustion Disorders, Depression, and Return to Work: A Randomized Controlled Trial	5
Trajectory and Predictors of Return-to-Work Outcomes for People After a Road Traffic Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study	5
Workplace Programs to Reduce Post-traumatic Stress Injuries Work Disability: First Responder Experiences	5
Employer Retention Profiles of Workers with Physical Disabilities	5
Return to Work After Isolated Spinal Injury: Rates, Predictors, and Implications for Occupational Reintegration	5
The Associations Between Illness Perceptions and Expectations About Return to Work of Workers With Chronic Diseases and Their Significant Others: A Dyadic Analysis	5
Fostering Stay at Work After a Period of Disability: A Scoping Review of Occupational Rehabilitation Strategies to Support Workers in the Adoption of Preventive Behaviours	5
The Prevalence of Mental Health Service Use in Australian Workers with Accepted Workers’ Compensation Claims for Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study	5
The Influence of Teleworking in a Pandemic Context on the Work Experience of Individuals with Physical Disabilities: A Quebec Qualitative Study	5
Establishing Key Domains for Measuring Workplace Mental Health: The Indicators of A Thriving Workplace Survey	5
Barriers and Facilitators of Implementing Workplace Interventions Supporting Young Workers’ Safety, Work Environment and Health: A Scoping Review of Qualitative and Mixed-Method Studies	5
“We [have] to Get Them Coming Back to Work … Make The Offer, Make It Available, Make It Meaningful:” Returning to Work at a Canadian Municipal Police Service	5
Return to Work Trajectories of Swedish Employees on Sick-Leave Due to Common Mental Disorders	5
Assessing Work Functioning in Patients with Persistent Low Back Pain: Exploring the Structural Validity of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire	5