OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Awareness of rights and responsibilities in occupational accidents and diseases: scale development, construct validity and reliability study	32
The influence of team workload on team performance in the light of task complexity: a study of nuclear fire brigades	31
Associations between day and night-shifts, work-related musculoskeletal symptoms and absenteeism in the manufacturing industry	31
Framework for enhancing project clients’ commitment to health and safety in the Ghanaian construction industry	22
Evidence-based evaluation of safety management in port labor outsourcing	22
Andalusian teachers: burnout profiles and associated work experience patterns in teachers	21
Influence of extended working hours and physical recovery on absenteeism in the footwear industry from a system dynamics model	20
A screening framework for critical movements in the ergonomic evaluation of personal protective clothing: validation in pilot immersion-resistant winter protective suits	17
Self-assessment of health and care for health among employed men in Poland	16
The impact of work characteristics on safety behavior of front-line employees in small and medium-sized industrial enterprises: an empirical study based on Chinese SMEs	16
Text mining and association rules-based analysis of 245 cement production accidents in a cement manufacturing plant	15
Line-based and plane-based icon research for automotive user interfaces	15
Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal complaints among surgeons in Saudi Arabia	15
A study of the relationship between EEG and situation awareness of forklift drivers in task scenarios with different complexities	14
Consistency between the ACGIH TLV for hand activity and proposed action levels for wrist velocity and forearm muscular load based on objective measurements: an example from the assembly industry	13
A fuzzy logic approach to improve the sensitivity of the rapid entire body assessment method	13
Axiomatic design for safe construction considering lean and ergonomic principles: an application in Turkey	12
The influence of human resource management practices on occupational health and safety in the manufacturing industry	12
Knowledge-level assessment of commercial divers: a focus on fundamental decompression procedures	12
Estimation of prevalence of pneumoconiosis among Indian dental healthcare professionals – an analytical cross-sectional study	12
Evaluating gloved hand performance based on the mechanical properties of the applied material	12
Determining the effect levels of augmented decent work criteria in sustainable economic development with the fuzzy DEMATEL method	12
Proof-of-concept system evaluation of Ergomechanic for non-invasive estimation of upper-body posture and body load exposure in the workplace	12
Work and lifestyle factors associated with musculoskeletal pain among professional cleaners: a cross-sectional study	11
Investigating the effect of workwear textile modification with nanometal-embedded PMMA polymer by a spray method on textile air permeability, bending stiffness and surface temperature induced by near-	10

The impact of safety management practices on technicians’ safety behaviour: examining safety orientation as a mediator	9
Investigating the relationship between eye movements and the situation awareness of forklift operators for accident prevention	9
Analysis of the effects of individual characteristics, safety training and awareness of dockers on occupational accidents using accident causality models	9
Stress influence on real-world driving identified by monitoring heart rate variability and morphologic variability of electrocardiogram signals: the case of intercity roads	9
Research on driver’s wrist motion pattern and fatigue characterization methods	9
Boosting workplace safety: the effect of health belief model-based education on personal protective equipment use among workers in a cosmetics and personal care products factory in Yasuj	9
Layoff threat and extra effort: how threat and coping appraisals drive extra-role behavior via protection motivation	9
Occupational mental health among remote workers in Nigeria: the role of computer vision syndrome and the moderating effect of employee resilience	8
Mapping systemic influences on human performance: a data-driven analysis of organizational and regulatory factors in China’s general aviation accidents	8
Exploring the role of occupational factors in taxi crashes: a comparison of traditional and ride-hailing taxi drivers	8
Effects of fabric properties, water saturation and separating velocity on adhesion characteristics using a novel adhesion measurement device	8
The effect of ergonomics training given to office workers on musculoskeletal disorders and working postures	8
An evaluation approach of the communication error risk of a metro operation team based on the cloud model	8
The relationship between core endurance, physical activity level and balance in office workers	8
Bibliometric and systemic review of the state of the art of occupational risk management in the construction industry	8
Visual ergonomics, performance and the mediating role of eye discomfort: a structural equation modelling approach	8
Enhancing occupational safety among gas station workers in Egypt: a quasi-experimental evaluation of an educational intervention	8
Effects of safety leadership and safety management practices on safety participation through a casual-chain mediators approach in the Chinese construction industry	8
Rethinking frontline health workers’ safety performance in times of pandemic: the role of spiritual leadership	8
The impact of safety attitude on hazard identification and risk analysis: evidence from event-related potentials	8
Sonographer upper extremity posture and arm strength demands: a simulation study exploring scan location and patient size	7
Framework for the assessment of the safety culture in the oil and gas industry	7
Impact of individual and professional factors on the mental health of employees working remotely: Russian companies’ evidence	7
Musculoskeletal pain in musicians: does playing more than one instrument have more effect?	7
Work fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders in gas station operators in Pontianak city, Indonesia	7
The double burden: the role of food insecurity on repetitive strain injuries among adults in Canada	7
CBRRES: a computer-based REBA and RULA evaluation system for musculoskeletal disorder estimation	7
Stress-activated motility: study on the influence mechanism of COVID-19 event strength on employee safety performance in high reliability organizations	7
Three-dimensional heat and moisture transfer analysis for thermal protection of firefighters’ gloves with phase change materials	7
PPE: Pockets, Perceptions and Equity – the untold truth of ill-fitting PPE; a reflexive thematic analysis	7
Risk management and loss prevention strategies for fertilizer industries	6
Machine learning-enhanced back muscle strength prediction considering lifting condition and individual characteristics	6
Impact of occupational safety and health services on urinary heavy-metal burden and respiratory function in construction workers	6
Investigation of multi-level safety culture in the Indian construction industry: a multi-level employees’ perception-based approach	6
Predictive modeling of presenteeism among radiographers: a secondary analysis of comprehensive data using Bayesian neural network	6
Critical success factors for sustainable health and safety practices in Malaysia’s construction industry	6
Effect of cooling on static postural balance while wearing firefighter’s protective clothing in a hot environment	6
Assessing efficacy of proposed safety headwear with an Android app interface in an environmental heat-stress surveillance application	6
The burdens and benefits of managing and engaging: a diary study approach to person-centred risk assessment of top executives and works council members	6
Analysis of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers: integration of Tripod Lite and association rule mining methods	6
Experimental study of the factors influencing the uniformity of an air curtain and numerical simulation of the factors influencing its dust barrier effect	6
Investigating the two-by-two relationships between situational awareness, eye movements and performance in forklift drivers	6
Artificial intelligence as a tool for item reduction in an organizational resilience questionnaire	6
Identification of critical causes of construction accidents in China using a hybrid HFACS-CN model	6
Temporal leadership and safety behavior of new-generation of construction workers: the moderating effect of perceived work meaning	6
Water vapour transmission behaviour of the outer layer of multilayer thermal protective clothing	6
Effects of computer use on upper limb musculoskeletal disorders and function in academicians	5
Analyzing musculoskeletal risk prevalence among railway track maintainers: an analysis of health risk assessment in India	5
Evaluation of polyvinyl chloride composite containing carbon fillers for potential use in protective footwear resistant to high temperature and fuel oil	5
Analyzing exposure risks in warehousing due to the presence of phthalate contamination	5

Analysis of characteristics and causes of gas explosion accidents: a historical review of coal mine accidents in China	5
Evaluation of the maximum voluntary isometric lumbar extension in three-dimensional positions	5
Development of an intervention program to reduce whole-body vibration exposure based on occupational and individual determinants among dumper operators	5
Research on dynamic comfort maintenance by measuring lower limb edema and seat pressure during simulated seated sleep in flight	5
Cumulative workload comparison between lifting routes of heavy lifting tasks from a biomechanical perspective	5
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and occupational health and safety: a systematic analysis of driving and restraining forces in Turkey	5
Investigating the mechanical behavior of anti-impact airbag fabrics: a structural design approach	5
Task loading of soldering workers in small-scale manufacturing units	5
The effects of role stressors and smartphone interactions on delivery riders’ unsafe behaviors during the delivery process in China	5
Ergonomic compatibility between sewing workstation and Bangladeshi apparel workers	5
Reliability analysis of respirators based on the analytic hierarchy process and multicriteria decision-making	5
Ergonomic design and evaluation of gemstone polishing workstation	5
The professional identity of safety professionals in China: theoretical model, empirical validation and comparative application	5
Numerical simulation application in occupational health studies: a review	5
Influence of an adjacent tunnel connecting zone shading shed on drivers’ eye movement characteristics	5
Statistical study and investigation of the cut-resistant and thermo-physiological performance of protective gloves: a new prospective	5
Impact of exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields on blood pressure, heart rate variation and disturbance to quality of sleep on industrial workers in Korea	5
Estimation of aerobic fitness of underground coal mine workers and development of a predictive equation to determine their V _O2max	4
Evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for mitigating fatigue among construction workers in Abuja, Nigeria: a quantitative analysis	4
Effect of Mediterranean diet and physical activity on healthcare professional depression, burnout and professional fulfillment during COVID-19	4
The role of trust in occupational safety: research results	4
Acceptance of a lying position for dental treatment	4
Exploring key determinants shaping occupational safety perceptions among occupational health and safety students	4
Prediction of compressive comfort of graded compression sleeves based on calf feature classification	4
Assessment of hand–arm vibration syndrome in Polish workers: results from a questionnaire study	4
Why self-control fails: the effects of self-control depletion on team safety performance in nuclear power plants	4
Occupational ergonomic assessment of MSDs among the artisans working in the Bagh hand block printing industry in Madhya Pradesh, India	4
Optimization and prediction of thermal comfort properties of cut-protective fabric	4
Assessing vision standards for workers of the weaving industry in the Salem District of Tamil Nadu, India: a visual task analysis	4
Health literacy and its association with postural habits and awareness in office workers	4
Assessment of sleep quality, fatigue and its association with occupational injuries among shift workers in an electronic industrial environment	4
The effect of augmented reality technology on human eye and psychomotor fatigue	4
Acute physiological and functional effects of repetitive shocks on the hand–arm system: a pilot study on healthy subjects	4
Machine learning model for aberrant driving behaviour prediction using heart rate variability: a pilot study involving highway bus drivers	4
Investigating patterns and causes of struck-by accidents in roadway construction projects	4
Towards better risk perception training: distribution of critical brain channels based on EEG signals	4
Choice of cold weather combat clothing affects manual performance, body temperatures and comfort in a sub-Arctic climate	4
Prevalence and risk factors for self-reported symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome among hospital office workers: a cross-sectional study	4
Unlocking the relationships between role stressors and unsafe behaviours of miners: the mediating role of risk perception	4
Impact of nursing risk management target cards on patient safety in intensive care unit patients: a mixed-methods study	4
Application of the occupational health risk assessment model in predicting the risk of noise-induced hearing loss in noise-polluted manufacturers in southern China	4
Evaluation of the suitability of COSHH Essentials for qualitative assessment of inhalation risk from chemical agents in perfume laboratories: a new perspective	4
Improving the antecedents of non-compliance to safety regulations toward an optimized self-regulated construction environment in Nigeria	4
Lifejackets or just jackets? Seaworthiness of lifejackets sold at landing sites of Lake Albert, Uganda	4
A hot cylinder drop test for quantifying the contact protective performance of fabrics against intense conductive heat	4