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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Base transceiver station antenna exposure and workers’ health	51
Evaluation of the biodynamic response of the hand–arm system and hand-tool designs: a brief review	39
Fatigue assessment of sedentary office workers using smartphones: a preliminary study	30
Gender differences, ergonomics risks and upper quadrant musculoskeletal pain in hairdressers	25
Impulse noise measurement in view of noise hazard assessment and use of hearing protectors	24
Social facilitation effects in online coaction: the moderating role of social comparison direction	22
Does a relationship between handgrip strength and coincidence anticipation timing exist among young adults: a pilot study	18
Task loading of soldering workers in small-scale manufacturing units	18
The safety programme as a tool of improvement for safety culture in the workplace: an exploratory follow-up study from the Danish offshore oil and gas sector	16
DF-8: a specific scale for assessing work fatigue in professional drivers	15
Design, implementation and evaluation of a participatory ergonomics program among home-based Mapuche weavers	15
Sri Lankan migrant worker perceptions of workplace hazard and safety awareness: case of the manufacturing industry in Korea	14
Effects on Turkish ice cream employees’ musculoskeletal pain of a physical activity and ergonomics improvement program in the workplace	14
An ergonomic welding torch reduces physical load response and improves welding quality in novices: a pilot study	14
Influence that job characteristics, personality and burnout have on fatigue in professional drivers	13
Research on dynamic comfort maintenance by measuring lower limb edema and seat pressure during simulated seated sleep in flight	12
Investigating human error in Iran’s copper mines using the CREAM based on human cognitive reliability analysis	12
Developing a schedule integrated automated safety planning tool for residential construction projects	12
Behavioral safety compliance in an interdependent mining environment: supervisor communication, procedural justice and the mediating role of coworker communication	12
UK university staff experience high levels of sedentary behaviour during work and leisure time	12
Emergency response plan for methane and chlorine with dispersion modelling using CAMEO	12
Reliability analysis of respirators based on the analytic hierarchy process and multicriteria decision-making	11
Common errors in selecting and implementing pen–paper observational methods by Iranian practitioners for assessing work-related musculoskeletal disorders risk: a systematic review	11
Identification of key factors influencing unsafe behavior of decoration workers	11
Effects of computer use on upper limb musculoskeletal disorders and function in academicians	11

Associations between day and night-shifts, work-related musculoskeletal symptoms and absenteeism in the manufacturing industry	11
Mechanical strength recognition and classification of thermal protective fabric images after thermal aging based on deep learning	10
Exploring individual factors influencing human reliability among control room operators: a qualitative study	10
Change in heart rate variability during two firefighting work cycles	10
Low blood glucose and fatigue accumulation at peak hours of occupational trauma in secondary industry workers	10
Prevalence of chronic lower back pain in Brazilian military firefighters	10
Fatigue in NTSB investigations 2013–2019: evidence of accidents and injuries	10
Chronic lower back pain in aquaculture clam farmers: adoption and feasibility of self-management strategies introduced using a rapid prototype participatory ergonomic approach	10
Incorporation of hazard rectification performance for safety assessment	10
Applying lessons from aviation safety culture in the hospitality industry: a review and road map	9
Asbestos dust concentrations and health conditions of workers at asbestos-cement corrugated sheet production manufacturers in Vietnam: a nationwide assessment	9
Worker satisfaction with adaptive automation and working conditions: a theoretical model and questionnaire as an assessment tool	9
Factors affecting safety performance in the construction industry: an empirical study using structural equation modelling	9
Effect of temperature reduction of the prefrontal area on accuracy of visual sustained attention	9
Impact resistance test system for the helmet based on a polyvinylidene fluoride piezoelectric sensor array	9
Determination of paraffin oil mist penetration at high flow rates through air-purifying respirators	9
Healthcare workers’ knowledge for safe handling and moving of the patient	9
Association of handgrip strength with anthropometry of a Brazilian healthy adolescent sample	9
Occupational dermatoses: knowledge, attitudes and perceptions among motor vehicle repair workers	9
Evaluation of the quality of health and safety services with SERVPERF and multi-attribute decision-making methods	8
Perception of occupational health and safety in the manufacturing sector: a qualitative evaluation	8
Ergonomic design and evaluation of gemstone polishing workstation	8
A path model approach to safety compliance and personal factors among electrical workers in India	8
Determining the prerequisites for effective workplace inspection by the occupational safety and health regulatory authority using cognitive work analysis	8
Determining performance shaping factors to assess human error in the emergency response team in chemical process industries: a case study	8
Health problems among Swedish ambulance personnel: long-term risks compared to other professions in Sweden – a longitudinal register study	8
The influence of team workload on team performance in the light of task complexity: a study of nuclear fire brigades	8
A survey of noise-induced auditory symptoms in manufacturing workers in Brunei Darussalam	7
Semi-quantitative methodology to assess health and safety risks arising from exposure to electromagnetic fields up to 300 GHz in workplaces according to Italian regulations	7
Evidence-based evaluation of safety management in port labor outsourcing	7
Accidents and injuries in workers of iron and steel industry in West Bengal, India: Prevalence and associated risk factors	6
Assessment of working conditions in medical facilities due to noise	6
Moderating effect of psychological well-being on the effect of workplace safety climate on job stress	6
Relationships among meal time, break time and workplace characteristics of nurses who work day, evening and night shifts: a cross-sectional study	6
Validating the effectiveness of a self-report tool to predict unsafe behavior of industrial workers: a QEEG analysis	6
Prediction of work productivity outcomes by identifying critical risk factors among garment industry workers	6
Age, gender, personality, burnout, job characteristics and job content as predictors of driver fatigue	6
Measurements and observations of movements at work for warehouse forklift truck operators	6
Self-assessment of health and care for health among employed men in Poland	6
Status of occupational health and safety in the informal sectors in Tanzania: the case of stone quarrying and soil brickmaking	6
Investigating the influencing factors and prediction models of skin burns for firefighters’ occupational safety	6
Computer vision syndrome and its associated ergonomic factors among bank workers	6
Ergonomic and psychosocial risks related to musculoskeletal problems among Brazilian labor judges in telework during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
A model for establishing resilience safety culture for the construction industry	6
Evaluation of the relationship between occupational noise exposure and stress levels in a healthcare facility	6
Analysis of characteristics and causes of gas explosion accidents: a historical review of coal mine accidents in China	6
Application of multiple occupational health risk assessment models in occupation health risk prediction of trichloroethylene in the electroplating and electronics industries	6
Modeling and investigating the effect of parasol installation on solar radiant temperature reduction using COMSOL Multiphysics	5
Statement of Retraction: Carcinogenic and health risk assessment of respiratory exposure to Acrylonitrile, 1,3-Butadiene and Styrene (ABS) in a Petrochemical Industry Using the United States Environme	5
Work-, lifestyle-, and health-related factors among women and men working in the emergency medical services	5

Proposal for a new statistical procedure for the ergonomic design of furniture: implications of a protocol developed from measurements of a young population	5
Statistical study and investigation of the cut-resistant and thermo-physiological performance of protective gloves: a new prospective	5
Recommended maximum holding time of common static sitting postures of office workers	5
Safety climate and productivity improvement of construction workplaces through the 6S system: mixed-method analysis of 5S and safety integration	5
A comparison of muscle activity, posture and body discomfort during the use of different computer screen sizes	5
Effects of pace on productivity and physical and mental workloads in a human–cobot collaboration	5
Influence of an adjacent tunnel connecting zone shading shed on drivers’ eye movement characteristics	5
Development of an intervention program to reduce whole-body vibration exposure based on occupational and individual determinants among dumper operators	5
Risk assessment of probable human errors in the scaffold erection and dismantling procedure: a fuzzy approach	5
The effects of role stressors and smartphone interactions on delivery riders’ unsafe behaviors during the delivery process in China	5
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	5
Identifying key accident causation factors in the Malaysian construction industry	5
The effect of the menstrual cycle on the sense of touch, grip strength and manual dexterity of dental students	5
A novel cost-effective postural tracking algorithm using marker-based video processing	5
Experimental evaluation of impact-resistant gloves using surrogate hands	5
Investigating the trends and causes of changes in human anthropometric dimensions over the past three decades: a challenge for ergonomic design	5
Compassion fatigue in nurses caring for chronic diseases	5
Using neural networks to predict high-risk flight environments from accident and incident data	5
Influence of extended working hours and physical recovery on absenteeism in the footwear industry from a system dynamics model	5
The hidden cost of your ‘too fast food’: stress-related factors and fatigue predict food delivery riders’ occupational crashes	5
Addressing process safety challenges in downstream industries in Brunei Darussalam	5
Effect of an education-based workplace intervention (move in office with education) on sedentary behaviour and well-being in desk-based workers: a cluster randomized controlled trial	5
Influence of gender and age on musculoskeletal symptoms in white-collar and blue-collar workers: a cross-sectional study	5
Methodology focused on the selection of construction operations for the standardization of work with an emphasis on the occupational safety criterion	4
Work–family conflict, work engagement and unsafe behavior among miners in China	4
Sleep quality and sleep-related issues in industrial workers: a global meta-analysis	4
Investigation of non-fatal occupational accidents and their causes in Turkish shipyards	4
The effect of educational intervention on promoting safe behaviors in textile workers	4
Depression and work–family conflict mediating the effects of job stress on chronic pain: a structural equation modelling approach	4
Epidemiological study of multi-site WMSDs in the footwear industry in China	4
Evaluation of physical risk factors by fuzzy failure mode and effects analysis: an apparel mill example	4
The evaluation index system of non-rigid demand service quality in safety production: based on the whole process	4
Analysis of accidents caused by human factors in the oil and gas industry using the HFACS-OGI framework	4
The mediating effect of workers’ situation awareness on the relationship between work-related factors and human error: a path analysis approach	4
Understanding key behavioral factors affecting road traffic citation and crash involvement of professional bus and passenger van drivers using a modified driver behavior questionnaire: an Indian persp	4
Design, development and utility validation of TIPA: a tool for inspection performance assessment	4
Work-related factors, cognitive skills, unsafe behavior and safety incident involvement among emergency medical services crew members: relationships and indirect effects	4
Effects of firefighting gloves styles on manual performance	4
Musculoskeletal complaints and associated factors among dental practitioners of Nepal: a nationwide survey	4
Experimental assessment of the effect of wearing hearing protectors on the audibility of railway warning signals for normal hearing and hearing impaired listeners	4
Adaptive hybrid ANFIS-PSO and ANFIS-GA approach for occupational risk prediction	4
Machine learning model for aberrant driving behaviour prediction using heart rate variability: a pilot study involving highway bus drivers	4
Ease of restroom access influences fluid consumption habits and health in classroom teachers	4
Work ability in aging office workers with musculoskeletal disorders and non-communicable diseases and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study	4
The mediator role of well-being in the effect of COVID-19 anxiety on occupational commitment: research in the aviation sector	4
Measurement of barriers to perform periodic examinations: development and psychometric properties scale	4
Variables that predict burnout in professional drivers	4
Preparation and characterization of flexible laminated composites impregnated with TPU/SiO ₂ for static puncture resistance	4
Are music students at ‘high-risk’ of experiencing musculoskeletal symptom outcomes compared with other students?	4
The effect of job security on safety behavior with the moderating role of salary: a structural equation model	4
Role of whole-body vibration exposure and posture of dumper operators in musculoskeletal disorders: a case study in metalliferous mines	4
The relationship between workplace toxicity, stress, physical activity and emotional eating	4
Longer working hours and musculoskeletal pain: a meta-analysis	4
Improving the antecedents of non-compliance to safety regulations toward an optimized self-regulated construction environment in Nigeria	4
What do musicians think caused their musculoskeletal symptoms?	4
Evaluating the physical, psychosocial and ergonomic burden of lead aprons among Jordanian interventionists: a nationwide study	4
Effectiveness of Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for employees with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Exploring the comfort of head personal protective equipment for Chinese firefighters: an interview study	4