OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is 25. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants	328
The COVID-19 pandemic: major risks to healthcare and other workers on the front line	201
Working from home in the time of COVID-19: how to best preserve occupational health?	170
Migrant workers and COVID-19	155
Global prevalence and risk factors for mental health problems in police personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis	98
Post-traumatic growth and influencing factors among frontline nurses fighting against COVID-19	88
Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 4378 UK healthcare workers and ancillary staff: initial baseline data from a cohort study collected during the first wave of the pandemic	82
Trends in global, regional and national incidence of pneumoconiosis caused by different aetiologies: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017	81
Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection, exposure risk and mental health among a cohort of essential retail workers in the USA	70
Occupation and COVID-19 mortality in England: a national linked data study of 14.3 million adults	54
Occupational factors in the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: compensation claims applications support establishing an occupational surveillance system	47
COVID-19 risk management at the workplace, fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection among frontline employees	45
Potential of deep learning in assessing pneumoconiosis depicted on digital chest radiography	45
Preventing kidney injury among sugarcane workers: promising evidence from enhanced workplace interventions	44
Psychological impact of quarantine on healthcare workers	39
Workplace violence and health in human service industries: a systematic review of prospective and longitudinal studies	36
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among firefighters/paramedics of a US fire department: a cross-sectional study	36
Challenges and opportunities for occupational health and safety after the COVID-19 lockdowns	32
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) colonisation and infection among livestock workers and veterinarians: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
High physical work demands and working life expectancy in Denmark	31
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy	30
Interventions to reduce occupational stress and burn out within neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review	28
Mask-associated ‘de novo’ headache in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	27
Identification of early-stage silicosis through health screening of stone benchtop industry workers in Victoria, Australia	27
Fluorene exposure among PAH-exposed workers is associated with epigenetic markers related to lung cancer	25

Mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic