OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Relationship between butyrylcholinesterase activity and hepatic transaminases: a cross-sectional study in agricultural workers from Peru	86
Exploring work ability, psychosocial job demands and resources of employees in low-skilled jobs: a German cross-sectional study	55
Differences in upper body posture between patients with lumbar spine syndrome and healthy individuals under the consideration of sex, age and BMI	53
Prevention and intervention against obesity and overweight in the military: a systematic review	32
Psychological morbidity among coal miners compared to other occupations in Appalachia	32
TAPaC—tobacco-associated particulate matter emissions inside a car cabin: establishment of a new measuring platform	31
Discriminative potential of exhaled breath condensate biomarkers with respect to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	24
Herbicide-related health risks: key mechanisms and a guide to mitigation strategies	22
Occupational, environmental, and toxicological health risks of mining metals for lithium-ion batteries: a narrative review of the Pubmed database	19
Correction: Sowing seeds of awareness: a cross-sectional analysis of mental health literacy and help-seeking in Irish farmers	17
The prevalence of occupational-related low back pain among working populations in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Principles of occupational medicine: an educational case study of hazards and risks for Dr “Indiana” Jones	15
Exposure to disulfiram and incidence of parkinsonism	13
Analysis and mapping of global research publications on shift work (2012–2021)	10
Healthy working in inclusive companies – a study protocol of the GAIN project	10
Police officer occupational health: a model of organizational constraints, trauma exposure, perceived resources, and agency	10
Retention of nickel, cobalt and chromium in skin at conditions mimicking intense hand hygiene practices using water, soap, and hand-disinfectant in vitro	10
Physical working conditions over time: a repeated cross-sectional study in German employees	9
Trends in burnout and psychological distress in hospital staff over 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective longitudinal survey	9
Vocational rehabilitative decisions after symptoms and findings consistent with hand-arm vibration syndrome in the Swedish surveillance system – a mixed-method design	9
Correction: Acute occupational exposures reported to the Dutch Poisons Information Center: a prospective study on the root causes of incidents at the workplace	9
Stunt performers’ reluctance to self-report head trauma: a qualitative study	9
Occupational zirconium and co-metal exposure — cobalt, nickel, and arsenic: an integrated air and biomonitoring assessment in Taiwanese industry	8
Healthcare-associated exposure to Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1)	8
Outbreaks of COVID-19 among healthcare personnel in a U. S. veterans administration health care system site, June and August 2023	8

Perceived stress of mental demands at work, objective stress and resilience – an analysis of the LIFE-Adult-study	8
Preparation methodology evaluation of rat pulmonary tissues containing mineral fibers following inhalation exposure to Libby amphibole asbestos	8
The human long noncoding RNAs CoroMarker, MALAT1, CDR1as, and LINC00460 in whole blood of individuals after controlled short-term exposure with ultrafine metal fume particles at workplace conditions,	7
Associations between job demand-control-support and high burnout risk among physicians in Sweden: a cross-sectional study	7
Balancing social and economic factors - explorative qualitative analysis of working conditions of supervisors in German social firms	7
The value of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in occupational diseases – a systematic review	7
Construction of a mortality risk prediction model for patients with acute diquat poisoning based on clinically accessible data	7
Unintentional pediatric exposures to household cleaning products: a cross-sectional analysis of the National Poison Data System (2000–2015)	6
Physical workload and cardiopulmonary parameters in relation to individual capacity of bulk waste workers – a cross-sectional field-study	6
The effect of silver nanoparticles on learning and memory in rodents: "a systematic review"	6
Impact of night shift work on telomere length and epigenetic age in older workers	6
Metabolomics and proteomics in occupational medicine: a comprehensive systematic review	6
Occupational injury and associated factors among cement factories workers in central Ethiopia	6