Ergonomics

Papers
(The median citation count of Ergonomics is 2. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Analysis of sagittal spinal alignment at the adolescent age: for furniture design58
Pilot implementation and evaluation of the Sit-Stand e -Guide: an e -training program on the use of sit-stand workstations53
A generic approach to developing human factors-quality assessment tools exemplified by the warehouse error prevention tool38
Exploring the physiological benefits of carrying a suspended backpack versus a traditional backpack35
Ergonomic intervention program for office workers: a case study about its effect in computer vision syndrome and musculoskeletal discomfort35
Can handling a weapon make soldiers more unstable?32
The impact of repeated bouts of shiftwork on rapid strength and reaction time in career firefighters30
Mental models and driver takeover in automated vehicles: a systematic review28
Enhancing performance feedback in computer-based aviation training simulations28
Ageing in the digital age: what drives virtual reality technology adoption among older adults?25
Divergence in situation awareness and workload24
Gender and body height discriminate spinal movement patterns during lifting and lowering tasks23
Emotional experiences of service robots’ anthropomorphic appearance: a multimodal measurement method23
Continuous assessment of trunk posture in healthcare workers assigned to wards with different MAPO index23
Using network analysis to support fluid teams managing postpartum hemorrhage22
Prospective ergonomics for the design of future things21
Ergonomics and human factors: still fading—and why we need to embrace the AI revolution21
A fatigue failure framework for the assessment of highly variable low back loading using inertial motion capture – a case study20
The influence of coworking on well-being and performance: an Experience Sampling Method study20
Clothing impact on post-exercise comfort: skin-clothing physiology in transient environment19
Testing the reliability of accident analysis methods: a comparison of AcciMap, STAMP-CAST and AcciNet18
Exploring teamwork, trust, and emergency response competence in emergent ad-hoc immediate responder groups: an experimental simulation study18
Flexible sensor-based biomechanical evaluation of low-back exoskeleton use in lifting18
A new facet of category theory: cognitive disadvantage and its implications for safety in the cockpit17
Restoring vigilance in multi-task scenarios: a comparison of meditation, exposure to nature, music, and action video games17
Empowering non-designers with tangible tools for divergent thinking16
Cursor movements to targets labelled “stop”: a kinematic analysis16
Faces of Oppression: Future directions for Ergonomics and Human Factors16
Does music affect performance on a hazard perception test for cyclists?16
A comparison of approaches to reweighting anthropometric data15
Low-cost 3D human body reconstruction under limited views and girth measurement for the apparel customisation15
Development and validation of e-scooter riding behavior questionnaire (ERBQ) among Korean riders15
Vibration transmission characteristics of EVA gloves in a zero-gravity, low-pressure environment15
Analysis of hallux valgus angles automatically extracted from 3D foot scans taken in North America, Europe, and Asia14
Turning the page14
Using subjective emotion, facial expression, and gaze direction to evaluate user affective experience and predict preference when playing single-player games14
Development and validation of a task load index for process control room operators (PCRO-TLX)14
A preliminary study to identify critical factors for evaluating the effect of car-lock sounds on drivers14
Identifying the most important, frequent, and physically demanding tasks of Brazilian firefighters13
Physicians' perceptions of two ways of algorithm presentation: graphic versus text-based approach13
Can occupational health professionals successfully apply the Goldilocks Work Paradigm in a simulated work redesign?13
Design and regulation as a chain of determinants in the emergence of pesticide exposure situations during the use of sprayers13
Influence of nuclear power plant interface complexity on user decision-making: an ERP study13
Modelling the thermal microenvironment of footwear subjected to forced ventilation13
Effects of accessible information amount and judgment times on human diagnostic performance of nuclear power plant faults13
The physiological demands of helicopter winch rescue in water and over land13
Do multimodal search cues help or hinder teleoperated search and rescue missions?12
Trustworthy artificial intelligence and organisational trust: a scoping review using socio-technical systems analysis12
Effect of office chair design features on lumbar spine posture, muscle activity and perceived pain during prolonged sitting12
Galvanic vestibular stimulation to counteract leans illusion: comparing step and ramped waveforms12
The hybrid systems method integrating STAMP and HFACS for the causal analysis of the road traffic accident12
Applying E/hf systems thinking to complex global problems12
Balance recovery after trips is affected by the type of tripping obstacles12
A systematic review of literature on occupational health and safety interventions for older workers12
Optimizing learning comfort: ergonomic influences on children’s transition to online education11
How difficult is it perceived to takeover in a level 3 automated vehicle? Investigation of the ease of use according to task and situational factors11
Human trust in otherware – a systematic literature review bringing all antecedents together11
Determining fall risk change throughout pregnancy: the accuracy of postpartum survey and relationship to fall efficacy11
We have to go back, back to the future! Reflecting on 75 years of human factors in the UK to shape a future of responsible artificial intelligence innovation11
Muscle fatigue during assisted violin performance11
“New frontiers in prospective ergonomics”11
Legibility of 3D printed typography at smaller sizes11
The effects of age, fitness, and health on the passive stiffness of the intact low back and its impact on seated work in a healthy, working, female population11
Examining flight time, cognitive reflection, workload, stress and metacognition on decision making performance for pilots during flight simulation10
Understanding mental health care experiences in the emergency department using a human factors approach10
Constructive ergonomics and enabling interventions10
Enhancing in-car interface efficiency: The influence of menu configuration on cognitive load and visuospatial memory10
Defining human-centricity in Industry 5.0 and assessing the readiness of ergonomics/human factors communities in UK10
Synthesis and validation algorithm followed by a weighting procedure to create a detailed anthropometric dataset for the German working-age population10
Proposal of guidelines to assist managers to face pressing challenges confronting Latin American universities: a complexity theory perspective10
Human factors in onshore and offshore wind: a scoping review10
All-out intermittent exercise on a one-leg knee extension ergometer: mechanical and physiological responses to different resistance forces9
Coupled effect of load weights and belt use on male shoulder pressure redistribution9
Physical and psychological strain in upper Austrian elementary school teachers – an observational study9
Enhancing component-specific trust with consumer automated systems through humanness design9
EEG and fNIRS are associated with situation awareness (hazard) prediction during a driving task9
Comparison of multidirectional upper limb strength for non-disabled individuals and individuals with C4–C7 spinal cord injury in a seated position9
Effects of background music on numerical and spatial location working memory: differences between extraverts and introverts9
Effect of exoskeleton devices on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among healthcare workers: a scoping review9
Investigating the influence of keyboard inclinations on sitting and standing workstations9
Does intra-lumbar flexion during lifting differ in manual workers with and without a history of low back pain? A cross-sectional laboratory study9
The role of transactive memory systems, psychological safety and interpersonal conflict in hospital team performance9
Finite element modelling and biodynamic response prediction of the seated human body exposed to whole-body vibration9
Whole-body vibration exposure in unfavourable seated postures: apparent mass and seat-to-head transmissibility measurements in the fore-and-aft, lateral, and vertical directions9
Influence of night vision goggles with white and green phosphor screens on selected parameters of the eye and fatigue9
Vibration discomfort of supine human body exposed to whole-body vibration: effect of vibration direction and magnitude9
A network-based team situation awareness enhanced training strategy and experimental validation in simulated maritime collaboration9
Effects of an occupational soft-back exoskeleton during order picking: a field study in logistics9
Measuring cognitive workload in the nuclear control room: a review8
Developmental foundations of Activity-Centered Ergonomics: knowledge encounters to construct both a critical analysis of work and developmental set-ups8
Gaze-based word highlighting boosts reading performance: an eye tracking study in second graders8
Are humans still necessary? Expanding the discussion8
The human-factors’ challenges of (tele)drivers of Autonomous Vehicles8
Speed behaviour and mental workload of small-spacing expressway interchanges based on field driving test8
How much error is associated with calculating breast volume from three-dimensional breast scans obtained when women are standing? Implications for bra design and bra fit8
The impact of inter-limb leg lean tissue mass asymmetry on stair climb performance in career firefighters8
Forming a view: a human factors case study of augmented reality collaboration in assembly8
Using eye movements to evaluate the effectiveness of the situation awareness rating technique scale in measuring situation awareness for smart manufacturing8
Exploring the relationships between computer task characteristics, mental workload, and computer users’ biomechanical responses8
An improved clothing size recommendation approach based on subdivision of female body types8
Integration of sex and gender in interventions by students in ergonomics8
Oceanaut’s personal acoustic comfort prediction model and sound environment improvement method in the cabin of a Deep-Sea manned submersible7
Evaluation of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) weight on firefighter stamina, comfort, and postural stability7
Using EEG to investigate the influence of boredom on prospective memory in top-down and bottom-up processing mechanisms for intelligent interaction7
Evaluating the intra- and inter-day reliability of output measures for the VALD HumanTrak: dynamic movements and range of motion of the shoulder and hip with body armour7
Understanding contributing factors to exoskeleton use-intention in construction: a decision tree approach using results from an online survey7
An online hazard prediction test demonstrates differences in the ability to identify hazardous situations between different driving groups7
The role of social support in human-automation interaction7
Switching between touch and voice: factors influencing modality selection in multimodal systems7
Is there a u-shaped relationship between load levels and fatigue and recovery? An examination of possible mechanisms7
Test conditions impact measures of visual, perceptual, and cognitive performance7
Investigating the effects of age, task load, task complexity, and input device on monitoring performance for smart manufacturing in the oil refining industry7
Auto-AzKNIOSH: an automatic NIOSH evaluation with Azure Kinect coupled with task recognition7
A comfort analysis of AR glasses on physical load during long-term wearing7
A state-of-the-art review on biomechanical models and biodynamic responses7
A systematic literature review of computer vision-based biomechanical models for physical workload estimation7
Can increased load carriage affect lower limbs kinematics during military gait?7
Do lumbar spine kinematics contribute to individual low back pain development in habitual sitting?7
Interaction between physical demands and job strain on musculoskeletal symptoms and work performance7
The effect of walking and stationary work on the acute back pain, muscle activation, posture and postural control of older women7
Exposures to select risk factors can be estimated from a continuous stream of inertial sensor measurements during a variety of lifting-lowering tasks7
A comprehensive study on impact of noise exposure on roadside school childrens’ cognitive performance7
Effect of muscular fatigue on the cumulative lumbar damage during repetitive lifting task: a comparative study of damage calculation methods7
Naturalistic observations of multiteam interaction networks: Implications for cognition in crisis management teams7
Towards a unified model of accident causation: refining and validating the systems thinking safety tenets7
Project PRIME: road markings for motorcycle casualty reduction (an overview of findings from 2020 to 2022)7
Enhancing mental workload recognition: a comparison of complexity-based eye movement metrics and conventional features6
Understanding trust calibration in automated driving: the effect of time, personality, and system warning design6
‘The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak?’: systemic unknown-knowns for ergonomics in India6
Can we enable individuals to reach further down without rounding their backs before beginning a lift? Examining the influence of starting foot and trunk position on reach depth6
A multifactorial fall risk assessment system for older people utilizing a low-cost, markerless Microsoft Kinect6
A MCDM-based measurement proposal of job satisfaction comprising psychosocial risks6
How are sex-gender differences in chair-and-desk-based postural variability explained? A scoping review6
Defining the lumbar and trunk-thigh neutral zone from the passive stiffness curve: application to hybrid sit-stand postures and chair design6
Team communication patterns during real and simulated trauma resuscitation—a social network analysis6
Detecting subject-specific fatigue-related changes in lifting kinematics using a machine learning approach6
Addressing the role of context on trust in human-AI teams: the influence of team role and violation type in high-risk tasks6
Evaluation of risk perception among young electric bike riders6
Wearable sensors for classification of load-handling tasks with machine learning algorithms in occupational safety and health: a systematic literature review6
Application of the sustainable system-of-systems approach and econometric analysis to address China’s decarbonisation problem6
A retrospective analysis of the evolution of ergonomics for environmental sustainability (2011–2021)6
Nonlinear analysis of postural changes related to the movement interventions during prolonged standing task6
Working from home during lockdown: the association between rest breaks and well-being6
Measured effects of workload and auditory feedback on remote pilot task performance6
As some things fade, others amplify: a response to de Winter and Eisma6
The effect of vertical load placement on metabolic rate during loaded walking in humans6
Movement and positioning of a virtual cuboid in 3d space in an augmented reality environment6
Shaping the development and use of Artificial Intelligence: how human factors and ergonomics expertise can become more pertinent6
Mistreatment at work and musculoskeletal pain in male and female working Syrian refugee children6
Influence of varied assistance levels provided by a dual-joint active back-support exoskeleton on spinal musculoskeletal loading and kinematics during lifting6
The effects of target sizes on biomechanical and cognitive load and task performance of virtual reality interactions5
Influence of a passive back support exoskeleton on simulated patient bed bathing: results of an exploratory study5
How flight experience impacts pilots’ decision-making and visual scanning pattern in low-visibility approaches: preliminary evidence from eye tracking5
Supporting human factors and ergonomics professionals in anticipating future work changes in response to the anthropocene5
Determining ergonomics-based sustainability for public utility vehicles: integrating higher-order structural equation modelling and random forest classifier5
The effect of weapon handling during load carriage across a range of military-relevant walking speeds5
The facilitators, barriers, and perceived benefits of the web-based Mental Health Toolkit implementation at Finnish workplaces5
Influence of continuous edge-line delineation on drivers’ lateral positioning in curves: a gaze-steering approach5
State of science: New frontiers in inclusive design and digital health intervention5
Recognition and evaluation of mental workload in different stages of perceptual and cognitive information processing using a multimodal approach5
The effects of layout types, visual features and text labels on icon visual search performance5
The comfort and functional performance of personal protective equipment for police officers: a systematic scoping review5
The effect of information integration on team communication in a simulated submarine control room task5
Event-related driver stress detection with smartphones among young novice drivers5
Should data on gender and ethnicity inform ergonomics interventions? Lessons from four case studies5
Effects of anthropomorphic features of co-robots on users’ perception and emotional responses during human–robot collaboration5
The fade of a discipline or a shift in the centre of gravity?5
Using systems thinking-based risk assessment methods to assess hazardous manual tasks: a comparison of Net-HARMS, EAST-BL, FRAM and STPA5
Examining human factors and ergonomics aspects in a manufacturing organisation’s metrics system: measuring up to stakeholder needs5
NLP-based ergonomics MSD risk root cause analysis and risk controls recommendation5
Exploring the influential factors of initial trust in autonomous cars5
Special issue celebrating the 75 th anniversary of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors5
Actionable insights for human factors and ergonomics to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: mapping past advancements and proposing future strategic paths5
Work–family balance in the construction industry: why gender analysis matters to develop sustainable interventions5
Human factors considerations for the context-aware design of adaptive autonomous teammates5
Exploring alignments between design principles and work unit needs in activity-based flexible offices: a case study4
Railway safety under increasing speed: effect of cognitive ability on train drivers’ hazard perception4
Effect of a ‘spine offloading’ chair design on seated height and posture4
Leader airtime management and team effectiveness in emergency management command and control (EMCC) teams4
No large effects on cognitive performance in high versus low solar green-flag WBGT conditions4
On the road to comfort: Evaluating the influence of motion predictability on motion sickness in automated vehicles4
Does work posture affect static postural stability?4
An ergonomic assessment of British Army Infantry career training courses to identify opportunities for evidence-based interventions to enhance role-related physical fitness4
The impact of remote work using mobile information and communication technologies on physical health: a systematic review4
Forces required to operate controls on agricultural all-terrain vehicles: implications for youth4
Developmental approach of safety in ergonomics/human factors: insights of constructed safety in six work environments4
Exoskeleton Usability Questionnaire: a preliminary evaluation questionnaire for the lower limb industrial exoskeletons4
Parkinson’s disease affects gaze behaviour and performance of drivers4
Exploring e-scooter riders’ risky behaviour: survey, observation, and interview study4
Comparison of the observer, single-frame video and computer vision hand activity levels4
Equivalent magnitude-dependent discomfort under vertical vibration up to 100 Hz4
A systematic literature review of evidence for the use of assistive exoskeletons in defence and security use cases4
Evaluation method for driver comfort under multi axis coherent vibration of seats4
Correlation analysis between body mass index and foot length in Chinese adolescents: a regional study4
Relationship between anxiety and monotonous task performance in response to local cooling: an experimental study in healthy young men4
Portable display devices in healthcare: monocular head-worn displays increase perceptions of clinician warmth relative to tablet computers4
Macroergonomic components of the patient work system shaping dyadic care management during adolescence: a case study of type 1 diabetes4
Are train horns improving road safety? Road users’ perspective4
The relationship of trust and dependence4
Ironies of artificial intelligence4
In the heat of the moment: the effects of extreme temperatures on the cognitive functioning of firefighters4
The influence of sedentary behaviour on lumbar-pelvic kinematics during squatting and forward bending among physically active students4
Interactive effects of indoor environmental factors on work performance4
Effects of background colour, polarity, and saturation on digital icon status recognition and visual search performance4
Research status and application scenarios of 3D human body modelling methods in the garment ergonomics: a systematic review4
Validating force-estimating insoles for calculating centre of pressure and vertical ground reaction forces during occupational tasks4
Review on design of real-time posture monitoring system for the cervical region4
Employing a three-stage procedure to develop a sizing system for medical gloves4
Impact of fire protective equipment and the self-contained breathing apparatus on peak exercise in males and females4
Interactive effects of users’ openness and robot reliability on trust: evidence from psychological intentions, task performance, visual behaviours, and cerebral activations4
The polarity effect in virtual and video see-through mixed reality—better proofreading performance and faster optotype identification with positive display polarity4
Usability of consumer product self-assembly instructions – a historical review of ergonomics research to create an international standard4
Effects of heat load and hypobaric hypoxia on cognitive performance: a combined stressor approach4
Contribution of ergonomics and human factors to sustainable development: a systematic literature review4
Supporting patients’ workload through wearable devices and mobile health applications, a systematic literature review4
Neck and shoulder strains under various head flexing positions while standing and sitting with and without back support for male and female smartphone users4
Effect of heart rate, correlated colour temperature and illuminance on human visual perception under LED lighting environments4
Multimodal prediction of situation awareness during automated driving: a gaze and EEG-based approach4
Verbal and pictorial single-item scales are as good as their 10-item counterparts for measuring perceived usability4
Expertise modulates visual sampling strategies in authorised firearms police officers4
Musculoskeletal symptoms and factors associated among health activity assistants at operating theatres of teaching hospitals in Colombo, Sri Lanka4
Do men and women have different musculoskeletal symptoms at the same musculoskeletal discomfort level?3
Effects of vertical vibration on sitting comfort in civil aviation during the cruising flight3
Postural shifts and body perceived discomfort during 1-hour sitting when leaning and sitting on an air-filled seat cushion among healthy office workers3
The effect of backpack weight on the performance of basic short-term/working memory tasks while walking along a pre-determined route3
Influence of passive arm-support exoskeleton on static postural balance in load-holding tasks: effects of supportive force, weight and load location3
Exploring the importance of a usable and emotional product design from the user’s perspective3
Responsible use of AI in military systems: prospects and challenges3
Effect of wheelchair configurations on shoulder movements, push rim kinetics and upper limb kinematics while negotiating a speed bump3
Dark mode vogue: Do light-on-dark displays have measurable benefits to users?3
Assessment of pressure discomfort for over-ear wearables and the relationships with objective metrics3
Effects of trunk extensor muscle fatigue on repetitive lift (re)training using an augmented tactile feedback approach3
Fitts’ law on the flight deck: evaluating touchscreens for aircraft tasks in actual flight scenarios3
Prospective Ergonomics in the Anthropocene era: reconsidering human needs3
Low back pain and biomechanical characteristics of back muscles in firefighters3
Post-exercise, passive heat acclimation with sauna or hot-water immersion provide comparable adaptations to performance in the heat in a military context3
Enhancing driver performance under cognitive load: the role of tactile and combined auditory-tactile warnings in simulated underground mining transport vehicle environments3
Exploring the effects of task design on the flexion-relaxation phenomenon in the lumbar spine during repetitive lifting3
Managing the risks associated with technological disruption in the road transport system: a control structure modelling approach3
Performance changes during repeated military occupational test and its associations to physical performance3
On face value: a ghost driver field study investigating interactions between pedestrians and a driverless vehicle with anthropomorphic displays3
Mitigating motion sickness in automated vehicles with vibration cue system3
State of science: models and methods for understanding and enhancing teams and teamwork in complex sociotechnical systems3
Critical success factors for ergonomics programs and their relationship to benefits of health and safety in Mexico’s manufacturing industries3
Home office shift and sedentary behaviour in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic: descriptives and related socioecological correlates3
Occupational cold exposure is associated with neck pain, low back pain, and lumbar radiculopathy3
In-ear earphone design-oriented pressure sensitivity evaluation on the external ear3
Classification of lower limb body shapes of paralysed female wheelchair users in Hebei, China: analysis of anthropometric data using clustering approach3
Investigating the short-term effects of using full-body hospital personal protective equipment and changes in physical workload intensity on human physiological and cognitive performance3
Evaluation of mental load using EEG and eye movement characteristics3
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