OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Industrial Health 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Association between job control and psychological health in middle-level managers	29
Prevalence of coronary heart disease and its risk factors by working environment among Japanese male workers	25
Industrial workers and bullying: a systematic review and meta-analysis of workplace violence	22
Relationship between using tables, chairs, and computers and improper postures when doing VDT work in work from home	20
Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the psychological safety scale for workers	19
Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) among workers in China	19
Exposure of paediatric healthcare personnel to nitrous oxide in paediatric care units	18
Supporting the management of long-term health risk from night work	15
The past and future of industrial hygiene in Japan	14
Work engagement in the post-COVID-19 era: an occupational mental health perspective	14
Protocol for a web-based study on the work environment and daily lifestyle of Japanese employees	13
Association between long working hours of doctors and the seriousness of adverse events: a cross-sectional study using national adverse event reporting system data in Japan	12
Occupational safety and health in freelancers in Japan	12
Association between home working and mental health by key worker status during the Covid-19 pandemic. Evidence from four British longitudinal studies	11
Farm operations and slips, trips, and falls among corn farm workers in Thailand	11
I watch SEM: continuous time dynamic models with <i>N</i>≥1 smart watch data	10
Multidimensional analysis of schoolteachers’ occupational stress by the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire: focusing on gender differences	10
Factors and their age differences associated with low back pain among Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study	10
Stress and the gig economy: it's not all shifts and giggles	10
Occupational management of low back pain secondary to prolapsed intervertebral disc in a Malaysian healthcare worker: a case report emphasizing ergonomic intervention and risk reduction strategies	9
Symptoms of heat illness and water consumption habits in mine industry workers over the summer months in Australia	9
How changes in laughter predict work engagement and workaholism: reciprocal relationships among Japanese employees	8
More effort to deliver evidence globally through <i>Industrial Health</i>	7
Factors associated with work ability and intention to leave nursing profession: a nested case-control study	7
Psychological hardiness, sleepiness, and fatigue as predictors of occupational errors in nurses: implications for enhancing nurse well-being and patient safety	7

Conflicts in the workplace, negative acts and health consequences: evidence from a clinical evaluation	6
Cross-sectional associations between oral diseases and work productivity loss among regular employees in Japan	6
Work strain and thermophysiological responses in Norwegian fish farming — a field study	6
Asian Intensive Reader of Pneumoconiosis program: examination for certification during 2008–2020	6
The husband’s mental health is affected by the wife’s happiness, but not vice versa: a longitudinal observation	6
Home as a new physical workplace: a causal model for understanding the inextricable link between home environment, work productivity, and well-being	6
Association between work stress and sleep disturbances: the mediating role of pre-sleep arousal symptoms	6
Measuring the effects of respiratory protective equipment and other protectors in preventing the scattering of vocalization droplets	6
Uneven distribution of stressful working conditions among Japanese nurses: a secondary analysis of nurses with and without children	6
Slim larks and overweight owls? A two years dietary intervention in shift workers	5
Burnout and poor perceived health in flexible working time in Japanese employees: the role of self-endangering behavior in relation to workaholism, work engagement, and job stressors	5
Work-family conflict and withdrawal behavior among mainland China's IT employees: the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and moderating role of job autonomy	5
Database-driven chemical information integration: analysis of substances investigated by the investigative committee on risk assessment for preventing impairment of workers’ health c	5
Teleworking during COVID-19: experiences from Saudi Arabia	5
Increased job strain and cardiovascular disease mortality: a prospective cohort study in U.S. workers	5
Night shift and shift work does not affect automatic cognition as reflected by duration mismatch negativity	5
Effects of 2-hour nighttime nap on melatonin concentration and alertness during 12-hour simulated night work	5
Supporting the well-being of nurses, paramedics, and firefighters during external crises by managing workload: an umbrella review	5
Association between work content and musculoskeletal disorders among home caregivers: a cross-section study	5
Concurrent trajectories of occupational groups and sustainable working life—a Swedish twin cohort study over 16 years	4
Occupational carcinogens in Italy: an overview on exposure to cadmium and its compounds	4
Frequency of laughter and work engagement among Japanese employees: a cross-sectional study during COVID-19	4
Inhalation exposure to 2-ethyl-1-hexanol causes hepatomegaly and transient lipid accumulation without induction of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha in mice	4
Customer verbal abuse is associated with depressive symptoms among high-workload cosmetics sales workers in South Korea	4
Paradox of long working hours: how income levels and satisfaction modify health outcomes	4
The relationships between coping styles and food intake in shiftworking nurses and midwives: a pilot study	4
Local effects of printed logos and reflective striping fixed to firefighter clothing material packages under low radiation exposure	4
Factors affecting work productivity and activity impairment among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients	4
Protecting sleep for the well-being of physicians and their patients	4
Characteristics of mental disorders among education and learning-support workers in 119 compensated cases in Japan	4
Prevention against carbon monoxide poisoning emanating from burning coal briquettes – Generation rate of carbon monoxide and ventilation requirement –	4
Risk factors for resignation from work during pregnancy among Japanese women: a cross-sectional, multicenter questionnaire survey	4
Characteristics of COVID-19 infection clusters occurring among workers in several Asia-Pacific countries	4
Organizational wellbeing and associated factors in telecommunication workers in Thailand	4
Inter-observer agreement and accuracy in classifying radiographs for pneumoconiosis among Asian physicians taking AIR Pneumo certification examination	4
Work-related injuries and compliance with personal protective equipment among migrant workers in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia	4