OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health is 7. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Perceived organizational support and emotional labour among police communicators: what can organizational context tell us about posttraumatic stress?	177
Short-term exposure to air pollution and hospital admission for heart failure among older adults in metropolitan cities: a time-series study	42
Resilience and occupational health of health care workers: a moderator analysis of organizational resilience and sociodemographic attributes	40
Sedentary work and participation in leisure–time physical activity	36
Appreciation and job control predict depressive symptoms: results from the Study on Mental Health at Work	33
Health damage to housewives by contaminants emitted from coal combustion in the Chinese countryside: focusing on day-to-day cooking	29
Associations between workplace bullying and later benefit recipiency among workers with common mental disorders	28
Mental health: who is more vulnerable to high work intensity? Evidence from Australian longitudinal data	27
Occupational physical activity, mortality and CHD events in the Italian Longitudinal Study	26
The relationship between low back pain and the basic lumbar posture at work: a retrospective cross-sectional study	24
Do overweight/obesity and low levels of leisure-time vigorous physical activity moderate the effect of occupational physical activity on self-rated health of construction workers?	24
Role of air pollution in chronic kidney disease: an update on evidence, mechanisms and mitigation strategies	24
Bullying behavior and employee well-being: how do different forms of social support buffer against depression, anxiety and exhaustion?	23
Association between mobile work and work ability: a longitudinal study under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic	22
Association of work and hypertension among middle-aged adults and elderly Indians	22
The contribution of respiratory and hearing protection use to psychological distress in the workplace: a scoping review	21
Kidney tubular damage in inhabitants with low levels of cadmium exposure	21
Investigating the impact of modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on occupational burnout and other mental health status among nonmedical staff in a hospital: a randomized control	20
Blood pressure states transitions among bus drivers: the application of multi-state Markov model	20
Stressors on frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a focus on moral injury and implications for the future	20
Systematic literature review of the epidemiology of glyphosate and neurological outcomes	20
Literacy and risk of occupational injury	20
Changes in work-related stressors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: differences by gender and parental status	19
Exposure to work-related violence and/or threats of violence as a predictor of certified sickness absence due to mental disorders: a prospective cohort study of 16,339 Swedish men and women in paid wo	18
Workplace mistreatment and insomnia: a prospective study of child welfare workers	18

Exposure–response relation for vibration-induced white finger: inferences from a published meta-analysis of population groups	17
Job satisfaction and job security as moderators in the relationships among job demands, musculoskeletal symptoms, and work performance	17
Can workplace intervention prolong work life of older workers? A quasi-experimental study	17
The association between cold exposure and musculoskeletal disorders: a prospective population-based study	16
Associations between endocrine disruptor contamination and thyroid hormone homeostasis in Belgian type 1 diabetic children	16
Autonomy in the context of cognitive demands—is the resource becoming a stressor?	16
Exploring the effects of predominantly female jobs on demands and resources at work and consequently on health and performance in the Province of Québec, Canada	15
Bisphenol A accelerates the vascular complications in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus through vascular calcification—a molecular approach	15
Relation of the work ability index to fitness for work in healthcare and public employees in a region of Northeastern Italy	14
What it takes to reduce sitting at work: a pilot study on the effectiveness and correlates of a multicomponent intervention	14
Difference in employment status and onset of disability among Japanese community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study	14
Risk of bladder, kidney and prostate cancer from occupational exposure to welding fumes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Cross-sectional associations of weekly time, social context, and motivation of exercise with mental health among workers	13
Relationship between night work and health-related quality of life: an analysis based on profiles and cumulative duration of exposure to night work among French workers in the CONSTANCES cohort	13
The impact of years of training and possible technical, procedural, and individual risk factors for the development of atopic symptoms among bakery and confectionery trainees	12
Perinatal exposure to traffic related air pollutants and the risk of infection in the first six months of life: a cohort study from a low-middle income country	12
Over-commitment positively predicts hair cortisol concentrations only in nurses with high need for recovery	12
Relationship between exposure to metalworking fluids and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	12
Effects of occupational exposure to metal fume PM2.5 on lung function and biomarkers among shipyard workers: a 3-year prospective cohort study	12
Bayesian identification and estimation of radon-related increased hazard rates of cancer death in the updated French cohort of uranium miners (1946–2014)	12
Exposure to benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles in Czech male population and its associations with biomarkers of liver function, serum lipids and oxidative stress	12
Association between sickness presenteeism and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study using the 6th Korean working conditions survey	12
Association of nature of work and work-related characteristics with cognitive functioning, life satisfaction and depression among Indian ageing adults	12
Risk of pain in the neck and shoulders and job change among hairdressers: a combined questionnaire and register-based Danish prospective cohort study	11
Cancer risk in the residents of a town near three industrial waste incinerators in Korea: a retrospective cohort study	11
Causal effects of promotion to managerial positions on mental health and satisfaction in Japanese male workers	11
The meta-analysis of cytogenetic biomarkers as an assessment of occupational risk for healthcare workers exposed to antineoplastic drugs	11
Sickness absence trajectories among young and early midlife employees with psychological distress: the contributions of social and health-related factors in a longitudinal register linkage study	11
Burden of injury due to occupational accidents and its spatiotemporal trend at the national and subnational levels in Iran, 2011–2018	11
Workplace bullying increases the risk of anxiety through a stress-induced β2-adrenergic receptor mechanism: a multisource study employing an animal model, cell culture experiments and human data	10
Impact of risk mitigation strategies on non-fatal injuries in the construction sector in qatar: a retrospective analysis	10
Risk factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among floor-sitting precision handicraft workers	10
The impact of ambient air pollutants on childhood respiratory system disease and the resulting disease burden: a time-series study	10
The association between particulate matter 2.5 and thyroid function and thyroid cancer: a meta-analysis	10
Within-individual changes in physical work demands associated with self-reported health and musculoskeletal symptoms: a cohort study among Dutch workers	10
The relationship between telework from home and the psychosocial work environment: a systematic review	10
Precarious employment and mental health across European welfare states: a gender perspective	10
Comparison of the work ability index and the work ability score for predicting health-related quality of life	10
Psychosocial work exposures as risk factors for skin problems in a general working population: cross-sectional and prospective associations	10
Can the Borg CR-10 scale for neck and low back discomfort predict future neck and low back pain among high-risk office workers?	10
Disability pensions related to heavy physical workload: a cohort study of middle-aged and older workers in Sweden	10
The relationship among noise, total oxidative status and DNA damage	10
Agricultural exposures and DNA damage in PBMC of female farmers measured using the alkaline comet assay	9
The association between occupational lead exposure and serum levels of vitamin D3 and a bone turnover biomarker in smelter workers	9
Identifying the risk features for occupational stress in medical workers: a cross-sectional study	9
Physical working conditions and subsequent sickness absence: a record linkage follow-up study among 19–39-year-old municipal employees	9
Prevalence of pain, analgesic self-medication and mental health in German pre-hospital emergency medical service personnel: a nationwide survey pilot-study	9
Do objective and subjective measures of cognitive impairment predict occupational status in patients with work-related stress? A clinical follow-up study	9
Occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs: what about hospital sanitation personnel?	9
A review of workplace mental health interventions and their implementation in public safety organizations	9

Evaluatıon of the hearıng status ın carpenters	9
The impact of work-related stress on the cognition domain of executive functioning of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Low back pain and work-related factors among home health care workers with self-governing or conventional team structure – a natural experiment with a cross-sectional design	9
Pulmonary function assessment among conventional and organic cotton farmers exposed to pesticides in the Central-West region of Burkina Faso	9
Physical activity and sitting time in occupational groups from Papua New Guinea	9
Fractional exhaled NO in a metalworking occupational cohort	9
Physical work environment in an activity-based flex office: a longitudinal case study	9
Meta-analysis of effort–reward imbalance prevalence among physicians	8
Absenteeism and associated labour costs according to depressive symptom severity in the German general population: why preventive strategies matter	8
Exploring a new method for the assessment of metal exposure by analysis of exhaled breath of welders	8
Does salivary cortisol secretion mediate the association of work-related stressors with workers' depression?	8
Skin and respiratory exposure to soluble lead, cobalt, nickel, copper, arsenic and silver at two South African precious metals refineries	8
Quality of leadership and self-rated health: the moderating role of ‘Effort–Reward Imbalance’: a longitudinal perspective	8
Quality of work community and workers’ intention to retire	8
Upper and lower respiratory airway complaints among female veterinary staff	8
Factors associated with symptoms of poor mental health among women factory workers in China’s supply chain	8
Night shift work and depression among Chinese workers: the mediating role of sleep disturbances	8
Effects of an ergonomic intervention program based on the PRECEDE–PROCEED model for reducing work-related health problems and exposure risks among emergency medical dispatchers	8
Depression and loneliness may predict work inefficiency among professionally active adults	8
Childhood cancer and residential proximity to petrol stations: a nationwide registry-based case–control study in Switzerland and an updated meta-analysis	8
Health problems associated with single, multiple, and the frequency of months of objectively measured long working hours: a cohort study by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Ja	8
Shiftworkers’ attitude to their work hours, positive or negative, and why?	8
Realistic biomarkers from plasma extracellular vesicles for detection of beryllium exposure	8
Relationship between somatic symptoms with menstruation and intention to leave work among university hospital nurses in Japan: a cross-sectional study	8
Occupational cold exposure in relation to incident airway symptoms in northern Sweden: a prospective population-based study	8
Environmental exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances mixture and asthma in adolescents	7
Educational inequalities in self-rated health and emotional exhaustion among workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study	7
Correction: Update of the fractions of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to psychosocial work factors in Europe	7
Predictors of return to work for people on sick leave with depression, anxiety and stress: secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial	7
Associations of technostressors at work with burnout symptoms and chronic low-grade inflammation: a cross-sectional analysis in hospital employees	7
Childhood exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is associated with emotional and behavioral problems in adolescence: a longitudinal study in China	7
The effects of different types of organisational workplace mental health interventions on mental health and wellbeing in healthcare workers: a systematic review	7
Impact of structural-level environmental interventions on physical activity: a systematic review	7
The association of chronic bronchitis and airflow obstruction with lifetime and current farm activities in a sample of rural adults in Iowa	7
Analysis of serum metabolome of laborers exposure to welding fume	7
Occupational-related exposure to diesel exhaust and risk of leukemia: systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	7
Correction to: Effect of inhaled anaesthetics gases on cytokines and oxidative stress alterations for the staff health status in hospitals	7
Expression deregulation of genes related to DNA repair and lead toxicity in occupationally exposed industrial workers	7
Rotating night shift work and liver enzymes-associated abnormalities among steelworkers: a cross-sectional study from a Chinese cohort	7
Psychosocial work factors affecting mental health of young workers: a systematic review	7
Risk of symptomatic osteoarthritis associated with exposure to ergonomic factors at work in a nationwide Italian survey	7
Profiles of women who have suffered occupational accidents in cleaning: perceived health, psychosocial risks, and personality variables	7
Metal and oxidative potential exposure through particle inhalation and oxidative stress biomarkers: a 2-week pilot prospective study among Parisian subway workers	7