OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health is 19. 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
When work interferes with life	170
Do return-to-work trajectories differ by mental disorder diagnosis? A register study among 37 523 Dutch workers	121
Combined exposure to night work and noise in relation to hyperglycemia among long-term night workers: a nationwide population-based prospective cohort study	67
Working life expectancy and working years lost among users of part- and full-time sickness absence in Finland	45
Exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix (COVID-19-JEM)	40
Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany: potential for bias	39
Safety incidents associated with extended working hours. A systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Evaluating effectiveness of an integrated return-to-work and vocational rehabilitation program on work disability duration in the construction sector	34
Chronic disorders, work-unit leadership quality and long-term sickness absence among 33 025 public hospital employees	33
Asbestos and disease – a public health success story?	30
Professional cleaning and risk of asthma – a Danish nationwide register-based study	28
The influence of onset of disease on exit from paid employment among workers in The Netherlands: A longitudinal register-based study with 9 years follow-up	26
Partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health (PEROSH) – Celebrating 20 years of collaboration	22
Working life expectancies among individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes over a 30-year period	22
The adequacy of workplace accommodation and the incidence of permanent employment separations after a disabling work injury or illness	21
Effects of a participatory work stress prevention approach for employees in primary education: results of a quasi-experimental study	20
Changes in health among 45–64-year-old Dutch persons before, during and after becoming unemployed or employed: a seven year follow-up study	20
Parental occupational exposure to solvents and risk of developing testicular germ cell tumors among sons: a French nationwide case-control study (TESTIS study)	19
Does job control contribute to differences in physician-certified sickness absence across office concepts? A mediation analysis in a nationally representative sample	19
Does job stress mediate the risk of work disability due to common mental disorders among social workers compared with other health and social care, education, and non-human service professionals? A pr	19