OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health is 3. 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
Professional cleaning and risk of asthma – a Danish nationwide register-based study	70
Changes in occupational well-being during COVID-19: the impact of age, gender, education, living alone, and telework in a Finnish four-wave population sample	60
Risk factors for voluntary early old-age retirement in middle-aged workers: A meta-analysis	59
Workplace bullying, symptoms of anxiety and the interaction with leadership quality – a longitudinal study using dynamic panel models with fixed effects	46
Effect of retirement on self-rated oral health and dental services use: longitudinal fixed-effects instrumental variable study in 31 countries	43
Metabolic syndrome increases the risk for premature employment exit: A longitudinal study among 60 427 middle-aged and older workers from the Lifelines Cohort Study and Biobank	43
Occupational history of psychosocial work environment exposures and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases – a Danish register-based cohort study	41
Work-family conflicts and sickness absence due to mental disorders among female municipal employees – a register-linked study comparing health and social care employees to employees in other sectors	27
Successful prevention of organic solvent induced disorders: history and lessons	27
Ground reaction force as a factor responsible for the topography of injuries in professional dance. An analysis of three dance styles: classical dance, modern dance, and folk dance	26
Healthcare workers’ SARS-CoV-2 infection rates during the second wave of the pandemic: follow-up study	25
A meta-analysis of unemployment risk factors for middle-aged workers	23
Night shift work and cardiovascular diseases among employees in Germany: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study	23
Re: Bonde JPE, Sell L, Flachs EM, Coggon D, Albin M, Hengel KMO, Kolstad H, Mehlum IS, Schlünssen V, Solovieva S, Torén K, Jakobsson K, Nielsen C, Nilsson K, Rylander L, Petersen KU, Tøttenborg SS. Oc	23
The effects of prenatal psychosocial work stress on adverse pregnancy outcomes: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	21
How effective are organizational-level interventions in improving the psychosocial work environment, health, and retention of workers? A systematic overview of systematic reviews	21
Social inequalities in early exit from employment in Germany: a causal mediation analysis on the role of work, health, and work ability	20
Changing of the guards at the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health	20
Interaction of night shift work with polymorphism in melatonin receptor 1B gene on incident stroke	20
Workplace bullying and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: A register-based prospective cohort study of 98 330 participants in Denmark	18
Mortality of working-age physicians compared to other high-skilled occupations in Austria from 1998 to 2020	17
Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among 108 960 workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany	17
The role of working conditions in educational differences in all-cause and ischemic heart disease mortality among Swedish men	17
Can we distinguish the roles of demographic and temporal changes in the incidence and prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders? A systematic review	16
A multi-component intervention (NEXpro) reduces neck pain: a randomized controlled trial among Swiss office workers	15

Work-related sexual and gender harassment: conceptual challenges and the need for evidence-based prevention	15
Five decades of occupational cancer epidemiology	14
Research topics in occupational medicine, 1990–2022: A text-mining-applied bibliometric study	14
Menopause in working life	13
Precarious employment at a young age and labor-market marginalization during middle-adulthood: A register-linked cohort study	13
Psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence among younger employees in Denmark: a register-based cohort study using job exposure matrices	13
Trajectories of disability throughout early life and labor force status as a young adult: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children	13
Association between rotating night shift work and carotid intima-media thickness among Chinese steelworkers: a cross-sectional survey	12
Amendments and corrections	12
Parental precarious employment and the mental health of adolescents: a Swedish registry study	12
Office design and occupational health – has research been left behind?	12
Working hours and cardiovascular disease	12
The consequences of after-hours work: a fixed-effect study of burnout, pain, detachment and work–home conflict among Norwegian workers	12
Short and long-term associations between serum proteins linked to cardiovascular disease and particle exposure among constructions workers	11
Towards a better understanding of work participation among employees with common mental health problems: a systematic realist review	11
Do return-to-work trajectories differ by mental disorder diagnosis? A register study among 37 523 Dutch workers	11
Occupational mechanical exposures as risk factor for chronic low-back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Requirements for occupational exposure limits in psychosocial risk assessment: What we know, what we don’t know and what we can learn from other disciplines	10
Effectiveness of leader-targeted stress management interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and its longitudinal association with physical activity and sedentary behavior	10
The effect of a night shift nap on post-night shift performance, sleepiness, mood, and first recovery sleep: A randomized crossover trial	10
Development of a gender-specific European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for physical workload and its validation against musculoskeletal pain	9
Respirable crystalline silica and lung cancer in community-based studies: impact of job-exposure matrix specifications on exposure–response relationships	9
The association of job fatigue with mental disorders among bus drivers	9
Cancer incidence in sites potentially related to occupational exposures: 58 years of follow-up of firefighters in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort	9
Gender differences in occupational hazard exposures within the same occupation: A nationally representative analysis in South Korea	9
An occupational exposure limit for welding fumes is urgently needed	9
The labor market costs of work-related stress: A longitudinal study of 52 763 Danish employees using multi-state modeling	8
The achievements and challenges of occupational health research: Looking back and ahead	8
Economic gains from hypothetical improvements in the psychosocial work environment: A cohort study of 71 207 workers in Denmark	8
COVID-19-related hospital admission in spouses of partners in at-risk occupations	8
The importance of occupation in the development of the COVID-19 pandemic	8
How effective are interventions in optimizing workplace mental health and well-being? A scoping review of reviews and evidence map	8
The impact of occupational exposures on infection rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: a test-negative design study with register data of 207 034 Dutch workers	8
The association between the use of shift schedule evaluation tool with ergonomics recommendations and occupational injuries: A 4-year prospective cohort study among healthcare workers	7
Immune modulating effects of continuous bioaerosol and terpene exposure over three years among sawmill workers in Norway	7
Emotional dissonance and mental health among home-care workers: A nationwide prospective study of the moderating role of leadership behaviors	7
Short-term exposure to stone minerals used in asphalt affect lung function and promote pulmonary inflammation among healthy adults	7
Workplace violence: A complex challenge demanding a systemic response	7
Could work-related muscle activity explain sex differences in neck pain? A meta-analysis of a pooled dataset	7
Burden of idiopathic inflammatory rheumatic diseases in occupational healthcare: increased absenteeism and healthcare resource utilization	7
Trajectories of psychosocial working conditions and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a Swedish register-based cohort study	6
Post-COVID condition or “long COVID”, return-to work, and occupational health research	6
Longitudinal changes in proportionate mortality due to COVID-19 by occupation in England and Wales	6
Heat-related illness among workers in British Columbia, Canada: Extreme hot weather in 2021 compared to 2001–2020	6
Impact of employment and income support interventions on the health of young adults with episodic disability: Findings from a systematic review	6
A systematic review of the relation between ten potential occupational sensitizing exposures and asthma	6
Validity of self-reported night shift work among women with and without breast cancer	6
Short- and long-term health effects of job insecurity. Fixed effects panel analysis of German data	6
Organizational strategies of eldercare work and health – Is the daily number of residents cared for over 14 months associated with back pain?	6

The impact of employment on mental healthcare use among people with disability: distinguishing between part- and full-time employment	6
Occupational risk of COVID-19 across pandemic waves: a two-year national follow-up study of hospital admissions	6
Economic evaluations in occupational health: what brings the best bang for the buck?	6
Night and shift work patterns and incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in a prospective cohort study of healthcare employees	5
Does job control contribute to differences in physician-certified sickness absence across office concepts? A mediation analysis in a nationally representative sample	5
Effectiveness of 'motivational interviewing' on sick leave: a randomized controlled trial in a social insurance setting	5
Changes in melatonin and sex steroid hormone production among men as a result of rotating night shift work – the HORMONIT study	5
Can pre-existing medical conditions explain occupational differences in COVID-19 disease severity? An analysis of 3.17 million people insured in Germany	5
Association of persistent pain with the incidence of chronic conditions following a disabling work-related injury	5
Multidimensional employment trajectories and dynamic links with mental health: Evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study	5
Changes in health among 45–64-year-old Dutch persons before, during and after becoming unemployed or employed: a seven year follow-up study	5
Evaluating effectiveness of an integrated return-to-work and vocational rehabilitation program on work disability duration in the construction sector	5
From checkups to change: Longitudinal changes in lifestyle-related factors following repeated occupational health assessments among 106 005 Swedish workers	5
The role of work in suicidal behavior – uncovering priorities for research and prevention	5
Parental occupational exposure to solvents and risk of developing testicular germ cell tumors among sons: a French nationwide case-control study (TESTIS study)	5
Partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health (PEROSH) – Celebrating 20 years of collaboration	5
Asbestos and disease – a public health success story?	5
Exploring the ‘fit for work’ principle: The association between occupational physical activity, cardio-respiratory fitness, and mortality – a meta-analysis of male worker data	5
Associations between single and combined occupational mechanical exposures and surgery for subacromial impingement syndrome: a nationwide Danish cohort study	4
The effectiveness of a dynamic seat cushion in preventing neck and low-back pain among high-risk office workers: a 6-month cluster-randomized controlled trial	4
Occupational demands associated with rotator cuff disease surgery in the UK Biobank	4
Gender differences in work–family conflict and mental health of Swedish workers by childcare responsibilities: findings from the SLOSH cohort study	4
Response to Drs. Igor Burstyn and George Luta’s letter: Advice on better utilization of validation data to adjust odds ratios for differential exposure misclassification (recall bias)	4
Higher unemployment and higher work-related traumatic fatality: trends and associations from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, 2007–2018	4
Development and validation of a work-related risk score for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in a French working population	4
Effectiveness of short active breaks for reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity among Japanese office workers: one-year quasi-experimental study	4
Trajectories of marginal part-time work and risk of depression. Does job or income insecurity mediate the relation?	4
Gender-based harassment in Swedish workplaces and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality: A prospective cohort study	4
Does a change to an occupation with a lower physical workload reduce the risk of disability pension? A cohort study of employed men and women in Sweden	4
Implemented disability-related policies and practices and sustained employment of partially disabled employees: evidence from linked survey and register data	4
Working behaviors and the risk of sensorineural hearing loss: A large cohort study	4
Associations between precarious employment trajectories and mental health among older workers in Germany: Vertical and horizontal inequalities	4
Comparison of sedentary time, number of steps and sit-to-stand-transitions of desk-based workers in different office environments including working from home: analysis of quantitative accelerometer da	4
Perceived work stressors and the transition to burnout among nurses in response to the pandemic: implications for healthcare organizations	4
Office design, telework from home, and self-certified sickness absence: A cross-sectional study of main and moderating effects in a nationally representative sample	4
Informal employment, precariousness, and decent work: from research to preventive action	3
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	3
A complex systems lens can help us understand drivers of emerging challenges in work and health	3
Occupational risks associated with severe COVID-19 disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection – a Swedish national case-control study conducted from October 2020 to December 2021	3
Exposure to protracted low-dose ionizing radiation and incident dementia in a cohort of Ontario nuclear power plant workers	3
Integrated mental healthcare and vocational rehabilitation for people on sick leave with stress-related disorders: 24-month follow-up of the randomized IBBIS trial	3
Return-to-work rates and predictors of absence duration after COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic	3
Re: Cillekens B, Huysmans MA, Holtermann A, van Mechelen W, Straker L, Krause N, van der Beek AJ, Coenen P. Physical activity at work may not be health enhancing. A systematic review with meta-analysi	3
Effectiveness of two vocational interventions on sickness absence and costs for people with musculoskeletal disorders: 12 months results from the MI-NAV multi-arm randomized trial	3
Association of objectively measured lifting load with low-back pain, stress, and fatigue: A prospective cohort study	3
Relationship between long working hours and smoking behaviors: Evidence from population-based cohort studies in Korea	3
Gender and educational differences in work participation and working years lost in Norway	3
The independent and interactive effects of changes in overtime and night shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic on burnout among nurses: a longitudinal study	3
Impact of a Finnish reform adding new sickness absence checkpoints on rehabilitation and labor market outcomes: an interrupted time series analysis	3
Does economic skills obsolescence increase older workers’ absenteeism?	3
Quick returns, sleep, sleepiness and stress – An intra-individual field study on objective sleep and diary data	3
In or out of reach? Long-term trends in the reach of health assessments in the Swedish occupational setting	3
Chronic disorders, work-unit leadership quality and long-term sickness absence among 33 025 public hospital employees	3
Can psychosocial risk factors mediate the association between precarious employment and mental health problems in Sweden? Results from a register-based study	3
Integrating a life course perspective in work environment and health research: empirical challenges and interdisciplinary opportunities	3
Education and pandemic SARS-CoV-2 infections in the German working population – the mediating role of working from home	3
Occupational exposure to silica dust in France: an ongoing concern	3
When will we have enough evidence to require improvements at the workplace?	3
Hip osteoarthritis and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix (COVID-19-JEM)	3