OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Radiological Protection is 1. 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
Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing?	82
What about the workers? An update	34
A European perspective on dental cone beam computed tomography systems with a focus on optimisation utilising diagnostic reference levels	30
Optimizing Ca-DTPA/Zn-DTPA therapy for internal decorporation: transitioning from intravenous to oral route with insights on safety and toxicity	29
Remediation of the uranium industry in the Czech Republic: regulation aspects and main technologies	26
Comparison of radiation-related cancer risk against baseline cancer rates in 33 countries using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), lifetime incidence risk and lifetime mortality risks	25
Methods of improving brain dose estimates for internally deposited radionuclides ^*	24
Age-based diagnostic reference levels and achievable doses for paediatric CT: a survey in Shanghai, China	24
Activity estimates of localised gamma emitting radionuclides using a GR-135 survey meter	23
Mesenchymal stromal cells in the regeneration of radiation-induced organ sequelae: will they make the difference?	22
Monitoring of surgical staff x-ray exposure in the operating room with DosiBadge	19
Object and person tracking systems to enable extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine using computational methods	19
Studies large and small: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2022	18
X-ray spectrometry for calculating conversion coefficients from air kerma to operational quantities in radiation protection	17
A strategy for achieving optimisation of radiological protection in digital radiology proposed by ICRP	17
Note on testing of radiological events in conventional and dental radiology	14
Quantitative investigation of gamma radiation in accelerator produced ISO neutron fields	14
Radiological safety assessment for transportation of reactor pressure vessel during decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Korea	14
Evaluation of the contamination droplet model used for the assessment of skin dose during the manipulation of radiopharmaceuticals	14
Wire mesh capped DRPS based bronchial dosimeter for personal inhalation dosimetry due to radon progeny	14
¹³¹I dose coefficients for a reference population using age-specific models	14
Assessment of scattered radiation from hand-held dental x-ray equipment using the Monte Carlo method	13
The role of radiation protection societies in tackling the skills shortage and development of young professionals and researchers	13
Improved clearance verification	13
The Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety—30 years of international coordination of radiation protection and safety matters	12

Overview of epidemiological studies of nuclear workers: opportunities, expectations, and limitations ^∗	12
Characterization of OSL dosimeters used at the ELI-beamlines laser-driven accelerator facility	12
Safety culture to improve accidental event reporting in radiotherapy	11
On the fake accuracy in radiation protection	11
Radiation exposure in the intra-arterial nimodipine therapy of subarachnoid hemorrhage related cerebral vasospasm	11
Communicating radiation risk: the role of public engagement in reaching ALARA	11
A biokinetic model for systemic sodium	11
The future of our radiation protection profession	10
Four-decade follow-up of a plutonium-contaminated puncture wound treated with Ca-DTPA	10
JRODOS customization for Pakistan and assessment of the consequences of a hypothetical nuclear accident	10
Medical gamma cameras in radiological emergency preparedness: determination of calibration factors and MDA for the GE Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro	10
An investigation into potential improvements in the design of lead glasses for protecting the eyes of interventional cardiologists	10
Combined radiation burn injuries: A note	9
Eye-lens dose rate conversion factors due to hot particles and surface contaminations on the cornea	9
A review of current inventory for major industries involving naturally occurring radioactive materials in Canada	9
Residential radon exposure in Astana and Aqsu, Kazakhstan	9
Simplified approach to estimation of organ absorbed doses for patients undergoing abdomen and pelvis CT examination	8
Impact of shield location on staff and caregiver dose rates for I-131 radiopharmaceutical therapy patients	8
Estimation and sensitivity analysis of operational intervention levels for the early phase of radiological emergencies involving radioactive releases	8
Monte Carlo modelling of an x-ray chamber for providing inactivation exposures to viruses	8
Radiological risk assessment of outdoor ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn around rare earth element and uranium mines from northern Vietnam	8
Assessment of doses in contaminated urban areas: modelling exercise based on Fukushima data	8
Current status of diagnostic reference levels in interventional cardiology	8
The Health Physics Society’s ‘Ask-The-Expert’ feature: widening public support through empathy and science	7
Radiation exposure to the lens of the eye for Japanese nuclear power plant workers	7
Approaches to the definition of potentially exposed groups and potentially exposed populations of biota in the context of solid radioactive waste	7
Neutron shielding assessment of a ¹⁶O hadron therapy room by means of Monte Carlo simulations with the PHITS code	7
Relationship between assistant’s lens exposure and dose information during computed tomography examinations	7
Political issues encouraging discrimination and prejudice associated with radiation exposure in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) incident for political purposes: a case of five former	7
Mitigation of radiation exposure during surgical hepatectomy after yttrium-90 radioembolization	7
Consideration of the conversion factor from air dose rates to individual external dose per hour after the Fukushima accident—individual external dose measurements of a TEPCO employee in Fukushima pref	7
Variations in size-specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy	7
Towards an ecological modelling approach for assessing ionizing radiation impact on wildlife populations	7
Radiation protection infrastructure—challenges in developing countries	7
United States medical preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergencies	7
Feasibility study of computational occupational dosimetry: evaluating a proof-of-concept in an endovascular and interventional cardiology setting	7
Low doses of ionising radiation: definitions and contexts	7
Communication of radiation risk from imaging studies: an IAEA-coordinated international survey	6
Conversion coefficients from total air kerma to the newly proposed ICRU/ICRP operational quantities for radiation protection for photon reference radiation qualities	6
Review of ethical values across the ICRP’s system of radiological protection	6
Could imaging with monochromatic x-ray beams become a reality in all our hospitals?	6
Applicability of ‘Toolkit for Safety Assessment’ tool to interventional radiology using probabilistic risk assessment techniques	6
Update: History of radiation detriment and its calculation methodology used in ICRP Publication 103 (2019 J. Radiol. Prot. 39 R19−R35)	6
Assessing lead curtains’ impact on radiation protection in coronary interventions	6
The young generation in radiation protection (IRPA YGN) in social media and online learning: ‘Brave New World’ or ‘Online Nightmare’?	6
Influence of tube and patient positioning in thoracoabdominal CT examinations on radiation exposure–towards a better patient positioning	6
NCRP commentary no. 33—recommendations for stratification of equipment use and radiation safety training for fluoroscopy	6
Radiation exposure to allied health personnel handling blood specimens from patients receiving radioactive iodine-131 and recombinant human TSH (thyrogen®) stimulation	6
Bounding uncertainties around the conceptual representation of species in radiological assessment in the context of routine atmospheric release	6
Usefulness and limitations of various detector systems for estimation of ¹³¹I thyroid activity following an RN event	6

Absorbed dose coefficients for pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioiodine therapy	6
Improving models and data for radiological impact assessment: work carried out under the IAEA MODARIA programme	5
Radon in Finnish underground mines 2011–2019	5
Virtual estimation of effective dose in neutron fields	5
Examination of applicability of the ISO slab phantom as calibration phantom for the new ICRU 95 operational quantity personal dose	5
Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data	5
Keeping the ICRP recommendations fit for purpose	5
Plant based radioprotectors as an adjunct to radiotherapy: advantages and limitations	5
Mortality from various diseases of the circulatory system in the Russian Mayak nuclear worker cohort: 1948–2018	5
Development of operational intervention levels for events with release of radionuclides	5
Estimated risk of radiation-induced cancer following breast screening employing tomosynthesis and digital mammography	5
Priority issues and key findings from evaluation of disposal records for a legacy radioactive waste site	5
Urban working groups in the IAEA’s model testing programmes: overview from the MODARIA I and MODARIA II programmes	5
The influence of building material structure on radon emanation	5
Prediction of the irradiation doses from ultrashort laser-solid interactions using different temperature scalings at moderate laser intensities	5
Modelling of long-term retention of high-fired plutonium oxide in the human respiratory tract: importance of scar-tissue compartments	5
Comparison of lifetime mortality risk, incidence risk, and DALYs of baseline cancer rates among countries as a benchmark for radiation-related cancer risk	5
Corrigendum: Optimizing whole body computed tomography doses for paediatric trauma patients: a Swiss retrospective analysis (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 021521)	5
Evaluation of radiation dose and image quality for dental cone-beam computed tomography in pediatric patients	5
Radiological risk evaluation applied to aerial evacuation procedures in a nuclear scenario	5
Variability of indoor radon concentration in UK homes	5
The use of dose quantities in radiological protection: ICRP publication 147 Ann ICRP 50(1) 2021	5
Management and cleanup of legacy radium-contaminated sites in the United States	5
The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection	5
Radiation dose to nuclear medicine technologists when operating PET/MR compared with PET/CT	5
Radiation risks of lymphoma and multiple myeloma incidence in the updated NRRW-3 cohort in the UK: 1955–2011	5
Effective doses and risks from medical diagnostic x-ray examinations for male and female patients from childhood to old age	5
Radioactive seed localization is a safe and effective tool for breast cancer surgery: an evaluation of over 25,000 cases	5
Occupational eye lens dose in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using a dedicated eye lens dosimeter	5
‘‘Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, 10 years on—progress, lessons and challenges", OECD/NEA 2021	5
IRPA practical guidance for engagement with the public on radiation and risk	4
Dose quantities for measurement and comparison of doses to individual patients in computed tomography (CT)	4
National survey to update the diagnostic reference levels in interventional radiology procedures in Italy: working methodology	4
A new phantom developed to test the ATCM performance of chest CT scanners	4
Study on the radiation detriment	4
Book Review: The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 488	4
The human dimension: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2023	4
On the value and costs of protective actions in a nuclear emergency	4
Review of IAEA Human Health Series report 42: Establishing and Improving Interventional Radiology	4
Fundamental study on diagnostic reference level quantities for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using a C-arm fluoroscopy system	4
Twelve years on: an evaluation of mental health status in the town of Tomioka, located within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station	4
Summary and analysis of Russian and international requirements for the safe management of very low level radioactive waste and production waste containing very low active radionuclides	4
Estimation of population exposure to terrestrial gamma rays in Canada	4
Corrigendum: Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data (2021 J. Radiol. Prot. 41 1228)	4
Diagnostic reference levels in digital mammography: a systematic review	4
Updated soil to fruit concentration ratios for radiocaesium compiled under the IAEA MODARIA II Programme	4
Radiation levels outside a patient undergoing ¹⁷⁷Lu-PSMA radioligand therapy	4
Authors’ response to ‘Estimates of cardiovascular disease risk from CT scans may be premature’ (Harbron, 2024)	4
Effective methods for monitoring internal contamination among workers handling radioactive materials in various fields	4
Risk communication regarding radiation exposure by experts using two concepts of regulatory science and ALARA	4
A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2018–20)	4
Measurement of individual external doses of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings employees working in Fukushima Prefecture and the relationship between individual external doses and air dose rates in	4
Radiation exposure, organ and effective dose of CT-guided liver biopsy as a function of lesion depth and size	4
Overview of the MODARIA programme (and comments on implications for future programmes of work) ^*	4
System understanding as a scientific foundation in radioactive waste disposal, legacy site and decommissioning programmes	4
Accumulation of radio-iron and plutonium, alone and in combination, in Pseudomonas putida grown in liquid cultures	4
Use of real-time electronic extremity dosimeters for monitoring and optimisation of radiopharmacy technique	4
Role of molecularly-cloned hematopoietic growth factors after acute high-dose radiation exposures	4
Designing an improved model of the adult female ICRP reference phantom dedicated to mammography procedure	4
Radiation protection in a cohort of healthcare workers: knowledge, attitude, practices, feelings and IR-exposure in French hospitals	4
Health risks from radioactive particles on Cumbrian beaches near the Sellafield nuclear site	4
Further development and application of a method for assessing radionuclide surface activity distribution and source location based on measurements of ambient dose equivalent rate. Examples for Andreev	4
UK audit of variation in nuclear medicine occupational exposure calculations in 2021	4
Radiological impact of the atomic centre Centro Atómico Ezeiza on humans and non-human biota	4
Congenital abnormalities in the offspring of nuclear test veterans	4
Corrigendum: Radiation detriment calculation methodology: summary of ICRP Publication 152 (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 023001)	4
Comparing the effectiveness of learning formats in radiation protection	3
Reflections on effects of low doses and risk inference based on the UNSCEAR 2021 report on ‘biological mechanisms relevant for the inference of cancer risks from low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation’	3
A survey of patient contact shielding in dental teaching hospitals in the UK	3
A study of dose indicators during intra-arterial catheter implantation for liver chemotherapy	3
Numerical analysis of two-filter method for continuous measurement of airborne Rn-222	3
Smoking Kills: The Revolutionary Life of Richard Doll by Conrad Keating. Paperback—18 July 2014	3
In situ gamma spectrometry using a portable HPGe detector. Radiological characterisation and environmental surveillance around an operating nuclear power plant. Possibilities and limits.	3
Towards the establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for abdomen, KUB, and lumbar spine x-ray examinations in Sri Lanka: a multi-centric study	3
Estimation and analysis of S values for ¹³¹I using paediatric mesh type reference computational phantoms	3
Improving a regional project on diagnostic reference levels for interventional procedures (OPRIPALC) with the support of a dose management system for the protection of patients and staff	3
Assessment of the effectiveness of Saba shielding with the composition of Cu–Bi in neck CT imaging: a phantom and patient study	3
Mitigating effects of sublethal and lethal whole-body gamma irradiation in a mouse model with soluble melanin	3
OBITUARY: Professor Krishnaswami Sankaranarayanan (1934–2022)	3
Referring physician perspective on how to handle frequent use of CT imaging	3

Validating the application of the revised ICRP’s biokinetic models for organic ¹⁴C and organically bound tritium to members of the public	3
Establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography procedures in Sri Lanka: first nationwide dose survey	3
Towards the establishment of national diagnostic reference levels in Tunisia: a multicentre survey in paediatric CT	3
Comparison of shielding effects of over-glasses-type and regular eyewear in terms of occupational eye dose reduction	3
Personal dosimeter utilisation among South African interventionalists	3
Potential harm to the skin from unfiltered krypton chloride ‘far-ultraviolet-C’ lamps, even below an occupational exposure limit	3
Prototype of the National Dose Register (NDR) for Latin America: main experiences in design and implementation	3
Development of paediatric mesh-type reference computational phantom series of International Commission on Radiological Protection	3
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) 2024 annual meeting: advanced and small modular nuclear power reactors^*	3
Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes	3
Shape of radiation dose response relationship for ischaemic heart disease mortality and its interpretation: analysis of the national registry for radiation workers (NRRW) cohort	3
Doses from ionising radiation in paediatric cardiac catheterisations in Norway 1975–2021	3
The determination of coefficients for size specific effective dose for adult and pediatric patients undergoing routine computed tomography examinations	3
A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2020-23)	3
Occupational doses in interventional angiography after radiological protection training and use of a real-time direct display dosimeter	3
Reflections on low-dose radiation, the misconceptions, reality and moving forward	3
Book Review: IAEA Safety Standard ‘Radiation protection and safety in medical uses of ionizing radiation’, SSG-46 (2018)	3
Comparison of radiation-shielding curtains for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography staff	3
Going out of print	3
Women in radiation: a brief discussion of the intersectionality of race and gender	3
Evaluation of the effect of radioactivity to the environment in wooden houses within the evacuation area at Fukushima	3
Scan factors and practices associated with radiation doses for chest CT: current Brazilian scenario	3
‘Radiation safety of accelerator based radioisotope production facilities’, IAEA Specific Safety Guide (SSG-59), 2020	3
Archival records housed at USTUR support radium dial worker dosimetry	3
Comparison of linear energy transfer measurement for therapeutic carbon beam using CR-39 and TLD	3
Lead aprons and thyroid collars: to be, or not to be?	3
Survey of the publics’ preferences for communication of medical radiation risk ^*	3
Radiation exposure of astronauts following an intense solar particle event: analysis and comparison of doses in male and female voxel phantoms	3
Perspectives of the role of ICRP and the system of protection in meeting the United Nations sustainable development goals	3
Tritium in environmental objects in the area affected by FSUE Mayak Production Association in 2014–15	3
Factors associated with radiation risk perception among Japanese university students	2
Measurement of therapeutic ¹²C beam in a water phantom using CR-39	2
Special issues and computational techniques: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2021	2
Current status of eye-lens dosimetry in Canada	2
Obituary for Wolfgang Weiss	2
Science as the foundation for decision-making: China’s ambivalent response to Fukushima’s tritium water discharge	2
Early-response multiple-parameter biodosimetry and dosimetry: risk predictions	2
Freedom from stigma in Fukushima	2
Close contact restriction periods for patients who have received iodine-131 therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer	2
In memory of Leonid Ilyin (1928–2023)	2
Uncertainties in occupational eye lens doses from dosimeters over the apron in interventional practices	2
Radiation exposures in pregnancy, health effects and risks to the embryo/foetus—information to inform the medical management of the pregnant patient	2
Potential risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and cancer due to cumulative doses received from diagnostic CT scans?	2
Trend of locally produced food avoidance among the guardians with school children in Minamisoma City after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster	2
Influence of the simultaneous calibration of multiple ring dosimeters on the individual absorbed dose	2
Key outcome summaries of the scientific programme of the IRPA15 congress	2
The 2019–2023 Strategic Plan of the Spanish Society of Radiological Protection (SEPR)	2
Radiation detriment calculation methodology: summary of ICRP Publication 152	2
Experiences in radiological risk assessment of a surface waste disposal facility in Chişinău, Moldova	2
Survey on the distribution of medical imaging frequencies and dose levels for CT examinations in a comprehensive hospital in Shanghai	2
M-FISH evaluation of chromosome aberrations to examine for historical exposure to ionising radiation due to participation at British nuclear test sites	2
The need to update NCRP 151 data for 10 MV linear accelerator bunker shielding based on new measurements and Monte Carlo simulations	2
Lessons being learned from the Covid-19 pandemic for radiological emergencies and vice versa: report from expert discussions	2
British standards, Swedish ethics	2
Evaluation of radiation dose to the lens in interventional cardiology physicians before and after dose limit regulation changes	2
ALARA in practice—4 decades of radiological protection at Goesgen NPP	2
An age- and sex-specific biokinetic model for radon ^*	2
Dose reference level based on size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) and feasibility of deriving effective body diameter using tube current and time product (mAs) for adult chest and abdomen computed tomo	2
Predicting individuals’ preventive practices against Radon indoor exposure in Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study	2
Visual impression and texture analysis of advanced modeled iterative reconstruction (ADMIRE): improved assessment of image quality in CT for better estimation of dose reduction potential	2
Computational dose evaluation on children exposed to natural radioactivity from granitic rocks used as architectural materials	2
Factors affecting radiographers’ use of dose-reduction measures	2
Basic characteristics of Vision badge and its performance as an eye lens dosimeter for endoscopists	2
Shielding design aspects of SR in 3 GeV ILSF	2
Reducing risks through regulatory cooperation: a review of bilateral regulatory cooperation between the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority and corresponding authorities in countries of t	2
Demonstrating the use of a framework for risk-informed decisions with stakeholder engagement through case studies for NORM and nuclear legacy sites	2
Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947	2
Relevance of radon progeny measurements for the assessment of inhalation doses in groundwater utilities	2
Advantages of aligning with ICRP dose limits for India’s nuclear program	2
Why is radiological protection different in medicine? Sievert Memorial Lecture	2
Radiation exposure in concurrent abdominoplevic and chest CT Scans: an analysis of overlap and clinical impact	2
The correction factors for UD802 dosimeters irradiated with different radiation energies and at different incidence angles	2
Development of alimentary tract organs for ICRP pediatric mesh-type reference computational phantoms	2
US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine launch low dose research strategy initiative	2
Nuclear Terrorism: Assessment of U.S. Strategies to Prevent, Counter, and Respond to Weapons of Mass Destruction (2024). Report from the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS	2
Radiological complexity of nuclear facilities: an information complexity approach to workplace monitoring	2
Investigation of the effect of using radiation protective glasses on the photon fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients of eye substructures	2
Losing the balance in risk-benefit analysis	2
A practitioners view on the ICRP review of the system of radiological protection—feedback from SRP 2023 workshop	2
Neutron dose coefficients for the lens of the eye	2
Typical doses and typical values for fluoroscopic diagnostic and interventional procedures	2
An approach to dual-energy contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (DE-CESM) using a double layer filter: dosimetric and image quality assessment	2
Surface degradation of laminated metal ²²⁶Ra foils used in school sealed sources in the UK	2
Corrigendum: Medical management of heavily exposed victims: an experience at the Tokaimura criticality accident (2021 J. Radiol. Prot. 41 S391)	2
Eye lens dose for medical staff assisting patients during computed tomography: comparison of several types of radioprotective glasses	2
Lung cancer risk and effective dose coefficients for radon: UNSCEAR review and ICRP conclusions	2
Development of the occupational exposure during the production and application of radiopharmaceuticals in Germany	2
Medical management of heavily exposed victims: an experience at the Tokaimura criticality accident	2
Mathematical complexities in radionuclide metabolic modelling: a review of ordinary differential equation kinetics solvers in biokinetic modelling	2
Factors affecting dose-length product of computed tomography component in whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography	2
Establishment of typical adult CT dose indicators for PET-CT scans in Slovenia	2
A machine learning approach for correcting glow curve anomalies in CaSO₄:Dy-based TLD dosimeters used in personnel monitoring	1
Radiobiological damage by space radiation: extension of the BIANCA model to heavy ions up to iron, and pilot application to cosmic ray exposure	1
The optimisation of paediatric CT examinations in Scotland: phase one; benchmarking current performance	1
Reflection on the proposed changes to dose quantities—an industrial perspective	1