OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Radiological Protection 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing?	52
Radiological safety assessment for transportation of reactor pressure vessel during decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Korea	25
Absorbed dose coefficients for pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioiodine therapy	24
Development and inference of disability-adjusted life years attributable to prolonged radiation exposure based on the calculation method of radiation detriment	23
Regulation the medical uses of ionising radiation during the full-scale Russian invasion to Ukraine	21
Cytokine use in the hematopoietic subsyndrome of acute radiation syndrome (H-ARS): implications for the role of cytokines in a mass casualty radiologic/nuclear (R/N) emergency	19
Object and person tracking systems to enable extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine using computational methods	19
JRODOS customization for Pakistan and assessment of the consequences of a hypothetical nuclear accident	15
Low doses of ionising radiation: definitions and contexts	14
The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection	14
Combined radiation burn injuries: A note	14
Assessing historical residential radon exposure using a glass-based surface trap method in low radon level areas: a pilot study	14
UK audit of variation in nuclear medicine occupational exposure calculations in 2021	13
A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2020-23)	12
Raman spectroscopy of x-ray irradiated blood plasma: a pilot study	12
Study on inductive charging technology of fixative droplets for submicron aerosol control	11
Proposal and validation of weighting factors for the weighted computed tomography dose index in dual-energy computed tomography	11
Comparison of shielding effects of over-glasses-type and regular eyewear in terms of occupational eye dose reduction	11
Potential harm to the skin from unfiltered krypton chloride ‘far-ultraviolet-C’ lamps, even below an occupational exposure limit	11
Health risks from radioactive particles on Cumbrian beaches near the Sellafield nuclear site	10
Lead aprons and thyroid collars: to be, or not to be?	10
Richard Haylock and the nuclear test veterans	10
Effective doses and risks from medical diagnostic x-ray examinations for male and female patients from childhood to old age	10
Evaluation of lead equivalence and integrity of personal radiation protective equipment using multiple imaging modalities	10
Jan Olof Snihs (1932–2025)	9

Survey on the distribution of medical imaging frequencies and dose levels for CT examinations in a comprehensive hospital in Shanghai	9
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	9
Basic characteristics of Vision badge and its performance as an eye lens dosimeter for endoscopists	9
Transcriptomic and proteomic assessment of radiation injury and dose-rate dependency in white blood cells	9
Eye lens dose and shielding efficacy of radiation-protective eyewear in C-arm–guided cervical and lumbar epidural blocks: a phantom study	9
Updated computational performance evaluation of ICRP mesh-type reference computational phantoms using PHITS, Geant4, MCNP6.3, and EGSnrc	8
Portuguese translation, validity and psychometric evaluation of the healthcare professional knowledge of radiation protection scale	8
Eye lens dose for medical staff assisting patients during computed tomography: comparison of several types of radioprotective glasses	8
Recurrent CT imaging and strategies for patient radiation protection	8
Regional diagnostic reference levels in paediatric interventional cardiology in Latin America and the Caribbean countries	8
Cardiologist’s exposure to radiation in cath lab measured with Instadose^TM dosimeter	8
A machine learning approach for correcting glow curve anomalies in CaSO₄:Dy-based TLD dosimeters used in personnel monitoring	7
Ionizing radiation and skin cancer—a review of current evidence	7
An efficient point kernel method for rapid dose evaluation in dynamic virtual environment	7
Surface-clearance levels for the normal reuse of objects for 413 radionuclides	7
Evaluation of consumer digital radon measurement devices: a comparative analysis	7
Trends and evolution in computed tomography radiation dose from 2018 and 2023: a Swiss perspective of the medical radiation exposure^*	7
Conversion coefficients for effective dose calculated using anthropomorphic mesh reference phantoms with the FLUKA code	7
Epidemiologic contributions to radiation risk assessment	7
Assessment of the total SBO accident progression after extended shutdown of VVER-1000	7
Responding to radiation accidents: what more do we need to know?	7
How much resources are reasonable to spend on radiological protection?	7
Personal dosimetry for positron emitters, and occupational exposures from clinical use of gallium-68	7
Progress with the regulation of radiation safety during recovery and removal of spent nuclear fuel from the site for temporary storage at Andreeva Bay on the Kola Peninsula	6
British nuclear test veteran family trios for the study of genetic risk	6
Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis (the Goldacre review)	6
Twenty-first annual Warren K. Sinclair keynote address: challenges faced by studies of nuclear industry workers ^*	6
Numerical assessment of induced electric fields in a worker’s hand with commonly used metallic implants under exposure to low frequency magnetic fields	6
Thorium bioassay of miners revisited	6
Synthesis of the European ALARA network 20th workshop ‘ALARA for interventional radiology and nuclear medicine’	6
External radiation spatial distribution and safety assessment of yttrium-90 resin microsphere selective hepatic radioembolisation therapy	6
Catchment-based radiological impact assessment of a postulated severe accident at Akkuyu NPP: a FEP-driven dose assessment for humans and biota in the Göksu river catchment	6
The application of radiological protection principles in England and sustainable development	6
Review of assessment of prospective cancer risks from occupational exposure to ionising radiation (IAEA-TECDOC-1985)	6
An analytical tool for calculating kerma-to-dose equivalent average conversion coefficients (H _p(10), H _p(3), H	6
Direct and indirect assessment: comparison of different methods to estimate staff equivalent dose to the lens during different interventional procedures	5
Design and development of a detector system and software tool installed on a mobile laboratory to provide both radiological characterisation of large areas and a simple tool for localising radioactive	5
Practical guidance on the assessment of radiation risks for diagnostic radiological examinations	5
Development of a military-specific mesh-type computational phantom library and its application to internal dosimetry and in-field radiological triage screening	5
X-ray spectrometry for calculating conversion coefficients from air kerma to operational quantities in radiation protection	5
Variations in size-specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy	5
Applicability of ‘Toolkit for Safety Assessment’ tool to interventional radiology using probabilistic risk assessment techniques	5
Development of a method to use standard hospital gamma cameras as triage whole body monitors in UK emergencies	5
Radiation dose aspects and establishment of diagnostic reference levels for ⁹⁰Y radioembolisation during angiographic procedure	5
Impact of follow-up record grouping on radiation epidemiology studies	5
A body-size-dependent series of Chinese adult standing phantoms for radiation dosimetry	5
Influence of tube and patient positioning in thoracoabdominal CT examinations on radiation exposure–towards a better patient positioning	5
Tritium dispersion analysis using HotSpot code: a comparative study across reactor types and environmental conditions	5
Studies large and small: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2022	5
Evaluation of dose distribution and shielding efficiency in portable intraoral x-ray device	5

Response to a ‘Letter to the Editor’ in respect of the published paper titled ‘Recommendations on the effectiveness of sheltering as a protective action in the UK’	5
Comparing benefit and detriment from medical diagnostic radiation exposure using disability-adjusted life years: towards quantitative justification	5
Monitoring of surgical staff x-ray exposure in the operating room with DosiBadge	5
Radiological risk assessment of outdoor ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn around rare earth element and uranium mines from northern Vietnam	5
Are we being prudent, precautionary, or both?	5
¹³¹I dose coefficients for a reference population using age-specific models	5
Corrigendum: Optimizing whole body computed tomography doses for paediatric trauma patients: a Swiss retrospective analysis (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 021521)	4
Residential radon exposure in Astana and Aqsu, Kazakhstan	4
Estimation and sensitivity analysis of operational intervention levels for the early phase of radiological emergencies involving radioactive releases	4
Benchmarking point-kernel method against Monte Carlo simulations for an ALARA case study in occupational radiation protection	4
Radiation exposure, organ and effective dose of CT-guided liver biopsy as a function of lesion depth and size	4
Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947	4
Radiation protection education for health sciences students	4
Book review: Attribution of radiation health effects and inference of radiation risks—considerations for application of the IAEA safety standards, IAEA Safety Reports Series No. 122	4
Study on the radiation detriment	4
An overview of background radiation level and spatial distribution of NORM in Bangladesh	4
Study on the effect of body size on ²⁴ Na activity-based neutron dose assessment	4
Long-term impact of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster on confidence in giving birth or caring for a child: a stratified analysis by family structure and prefecture	4
Experiences of medical physicists and radiographers with automated dose monitoring software tools in computed tomography	4
M-FISH evaluation of chromosome aberrations to examine for historical exposure to ionising radiation due to participation at British nuclear test sites	4
Integrated experimental and FLUKA simulation for enhanced radiation safety in open-ceiling radiographic testing facilities	4
Special issues and computational techniques: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2021	4
Reimagining exclusion zones for enabling SMR deployment in India’s nuclear future	4
Book Review: The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 488	4
In memory of Leonid Ilyin (1928–2023)	4
Effect of rotation axis and modulation on x-ray emission in dose assessment in panoramic radiographs using the Monte Carlo method	4
Losing the balance in risk-benefit analysis	4
Impact of shield location on staff and caregiver dose rates for I-131 radiopharmaceutical therapy patients	4
Optimizing Ca-DTPA/Zn-DTPA therapy for internal decorporation: transitioning from intravenous to oral route with insights on safety and toxicity	4
Fast occupational upper-limb radiation dose prediction using machine learning and Monte Carlo simulation	4
Estimation and analysis of S values for ¹³¹I using paediatric mesh type reference computational phantoms	4
Factors affecting radiographers’ use of dose-reduction measures	4
Resilience after a nuclear accident: readiness in using mobile phone applications to measure radiation and health indicators in various groups (SHAMISEN SINGS project)	4
On the value and costs of protective actions in a nuclear emergency	4
Trend of locally produced food avoidance among the guardians with school children in Minamisoma City after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster	4
Report from the IRPA task group on awareness of tissue reactions in the eye lens, cardiovascular system and skin	3
A workshop on citizen science in radioactivity measurements: empowering Europeans for better environmental monitoring	3
Preventing tissue reactions: a review of the ICRP approach	3
Air kerma reference field with high energy photons using a 15 MeV electron beam from a clinical linear accelerator	3
A highly scalable and autonomous spectroscopic radiation mapping system with resilient IoT detector units for dosimetry, safety and security	3
Introduction and evaluation of size-specific DLP for radiation dose estimation in CT examinations	3
Influence of reference baselines on size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) in head CT examinations	3
Nonsinusoidal in situ electric field caused by magnetic deactivator device for EAS labels—assessment of field strength inside a detailed anatomical hand model	3
Approaches to harmonize mortality data sets in three diverse radiation worker cohorts	3
Pediatric chest radiography in Fukushima prefecture: a multicentre organ dose assessment and optimization analysis	3
Distribution of radon in large workplaces: an analysis performed on radon levels measured in UK schools	3
Mathematical solutions in internal dose assessment: A comparison of Python-based differential equation solvers in biokinetic modeling	3
Book Review: The scientists who alerted us to the dangers of radiation, by Ian Fairlie and Cindy Folkers	3
Research Status and Development Trends of Human Decontamination Agents for Nuclear and Chemical Medical Rescue	3
Artificial intelligence model GPT4 narrowly fails simulated radiological protection exam	3
Radiological study of a wastewater treatment plant associated with radioiodine therapy at a hospital in West Java, Indonesia	3
Harmonization of practice of release of patients after radiopharmaceutical therapy	3
Chronic inflammation in a radium dial painter cohort: elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and radiation-induced hearing loss	3
Mortality among workers at the Rocky Flats Plant, 1951–2017	3
Simulation of the distribution of radioactive materials in urban areas—radiation protection perspectives based on local conditions and the Swedish legal framework	3
Investigating the impact of new dosimetric quantities recommended by ICRU 95 on the OSLD individual monitoring system at OAP, Thailand	3
Transfer functions for Q_A /Q_B international regulatory limits for the safe transport of radioactive materials	3
A simulation system of radiation field and its detection for nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response training	3
Corrigendum: Analysis of radon mitigation methods: 10-year review (2024 J. Radiol. Prot. 44 031503)	3
RadField3D: a data generator and data format for deep learning in radiation-protection dosimetry for medical applications	3
The LNT risk model and radiological protection	3
Occupational skin dose from radionuclide contamination: one country’s approach at standardising skin dose estimates using Varskin+	3
Finger doses due to ⁶⁸Ga-labelled pharmaceuticals in PET departments—results of a multi-centre pilot study	3
What about the workers?	3
Scientific consensus views are useful, but dangerous, without a code of ethics	3
Efficacy of radiation attenuating caps in reducing radiation doses received at the cerebral level in interventional physicians: a systematic review	3