OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Radiological Protection is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Combined radiation burn injuries: A note	87
Urban working groups in the IAEA’s model testing programmes: overview from the MODARIA I and MODARIA II programmes	38
JRODOS customization for Pakistan and assessment of the consequences of a hypothetical nuclear accident	35
Radiological safety assessment for transportation of reactor pressure vessel during decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Korea	34
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	30
Low doses of ionising radiation: definitions and contexts	29
Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing?	28
Towards an ecological modelling approach for assessing ionizing radiation impact on wildlife populations	24
Occupational eye lens dose in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography using a dedicated eye lens dosimeter	23
Absorbed dose coefficients for pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioiodine therapy	21
Mitigation of radiation exposure during surgical hepatectomy after yttrium-90 radioembolization	20
Approaches to the definition of potentially exposed groups and potentially exposed populations of biota in the context of solid radioactive waste	20
Object and person tracking systems to enable extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine using computational methods	19
The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection	18
Comparing the effectiveness of learning formats in radiation protection	16
Estimation of population exposure to terrestrial gamma rays in Canada	16
Establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography procedures in Sri Lanka: first nationwide dose survey	15
A study of dose indicators during intra-arterial catheter implantation for liver chemotherapy	15
UK audit of variation in nuclear medicine occupational exposure calculations in 2021	15
Potential harm to the skin from unfiltered krypton chloride ‘far-ultraviolet-C’ lamps, even below an occupational exposure limit	14
A review of radiation doses and associated parameters in Western Australian mining operations (2020-23)	14
Effective doses and risks from medical diagnostic x-ray examinations for male and female patients from childhood to old age	14
Health risks from radioactive particles on Cumbrian beaches near the Sellafield nuclear site	13
Obituary for Wolfgang Weiss	13
Lead aprons and thyroid collars: to be, or not to be?	13

Comparison of shielding effects of over-glasses-type and regular eyewear in terms of occupational eye dose reduction	13
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	13
Demonstrating the use of a framework for risk-informed decisions with stakeholder engagement through case studies for NORM and nuclear legacy sites	12
Survey on the distribution of medical imaging frequencies and dose levels for CT examinations in a comprehensive hospital in Shanghai	12
Why is radiological protection different in medicine? Sievert Memorial Lecture	12
Richard Haylock and the nuclear test veterans	12
Eye lens dose for medical staff assisting patients during computed tomography: comparison of several types of radioprotective glasses	12
Lessons being learned from the Covid-19 pandemic for radiological emergencies and vice versa: report from expert discussions	12
Potential risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and cancer due to cumulative doses received from diagnostic CT scans?	11
Radiation exposures in pregnancy, health effects and risks to the embryo/foetus—information to inform the medical management of the pregnant patient	11
Basic characteristics of Vision badge and its performance as an eye lens dosimeter for endoscopists	11
Radiation detriment calculation methodology: summary of ICRP Publication 152	11
Evaluation of consumer digital radon measurement devices: a comparative analysis	10
Cardiologist’s exposure to radiation in cath lab measured with Instadose^TM dosimeter	10
Real-time simulation of accidental passive transport of radioactive pollutant from a proposed nuclear power plant	10
Methodological considerations for interrupted time series analysis in radiation epidemiology: an overview	10
Trends and evolution in computed tomography radiation dose from 2018 and 2023: a Swiss perspective of the medical radiation exposure^*	9
A machine learning approach for correcting glow curve anomalies in CaSO₄:Dy-based TLD dosimeters used in personnel monitoring	9
Cutaneous and local radiation injuries	9
Responding to radiation accidents: what more do we need to know?	9
Assessment of the total SBO accident progression after extended shutdown of VVER-1000	9
Ionizing radiation and skin cancer—a review of current evidence	9
Specific features of medical care provision to the population of the Techa riverside settlements	8
Surface-clearance levels for the normal reuse of objects for 413 radionuclides	8
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	8
Chernobyl consequences are coming	8
Prevention and management of infections after exposure to ionising radiation	8
How much resources are reasonable to spend on radiological protection?	8
Radon protection in apartments using a ventilation system wireless-controlled by radon activity concentration	8
Review of assessment of prospective cancer risks from occupational exposure to ionising radiation (IAEA-TECDOC-1985)	8
Numerical assessment of induced electric fields in a worker’s hand with commonly used metallic implants under exposure to low frequency magnetic fields	8
Thorium bioassay of miners revisited	7
Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis (the Goldacre review)	7
Methodological developments and practice in characterisation of unconventional and legacy waste	7
Personal dosimetry for positron emitters, and occupational exposures from clinical use of gallium-68	7
British nuclear test veteran family trios for the study of genetic risk	7
An analytical tool for calculating kerma-to-dose equivalent average conversion coefficients (H _p(10), H _p(3), H	7
Medical consequences of radiation exposure of the bronchi—what can we learn from high-dose precision radiation therapy?	7
Practical application of international recommendations and safety standards in the systematic planning and implementation of remediation of sites or areas with residual radioactive material	7
Synthesis of the European ALARA network 20th workshop ‘ALARA for interventional radiology and nuclear medicine’	7
Basic concepts of radiation emergency medicine	7
Comparing benefit and detriment from medical diagnostic radiation exposure using disability-adjusted life years: towards quantitative justification	7
Development of a military-specific mesh-type computational phantom library and its application to internal dosimetry and in-field radiological triage screening	6
X-ray spectrometry for calculating conversion coefficients from air kerma to operational quantities in radiation protection	6
Studies large and small: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2022	6
Radiological risk assessment of outdoor ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn around rare earth element and uranium mines from northern Vietnam	6
Radiation dose aspects and establishment of diagnostic reference levels for ⁹⁰Y radioembolisation during angiographic procedure	6
Conversion from dose-length product to effective dose in computed tomography venography of the lower extremities	6
Monitoring of surgical staff x-ray exposure in the operating room with DosiBadge	6
Radon in Finnish underground mines 2011–2019	6

Estimation and sensitivity analysis of operational intervention levels for the early phase of radiological emergencies involving radioactive releases	6
¹³¹I dose coefficients for a reference population using age-specific models	6
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	6
Practical guidance on the assessment of radiation risks for diagnostic radiological examinations	6
A body-size-dependent series of Chinese adult standing phantoms for radiation dosimetry	6
Evaluation of dose distribution and shielding efficiency in portable intraoral x-ray device	6
Tritium dispersion analysis using HotSpot code: a comparative study across reactor types and environmental conditions	6
Impact of shield location on staff and caregiver dose rates for I-131 radiopharmaceutical therapy patients	6
Applicability of ‘Toolkit for Safety Assessment’ tool to interventional radiology using probabilistic risk assessment techniques	6
Assessment of occupational exposure from shielded and unshielded syringes for clinically relevant positron emission tomography (PET) isotopes—a Monte Carlo approach using EGSnrc	6
Development of a method to use standard hospital gamma cameras as triage whole body monitors in UK emergencies	6
Corrigendum: Medical management of heavily exposed victims: an experience at the Tokaimura criticality accident (2021 J. Radiol. Prot. 41 S391)	5
Special issues and computational techniques: the Bernard Wheatley Award for 2021	5
Radiation risks of lymphoma and multiple myeloma incidence in the updated NRRW-3 cohort in the UK: 1955–2011	5
Women in radiation: a brief discussion of the intersectionality of race and gender	5
On the value and costs of protective actions in a nuclear emergency	5
Referring physician perspective on how to handle frequent use of CT imaging	5
Corrigendum: Optimizing whole body computed tomography doses for paediatric trauma patients: a Swiss retrospective analysis (2022 J. Radiol. Prot. 42 021521)	5
Variations in size-specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy	5
Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data	5
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	5
In memory of Leonid Ilyin (1928–2023)	5
Trend of locally produced food avoidance among the guardians with school children in Minamisoma City after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster	5
Reconstructed lung doses for the million person study cohort of 26,650 Tennessee Eastman corporation workers employed between 1942 and 1947	5
Modelling of long-term retention of high-fired plutonium oxide in the human respiratory tract: importance of scar-tissue compartments	5
Keeping the ICRP recommendations fit for purpose	5
Book Review: The Environmental Behaviour of Uranium, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 488	5
Estimation and analysis of S values for ¹³¹I using paediatric mesh type reference computational phantoms	5
Are we being prudent, precautionary, or both?	5
Optimizing Ca-DTPA/Zn-DTPA therapy for internal decorporation: transitioning from intravenous to oral route with insights on safety and toxicity	5
The role of radiation protection societies in tackling the skills shortage and development of young professionals and researchers	5
Diagnostic reference levels in digital mammography: a systematic review	5
M-FISH evaluation of chromosome aberrations to examine for historical exposure to ionising radiation due to participation at British nuclear test sites	5
Computational dose evaluation on children exposed to natural radioactivity from granitic rocks used as architectural materials	5
Factors affecting radiographers’ use of dose-reduction measures	5
Losing the balance in risk-benefit analysis	5
The need to update NCRP 151 data for 10 MV linear accelerator bunker shielding based on new measurements and Monte Carlo simulations	5
Role of molecularly-cloned hematopoietic growth factors after acute high-dose radiation exposures	5
Reflections on low-dose radiation, the misconceptions, reality and moving forward	5
Survey of the publics’ preferences for communication of medical radiation risk ^*	5
Residential radon exposure in Astana and Aqsu, Kazakhstan	5
Influence of tube and patient positioning in thoracoabdominal CT examinations on radiation exposure–towards a better patient positioning	5
Radiation exposure, organ and effective dose of CT-guided liver biopsy as a function of lesion depth and size	5
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	5
Study on the radiation detriment	5
Medical management of heavily exposed victims: an experience at the Tokaimura criticality accident	5
Investigation of the effect of using radiation protective glasses on the photon fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients of eye substructures	5
Report from the IRPA task group on awareness of tissue reactions in the eye lens, cardiovascular system and skin	4
What about the workers?	4
Efficacy of radiation attenuating caps in reducing radiation doses received at the cerebral level in interventional physicians: a systematic review	4
Mathematical solutions in internal dose assessment: A comparison of Python-based differential equation solvers in biokinetic modeling	4
How direct measurements of worker eyes with a Scheimpflug camera can affect lensdose coefficients in interventional radiology	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
Comprehensive environmental monitoring during remediation of a nuclear legacy site in the Far East of Russia	4
Approaches to harmonize mortality data sets in three diverse radiation worker cohorts	4
The role of empathy in ethics of radiological protection	4
Nonsinusoidal in situ electric field caused by magnetic deactivator device for EAS labels—assessment of field strength inside a detailed anatomical hand model	4
Chronic inflammation in a radium dial painter cohort: elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and radiation-induced hearing loss	4
The LNT risk model and radiological protection	4
Investigating the impact of new dosimetric quantities recommended by ICRU 95 on the OSLD individual monitoring system at OAP, Thailand	4
Radiation protection education using virtual reality for the visualisation of scattered distributions during radiological examinations	4
Assessing radiation risk perception by means of a European stakeholder survey	4
Transfer functions for Q_A /Q_B international regulatory limits for the safe transport of radioactive materials	4
Management and regulatory supervision of legacy sites and radioactively contaminated lands in Republic of Kazakhstan	4
Reflection on the proposed changes to dose quantities—an industrial perspective	4
The acute radiation syndrome—need for updated medical guidelines	4
Trajectory and factors of radiation risk perception of students aged 10–12 years at the time of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident	4
Introduction and evaluation of size-specific DLP for radiation dose estimation in CT examinations	4
Occupational skin dose from radionuclide contamination: one country’s approach at standardising skin dose estimates using Varskin+	4
Artificial intelligence model GPT4 narrowly fails simulated radiological protection exam	4
RadField3D: a data generator and data format for deep learning in radiation-protection dosimetry for medical applications	4
Modelling the atmospheric dispersion of radiotracers in small-scale, controlled detonations: validation of dispersion models using field test data	4
Distribution of radon in large workplaces: an analysis performed on radon levels measured in UK schools	4
A simulation system of radiation field and its detection for nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response training	4
Air kerma reference field with high energy photons using a 15 MeV electron beam from a clinical linear accelerator	4
Spectrometry of pulsed photon radiation	4
A highly scalable and autonomous spectroscopic radiation mapping system with resilient IoT detector units for dosimetry, safety and security	4
Corrigendum: Analysis of radon mitigation methods: 10-year review (2024 J. Radiol. Prot. 44 031503)	4
Review of engagement activities to promote awareness of radiation and its associated risk amongst the Japanese public before and after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident	4
Finger doses due to ⁶⁸Ga-labelled pharmaceuticals in PET departments—results of a multi-centre pilot study	4