OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Synergetic effect of safety culture and safety climate on safety performance in SMEs: does transformation leadership have a moderating role?	33
A fuzzy ANP–DEMATEL model on faulty behavior risks: implications for improving safety in the workplace	33
Unemployment associated with major depression disorder and depressive symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Effects of clothing size and air ventilation rate on cooling performance of air ventilation clothing in a warm condition	27
Effects of risk factors related to computer use on musculoskeletal pain in office workers	26
When and why telepressure and technostress creators impair employee well-being	25
Improving the prevention of fall from height on construction sites through the combination of technologies	21
Analysis of accidents caused by human factors in the oil and gas industry using the HFACS-OGI framework	21
Causes of construction injuries: a review	20
SARS-CoV-2 emergency in the workplace: are companies ready to protect their workers? A cross-sectional survey	18
Computer vision syndrome, visual ergonomics and amelioration among staff members in a Saudi medical college	18
Analysis of occupational accidents among nurses working in hospitals based on safety climate and safety performance: a Bayesian network analysis	17
A review of construction workforce health challenges and strategies in extreme weather conditions	17
Effect of psychosocial safety climate on psychological distress via job resources, work engagement and workaholism: a multilevel longitudinal study	17
The effect of cooling vests on physiological and perceptual responses: a systematic review	17
High frequency of digital eye strain and dry eye disease in teleworkers during the coronavirus disease (2019) pandemic	16
What do the different ergonomic interventions accomplish in the workplace? A systematic review	16
Health and safety improvement in construction projects: a lean construction approach	16
Prevalence of mobile device-related musculoskeletal pain among working university students: a cross-sectional study	15
Do older workers suffer more workplace injuries? A systematic review	15
Computer vision syndrome and its associated ergonomic factors among bank workers	14
Relationship between safety measures and human error in the construction industry: working at heights	14
Whole-body vibration exposure of heavy earthmoving machinery operators in surface coal mines: a comparative assessment of transport and non-transport earthmoving equipment operators	13
Chainsaw operators’ exposure to occupational risk factors and incidence of professional diseases specific to the forestry field	13
Design and evaluation of cooling workwear for miners in hot underground mines using PCMs with different temperatures	13

Factors affecting employee safety productivity: an empirical study in an OHSAS 18001-certified organization	13
Participatory ergonomics for the reduction of musculoskeletal exposure of maintenance workers	13
Musculoskeletal pain and its relation to individual and work-related factors: a cross-sectional study among Turkish office workers who work using computers	13
The relationship between individual, physical and psychosocial risk factors with musculoskeletal disorders and related disabilities in flight security personnel	12
Pilots’ mental workload variation when taking a risk in a flight scenario: a study based on flight simulator experiments	12
Occupational and non-occupational risk factors for neck and lower back pain among computer workers: a cross-sectional study	11
Prediction of human error probability during the hydrocarbon road tanker loading operation using a hybrid technique of fuzzy sets, Bayesian network and CREAM	11
Local knowledge of risks associated with artisanal small-scale mining in Ghana	11
Contributions of safety critical success factors and safety program elements to overall project success	11
Correlation analysis of safety climate and construction productivity in South Korea	11
Risk factors of musculoskeletal symptoms among mobile device users during work from home	11
A quantitative study on the mental health of Turkish seafarers	11
Association between duration of coal dust exposure and respiratory impairment in coal miners of West Bengal, India	11
Effect of shift work on working memory, attention and response time in nurses	10
Standing and sitting postures at work and symptoms of venous insufficiency – results from questionnaires and a Doppler ultrasound study	10
Safety priority, safety rules, safety participation and safety behaviour: the mediating role of safety training	10
A critical review of the literature on comfort of hearing protection devices: analysis of the comfort measurement variability	10
Dosimetry analysis of the magnetic field of underground power cables and magnetic field mitigation using an electromagnetic shielding technique	10
Investigating the relationship between job stress, workload and oxidative stress in nurses	10
Modelling journalists’ coping strategies for occupational hazards in their coverage of protests against police brutality (ENDSARS protests) in Nigeria	10
Effect of physical activity intervention on the musculoskeletal health of university student computer users during homestay	10
Cognitive functions of shift workers: paramedics and firefighters – an electroencephalography study	10
Multidimensional prediction of work traffic crashes among Spanish professional drivers in cargo and passenger transportation	10
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among occupational drivers in Mubi, Nigeria	9
The interplay between servant leadership, psychological safety, trust in a leader and burnout: assessing causal relationships through a three-wave longitudinal study	9
An analysis of occupational accidents involving national and international construction workers in Spain using the association rule technique	9
On accident causation models, safety training and virtual reality	9
Effectiveness of an ergonomics training program on musculoskeletal disorders, job stress, quality of work-life and productivity in office workers: a quasi-randomized control trial study	9
Physiological tests on firefighters whilst using protective clothing	9
Traffic climate, driver behaviour and dangerous driving among taxi drivers	9
Identifying factors that contribute to structural firefighter heat strain in North America	9
Effects of infrasound on health: looking for improvements in housing conditions	9
A study of the shift in fatal construction work-related accidents during 2012–2019 in Turkey	9
Ruminations and occupational stress as predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder and burnout among police officers	8
A fuzzy Bayesian network DEMATEL model for predicting safety behavior	8
The development and validation of a human factors analysis and classification system for the construction industry	8
Does firefighters’ physical fitness influence their cardiac parasympathetic reactivation? Analysis with post-exercise heart rate variability and ultra-short-term measures	8
Factors influencing safety performance in the construction industry of Saudi Arabia: an exploratory factor analysis	8
An integrated DEMATEL–ANP approach for identification and prioritization of factors affecting fall from height accidents in the construction industry	8
Work-related factors, cognitive skills, unsafe behavior and safety incident involvement among emergency medical services crew members: relationships and indirect effects	8
Investigation of office workers’ sitting behaviors in an ergonomically adjusted workstation	8
Effects of a liquid cooling vest on physiological and perceptual responses while wearing stab-resistant body armor in a hot environment	8
The effect of job security on safety behavior with the moderating role of salary: a structural equation model	8
UK university staff experience high levels of sedentary behaviour during work and leisure time	8
Development and validation of a cognitive model-based novel questionnaire for measuring potential unsafe behaviors of construction workers	7
Cognitive and skill performance of individuals at sitting versus standing workstations: a quasi-experimental study	7
Classification and quantification of human error in air traffic control: a case study in an airport control tower	7
Quantifying self-contained breathing apparatus on physiology and psychological responses during firefighting: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Identification and evaluation of maintenance error in catalyst replacement using the HEART technique under a fuzzy environment	7
A systematic review of work interventions to promote safe patient handling and movement in the healthcare sector	7

Structural equation modeling of safety performance based on personality traits, job and organizational-related factors	7
Effects of full body harness design on fall arrest performance	7
Analysis of the relationship between psychological gender and risk perception style and attitudes towards safety in a group of women and men	7
Prediction of spontaneous coal combustion tendency using multinomial logistic regression	7
Occupational ergonomic assessment of hand pain symptoms among Bagh hand block print artisans of the handicraft textile industry in Madhya Pradesh, India	6
Simulation-based assessments of fire emergency preparedness and response in virtual reality	6
Analyzing the invisibility angles formed by vehicle blind spots to increase driver’s field of view and traffic safety	6
The effects of safety-specific transformational leadership and active transactional leadership on mindful safety practice adoption in the Chinese petroleum industry	6
A scientometric study of unsafe behavior through Web of Science during 1991–2020	6
The effect of educational intervention on promoting safe behaviors in textile workers	6
Occupational exposure of dumper operators to whole-body vibration in opencast coal mines: an approach for risk assessment using a Bayesian network	6
Quality of work-life among young medical doctors in Poland	6
Occupational ergonomic assessment of MSDs among the artisans working in the Bagh hand block printing industry in Madhya Pradesh, India	6
Development of an intelligent knowledge base for identification of accident causes based on Fu et al.’s model	6
Safety climate and risk perception of forestry workers: a case study of motor-manual tree felling in Indonesia	6
The role of physical exercise as a personal resource against job stress	6
Analysis, comparison and representation of occupational exposure to a static magnetic field in a 3-T MRI site	6
Relationship between authentic leadership, transformational leadership and innovative work behavior: mediating role of innovation climate	6
Evaluation of scapular dyskinesis and ergonomic risk level in office workers	6
Use of a passive lumbar back exoskeleton during a repetitive lifting task: effects on physiologic parameters and intersubject variability	6
Role of whole-body vibration exposure and posture of dumper operators in musculoskeletal disorders: a case study in metalliferous mines	6
The impact of shift work on the well-being and subjective levels of alertness and sleepiness in firefighters and rescue service workers	6
Factors affecting safety performance in the construction industry: an empirical study using structural equation modelling	6
Moderating effect of psychological well-being on the effect of workplace safety climate on job stress	6
Research outputs in ergonomics and human factors engineering: a bibliometric and co-word analysis of content and contributions	5
Evaluation of the mechanical strength and protective properties of polycarbonate toecaps subjected to repeated impacts simulating workplace conditions	5
Safety climate and productivity improvement of construction workplaces through the 6S system: mixed-method analysis of 5S and safety integration	5
Musculoskeletal disorders and related factors in the Colombian orthodontists’ practice	5
Prevalence of chronic lower back pain in Brazilian military firefighters	5
Fatigue profile among petrochemical firefighters and its relationship with safety behavior: the moderating and mediating roles of perceived safety climate	5
Investigation of occupational safety in oncology nurses	5
Can psychological capital promote safety behaviours? A systematic review	5
The effect of positive reinforcement of behavioral-based safety on safety participation in Philippine coal-fired power plant workers: a partial least squares structural equation modeling approach	5
Effect of an education-based workplace intervention (move in office with education) on sedentary behaviour and well-being in desk-based workers: a cluster randomized controlled trial	5
Causes and prevention of mobile crane-related accidents in South Korea	5
Expounding the knowledge conversion processes within the occupational safety and health management system (OSH-MS) using concept mapping	5
Influence that job characteristics, personality and burnout have on fatigue in professional drivers	5
Analysis of a catastrophic commercial coach crash based on an improved accident causation model: cause classification and lessons learned	5
Effect of tonal noise and task difficulty on electroencephalography and cognitive performance	5
Analysis of chemical engineering curriculum to improve process safety competency	5
Estimating the injury rates and causes of fatalities in the Japanese mining industry, 1924–2014	5
Development of an algorithm for effective design of respirator half-masks and encapsulated particle filters	5
Worker satisfaction with adaptive automation and working conditions: a theoretical model and questionnaire as an assessment tool	5
Occupational hazards and risks among commercial motorcyclists in the peri-urban city of Lagos, Nigeria	5
Nanosafety: a knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) study among Iranian researchers working in nanotechnology laboratories	5
Estimation of the risk of work-related accidents for underground hard coal mine workers by logistic regression	5
Risk factors of neck disability in computer-using office workers: a cross-sectional study	5
Epidemiology of respiratory diseases and associated factors among female textile workers in Pakistan	4
The spiritual force of safety: effect of spiritual leadership on employees’ safety performance	4
Hand functionality in dentists: the effect of anthropometric dimensions and specialty	4
Association between physical and mental health variables among software professionals working at home: a secondary analysis	4
Construction safety performance measurement using a leading indicator-based jobsite safety inspection method: case study of a building construction project	4
Preparation and characterization of flexible laminated composites impregnated with TPU/SiO₂ for static puncture resistance	4
Measurements and observations of movements at work for warehouse forklift truck operators	4
Compassion fatigue in nurses caring for chronic diseases	4
Can working at home be a hazard? Ergonomic factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders among teleworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review	4
Occupational health and safety risk assessment using a fuzzy multi-criteria approach in a hospital in Chennai, India	4
Facilitating mindful safety practices among first-line workers in the Chinese petroleum industry through safety management practices and safety motivation	4
Relationship between heat loss indexes and physiological indicators of turnout-related heat strain in mild and hot environments	4
Assessment of obstructive and restrictive patterns of lung function among the workers of brick kilns	4
Frequency of examination and perceived contribution of factors relating to work-related musculoskeletal disorders of physiotherapists	4
Musculoskeletal pain in musicians: prevalence and risk factors – a systematic review	4
Carcinogenic and health risk assessment of respiratory exposure to acrylonitrile, 1,3-butadiene and styrene in the petrochemical industry using the US Environmental Protection Agency method	4
Prevalence of mobile device-related lower extremity discomfort: a systematic review	4
Health problems among Swedish ambulance personnel: long-term risks compared to other professions in Sweden – a longitudinal register study	4
Assessment of working conditions in medical facilities due to noise	4
Why the government should be blamed for road safety	4
Assessment of safety culture in the fireworks industry	4
A systematic review of methodologies and techniques for integrating ergonomics into development and assessment of manually operated equipment	4
An integrative fuzzy Delphi decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) study on the risk perception-influencing factors	4
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among endoscopic transsphenoidal surgeons: a systematic review of prevalence and ergonomic interventions	4
When and for whom organizational identification is more effective in eliciting safety voice: an empirical study from the construction industry perspective	4
Accuracy of a markerless motion capture system for postural ergonomic risk assessment in occupational practice	4
Effects of human performance improvement and operational learning on organizational safety culture and occupational safety and health management performance	4
Application of multiple occupational health risk assessment models in occupation health risk prediction of trichloroethylene in the electroplating and electronics industries	4
Assessment of the impact of lifestyle and psychosocial working conditions on older employees’ work ability	4
Presenteeism and productivity loss among nurses	4
Investigating the impacts of working at home among office workers with neck pain on health status, depression and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic	4