OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is 7. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries	80
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	57
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987–2018	48
Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992–2017	36
Habitual exercise, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and high-sensitivity C reactive protein in Asian adults	32
Emergency responders’ return to work after injury/disease sustained during periods of extreme bushfires	31
Head and neck cancer and asbestos exposure	30
Multilevel approach to individual and organisational predictors of stress and fatigue among healthcare workers of a university hospital: a longitudinal study	30
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners	28
Differences in total sleep time and heart rate variability between shift types in firefighters	25
Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers’ pneumoconiosis	23
Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 2018	23
Lifelong differences in cancer incidence and mortality between subgroups of similar socioeconomic status in the Royal Norwegian Navy	23
Association between prolonged exposure to long working hours and stroke subtypes in the CONSTANCES cohort	21
High occupational physical activity and its combined effect with leisure-time physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality: systematic reviews and meta-analyses	21
Correction:Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales	20
Correction:Lifetime exposure to rubber dusts, fumes and N-nitrosamines and cancer mortality in a cohort of British rubber workers with 49 years follow-up	20
Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth weight and perfluorohexane sulfonate exposures: examination of sample timing and study confidence	20
Legionnaires’ disease in transportation, construction and other occupations in 39 US jurisdictions, 2014–2016	20
Occupational risk factors for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a register-based study of construction workers	20
Industry-specific prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among Pennsylvania workers, 2007–2018	20
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al	20
Occupational risk assessment: lessons from the MSHA Silica Rule	19
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?	19
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers	19

Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people w	19
Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey	18
Relationships between asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: dose and time effects using fractional polynomials	17
Four-year follow-up of surface contamination by antineoplastic drugs in a compounding unit	17
Relationships between combat injury, pain, mobility and post-service employment: the ADVANCE study	17
Dupuytren’s disease and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Career duration and later-life health conditions among former professional American-style football players	16
Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort	16
Finger blood flow (FBF) measurement among vibration-exposed groundskeepers: a pilot study in the southeastern USA	16
Occupational exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components in a Nicaraguan sugarcane plantation	15
Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and follicular lymphoma risk: a family case–control study	15
Epidemiology of work-related fall injuries resulting in hospitalisation: individual and work risk factors and severity	15
Outbreak of lead poisoning from a civilian indoor firing range in the UK	15
Work-related asthma symptoms and lung function among workers in the Norwegian salmon processing industry: a cross-sectional study	14
Impact of occupational asthma on health and employment status: a long-term follow-up study	14
Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity	14
Association of occupational and environmental clinics exposure code system and criteria for substances that cause work-related asthma	14
Are we underestimating indoor radon exposure in radon priority areas?	14
Peritoneal mesothelioma and asbestos exposure: a population-based case–control study in Italy, 2000–2021	13
Thin seams and small mines are associated with higher exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US underground coal mines	13
Magnetic fields from indoor transformer stations and risk of cancer in adults: a cohort study	13
Occupational physical demands and menstrual cycle irregularities in flight attendants and teachers	13
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Association between maternal occupation as a cleaner/maid/janitor during early pregnancy and selected birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study	12
Long-term clinical follow-up of irritant-induced occupational asthma	12
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study	12
Exploring the role of silica exposure in the aetiology of interstitial lung disorders	12
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 1939	11
How serious are we about protecting workers health? The case of diesel engine exhaust	11
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	11
Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans	10
Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynaecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study	10
Rest, shade, hydration and hygiene for the prevention of kidney injuries and inflammation in a Nicaraguan sugarcane worker cohort	10
Comparison of factors associated with postpartum depression from two cohorts of nurses: the Korea Nurses’ Health Study and the Nurses’ Health Study 3	10
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by workplace violence in a US workers’ compensation system	10
Disparities in death at work: reflections on occupational injury fatality data	10
Applying a ‘presumably plausible’ principle in a new one-time financial compensation system for occupational diseases in the Netherlands	10
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce	10
Occupational biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome surgery: a prospective cohort study on 203 866 Swedish male construction workers followed for 19 years	9
Unemployment due to the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic among people with and without severe disabilities: a difference-in-differences analysis	9
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis	9
Who tests for lead and why? A 10-year analysis of blood lead screening, follow-up and CNS outcomes in a statewide US healthcare system	9
Relationship between trauma, psychological distress and help-seeking among corrective service workers	9
Volume-based tomography for the diagnosis of incipient silicosis in former gold miners	9
Correction: Bladder cancer incidence among workers exposed to o-toluidine, aniline and nitrobenzene at a rubber chemical manufacturing plant	9
Mental health effects of unemployment and re-employment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies	9
Night shift work and risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective cohort study among 56 477 female nurses in the Netherlands	8
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study	8
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters	8
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 2008	8

Impact of occupational pesticide exposure assessment method on risk estimates for prostate cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Parkinson’s disease: results of three meta-analyses	8
Effects of work-related electronic communication during non-working hours after work from home and office on fatigue, psychomotor vigilance performance and actigraphic sleep: observational study on in	8
Estimating the relationship between precarious employment and occupational injury: do the registry data tell the whole story?	8
Trends in work-related respiratory diseases attributed to nickel, chromium and cobalt in the UK: descriptive findings from The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network 1996–2019	8
Physical activity interventions and musculoskeletal health in surgeons: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2021	8
Effects of consecutive workdays and days off on low back pain, fatigue and stress: prospective cohort study among warehouse and construction workers	8
Response to: Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al	8
OPERAS decision support system versus manual job coding: a quantitative analysis on coding time and inter-coder reliability	7
Ethnic inequalities among NHS staff in England: workplace experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Dose-response relationship of cadmium and pancreatic cancer risk: a meta-analysis	7
Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al	7
Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’	7
Mortality and cancer incidence in a population exposed to TCDD after the Seveso, Italy, accident (1976–2013)	7
Trajectories of work ability and associated work unit characteristics from pre-COVID to post-COVID pandemic period	7
COPD mortality among workers in the construction industry, by occupation: USA, 2021–2022	7
Poor adherence to dust, noise and safety regulations predict injury rates in underground coal mines	7
Lack of association of impaired upper airway sensation with the presence or absence of obstructive sleep apnoea or chronic rhinosinusitis in World Trade Center responders	7
Firefighter occupational factors and the risk of preterm birth: results from a survey of women firefighters in the USA	7
Impact of World Trade Center dust exposure on upper-aero digestive tract disorders and sinonasal surgery: findings from patients seen in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Mou	7
Response to comment by Erren and Morfeld on our paper ‘Night work and breast cancer risk in a cohort of female healthcare employees in Stockholm, Sweden’	7
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk	7
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic	7