OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology is 2. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Relationship between butyrylcholinesterase activity and hepatic transaminases: a cross-sectional study in agricultural workers from Peru	70
Psychological morbidity among coal miners compared to other occupations in Appalachia	59
Exploring work ability, psychosocial job demands and resources of employees in low-skilled jobs: a German cross-sectional study	46
The impact of Post-COVID-Syndrome on functioning – results from a community survey in patients after mild and moderate SARS-CoV-2-infections in Germany	35
Differences in upper body posture between patients with lumbar spine syndrome and healthy individuals under the consideration of sex, age and BMI	27
TAPaC—tobacco-associated particulate matter emissions inside a car cabin: establishment of a new measuring platform	27
Herbicide-related health risks: key mechanisms and a guide to mitigation strategies	25
Occupational, environmental, and toxicological health risks of mining metals for lithium-ion batteries: a narrative review of the Pubmed database	24
Discriminative potential of exhaled breath condensate biomarkers with respect to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	21
Respiratory Disease Occupational Biomonitoring Collaborative Project (ROBoCoP): A longitudinal pilot study and implementation research in the Parisian transport company	20
Application of impedance measurement to investigate in vitro inhalation toxicity of bacteria	16
Misdiagnosis in occupational and environmental medicine: a scoping review	14
Healthy working in inclusive companies – a study protocol of the GAIN project	13
The prevalence of occupational-related low back pain among working populations in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Exposure to disulfiram and incidence of parkinsonism	13
Association between household exposure and cycle threshold in COVID-19 infected health care workers	12
Retention of nickel, cobalt and chromium in skin at conditions mimicking intense hand hygiene practices using water, soap, and hand-disinfectant in vitro	12
Principles of occupational medicine: an educational case study of hazards and risks for Dr “Indiana” Jones	12
Police officer occupational health: a model of organizational constraints, trauma exposure, perceived resources, and agency	11
Analysis and mapping of global research publications on shift work (2012–2021)	10
Correction: Acute occupational exposures reported to the Dutch Poisons Information Center: a prospective study on the root causes of incidents at the workplace	9
Stunt performers’ reluctance to self-report head trauma: a qualitative study	9
Genome-wide mRNA profiling identifies the NRF2-regulated lymphocyte oxidative stress status in patients with silicosis	9
Physical working conditions over time: a repeated cross-sectional study in German employees	8
Vocational rehabilitative decisions after symptoms and findings consistent with hand-arm vibration syndrome in the Swedish surveillance system – a mixed-method design	8

Trends in burnout and psychological distress in hospital staff over 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective longitudinal survey	8
Balancing social and economic factors - explorative qualitative analysis of working conditions of supervisors in German social firms	7
Perceived stress of mental demands at work, objective stress and resilience – an analysis of the LIFE-Adult-study	7
Unintentional pediatric exposures to household cleaning products: a cross-sectional analysis of the National Poison Data System (2000–2015)	7
Associations between job demand-control-support and high burnout risk among physicians in Sweden: a cross-sectional study	7
Healthcare-associated exposure to Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1)	7
Construction of a mortality risk prediction model for patients with acute diquat poisoning based on clinically accessible data	7
A mass casualty incident of infectious diseases at the port of Hamburg: an analysis of organizational structures and emergency concepts	6
The human long noncoding RNAs CoroMarker, MALAT1, CDR1as, and LINC00460 in whole blood of individuals after controlled short-term exposure with ultrafine metal fume particles at workplace conditions,	6
Physical workload and cardiopulmonary parameters in relation to individual capacity of bulk waste workers – a cross-sectional field-study	6
Metabolomics and proteomics in occupational medicine: a comprehensive systematic review	6
Occupational injury and associated factors among cement factories workers in central Ethiopia	6
The value of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in occupational diseases – a systematic review	6
The effect of silver nanoparticles on learning and memory in rodents: "a systematic review"	6
Health risks and mitigation strategies from occupational exposure to wildland fire: a scoping review	5
Assessment of subjective well-being of healthcare workers in response to heat and personal protective equipment under controlled conditions using a standardized protocol	5
Epidemiology of work-related injuries, musculoskeletal disorders and dermatitis among hospital food service workers in a tertiary hospital in Asia	5
Impacts of hazardous noise levels on hearing loss and tinnitus in dental professionals	5
COPSOQ III in Germany: validation of a standard instrument to measure psychosocial factors at work	5
Bibliometric analysis of occupational exposure in operating room from 1973 to 2022	5
Pulmonary function assessment after COVID-19 in vaccinated healthcare workers	5
A simple approach to assess the cancer risk of occupational exposure to genotoxic drugs in healthcare settings	4
Same job, same working conditions? A cross-sectional study to examine the similarities and differences of the working situation in ambulatory and residential youth welfare workers	4
Digitally connected work and its consequences for strain – a systematic review	4
Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with toxoplasmosis and hydatidosis among the butchers of Tabriz city, the northwest of Iran: a case control study	4
Reduced protein levels in latex gloves may play an alternative approach to lowering latex sensitization risks among health workers; a cross-sectional analytical study	4
The association between study conditions and hair cortisol in medical students in Germany – a cross-sectional study	4
How to evaluate digital leadership: a cross-sectional study	4
Assessment of occupational exposure to lead among workers engaged in a city bus garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study	4
A review of silicosis and other silica-related diseases in the engineered stone countertop processing industry	4
Exploring the working conditions of disabled employees: a scoping review	4
Correction to: Serum levels of miR-21-5p and miR-339-5p associate with occupational trichloroethylene hypersensitivity syndrome	4
Microbiota and mycobiota in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of silicosis patients	3
Job demands and resources perceived by hybrid working employees in German public administration: a qualitative study	3
Heart rate variability as a strain indicator for psychological stress for emergency physicians during work and alert intervention: a systematic review	3
Occupational safety practice among metal workers in Bangladesh: a community-level study	3
Hospital admissions due to snake envenomation in the Republic of Cyprus: a 7-year retrospective review	3
A new approach for the implementation of ergonomics in sonography to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders (ErgoSon)	3
Toxic effects of chronic occupational mercury vapor exposure on female workers of childbearing age	3
Clinical outcomes and survival following lung transplantation for work-related lung disease: a single-center retrospective cohort study	3
Occupational exposure to crystalline silica in a sample of the French general population	3
Quantitative assessment of asbestos fibers in some normal and pathological extra-abdominal tissues—a scoping review	3
Sickness absenteeism among primary health care workers in Qatar before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Communication aspects of feedback from workers’ health surveillance due to hand-arm vibration exposure − a scoping review	2
Predictors of competitive employment in individuals with severe mental illness: results from an observational, cross-sectional study in Germany	2
Reflection on leadership behavior: potentials and limits in the implementation of stress-preventive leadership of middle management in hospitals – a qualitative evaluation of a participatory developed	2
The history of occupational health on the African continent	2
Factors associated with poor mental health during mandatory home work: a cross-sectional study in university staff	2
Impact of pre-existing conditions on the severity of post-COVID syndrome among workers in healthcare and social services in Germany	2
Seafarers’ attitudes and chances to improve the nutrition on merchant ships from the crews’ and cooks’ perspective	2

Estimation of the mortality rate of workers in Japan	2
Long-term visual pathway alterations after elemental mercury poisoning: report of a series of 29 cases	2