CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF RESEARCH!

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Online-first articles

Original article [online first; 19 August 2026]   pdf
Long working hours and dental caries: A 12-year longitudinal study of 1.1 million workers
Park MY, Ahn J
 
Original article [online first; 18 August 2026]   pdf
Precarious employment and its impact on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Swedish working population – a longitudinal register-based study
Lundh F, Gunn V, Kreshpaj B, Kvart S, Bodin T, Albin M, Selander J, Ekström S, Wiebert P, Matilla-Santander N
 
Original article [online first; 4 August 2026]   pdf
Night work, sleep disruption and long-COVID risk: a population-based cohort study
Papantoniou K, Espinosa A, Karachaliou M, Lassale C, Castaño-Vinyals G, Harding BN, De Matteis S, Straif K, Alonso-Nogués E, Dobaño C, Moncunill G, Blay N, Iraola-Guzmán S, de Cid R, Garcia-Aymerich J, Kogevinas M
 
Original article [online first; 2 July 2026]   pdf
Genomic insights into somatic mutations from occupational exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation
Kim K, Kang J, Lim DM, Jang S, Lee Y, Lee YH, Yoon HJ, Yang S, Kim SH, Lee D, Jang WI, Sung H, Kim M-J, Son E, Kim H-S, Lee D, Park HR, Seo S, Kim YH
 
Review [online first; 30 April 2026]   pdf
Occupational heat stress and the role of wearable cooling interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of physiological and perceptual outcomes
Sheth A, Viramgami A, Thakor M, Modi B, Bagepally B, Kar A, Ram E, Dave A, Balachandar R

Recent most cited articles in Scopus

The following list includes most cited articles published during the previous 36 months.

Original article 2024;50(2):73-82   pdf full text
92 citationsGlobal-, regional- and country-level estimates of the work-related burden of diseases and accidents in 2019
Takala J, Hämäläinen P, Sauni R, Nygård C-H, Gagliardi D, Neupane S
 
Review 2023;49(7):453-465   pdf full text
43 citationsOccupational mechanical exposures as risk factor for chronic low-back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jahn A, Andersen JH, Christiansen DH, Seidler A, Dalbøge A
 
Original article 2023;49(7):487-495   pdf full text
33 citationsThe global health and economic impact of low-back pain attributable to occupational ergonomic factors in the working-age population by age, sex, geography in 2019
Chen N, Fong DYT, Wong JYH
 
Discussion paper 2024;50(6):395-405   pdf full text
29 citationsFifty years of research on psychosocial working conditions and health: From promise to practice
Boot CRL, LaMontagne AD, Madsen IEH
 
Discussion paper 2024;50(4):233-243   pdf full text
26 citationsWorking hours and health – key research topics in the past and future
Härmä M, Kecklund G, Tucker P
 
Original article 2024;50(2):61-72   pdf full text
18 citationsThe labor market costs of work-related stress: A longitudinal study of 52 763 Danish employees using multi-state modeling
Pedersen J, Graversen BK, Hansen KS, Madsen IEH
 
Discussion paper 2024;50(2):53-60   pdf full text
18 citationsAsbestos and disease – a public health success story?
Järvholm B, Burdorf A
 
Discussion paper 2024;50(5):317-328   pdf full text
16 citationsWhat have we learned about risk assessment and interventions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and support work participation?
Kuijer PPFM, van der Wilk S, Evanoff B, Viikari-Juntura E, Coenen P
 
Original article 2023;49(7):496-505   pdf full text
15 citationsTrajectories of psychosocial working conditions and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a Swedish register-based cohort study
Pan K-Y, Almroth M, Nevriana A, Hemmingsson T, Kjellberg K, Falkstedt D
 
Original article 2023;49(8):539-548   pdf full text
15 citationsLong working hours and all-cause mortality in China: A 26-year follow-up study
Huang Y, Xiang Y, Zhou W, Li G, Zhao C, Zhang D, Fang S

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