CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF RESEARCH!

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Online-first articles

Original article [online first; 10 April 2025]   pdf
Could work-related muscle activity explain sex differences in neck pain? A meta-analysis of a pooled dataset
Koch M, Lunde L-K, Forsman M, Andersen LL, Jakobsen MD, Brandt M, Enquist H, Sjøgaard G, Søgaard K, Fan X, Veiersted KB
 
Original article [online first; 8 April 2025]   pdf
Effectiveness of short active breaks for reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity among Japanese office workers: one-year quasi-experimental study
Kitano N, Jindo T, Yoshiba K, Yamaguchi D, Fujii Y, Wakaba K, Maruo K, Kai Y, Arao T
 
Review [online first; 6 April 2025]   pdf
Night-shift work and susceptibility to infectious diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Loef B, Bosma E, van Kerkhof LWM, Proper KI, van Baarle D, Dollé MET
 
Original article [online first; 31 March 2025]   pdf
Does economic skills obsolescence increase older workers’ absenteeism?
Messioui A, de Grip A, Sanders J, Smit M
 
Original article [online first; 30 March 2025]   pdf
Associations of minority stress and employment discrimination with job quality among sexual- and gender-minority workers
Kinitz DJ, Tran NK, Shahidi FV, Maslak JT, Flentje A, Lubensky ME, Obedin-Maliver J, Lunn MR
 
Review [online first; 30 March 2025]   pdf
Shift workers’ experiences and views of sleep disturbance, fatigue and healthy behaviors: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis
Benton JS, Lee CL, Long HA, Sugavanam T, Holmes L, Keane A, Thurley N, Kyle S, Ray D, French DP
 
Short communication [online first; 24 March 2025]   pdf
Is the association between working from home and higher frequency of drinking and heavy episodic drinking causal? A longitudinal analysis in the Norwegian workforce
Halkjelsvik T, Moan IS
 
Review [online first; 18 March 2025]   pdf
Effectiveness of leader-targeted stress management interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Dannheim I, Ludwig-Walz H, Kirsch H, Bujard M, Buyken AE, Richardson KM, Kroke A
 
Original article [online first; 17 March 2025]   pdf
Occupational history of psychosocial work environment exposures and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases – a Danish register-based cohort study
Nielsen HB, Sejbaek CS, Dreyer LW, Madsen IEH, Flachs EM, Hougaard KS
 
Review [online first; 17 March 2025]   pdf
Exploring the ‘fit for work’ principle: The association between occupational physical activity, cardio-respiratory fitness, and mortality – a meta-analysis of male worker data
Ketels M, Cillekens B, Clays E, Huysmans MA, De Bacquer D, Holtermann A, Troiano RP, Mork PJ, Krokstad S, Völzke H, Dörr M, Bahls M, Ittermann T, Clausen J, Jensen MT, Kauhanen J, Voutilainen A, Wanner M, Bopp M, van Mechelen W, van der Beek AJ, Coenen P
 
Review [online first; 10 March 2025]   pdf
A systematic review of the relation between ten potential occupational sensitizing exposures and asthma
Dalbøge A, Kolstad HA, Jahn A, Ulrik CS, Sherson DL, Meyer HW, Ebbehøj N, Sigsgaard T, Baur X, Schlünssen V
 
Original article [online first; 10 March 2025]   pdf
Combined exposure to night work and noise in relation to hyperglycemia among long-term night workers: a nationwide population-based prospective cohort study
Chu P-C, Lee C-H, Lee Y-F, Lin J, Wang J, Hwang J-S
 
Review [online first; 4 March 2025]   pdf
A meta-analysis of unemployment risk factors for middle-aged workers
Shiri R, Poutanen J, Härmä M, Ervasti J, Haukka E
 
Original article [online first; 19 February 2025]   pdf
Cost analysis comparing guideline-oriented biopsychosocial management to usual care for low-back pain: a cluster-randomized trial in occupational health primary care
Paukkunen M, Karppinen J, Öberg B, Ala-Mursula L, Heikkala E, Ryynänen K, Holopainen R, Booth S, Booth N, Abbott A
 
Original article [online first; 22 January 2025]   pdf
Effects of a workplace participatory approach to support working caregivers in balancing work, private life and informal care: a randomized controlled trial
Vos EE, van der Beek AJ, de Bruin SR, Proper KI
 
Original article [online first; 15 January 2025]   pdf
Organizational strategies of eldercare work and health – Is the daily number of residents cared for over 14 months associated with back pain?
Wester CT, Kyriakidis S, Frost AD, Rasmussen CDN, Holtermann A, Hallman DM
 
Original article [online first; 20 December 2024]   pdf
Effectiveness of a team-level participatory approach aimed at improving sustainable employability among long-term care workers: a randomized controlled trial
Heijkants CH, van Hooff MLM, de Wind A, Geurts SAE, Boot CRL

Recent most cited articles in Scopus

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

Review 2023;49(5):315-329   pdf full text
43 citationsHow effective are organizational-level interventions in improving the psychosocial work environment, health, and retention of workers? A systematic overview of systematic reviews
Aust B, Møller JL, Nordentoft M, Frydendall KB, Bengtsen E, Jensen AB, Garde AH, Kompier M, Semmer N, Rugulies R, Jaspers SØ
 
Original article 2022;48(6):446-456   pdf full text
36 citationsOccupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among 108 960 workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany
Reuter M, Rigó M, Formazin M, Liebers F, Latza U, Castell S, Jöckel K-H, Greiser KH, Michels KB, Krause G, Albrecht S, Öztürk I, Kuss O, Berger K, Lampl BMJ, Leitzmann M, Zeeb H, Starke KR, Schipf S, Meinke-Franze C, Ahrens W, Seidler A, Klee B, Pischon T, Deckert A, Schmidt B, Mikolajczyk R, Karch A, Bohn B, Brenner H, Holleczek B, Dragano N
 
Review 2022;48(5):327-350   pdf full text
33 citationsPrecarious employment and migrant workers’ mental health: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies
Koseoglu Ornek O, Waibel J, Wullinger P, Weinmann T
 
Original article 2023;49(4):293-302   pdf full text
29 citationsHow to assess severe burnout? Cutoff points for the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) based on three European samples
Schaufeli WB, De Witte H, Hakanen JJ, Kaltiainen J, Kok R
 
Original article 2024;50(2):73-82   pdf full text
27 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
 
Original article 2022;48(4):293-301   pdf full text
21 citationsPerceived job insecurity and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: a study of men and women in the Swedish working population
Blomqvist S, Virtanen M, LaMontagne AD, Magnusson Hanson LL
 
Original article 2022;48(5):380-390   pdf full text
21 citationsWorking from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and its longitudinal association with physical activity and sedentary behavior
Loef B, van Oostrom SH, van der Noordt M; Lifelines Corona Research initiative, Proper KI
 
Original article 2022;48(6):425-434   pdf full text
21 citationsWorkplace bullying and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: A register-based prospective cohort study of 98 330 participants in Denmark
Conway PM, Erlangsen A, Grynderup MB, Clausen T, Rugulies R, Bjorner JB, Burr H, Francioli L, Garde AH, Hansen ÅM, Hanson LM, Kirchheiner-Rasmussen J, Kristensen TS, Mikkelsen EG, Stenager E, Thorsen SV, Villadsen E, Høgh A
 
Original article 2022;48(6):457-467   pdf full text
20 citationsChanges in occupational well-being during COVID-19: the impact of age, gender, education, living alone, and telework in a Finnish four-wave population sample
Kaltiainen J, Hakanen J
 
Original article 2022;48(8):611-620   pdf full text
20 citationsLongitudinal changes in proportionate mortality due to COVID-19 by occupation in England and Wales
Cherrie M, Rhodes S, Wilkinson J, Mueller W, Nafilyan V, Van Tongeren M, Pearce N

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