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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

1545-9624

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.springer.com/journal/420

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 558 19 29 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 47
Documents by Best Scientists*: 53
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.424
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene primarily focuses on research topics in Waste management, Environmental health, Environmental engineering, Occupational safety and health and Respirator. It holds forums on Waste management that merges themes from other disciplines such as Particulates and Respirable dust. The journal emphasizes research on Environmental health, which includes concerns such as Exposure assessment.

It focuses on Environmental engineering as well as the interrelated topic of Aerosol. Most of the Aerosol studies addressed also intersect with Particle size. Occupational safety and health research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics.

Many of the studies tackled connect Respirator with a similar field of study like Simulation.

  • Waste management (14.00%)
  • Environmental health (11.77%)
  • Environmental engineering (10.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Toward Understanding the Risk of Secondary Airborne Infection: Emission of Respirable Pathogens (523 citations)
  • Performance of an N95 Filtering Facepiece Particulate Respirator and a Surgical Mask During Human Breathing: Two Pathways for Particle Penetration (214 citations)
  • Global Estimates of the Burden of Injury and Illness at Work in 2012 (199 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene:

The journal publications facilitate discussions on Environmental engineering, Respirator, Aerosol, Environmental health and Environmental chemistry. While the journal articles focused on Environmental health, they were also able to explore topics like Occupational safety and health and Risk assessment. In addition to Environmental chemistry research, the most cited papers aim to explore topics under Waste management, Contamination and Air pollution.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Respirator, Environmental health, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Aerosol. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene explores topics in Respirator which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Seal (mechanical), Simulation, Biomedical engineering and Emergency medicine. The work on Environmental health tackled in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene brings together disciplines like Microplastics, Occupational safety and health and Increased risk.

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene facilitates discussions on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Toxicology, Reuse, Filtration and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. In Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Radiation, Sampling (statistics), Reaction rate constant, Electromagnetic shielding and Metallurgy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Aerosol research. The presented research on Sampling (statistics) deals specifically with Institute of medicine but it also addresses topics in Waste management.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Factors influencing the filtration performance of homemade face masks. (9 citations)
  • Fomites, hands, and the transmission of respiratory viruses. (6 citations)
  • Efficacy of universal masking for source control and personal protection from simulated cough and exhaled aerosols in a room. (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Martin Harper (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ziqing Zhuang (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tiina Reponen (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Sergey A. Grinshpun (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ronald E. Shaffer (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (350 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Iowa (74 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cincinnati (59 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • West Virginia University (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (41 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.54% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.31% of all publications and 38.46% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • The occurrence of PAHs and flame-retardants in air and dust from Australian fire stations.

    Andrew P. W Banks;Michelle Engelsman;Chang He;Xianyu Wang

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Emissions associated with operations of four different additive manufacturing or 3D printing technologies

    Rachel E. Zisook;Brooke D. Simmons;Mark Vater;Angela Perez

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Temporal and spatial variations in the levels of prominent airborne disinfection by-products at four indoor swimming pools

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Biocidal spray product exposure: Measured gas, particle, and surface concentrations compared with spray model simulations.

    Per Axel Clausen;Thit Aarøe Mørck;Alexander Christian Østerskov Jensen;Torben Wilde Schou

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Homemade facemasks: particle filtration, breathability, fit, and other performance characteristics.

    Susan R Reutman;Tiina Reponen;Michel Yermakov;Sergey A Grinshpun

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Assessment of university classroom ventilation during the COVID-19 pandemic

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Effectiveness of dermal cleaning interventions for reducing firefighters’ exposures to PAHs and genotoxins

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Investigating dilution ventilation control strategies in a modern U.S. school bus in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Legionnaires’ disease in dental offices: Quantifying aerosol risks to dental workers and patients

    Kerry A Hamilton;Aditya Kuppravalli;Ashley Heida;Sayalee Joshi

    (2021)
    7 Citations

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