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Occupational Health and Safety Research

Occupational Health and Safety Research is a research topic within Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Science Explorer counts 57k research works in it since 1950. 16.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on enhancing workplace safety culture and practices, with a particular emphasis on occupational safety, accident prevention, and risk perception. The research covers various aspects of safety culture, safety climate, and organizational factors influencing employee behavior and safety management in industries such as construction.

  • Safety Culture
  • Occupational Safety
  • Safety Climate
  • Accident Prevention
  • Workplace Safety
  • Construction Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Organizational Culture
  • Employee Behavior
  • Risk Perception
Research works
57k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+45%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Occupational Health and Safety Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.9k works
  2. 2 United States 1.8k works
  3. 3 India 774 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 716 works
  5. 5 Brazil 716 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 656 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 456 works
  8. 8 Australia 404 works
  9. 9 Canada 337 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 335 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 23.2%United States: 22.7%India: 9.5%Indonesia: 8.8%6 others listed: 35.7%23%largest
China1,889 · 23.2%United States1,845 · 22.7%India774 · 9.5%Indonesia716 · 8.8%6 others listed2,904 · 35.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Occupational Health and Safety Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Indonesia publishes the most Occupational Health and Safety Research research, followed by China University of Mining and Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Who are the leading researchers in Occupational Health and Safety Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Occupational Health and Safety Research include Wilmar B. Schaufeli and Tim Driscoll.

  1. 1 Wilmar B. Schaufeli Netherlands 5.3k citations
  2. 2 Tim Driscoll Australia 4.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Occupational Health and Safety Research research done?

The largest centres of Occupational Health and Safety Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Istanbul (Türkiye), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 400 works
  2. 2 Istanbul Türkiye 160 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 135 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 127 works
  5. 5 Jakarta Indonesia 123 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 122 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 109 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 108 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 104 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 97 works
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Where is the best place to study Occupational Health and Safety Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Cranfield University and Hamedan University of Medical Sciences score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 35.13%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 45, 49.3%Cranfield University: 20, 35.0%Hamedan University of Medical Sciences: 19, 21.6%University of Johannesburg: 42, 19.4%Central Queensland University: 10, 36.1%Bond University: 10, 27.8%Texas A&M University: 31, 38.6%Nanyang Technological University: 9, 60.4%China University of Mining and Technology: 54, 37.9%Xi'an University of Science and Technology: 28, 25.2%Hong Kong Polytechni…Cranfield UniversityHamedan University o…University of Johann…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 66.349.3%4.0×45 +37.8%
2 Cranfield UniversityUnited Kingdom 65.135.0%11.2×20 +87.0%
3 Hamedan University of Medical SciencesIran 58.721.6%12.4×19 +164.4%
4 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 58.519.4%5.1×42 +267.2%
5 Central Queensland UniversityAustralia 57.536.1%7.3×10 +199.7%
6 Bond UniversityAustralia 56.227.8%12.2×10 +123.2%
7 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 55.538.6%3.2×31 +144.0%
8 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 55.060.4%0.8×9 +265.6%
9 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 54.637.9%5.3×54 -23.0%
10 Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.625.2%9.2×28 +17.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Occupational Health and Safety Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Occupational Health and Safety Research.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.