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 China 1.9k works
- 2 United States 1.8k works
- 3 India 774 works
- 4 Indonesia 716 works
- 5 Brazil 716 works
- 6 Türkiye 656 works
- 7 United Kingdom 456 works
- 8 Australia 404 works
- 9 Canada 337 works
- 10 Malaysia 335 works
How concentrated that is
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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.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 55 works
- 2 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 54 works
- 3 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 45 works
- 4 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 45 works
- 5 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 43 works
- 6 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 42 works
- 7 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 41 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 41 works
- 9 Central South UniversityChina 39 works
- 10 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 33 works
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 Wilmar B. Schaufeli Netherlands 5.3k citations
- 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
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 66.3 | 49.3% | 4.0× | 45 | +37.8% |
| 2 | Cranfield UniversityUnited Kingdom | 65.1 | 35.0% | 11.2× | 20 | +87.0% |
| 3 | Hamedan University of Medical SciencesIran | 58.7 | 21.6% | 12.4× | 19 | +164.4% |
| 4 | University of JohannesburgSouth Africa | 58.5 | 19.4% | 5.1× | 42 | +267.2% |
| 5 | Central Queensland UniversityAustralia | 57.5 | 36.1% | 7.3× | 10 | +199.7% |
| 6 | Bond UniversityAustralia | 56.2 | 27.8% | 12.2× | 10 | +123.2% |
| 7 | Texas A&M UniversityUnited States | 55.5 | 38.6% | 3.2× | 31 | +144.0% |
| 8 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 55.0 | 60.4% | 0.8× | 9 | +265.6% |
| 9 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 54.6 | 37.9% | 5.3× | 54 | -23.0% |
| 10 | Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina | 53.6 | 25.2% | 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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Which topics inside it are moving
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