10,000 IfADo publications

The IfADo is currently celebrating a special milestone: since the institute was founded, researchers at the IfADo have published more than 10,000 papers.
In academia, publications are central to making research findings publicly accessible, thereby ensuring they are visible, open to discussion and subject to scrutiny. For academic discourse, publications are an essential tool for scholarly exchange, as they enable other researchers to build on them, contextualise the findings and develop them further.

Researchers at the IfADo have been publishing their findings since 1970. Many of these focus on the topic of ‘health protection in the workplace’, such as Prof. Hans Gerd Wenzel’s very first publication on ‘Climatic working conditions’.
The 10,000th publication is a paper by seven IfADo researcher on chronotypes. These describe an individual’s rhythm in terms of sleep, activity and mental performance. For instance, some people prefer the morning for mentally demanding activities, whilst others prefer the evening. Recent research findings underline the clinical significance of chronotype. Researchers at the IfADo have therefore now analysed in greater detail a German questionnaire (D-MEQ) that has been used to determine chronotypes since 2001. In their study, they were able to demonstrate that a shortened version of the D-MEQ with fewer questions is just as effective at determining chronotypes: less effort, same result.

The publication was produced in collaboration between the research areas of ‘Ergonomics’ and ‘Psychology and Neurosciences’. This illustrates how work research has been conducted in a uniquely interdisciplinary manner at IfADo since 1970.

The count of IfADo’s scientific publications includes articles in international specialist journals, such as original research papers, reviews, editorials and comments. In addition, monographs, book chapters, conference proceedings and academic theses are taken into account. This is because IfADo supervises academic qualifications ranging from Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees through to doctorates and professorships.

Here you find an overview of IfADo publications: https://www.ifado.de/en/publications

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