OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Implementation Science is 39. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research based on user feedback	366
Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity	195
The Implementation Research Logic Model: a method for planning, executing, reporting, and synthesizing implementation projects	183
Conceptualizing outcomes for use with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): the CFIR Outcomes Addendum	156
Evaluating and optimizing the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR) for use in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review	155
A systematic review of empirical studies examining mechanisms of implementation in health	144
Rapid versus traditional qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)	136
The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare	133
How and under what circumstances do quality improvement collaboratives lead to better outcomes? A systematic review	103
Towards a comprehensive model for understanding adaptations’ impact: the model for adaptation design and impact (MADI)	89
Champions in context: which attributes matter for change efforts in healthcare?	84
Nudge strategies to improve healthcare providers’ implementation of evidence-based guidelines, policies and practices: a systematic review of trials included within Cochrane systematic reviews	74
Implementability of healthcare interventions: an overview of reviews and development of a conceptual framework	70
Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review	67
Barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making in hospitals from policy to practice: a systematic review	63
Implementation science in times of Covid-19	61
Integrating implementation science in clinical research to maximize public health impact: a call for the reporting and alignment of implementation strategy use with implementation outcomes in clinical	60
A pragmatic method for costing implementation strategies using time-driven activity-based costing	59
Quantitative measures of health policy implementation determinants and outcomes: a systematic review	57
Knowledge translation strategies for dissemination with a focus on healthcare recipients: an overview of systematic reviews	56
The use of the PARIHS framework in implementation research and practice—a citation analysis of the literature	54
Building capacity in dissemination and implementation science: a systematic review of the academic literature on teaching and training initiatives	54
Coincidence analysis: a new method for causal inference in implementation science	52
Strategies for effective dissemination of research to United States policymakers: a systematic review	51
Factors influencing the implementation of screening and brief interventions for alcohol use in primary care practices: a systematic review using the COM-B system and Theoretical Domains Framework	50

The effectiveness of continuous quality improvement for developing professional practice and improving health care outcomes: a systematic review	50
Do providers use computerized clinical decision support systems? A systematic review and meta-regression of clinical decision support uptake	50
Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis	48
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development	48
Clinicians’ attitudes and perceived barriers and facilitators to cancer treatment clinical practice guideline adherence: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative literature	48
Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem	47
Addressing health disparities through implementation science—a need to integrate an equity lens from the outset	47
Revisiting concepts of evidence in implementation science	45
Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis	44
Cost data in implementation science: categories and approaches to costing	43
Lessons learned about the effective operationalization of champions as an implementation strategy: results from a qualitative process evaluation of a pragmatic trial	41
Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a systematic review of barriers and facilitators and strategic behavioural analysis of interventions	40
Forms and functions of bridging factors: specifying the dynamic links between outer and inner contexts during implementation and sustainment	40
Costing the implementation of public health interventions in resource-limited settings: a conceptual framework	39
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective	39