Implementation Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Implementation Science is 5. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research based on user feedback767
Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity262
The Implementation Research Logic Model: a method for planning, executing, reporting, and synthesizing implementation projects237
Conceptualizing outcomes for use with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): the CFIR Outcomes Addendum234
Rapid versus traditional qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)212
The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare172
Implementability of healthcare interventions: an overview of reviews and development of a conceptual framework115
Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review93
Barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making in hospitals from policy to practice: a systematic review86
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development76
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 clinical73
Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem71
Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis70
Addressing health disparities through implementation science—a need to integrate an equity lens from the outset69
Revisiting concepts of evidence in implementation science67
Coincidence analysis: a new method for causal inference in implementation science66
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 Framework63
Building capacity in dissemination and implementation science: a systematic review of the academic literature on teaching and training initiatives63
Do providers use computerized clinical decision support systems? A systematic review and meta-regression of clinical decision support uptake56
Strategies for effective dissemination of research to United States policymakers: a systematic review56
Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis53
Cost data in implementation science: categories and approaches to costing51
Lessons learned about the effective operationalization of champions as an implementation strategy: results from a qualitative process evaluation of a pragmatic trial50
Forms and functions of bridging factors: specifying the dynamic links between outer and inner contexts during implementation and sustainment49
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective48
Advancing understanding and identifying strategies for sustaining evidence-based practices: a review of reviews47
Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review47
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of evidence-based task-sharing mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review using implementation science frameworks47
Costing the implementation of public health interventions in resource-limited settings: a conceptual framework44
A scoping review of de-implementation frameworks and models42
Trends in guideline implementation: an updated scoping review39
Avoiding unnecessary hospitalisation for patients with chronic conditions: a systematic review of implementation determinants for hospital avoidance programmes38
Where is “policy” in dissemination and implementation science? Recommendations to advance theories, models, and frameworks: EPIS as a case example36
Attitude theory and measurement in implementation science: a secondary review of empirical studies and opportunities for advancement36
Unpacking the intention to action gap: a qualitative study understanding how physicians engage with audit and feedback34
Six practical recommendations for improved implementation outcomes reporting34
Systematic review of experiences and perceptions of key actors and organisations at multiple levels within health systems internationally in responding to COVID-1933
The relationship between first-level leadership and inner-context and implementation outcomes in behavioral health: a scoping review33
Changing behaviour, ‘more or less’: do implementation and de-implementation interventions include different behaviour change techniques?33
Translating Medicaid policy into practice: policy implementation strategies from three US states’ experiences enhancing substance use disorder treatment32
Designing provider-focused implementation trials with purpose and intent: introducing the PRECIS-2-PS tool31
Assessment of the quality of recommendations from 161 clinical practice guidelines using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation–Recommendations Excellence (AGREE-REX) instrument shows30
Barriers and enablers for deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists in older adults: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies using the theoretical domains framework28
Results of the CHlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing implementation intervention to improve evidence-based nursing practices for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections Study (CHanGing 28
Implementation strategies and outcomes for occupational therapy in adult stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review27
The reporting checklist for public versions of guidelines: RIGHT-PVG27
A scoping review of frameworks in empirical studies and a review of dissemination frameworks27
Cost analysis in implementation studies of evidence-based practices for mental health and substance use disorders: a systematic review27
Implementation science in maternity care: a scoping review26
A citation analysis and scoping systematic review of the operationalization of the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM)26
Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review25
Use and effects of implementation strategies for practice guidelines in nursing: a systematic review25
How effective are social norms interventions in changing the clinical behaviours of healthcare workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis25
Measurement of sustainment of prevention programs and initiatives: the sustainment measurement system scale24
Provider REport of Sustainment Scale (PRESS): development and validation of a brief measure of inner context sustainment24
Implementation strategies to improve statin utilization in individuals with hypercholesterolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis23
Iowa Implementation for Sustainability Framework22
Understanding adaptations in the Veteran Health Administration’s Transitions Nurse Program: refining methodology and pragmatic implications for scale-up22
Extending analytic methods for economic evaluation in implementation science21
Why do they do it? A grounded theory study of the use of low-value care among primary health care physicians21
Does coaching matter? Examining the impact of specific practice facilitation strategies on implementation of quality improvement interventions in the Healthy Hearts in the Heartland study21
Evaluation of measures of sustainability and sustainability determinants for use in community, public health, and clinical settings: a systematic review21
Examining fidelity in the INFORM trial: a complex team-based behavioral intervention21
Generative AI in healthcare: an implementation science informed translational path on application, integration and governance21
A myriad of factors influencing the implementation of transitional care innovations: a scoping review21
Alignment in implementation of evidence-based interventions: a scoping review21
A systematic review of evidence-based practice implementation in drug and alcohol settings: applying the consolidated framework for implementation research framework21
Examining the complementarity between the ERIC compilation of implementation strategies and the behaviour change technique taxonomy: a qualitative analysis20
Meta-review of implementation determinants for policies promoting healthy diet and physically active lifestyle: application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research20
Clinical decision support improves the appropriateness of laboratory test ordering in primary care without increasing diagnostic error: the ELMO cluster randomized trial20
Determinants of using children’s mental health research in policymaking: variation by type of research use and phase of policy process18
Study protocol for a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of strategies to implement firearm safety promotion as a universal suicide prevention strategy in pediatric primary care18
Leveraging academic initiatives to advance implementation practice: a scoping review of capacity building interventions17
The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs17
Implementation of clinical practice changes in the PICU: a qualitative study using and refining the iPARIHS framework17
Translating economic evaluations into financing strategies for implementing evidence-based practices17
Psychometric properties of leadership scales for health professionals: a systematic review16
Effect of collaborative quality improvement on stillbirths, neonatal mortality and newborn care practices in hospitals of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India: evidence from a quasi-experimental mixed-16
Pharmacist dispensing of the abortion pill in Canada: Diffusion of Innovation meets integrated knowledge translation16
Economic evaluation of a web-based menu planning intervention to improve childcare service adherence with dietary guidelines16
Methods for capturing and analyzing adaptations: implications for implementation research16
Identifying barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of computerized clinical decision support systems in hospitals: a NASSS framework-informed scoping review15
Barriers and facilitators of implementation of a community cardiovascular disease prevention programme in Mukono and Buikwe districts in Uganda using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Rese15
Evaluation of a program for routine implementation of shared decision-making in cancer care: results of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial15
Getting to implementation: a protocol for a Hybrid III stepped wedge cluster randomized evaluation of using data-driven implementation strategies to improve cirrhosis care for Veterans15
Cost-effectiveness of the Adaptive Implementation of Effective Programs Trial (ADEPT): approaches to adopting implementation strategies15
The effectiveness of quality improvement collaboratives in improving stroke care and the facilitators and barriers to their implementation: a systematic review15
A step toward understanding the mechanism of action of audit and feedback: a qualitative study of implementation strategies15
Applying population health approaches to improve safe anticoagulant use in the outpatient setting: the DOAC Dashboard multi-cohort implementation evaluation study protocol15
Data-driven approach for tailoring facilitation strategies to overcome implementation barriers in community pharmacy15
Partisan differences in the effects of economic evidence and local data on legislator engagement with dissemination materials about behavioral health: a dissemination trial15
Dissemination interventions to improve healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis15
De-implementing low-value care in cancer care delivery: a systematic review15
Using Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to investigate facilitators and barriers of implementing alcohol screening and brief intervention among primary care health professionals: a sy14
Handoffs and transitions in critical care—understanding scalability: study protocol for a multicenter stepped wedge type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial14
Rationale and design of the Novel Uses of adaptive Designs to Guide provider Engagement in Electronic Health Records (NUDGE-EHR) pragmatic adaptive randomized trial: a trial protocol14
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review14
Outer-context determinants in the sustainment phase of a reimbursement-driven implementation of evidence-based practices in children’s mental health services13
Sustained effects of the INFORM cluster randomized trial: an observational post-intervention study13
Barriers, frameworks, and mitigating strategies influencing the dissemination and implementation of health promotion interventions in indigenous communities: a scoping review13
5335 days of Implementation Science: using natural language processing to examine publication trends and topics13
Implementation and evaluation of nonclinical interventions for appropriate use of cesarean section in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a multisite hybrid effectiveness-implementation typ13
Factors influencing postpartum haemorrhage detection and management and the implementation of a new postpartum haemorrhage care bundle (E-MOTIVE) in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa13
Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial12
A scoping review of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks — an appraisal of purpose, characteristics, usability, applicability, and testability12
Improving case detection of tuberculosis in hospitalised Kenyan children—employing the behaviour change wheel to aid intervention design and implementation12
Randomized controlled trials in de-implementation research: a systematic scoping review12
Protocol for a hybrid type 2 cluster randomized trial of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and a pragmatic individual-level implementation strategy12
Implementation of peer specialist services in VA primary care: a cluster randomized trial on the impact of external facilitation12
Comparing effects of two higher intensity feedback interventions with simple feedback on improving staff communication in nursing homes—the INFORM cluster-randomized controlled trial12
Using theories and frameworks to understand how to reduce low-value healthcare: a scoping review12
Market viability: a neglected concept in implementation science11
Implementation costs of hospital-based computerised decision support systems: a systematic review11
“Our Choice” improves use of safer conception methods among HIV serodiscordant couples in Uganda: a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating two implementation approaches11
Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate provider- and client-focused interventions in 11
Primary aim results of a clustered SMART for developing a school-level, adaptive implementation strategy to support CBT delivery at high schools in Michigan11
Process evaluation of an implementation trial to improve the triage, treatment and transfer of stroke patients in emergency departments (T3 trial): a qualitative study11
Behavioral economic implementation strategies to improve serious illness communication between clinicians and high-risk patients with cancer: protocol for a cluster randomized pragmatic trial11
Cost, cost-consequence and cost-effectiveness evaluation of a practice change intervention to increase routine provision of antenatal care addressing maternal alcohol consumption11
Barriers and facilitators of implementing interventions to improve appropriate antibiotic use in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review based on the Consolidated Framework for Implement11
Effectiveness of interventions to improve rates of intravenous thrombolysis using behaviour change wheel functions: a systematic review and meta-analysis10
Enhancing organizational readiness for implementation: constructing a typology of readiness-development strategies using a modified Delphi process10
Sustainable deimplementation of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis: study protocol for the Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) type III effectiveness-deimpl10
Conceptual and relational advances of the PARIHS and i-PARIHS frameworks over the last decade: a critical interpretive synthesis10
Enhancing the Behaviour Change Wheel with synthesis, stakeholder involvement and decision-making: a case example using the ‘Enhancing the Quality of Psychological Interventions Delivered by Telephone’10
Understanding the uptake of a clinical innovation for osteoarthritis in primary care: a qualitative study of knowledge mobilisation using the i-PARIHS framework10
Letter to the editor on “the implementation research logic model: a method for planning, executing, reporting, and synthesizing implementation projects” (Smith JD, Li DH, Rafferty MR. the implementati10
Rugged landscapes: complexity and implementation science10
“All about the money?” A qualitative interview study examining organizational- and system-level characteristics that promote or hinder shared decision-making in cancer care in the United States10
Data-driven approach to implementation mapping for the selection of implementation strategies: a case example for risk-aligned bladder cancer surveillance10
Health plan adaptations to a mailed outreach program for colorectal cancer screening among Medicaid and Medicare enrollees: the BeneFIT study10
Implementing a digital intervention for managing uncontrolled hypertension in Primary Care: a mixed methods process evaluation9
A scoping review of equity-focused implementation theories, models and frameworks in healthcare and their application in addressing ethnicity-related health inequities9
A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing Virtual Learning Collaborative and Technical Assistance strategies to implement an early palliative care program for patients with advanced cancer and t9
Context-acceptability theories: example of family planning interventions in five African countries9
Economic evaluation of implementation science outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review9
Evidence for objects of implementation in healthcare: considerations for Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications9
OASI2: a cluster randomised hybrid evaluation of strategies for sustainable implementation of the Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury Care Bundle in maternity units in Great Britain9
Incorporators, Early Investors, and Learners: a longitudinal study of organizational adaptation during EBP implementation and sustainment9
Onset PrevenTIon of urinary retention in Orthopaedic Nursing and rehabilitation, OPTION—a study protocol for a randomised trial by a multi-professional facilitator team and their first-line managers’ 9
Adjust your own oxygen mask before helping those around you: an autoethnography of participatory research9
Is fidelity to a complex behaviour change intervention associated with patient outcomes? Exploring the relationship between dietitian adherence and competence and the nutritional status of interventio8
Explaining variable effects of an adaptable implementation package to promote evidence-based practice in primary care: a longitudinal process evaluation8
Leading the charge in the education sector: development and validation of the School Implementation Leadership Scale (SILS)8
Decision-making process for introduction of maternal vaccines in Kenya, 2017–20188
Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize outpatient mental health treatment cascades in Mozambique (SAIA-MH): study protocol for a cluster randomized trial8
Capitalizing on facilitators and addressing barriers when implementing active tuberculosis case-finding in six districts of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a qualitative study with key stakeholders8
Implementation and sustainability factors of two early-stage breast cancer conversation aids in diverse practices8
Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications: a refreshed description of the journals’ scope and expectations8
The effectiveness of generic emails versus a remote knowledge broker to integrate mood management into a smoking cessation programme in team-based primary care: a cluster randomised trial8
Eight characteristics of rigorous multilevel implementation research: a step-by-step guide8
Correction: Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review8
Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals7
Barriers and enablers in the implementation of a quality improvement program for acute coronary syndromes in hospitals: a qualitative analysis using the consolidated framework for implementation resea7
A cluster randomized stepped-wedge trial to de-implement unnecessary post-operative antibiotics in children: the optimizing perioperative antibiotic in children (OPerAtiC) trial7
From sensitization to adoption? A qualitative study of the implementation of a digitally supported intervention for clinical decision making in polypharmacy7
Implementing a multilevel intervention to accelerate colorectal cancer screening and follow-up in federally qualified health centers using a stepped wedge design: a study protocol7
Protocol: mixed-methods study of how implementation of US state medical cannabis laws affects treatment of chronic non-cancer pain and adverse opioid outcomes7
Effectiveness of a multifaceted implementation strategy for improving adherence to the guideline for prevention of mental ill-health among school personnel in Sweden: a cluster randomized trial7
Care team and practice-level implementation strategies to optimize pediatric collaborative care: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid type III trial7
A qualitative assessment of factors influencing implementation and sustainability of evidence-based tobacco use treatment in Vietnam health centers7
Economic evaluation of a multi-strategy intervention that improves school-based physical activity policy implementation7
Validation and refinement of the Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion Survey for childhood obesity prevention7
Exploring a novel method for optimising the implementation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction tool into primary care: a qualitative study7
Factors affecting the use of clinical practice guidelines by hospital physicians: the interplay of IT infrastructure and physician attitudes7
Influence of physician networks on prescribing a new ingredient combination in heart failure: a longitudinal claim data-based study7
Protocol for a quasi-experimental, 950 county study examining implementation outcomes and mechanisms of Stepping Up, a national policy effort to improve mental health and substance use services for ju6
Comparing output from two methods of participatory design for developing implementation strategies: traditional contextual inquiry vs. rapid crowd sourcing6
Impact of a tuberculosis treatment adherence intervention versus usual care on treatment completion rates: results of a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial6
Knowledge translation strategies to support the sustainability of evidence-based interventions in healthcare: a scoping review6
Integration of a task strengthening strategy for hypertension management into HIV care in Nigeria: a cluster randomized controlled trial study protocol6
Implementing nudges to promote utilization of low tidal volume ventilation (INPUT): a stepped-wedge, hybrid type III trial of strategies to improve evidence-based mechanical ventilation management6
Implementation of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: patterns of utilization and evidence development6
What behaviour change techniques have been used to improve adherence to evidence-based low back pain imaging?6
A randomized controlled trial in schools aimed at exploring mechanisms of change of a multifaceted implementation strategy for promoting mental health at the workplace5
‘It depends’: what 86 systematic reviews tell us about what strategies to use to support the use of research in clinical practice5
Study protocol for a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial to evaluate scaling interoperable clinical decision support for patient-centered chronic pain management in primary care5
Scaling and sustaining COVID-19 vaccination through meaningful community engagement and care coordination for underserved communities: hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation sequential multiple as5
Rationale and protocol for a cluster randomized pragmatic clinical trial testing behavioral economic implementation strategies to improve tobacco treatment rates for cancer patients who smoke5
Using organization theory to position middle-level managers as agents of evidence-based practice implementation5
Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial5
Supporting translation of research evidence into practice—the use of Normalisation Process Theory to assess and inform implementation within randomised controlled trials: a systematic review5
Safer Care for Older Persons in (residential) Environments (SCOPE): a pragmatic controlled trial of a care aide-led quality improvement intervention5
The decision sampling framework: a methodological approach to investigate evidence use in policy and programmatic innovation5
Perceptions of the barriers, facilitators, outcomes, and helpfulness of strategies to implement screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment in acute care5
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms5
Partnered implementation of the veteran sponsorship initiative: protocol for a randomized hybrid type 2 effectiveness—implementation trial5
Audit and feedback with or without training in-practice targeting antibiotic prescribing (TiPTAP): a study protocol of a cluster randomised trial in dental primary care5
Promoting de-implementation of inappropriate antimicrobial use in cardiac device procedures by expanding audit and feedback: protocol for hybrid III type effectiveness/implementation quasi-experimenta5
Care to Quit: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to implement best practice smoking cessation care in cancer centres5
Implementation strategy in collaboration with people with lived experience of mental illness to reduce stigma among primary care providers in Nepal (RESHAPE): protocol for a type 3 hybrid implementati5
A randomised fractional factorial screening experiment to predict effective features of audit and feedback5
Public target interventions to reduce the inappropriate use of medicines or medical procedures: a systematic review5
A micro costing analysis of the development of a primary care intervention to improve the uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening5
SciComm Optimizer for Policy Engagement: a randomized controlled trial of the SCOPE model on state legislators’ research use in public discourse5
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