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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach3529
Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial475
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review348
The Dissemination Research Logic Model for advancing dissemination science and practice194
Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland133
Evaluating the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value care in adults hospitalized following trauma: a protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial123
Correction: Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals117
Top-level leaders and implementation strategies to support organizational diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) interventions: a qualitative study of top-level DEIB leaders in healthcare 112
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research98
Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration94
Evaluating the implementation of integrated knowledge translation in a multi-country research consortium in Sub-Saharan Africa – a mixed methods comparative case study86
The Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability (PRISM)-capabilities model for use of Artificial Intelligence in community-engaged implementation science research85
Optimizing qualitative methods in implementation research: a resource for editors, reviewers, authors, and researchers to dispel ten common misperceptions about qualitative research methods81
Making implementation science more efficient: capitalizing on opportunities beyond the field76
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms74
Revisiting the policy ecology framework for implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health settings69
Assessing the comparative effectiveness of ECHO and coaching implementation strategies in a jail/provider MOUD implementation trial68
Monitoring systems for public health program and policy implementation in community settings: features and suggested actions from a scoping review62
Implementing prescriber-pharmacist collaboration to improve evidence-based medication prescribing using asynchronous, non-interruptive electronic health record notifications61
Implementing traumatic brain injury screening in behavioral health treatment settings: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation60
Proceedings of the 5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference58
The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs55
Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review54
Evaluation of research co-design in health: a systematic overview of reviews and development of a framework48
Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis47
Achieving cardiovascular health equity in community mental health: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid Type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial47
Correction: 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 inter46
Implementation timelines across conditions: a universal Stages of Implementation Completion® (SIC) comparison of research-led and real-world implementations40
Implementation fidelity, student outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of train-the-trainer strategies for Masters-level therapists in urban schools: results from a cluster randomized trial39
Ready to screen implementation trial protocol: a cluster randomized implementation trial comparing a bundled implementation strategy versus a simple implementation strategy to improve intention to scr39
Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia38
Implementing pharmacist-prescriber collaboration to improve evidence-based anticoagulant use: a randomized trial34
Implementation outcomes from the Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria program: results from a type 2 hybrid interrupted time series trial33
Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations32
Sustainable deimplementation of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis: study protocol for the Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) type III effectiveness-deimpl32
Implementation of co-designed strategies enhances referral to pulmonary rehabilitation for people with COPD in tertiary care: an interrupted time series study31
The effectiveness of a knowledge translation intervention on the implementation of NEWS2 in nursing homes, a pragmatic cluster RCT31
Implementing Australia’s psychotropic clinical practice guidelines in residential aged care: the EMBRACE helix counterbalanced randomised controlled trial comparing knowledge brokers with pharmacist e31
Integrating knowledge and action: learnings from an implementation program for food security and food sovereignty with First Nations communities within Canada30
Successful adoption of an advance care planning evidence-based practice: impact of clinical champion and site factors30
Community-engaged optimization of COVID-19 rapid evaluation and testing experiences: roll-out implementation optimization trial30
Supporting teams with designing for dissemination and sustainability: the design, development, and usability of a digital interactive platform30
Process evaluation of two large randomized controlled trials to understand factors influencing family physicians’ use of antibiotic audit and feedback reports29
Identifying barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of computerized clinical decision support systems in hospitals: a NASSS framework-informed scoping review29
Required sample size to detect mediation in 3-level implementation studies29
Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health28
The MOHMQuit (Midwives and Obstetricians Helping Mothers to Quit Smoking) Trial: protocol for a stepped-wedge implementation trial to improve best practice smoking cessation support in public antenata28
Effect of core versus enhanced implementation strategies on adherence to a clinical pathway for managing anxiety and depression in cancer patients in routine care: a cluster randomised controlled tria28
Getting to Implementation: applying data-driven implementation strategies to improve guideline concordant surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma27
Scaling up a brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial26
Implementing an AI-enhanced clinical decision support system for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: a survey-based randomized controlled trial of antibiotic precision and impact on survival25
Publisher Correction: A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-202225
De-implementation strategy to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for ambulatory HIV-infected patients with upper respiratory tract infections in Mozambique: a study protocol of a cluster rand24
Sustaining the collaborative chronic care model in outpatient mental health: a matrixed multiple case study23
A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-202223
Evidence for objects of implementation in healthcare: considerations for Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications21
Cost analysis of implementing a community health worker-led weight reduction randomized-controlled trial among prediabetic south asian patients at primary care sites in NYC21
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: implementation strategies derived from normalization process theory21
Implementing Germ Defence digital behaviour change intervention via all primary care practices in England to reduce respiratory infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: an efficient cluster randomised20
Correction: Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples20
Navigating qualitative methods choices in dissemination and implementation research19
Improving outcomes for hospitalised First Nations peoples through greater cultural safety and better communication: the Communicate Study Partnership study protocol19
Applied methods for matching implementation strategies to determinants: a scoping review of scientific and grey literature, and qualitative exploration of practice experiences19
Alarm with care—a de-implementation strategy to reduce fall prevention alarm use in US hospitals: a study protocol for a hybrid 2 effectiveness-implementation trial19
Inter-organizational alignment and implementation outcomes in integrated mental healthcare for children and adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study19
Implementation and scale-up of a single-visit, screen-and-treat approach with thermal ablation for sustainable cervical cancer prevention services: a protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized tr18
Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem18
Implementing collaborative practices in healthcare settings using champions: a scoping review18
A comparative effectiveness trial for universal psychosocial screening with the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) across 18 childhood cancer programs in the United States: adoption, penetration, and 17
Impact of an adapted diabetes prevention program in a spanish primary care setting: protocol for a type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomized trial (ALADIM)17
Properties of adaptive, cluster-randomised controlled trials with few clusters: a simulation study17
Correction: Evidence based QUality Improvement for Prescribing Stewardship in ICU (EQUIPS-ICU): protocol for type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness study17
Implementing a school-based HIV prevention program during public health emergencies: lessons learned in The Bahamas16
Scaling up an intervention to protect preterm infants from neurodevelopmental disabilities — findings from a qualitative process evaluation comparing standard with enhanced quality improvement support15
Economic evaluation of implementation science outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review14
Exploring change mechanisms of implementation strategies for providing guideline-adherent care by interprofessional teams in inpatient settings: a realist synthesis14
Study protocol for coaching and leadership in autism support settings: a cluster randomized controlled hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial13
Can clinician champions reduce potentially inappropriate medications in people living with dementia? Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial13
Characteristics and impact of interventions to support healthcare providers’ compliance with guideline recommendations for breast cancer: a systematic literature review13
Enhancing mental and physical health of women through engagement and retention (EMPOWER) 3.0 QUERI: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness trial12
Adjunctive interventions: change methods directed at recipients that support uptake and use of health innovations12
Assessing the sustainability of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to increase HIV testing in family planning clinics in Mombasa, Kenya: results of a cluster randomized trial12
Implementation science in humanitarian assistance: applying a novel approach for humanitarian care optimization12
Generalizing from qualitative data: a case example using critical realist thematic analysis and mechanism mapping to evaluate a community health worker-led screening program in India11
Conditions for adherence to videoconference-based programs promoting adapted physical activity in cancer patients: a realist evaluation11
When the parts are greater than the whole: how understanding mechanisms can advance implementation research11
‘It depends’: what 86 systematic reviews tell us about what strategies to use to support the use of research in clinical practice11
Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health11
Implementation of coordinated spontaneous awakening and breathing trials using telehealth-enabled, real-time audit and feedback for clinician adherence (TEACH): a type II hybrid effectiveness-implemen11
Safer Care for Older Persons in (residential) Environments (SCOPE): a pragmatic controlled trial of a care aide-led quality improvement intervention11
Protocol for a Type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial to evaluate multi-ethnic, multilevel strategies and community engagement to eliminate hypertension disparities in Los11
Evidence based QUality Improvement for Prescribing Stewardship in ICU (EQUIPS-ICU): protocol for type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness study10
Protocol to evaluate sequential electronic health record-based strategies to increase genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk across diverse patient populations in gynecology practices10
Reducing asthma attacks in disadvantaged school children with asthma: study protocol for a type 2 hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial (Better Asthma Control for Kids, BACK)10
Translating knowledge into action for child obesity treatment in partnership with Parks and Recreation: study protocol for a hybrid type II trial10
Assessing the impact of a national clinical guideline for the management of chronic pain on opioid prescribing rates: a controlled interrupted time series analysis10
Community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in Chicago (CIRCL-Chicago): protocol for a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study using a parallel cluster-randomized trial design10
Facilitation as an effective strategy to reduce excessive antibiotic prophylaxis in Children’s hospitals: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial10
Finding the right dose: a scoping review examining facilitation as an implementation strategy for evidence-based stroke care10
Study design and protocol of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial using a practical implementation strategy as a model for hypertension-HIV integration — the MAP-IT trial10
Design of a dual randomized trial in a type 2 hybrid effectiveness—implementation study10
Models and frameworks for assessing the implementation of clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review9
Correction: Primary aim results of a clustered SMART for developing a school-level, adaptive implementation strategy to support CBT delivery at high schools in Michigan9
Generative AI in healthcare: an implementation science informed translational path on application, integration and governance9
Proceedings of the 2nd Implementation Science Health Conference Australia: Sydney, NSW, Australia, 23-24 March 20239
Implementation strategies in suicide prevention: a scoping review9
Factors influencing implementation of a care coordination intervention for cancer survivors with multiple comorbidities in a safety-net system: an application of the Implementation Research Logic Mode8
Correction: Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review8
A cluster randomised controlled trial, process and economic evaluation of two large-scale quality improvement interventions embedded with a national clinical audit to improve the care for young adults8
Deimplementation in the provision of opioid agonist treatment to achieve equity of care for people engaged in treatment: a qualitative study8
Comparing organization-focused and state-focused financing strategies on provider-level reach of a youth substance use treatment model: a mixed-method study8
Protocol for a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial of a pragmatic individual-level implementation strategy for supporting school-based prevention programming8
Re-Purposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalized Medical Patients (RePORT): protocol for a multicenter stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact of a multicomp8
Cost-effectiveness of train-the-trainer versus expert consultation training models for implementing interpersonal psychotherapy in college mental health settings: evidence from a national cluster rand8
Letter to the Editor on “Adjunctive interventions: change methods directed at recipients that support uptake and use of health innovations.” (Smith JD, Li DH, Merle, JL et al. adjunctive interventions8
Proceedings of the 6th UK and Ireland implementation science research conference8
Models and approaches for building knowledge translation capacity and capability in health services: a scoping review8
Use of routine healthcare data in randomised implementation trials: a methodological mixed-methods systematic review8
Do process evaluations open up the ‘black box’ of implementation interventions in health care? A scoping review7
Closing the gap: advancing implementation science through training and capacity building7
Protocol for a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomized clinical trial testing behavioral economic implementation strategies to increase supplemental breast MRI screening among patients with extreme7
Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks7
A pragmatic, stepped-wedge, hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for patients with traumatic brain injury7
Dissemination of a facilitation strategy to de-implement unnecessary post-operative antibiotics at children's hospitals: The Optimizing Perioperative Antibiotic in Children (OPerAtiC) trial 2.07
Reporting of costs and economic impacts in randomized trials of de-implementation interventions for low-value care: a systematic scoping review7
How is tailored implementation undertaken using a self-guided toolkit? Qualitative study of the ItFits-toolkit in the ImpleMentAll project7
Conceptual and relational advances of the PARIHS and i-PARIHS frameworks over the last decade: a critical interpretive synthesis7
Testing normalization process theory in a randomized trial of mental health clinics implementing digital measurement-based care7
Adaptability, Scalability and Sustainability (ASaS) of complex health interventions: a systematic review of theories, models and frameworks6
Project MIMIC (Maximizing Implementation of Motivational Incentives in Clinics): results of a 28-site cluster-randomized type 3 hybrid trial6
Progress in sustainment? Reflections on ongoing gaps and opportunities for the field of implementation science in response to Dopp et al., 20256
Factors influencing postpartum haemorrhage detection and management and the implementation of a new postpartum haemorrhage care bundle (E-MOTIVE) in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa6
Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals6
Predictors of the sustainability for an evidence-based eating disorder prevention program delivered by college peer educators6
Clarifying dissemination outcomes: a taxonomy to advance dissemination science6
Evaluating remote facilitation intensity for multi-national translation of nurse-initiated stroke protocols (QASC Australasia): a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial6
Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review6
Correction: Successful and sustained implementation of a behaviour-change informed strategy for emergency nurses: a multicentre implementation evaluation6
How well are implementation strategies and target healthcare professional behaviors reported? A secondary analysis of 204 implementation trials using the TIDieR checklist and AACTT framework5
For girls and women (4GW) HPV RCT protocol: a crowdsourced, pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to improve uptake of HPV vaccination and screening among mother-daughter dyads in Nigeria5
Implementation and dissemination of home- and community-based interventions for informal caregivers of people living with dementia: a systematic scoping review5
Exploring the role of professional identity in the implementation of clinical decision support systems—a narrative review5
Stepped implementation-to-target: a study protocol of an adaptive trial to expand access to addiction medications5
Correction: Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review5
Comparative effectiveness of implementation strategies for Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination through the integration of Screen-and-treat Services (ACCESS study): protocol for a cluster randomiz5
The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research based on user feedback5
Implementation of state health insurance benefit mandates for cancer-related fertility preservation: following policy through a complex system5
A pragmatic randomized trial to compare strategies for implementing primary HPV testing for routine cervical cancer screening in a large healthcare system5
Implementing an intervention to facilitate early detection of deterioration in aged care residents: process evaluation of the EDDIE + trial5
The use of implementation science theoretical approaches in hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomised trials of healthcare interventions: A scoping review5
Healthy school recognized campus: design and methodology of a hybrid type 2 implementation-effectiveness cluster randomized trial5
Protocol for a parallel cluster randomized trial of a participatory tailored approach to reduce overuse of antibiotics at hospital discharge: the ROAD home trial5
Making process evaluations more explanatory – key opportunities to advance implementation research5
A pragmatic approach to estimating the cost to deliver and participate in implementation strategies5
Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health5
Five years of the Implementation Research Logic Model: a citation analysis and systematic scoping review of its use in implementation research and practice5
Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples5
Enhancing the implementation and integration of mHealth interventions in resource-limited settings: a scoping review5
Comparing the effectiveness of implementation strategies to improve liver and colon cancer screening for Veterans: protocol for a large cluster-randomized implementation study5
Outcome preferences in fidelity-adaptation scenarios across evidence-based parenting programs: A discrete choice experiment5
Implementation science grant terminations in the United States5
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