OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Implementation Science is 11. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Changing the preschool setting to promote healthy energy balance-related behaviours of preschoolers: a qualitative and quantitative process evaluation of the SuperFIT approach	1041
Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial	283
A micro costing analysis of the development of a primary care intervention to improve the uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening	281
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 rand	257
Data-driven approach for tailoring facilitation strategies to overcome implementation barriers in community pharmacy	197
Methods for capturing and analyzing adaptations: implications for implementation research	147
Engagement is a necessary condition to test audit and feedback design features: results of a pragmatic, factorial, cluster-randomized trial with an embedded process evaluation	102
A living critical interpretive synthesis to yield a framework on the production and dissemination of living evidence syntheses for decision-making	95
“Our Choice” improves use of safer conception methods among HIV serodiscordant couples in Uganda: a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating two implementation approaches	88
Implementation of state health insurance benefit mandates for cancer-related fertility preservation: following policy through a complex system	84
Scale-up of prevention programmes: sustained state-wide use of programme delivery software is explained by normalised self-organised adoption and non-adoption	81
Enhancing the implementation and integration of mHealth interventions in resource-limited settings: a scoping review	78
What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews	72
Operational and organizational variation in determinants of policy implementation success: the case of policies that earmark taxes for behavioral health services	60
Models and frameworks for assessing the implementation of clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review	60
Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health	55
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 antenata	54
Reviews of attitude research in implementation science require comprehensiveness, accuracy, and specificity	53
Care team and practice-level implementation strategies to optimize pediatric collaborative care: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid type III trial	51
The role of implementation organizations in scaling evidence-based psychosocial interventions	51
Implementation fidelity of the Systems for Person-Centered Elder Care (SPEC): a process evaluation study	49
Exploring the content and delivery of feedback facilitation co-interventions: a systematic review	48
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)	41
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 t	39
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 tria	37

Conceptualizing outcomes for use with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): the CFIR Outcomes Addendum	36
Systems analysis and improvement to optimize opioid use disorder care quality and continuity for patients exiting jail (SAIA-MOUD)	36
Stepped implementation-to-target: a study protocol of an adaptive trial to expand access to addiction medications	34
Systematic review of experiences and perceptions of key actors and organisations at multiple levels within health systems internationally in responding to COVID-19	34
Does coaching matter? Examining the impact of specific practice facilitation strategies on implementation of quality improvement interventions in the Healthy Hearts in the Heartland study	34
Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity	34
Scaling up a brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial	33
A cluster randomized stepped-wedge trial to de-implement unnecessary post-operative antibiotics in children: the optimizing perioperative antibiotic in children (OPerAtiC) trial	32
OASI2: a cluster randomised hybrid evaluation of strategies for sustainable implementation of the Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury Care Bundle in maternity units in Great Britain	31
Outer-context determinants in the sustainment phase of a reimbursement-driven implementation of evidence-based practices in children’s mental health services	31
Trends in guideline implementation: an updated scoping review	29
Barriers, frameworks, and mitigating strategies influencing the dissemination and implementation of health promotion interventions in indigenous communities: a scoping review	28
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review	28
SciComm Optimizer for Policy Engagement: a randomized controlled trial of the SCOPE model on state legislators’ research use in public discourse	27
Effect of a tailored sepsis treatment protocol on patient outcomes in the Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: results of an interrupted time series analysis	25
Protocol for a hybrid type 3 cluster randomized trial of a technical assistance system supporting coalitions and evidence-based drug prevention programs	25
Sustaining the collaborative chronic care model in outpatient mental health: a matrixed multiple case study	24
Can an evidence-based mental health intervention be implemented into preexisting home visiting programs using implementation facilitation? Study protocol for a three variable implementation effectiven	24
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 Implement	24
Cluster-randomized implementation trial of two facilitation strategies to implement a novel information and communications technology at the Veterans Health Administration	24
Improving measurement-based care implementation in youth mental health through organizational leadership and climate: a mechanistic analysis within a randomized trial	22
The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare	22
A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	21
Implementation strategies in suicide prevention: a scoping review	21
A scoping review of de-implementation frameworks and models	21
Generative AI in healthcare: an implementation science informed translational path on application, integration and governance	21
A systematic review of evidence-based practice implementation in drug and alcohol settings: applying the consolidated framework for implementation research framework	20
Changing behaviour, ‘more or less’: do implementation and de-implementation interventions include different behaviour change techniques?	18
Partnered implementation of the veteran sponsorship initiative: protocol for a randomized hybrid type 2 effectiveness—implementation trial	18
Implementing contingency management for stimulant use in opioid treatment programs: protocol of a type III hybrid effectiveness-stepped-wedge trial	18
Optimizing responsiveness to feedback about antibiotic prescribing in primary care: protocol for two interrelated randomized implementation trials with embedded process evaluations	18
Scaling up Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST)—avoiding surgical site infection and anaemia at the time of surgery: a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of quality impr	17
Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis	17
Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial	17
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective	16
Iowa Implementation for Sustainability Framework	16
Publisher Correction: A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	15
Audit and feedback with or without training in-practice targeting antibiotic prescribing (TiPTAP): a study protocol of a cluster randomised trial in dental primary care	15
Understanding adaptations in the Veteran Health Administration’s Transitions Nurse Program: refining methodology and pragmatic implications for scale-up	15
Design of a dual randomized trial in a type 2 hybrid effectiveness—implementation study	15
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms	15
Response to letter to the editor	15
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach	15
Results of a cluster randomized trial testing the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to increase cervical cancer screening in family planning clinics in Mombasa County, Kenya	15
Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland	14
Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE): a protocol for a hybrid III parallel cluster randomised controlled trial	14
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 randomised	14
Handoffs and transitions in critical care—understanding scalability: study protocol for a multicenter stepped wedge type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial	14
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 trial	14
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	14

Proceedings of the 6th UK and Ireland implementation science research conference	13
Models and approaches for building knowledge translation capacity and capability in health services: a scoping review	13
Protocol for a parallel cluster randomized trial of a participatory tailored approach to reduce overuse of antibiotics at hospital discharge: the ROAD home trial	13
De-implementing low-value care in cancer care delivery: a systematic review	12
Proceedings of the 2nd Implementation Science Health Conference Australia: Sydney, NSW, Australia, 23-24 March 2023	12
Improving outcomes for hospitalised First Nations peoples through greater cultural safety and better communication: the Communicate Study Partnership study protocol	12
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 trial	12
Meta-review of implementation determinants for policies promoting healthy diet and physically active lifestyle: application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research	11
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 multicomp	11
Using theories and frameworks to understand how to reduce low-value healthcare: a scoping review	11
Inter-organizational alignment and implementation outcomes in integrated mental healthcare for children and adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study	11
Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration	11
Improving the adoption of a school-based nutrition program: findings from a collaborative network of randomised trials	11
Correction: Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples	11
Evidence-based Medication knowledge Brokers in Residential Aged CarE (EMBRACE): protocol for a helix-counterbalanced randomised controlled trial	11