OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Implementation Science is 15. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research based on user feedback	598
Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity	240
The Implementation Research Logic Model: a method for planning, executing, reporting, and synthesizing implementation projects	221
Conceptualizing outcomes for use with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): the CFIR Outcomes Addendum	206
Rapid versus traditional qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)	185
The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare	162
Towards a comprehensive model for understanding adaptations’ impact: the model for adaptation design and impact (MADI)	101
Implementability of healthcare interventions: an overview of reviews and development of a conceptual framework	99
Champions in context: which attributes matter for change efforts in healthcare?	98
Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review	86
Nudge strategies to improve healthcare providers’ implementation of evidence-based guidelines, policies and practices: a systematic review of trials included within Cochrane systematic reviews	80
Barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making in hospitals from policy to practice: a systematic review	79
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	71
Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis	65
The use of the PARIHS framework in implementation research and practice—a citation analysis of the literature	65
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development	64
Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem	64
Building capacity in dissemination and implementation science: a systematic review of the academic literature on teaching and training initiatives	62
Addressing health disparities through implementation science—a need to integrate an equity lens from the outset	62
Coincidence analysis: a new method for causal inference in implementation science	61
Revisiting concepts of evidence in implementation science	60
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	55
Do providers use computerized clinical decision support systems? A systematic review and meta-regression of clinical decision support uptake	54
Strategies for effective dissemination of research to United States policymakers: a systematic review	54
Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis	50

Cost data in implementation science: categories and approaches to costing	50
Forms and functions of bridging factors: specifying the dynamic links between outer and inner contexts during implementation and sustainment	49
Lessons learned about the effective operationalization of champions as an implementation strategy: results from a qualitative process evaluation of a pragmatic trial	49
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective	45
Advancing understanding and identifying strategies for sustaining evidence-based practices: a review of reviews	45
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 frameworks	45
Costing the implementation of public health interventions in resource-limited settings: a conceptual framework	44
Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a systematic review of barriers and facilitators and strategic behavioural analysis of interventions	43
Implementation outcome instruments for use in physical healthcare settings: a systematic review	38
A scoping review of de-implementation frameworks and models	38
Avoiding unnecessary hospitalisation for patients with chronic conditions: a systematic review of implementation determinants for hospital avoidance programmes	36
Where is “policy” in dissemination and implementation science? Recommendations to advance theories, models, and frameworks: EPIS as a case example	35
Trends in guideline implementation: an updated scoping review	34
Attitude theory and measurement in implementation science: a secondary review of empirical studies and opportunities for advancement	33
Systematic review of experiences and perceptions of key actors and organisations at multiple levels within health systems internationally in responding to COVID-19	33
Unpacking the intention to action gap: a qualitative study understanding how physicians engage with audit and feedback	33
Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review	32
Changing behaviour, ‘more or less’: do implementation and de-implementation interventions include different behaviour change techniques?	31
Six practical recommendations for improved implementation outcomes reporting	31
The relationship between first-level leadership and inner-context and implementation outcomes in behavioral health: a scoping review	30
Designing provider-focused implementation trials with purpose and intent: introducing the PRECIS-2-PS tool	30
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 shows	29
Translating Medicaid policy into practice: policy implementation strategies from three US states’ experiences enhancing substance use disorder treatment	28
Towards a taxonomy of behavior change techniques for promoting shared decision making	28
Results of the CHlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing implementation intervention to improve evidence-based nursing practices for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections Study (CHanGing	27
Implementation science in maternity care: a scoping review	26
The reporting checklist for public versions of guidelines: RIGHT-PVG	24
How effective are social norms interventions in changing the clinical behaviours of healthcare workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Barriers and enablers for deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists in older adults: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies using the theoretical domains framework	24
Use and effects of implementation strategies for practice guidelines in nursing: a systematic review	24
Cost analysis in implementation studies of evidence-based practices for mental health and substance use disorders: a systematic review	24
Provider REport of Sustainment Scale (PRESS): development and validation of a brief measure of inner context sustainment	23
A scoping review of frameworks in empirical studies and a review of dissemination frameworks	23
Measurement of sustainment of prevention programs and initiatives: the sustainment measurement system scale	23
Implementation strategies to improve statin utilization in individuals with hypercholesterolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Implementation strategies and outcomes for occupational therapy in adult stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review	23
A citation analysis and scoping systematic review of the operationalization of the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM)	22
Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review	22
Examining fidelity in the INFORM trial: a complex team-based behavioral intervention	21
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	21
Extending analytic methods for economic evaluation in implementation science	21
Understanding adaptations in the Veteran Health Administration’s Transitions Nurse Program: refining methodology and pragmatic implications for scale-up	21
Alignment in implementation of evidence-based interventions: a scoping review	21
Iowa Implementation for Sustainability Framework	21
Clinical decision support improves the appropriateness of laboratory test ordering in primary care without increasing diagnostic error: the ELMO cluster randomized trial	20
Evaluation of measures of sustainability and sustainability determinants for use in community, public health, and clinical settings: a systematic review	20
Meta-review of implementation determinants for policies promoting healthy diet and physically active lifestyle: application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research	20
Why do they do it? A grounded theory study of the use of low-value care among primary health care physicians	19
A systematic review of evidence-based practice implementation in drug and alcohol settings: applying the consolidated framework for implementation research framework	19
The effects of a prolonged exposure workshop with and without consultation on provider and patient outcomes: a randomized implementation trial	18

Examining the complementarity between the ERIC compilation of implementation strategies and the behaviour change technique taxonomy: a qualitative analysis	18
Implementation of clinical practice changes in the PICU: a qualitative study using and refining the iPARIHS framework	17
Determinants of using children’s mental health research in policymaking: variation by type of research use and phase of policy process	17
Translating economic evaluations into financing strategies for implementing evidence-based practices	16
A myriad of factors influencing the implementation of transitional care innovations: a scoping review	16
Economic evaluation of a web-based menu planning intervention to improve childcare service adherence with dietary guidelines	16
Pharmacist dispensing of the abortion pill in Canada: Diffusion of Innovation meets integrated knowledge translation	16
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
Psychometric properties of leadership scales for health professionals: a systematic review	15
A step toward understanding the mechanism of action of audit and feedback: a qualitative study of implementation strategies	15
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 Veterans	15
Partisan differences in the effects of economic evidence and local data on legislator engagement with dissemination materials about behavioral health: a dissemination trial	15
Evaluation of a program for routine implementation of shared decision-making in cancer care: results of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial	15
Building knowledge translation competency in a community-based hospital: a practice-informed curriculum for healthcare providers, researchers, and leadership	15
The effectiveness of quality improvement collaboratives in improving stroke care and the facilitators and barriers to their implementation: a systematic review	15
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 care	15
Cost-effectiveness of the Adaptive Implementation of Effective Programs Trial (ADEPT): approaches to adopting implementation strategies	15