OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Implementation Science is 33. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective	1768
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review	379
Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial	215
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach	184
Exploring a novel method for optimising the implementation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction tool into primary care: a qualitative study	158
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	127
Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland	125
Correction: Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals	102
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	90
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms	83
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research	74
Making implementation science more efficient: capitalizing on opportunities beyond the field	73
Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE): a protocol for a hybrid III parallel cluster randomised controlled trial	69
Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration	65
The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs	61
Assessing the comparative effectiveness of ECHO and coaching implementation strategies in a jail/provider MOUD implementation trial	60
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	56
Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review	50
Proceedings of the 5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference	47
Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	45
Revisiting the policy ecology framework for implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health settings	45
Evaluation of research co-design in health: a systematic overview of reviews and development of a framework	44
Implementing traumatic brain injury screening in behavioral health treatment settings: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation	44
Implementing pharmacist-prescriber collaboration to improve evidence-based anticoagulant use: a randomized trial	43
Dissemination interventions to improve healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis	40

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 inter	40
Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations	39
Implementation fidelity, student outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of train-the-trainer strategies for Masters-level therapists in urban schools: results from a cluster randomized trial	39
Sustainable deimplementation of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis: study protocol for the Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) type III effectiveness-deimpl	39
Supporting teams with designing for dissemination and sustainability: the design, development, and usability of a digital interactive platform	36
Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia	36
The effectiveness of a knowledge translation intervention on the implementation of NEWS2 in nursing homes, a pragmatic cluster RCT	35
Integrating knowledge and action: learnings from an implementation program for food security and food sovereignty with First Nations communities within Canada	33