OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Implementation Science is 34. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial	1549
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach	340
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review	329
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective	194
Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review	146
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms	139
Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE): a protocol for a hybrid III parallel cluster randomised controlled trial	131
Exploring a novel method for optimising the implementation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction tool into primary care: a qualitative study	119
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	114
Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland	110
Correction: Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals	103
Handoffs and transitions in critical care—understanding scalability: study protocol for a multicenter stepped wedge type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial	99
Making implementation science more efficient: capitalizing on opportunities beyond the field	87
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research	78
Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration	70
Understanding adaptations in the Veteran Health Administration’s Transitions Nurse Program: refining methodology and pragmatic implications for scale-up	70
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	63
Proceedings of the 5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference	61
Assessing the comparative effectiveness of ECHO and coaching implementation strategies in a jail/provider MOUD implementation trial	58
Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	53
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	49
Revisiting the policy ecology framework for implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health settings	49
Evaluation of research co-design in health: a systematic overview of reviews and development of a framework	45
The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs	44
Implementing traumatic brain injury screening in behavioral health treatment settings: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation	43

Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review	42
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	39
Implementing pharmacist-prescriber collaboration to improve evidence-based anticoagulant use: a 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	36
What behaviour change techniques have been used to improve adherence to evidence-based low back pain imaging?	36
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	35
Dissemination interventions to improve healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis	35
Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia	35
Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations	34