Implementation Science

Article	Citations
Models and frameworks for assessing the implementation of clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review	1339
Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health	313
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach	294
Publisher Correction: A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	217
Scale-up of prevention programmes: sustained state-wide use of programme delivery software is explained by normalised self-organised adoption and non-adoption	179
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	119
Reviews of attitude research in implementation science require comprehensiveness, accuracy, and specificity	108
Optimizing responsiveness to feedback about antibiotic prescribing in primary care: protocol for two interrelated randomized implementation trials with embedded process evaluations	106
Changing the preschool setting to promote healthy energy balance-related behaviours of preschoolers: a qualitative and quantitative process evaluation of the SuperFIT approach	104
Barriers, frameworks, and mitigating strategies influencing the dissemination and implementation of health promotion interventions in indigenous communities: a scoping review	99
Effect of a tailored sepsis treatment protocol on patient outcomes in the Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: results of an interrupted time series analysis	98
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	92
The role of implementation organizations in scaling evidence-based psychosocial interventions	90
Stepped implementation-to-target: a study protocol of an adaptive trial to expand access to addiction medications	83
Partnered implementation of the veteran sponsorship initiative: protocol for a randomized hybrid type 2 effectiveness—implementation trial	66
SciComm Optimizer for Policy Engagement: a randomized controlled trial of the SCOPE model on state legislators’ research use in public discourse	65
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	64
Cluster-randomized implementation trial of two facilitation strategies to implement a novel information and communications technology at the Veterans Health Administration	59
Implementation of state health insurance benefit mandates for cancer-related fertility preservation: following policy through a complex system	58
Exploring the content and delivery of feedback facilitation co-interventions: a systematic review	55
Sustaining the collaborative chronic care model in outpatient mental health: a matrixed multiple case study	54
Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial	50
Design of a dual randomized trial in a type 2 hybrid effectiveness—implementation study	44
Improving measurement-based care implementation in youth mental health through organizational leadership and climate: a mechanistic analysis within a randomized trial	44
A living critical interpretive synthesis to yield a framework on the production and dissemination of living evidence syntheses for decision-making	40

Scaling up a brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial	40
Systems analysis and improvement to optimize opioid use disorder care quality and continuity for patients exiting jail (SAIA-MOUD)	39
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	37
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	36
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)	36
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	36
Protocol for a hybrid type 3 cluster randomized trial of a technical assistance system supporting coalitions and evidence-based drug prevention programs	32
Operational and organizational variation in determinants of policy implementation success: the case of policies that earmark taxes for behavioral health services	32
“Our Choice” improves use of safer conception methods among HIV serodiscordant couples in Uganda: a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating two implementation approaches	32
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective	31
Implementation fidelity of the Systems for Person-Centered Elder Care (SPEC): a process evaluation study	31
Outer-context determinants in the sustainment phase of a reimbursement-driven implementation of evidence-based practices in children’s mental health services	30
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	30
Data-driven approach for tailoring facilitation strategies to overcome implementation barriers in community pharmacy	28
Iowa Implementation for Sustainability Framework	28
Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis	27
Implementation strategies in suicide prevention: a scoping review	27
Trends in guideline implementation: an updated scoping review	26
Enhancing the implementation and integration of mHealth interventions in resource-limited settings: a scoping review	26
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review	26
Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial	23
A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	23
Conceptualizing outcomes for use with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): the CFIR Outcomes Addendum	22
Implementing contingency management for stimulant use in opioid treatment programs: protocol of a type III hybrid effectiveness-stepped-wedge trial	20
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	20
Systematic review of experiences and perceptions of key actors and organisations at multiple levels within health systems internationally in responding to COVID-19	20
Methods for capturing and analyzing adaptations: implications for implementation research	19
Generative AI in healthcare: an implementation science informed translational path on application, integration and governance	19
The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare	19
Care team and practice-level implementation strategies to optimize pediatric collaborative care: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid type III trial	19
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	18
Revisiting the scope and expectations of Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications	18
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 Mode	18
Effectiveness of a multifaceted implementation strategy for improving adherence to the guideline for prevention of mental ill-health among school personnel in Sweden: a cluster randomized trial	18
Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration	18
A scoping review of de-implementation frameworks and models	18
Comparing organization-focused and state-focused financing strategies on provider-level reach of a youth substance use treatment model: a mixed-method study	18
Rollout trial designs in implementation research are often necessary and sometimes preferred	18
Proceedings of the 6th UK and Ireland implementation science research conference	17
Proceedings of the 2nd Implementation Science Health Conference Australia: Sydney, NSW, Australia, 23-24 March 2023	17
Correction: Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals	16
Correction to: Using organization theory to position middle-level managers as agents of evidence-based practice implementation	16
Correction: Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review	16
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research	16
Correction: Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples	15
Evidence for objects of implementation in healthcare: considerations for Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications	15
Improving the adoption of a school-based nutrition program: findings from a collaborative network of randomised trials	15
Outcome preferences in fidelity-adaptation scenarios across evidence-based parenting programs: A discrete choice experiment	15
Decision-making process for introduction of maternal vaccines in Kenya, 2017–2018	14
Response to letter to the editor	14

Correction: Primary aim results of a clustered SMART for developing a school-level, adaptive implementation strategy to support CBT delivery at high schools in Michigan	14
Implementation strategies to improve statin utilization in individuals with hypercholesterolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE): a protocol for a hybrid III parallel cluster randomised controlled trial	14
Implementing nudges to promote utilization of low tidal volume ventilation (INPUT): a stepped-wedge, hybrid type III trial of strategies to improve evidence-based mechanical ventilation management	14
Understanding adaptations in the Veteran Health Administration’s Transitions Nurse Program: refining methodology and pragmatic implications for scale-up	14
Using organization theory to position middle-level managers as agents of evidence-based practice implementation	14
Translating economic evaluations into financing strategies for implementing evidence-based practices	14
Using theories and frameworks to understand how to reduce low-value healthcare: a scoping review	13
De-implementing low-value care in cancer care delivery: a systematic review	13
Validation and refinement of the Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion Survey for childhood obesity prevention	13
Exploring a novel method for optimising the implementation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction tool into primary care: a qualitative study	13
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	13
Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland	13
Barriers and enablers in the implementation of a quality improvement program for acute coronary syndromes in hospitals: a qualitative analysis using the consolidated framework for implementation resea	12
Meta-review of implementation determinants for policies promoting healthy diet and physically active lifestyle: application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research	12
Protocol for a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial of a pragmatic individual-level implementation strategy for supporting school-based prevention programming	12
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	12
Protocol for a parallel cluster randomized trial of a participatory tailored approach to reduce overuse of antibiotics at hospital discharge: the ROAD home trial	12
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	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
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	12
Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural community pharmacies: a protocol for a stepped wedge randomized clinical trial	11
Inter-organizational alignment and implementation outcomes in integrated mental healthcare for children and adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study	11
A scoping review of equity-focused implementation theories, models and frameworks in healthcare and their application in addressing ethnicity-related health inequities	11
Comparative effectiveness of implementation strategies for Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination through the integration of Screen-and-treat Services (ACCESS study): protocol for a cluster randomiz	11
Attitude theory and measurement in implementation science: a secondary review of empirical studies and opportunities for advancement	11
Making implementation science more efficient: capitalizing on opportunities beyond the field	10
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	10
Do providers use computerized clinical decision support systems? A systematic review and meta-regression of clinical decision support uptake	10
Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem	10
Primary aim results of a clustered SMART for developing a school-level, adaptive implementation strategy to support CBT delivery at high schools in Michigan	10
Models and approaches for building knowledge translation capacity and capability in health services: a scoping review	10
Evidence-based Medication knowledge Brokers in Residential Aged CarE (EMBRACE): protocol for a helix-counterbalanced randomised controlled trial	10
Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review	9
Proceedings from the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation	9
Handoffs and transitions in critical care—understanding scalability: study protocol for a multicenter stepped wedge type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial	9
The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research based on user feedback	9
Characteristics and impact of interventions to support healthcare providers’ compliance with guideline recommendations for breast cancer: a systematic literature review	9
Correction: Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review	9
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms	9
The Guideline Language and Format Instrument (GLAFI): development process and international needs assessment survey	9
Aligning intuition and theory: a novel approach to identifying the determinants of behaviours necessary to support implementation of evidence into practice	8
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	8
Examining the complementarity between the ERIC compilation of implementation strategies and the behaviour change technique taxonomy: a qualitative analysis	8
Using Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to investigate facilitators and barriers of implementing alcohol screening and brief intervention among primary care health professionals: a sy	8
Results of a multi-site pragmatic hybrid type 3 cluster randomized trial comparing level of facilitation while implementing an intervention in community-dwelling disabled and older adults in a Medicai	8
Economic evaluation of implementation science outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	8
Can clinician champions reduce potentially inappropriate medications in people living with dementia? Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial	8
Proceedings of the 5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference	8
Evaluation of a program for routine implementation of shared decision-making in cancer care: results of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial	8
Assessing the comparative effectiveness of ECHO and coaching implementation strategies in a jail/provider MOUD implementation trial	8
Deimplementation in the provision of opioid agonist treatment to achieve equity of care for people engaged in treatment: a qualitative study	8
De-Implementing Opioids for Dental Extractions (DIODE): a multi-clinic, cluster-randomized trial of clinical decision support strategies in dentistry	8
Proceedings of the 4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference	8
A scoping review of frameworks in empirical studies and a review of dissemination frameworks	8
Implementing a school-based HIV prevention program during public health emergencies: lessons learned in The Bahamas	8
Implementing traumatic brain injury screening in behavioral health treatment settings: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation	7
Eight characteristics of rigorous multilevel implementation research: a step-by-step guide	7
The effect of audit and feedback and implementation support on guideline adherence and patient outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation: a study protocol for an open-label cluster-randomized effectiveness-i	7
A cluster randomised controlled trial, process and economic evaluation of quality improvement collaboratives aligned to a national audit to improve the care for people with diabetes (EQUIPD): study pr	7
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 tr	7
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 rand	7
Closing the gap: advancing implementation science through training and capacity building	7
Advancing leadership in surgery: a realist review of interventions and strategies to promote evidence-based leadership in healthcare	7
Systems analysis and improvement approach to improve naloxone distribution within syringe service programs: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial	7
Scaling up an intervention to protect preterm infants from neurodevelopmental disabilities — findings from a qualitative process evaluation comparing standard with enhanced quality improvement support	7
Revisiting the policy ecology framework for implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health settings	7
How is tailored implementation undertaken using a self-guided toolkit? Qualitative study of the ItFits-toolkit in the ImpleMentAll project	6
A stepped wedge cluster randomized control trial to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of optimized initiatives in improving quality of care for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction i	6
Capitalizing on facilitators and addressing barriers when implementing active tuberculosis case-finding in six districts of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a qualitative study with key stakeholders	6
Onset PrevenTIon of urinary retention in Orthopaedic Nursing and rehabilitation, OPTION—a study protocol for a randomised trial by a multi-professional facilitator team and their first-line managers’	6
Evaluating the tailored implementation of a multisite care navigation service for mental health in rural and remote Australia (The Bridging Study): protocol for a community-engaged hybrid effectivenes	6
Effectiveness of de-implementation of low-value healthcare practices: an overview of systematic reviews	6
Impact of provincial and national implementation strategies on P2Y12 inhibitor utilization for acute coronary syndrome in the elderly: an interrupted time series analysis from 2008 to 2018	6
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	6
Protocol for a type 3 hybrid implementation cluster randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of patient and clinician nudges to advance the use of genomic medicine across a diverse health syst	6
Implementation and sustainability factors of two early-stage breast cancer conversation aids in diverse practices	6
Rationale and protocol for a cluster randomized pragmatic clinical trial testing behavioral economic implementation strategies to improve tobacco treatment rates for cancer patients who smoke	6
Correction to: Implementation of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: patterns of utilization and evidence development	6

A pragmatic, stepped-wedge, hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for patients with traumatic brain injury	6
Six practical recommendations for improved implementation outcomes reporting	5
Conceptual and relational advances of the PARIHS and i-PARIHS frameworks over the last decade: a critical interpretive synthesis	5
Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Correction to: Effectiveness of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies on health care professionals’ behaviour and patient outcomes in the cancer care context: a systematic review	5
The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs	5
Evaluation of research co-design in health: a systematic overview of reviews and development of a framework	5
Correction: Attitude theory and measurement in implementation science: a secondary review of empirical studies and opportunities for advancement	5
Sustainability, spread, and scale in trials using audit and feedback: a theory-informed, secondary analysis of a systematic review	5