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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review	2138
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach	427
Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial	246
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	238
Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland	211
Correction: Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals	150
The Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability (PRISM)-capabilities model for use of Artificial Intelligence in community-engaged implementation science research	140
Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration	110
Exploring a novel method for optimising the implementation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction tool into primary care: a qualitative study	96
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	95
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms	85
Making implementation science more efficient: capitalizing on opportunities beyond the field	81
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research	80
Proceedings of the 5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference	76
Assessing the comparative effectiveness of ECHO and coaching implementation strategies in a jail/provider MOUD implementation trial	64
Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review	59
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	58
Implementing traumatic brain injury screening in behavioral health treatment settings: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation	58
Evaluation of research co-design in health: a systematic overview of reviews and development of a framework	55
Revisiting the policy ecology framework for implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health settings	54
Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	53
The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs	52
Implementing pharmacist-prescriber collaboration to improve evidence-based anticoagulant use: a randomized trial	50
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	44
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	43

Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia	42
Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations	42
Sustainable deimplementation of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis: study protocol for the Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) type III effectiveness-deimpl	42
Supporting teams with designing for dissemination and sustainability: the design, development, and usability of a digital interactive platform	38
Achieving cardiovascular health equity in community mental health: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid Type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial	38
Integrating knowledge and action: learnings from an implementation program for food security and food sovereignty with First Nations communities within Canada	37
The effectiveness of a knowledge translation intervention on the implementation of NEWS2 in nursing homes, a pragmatic cluster RCT	36
Partisan differences in the effects of economic evidence and local data on legislator engagement with dissemination materials about behavioral health: a dissemination trial	35
Transfer of knowledge to diagnose infant abuse and its incidence – a time-series analysis from Sweden	35
Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health	35
Required sample size to detect mediation in 3-level implementation studies	33
Identifying barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of computerized clinical decision support systems in hospitals: a NASSS framework-informed scoping review	33
Extending analytic methods for economic evaluation in implementation science	33
Community-engaged optimization of COVID-19 rapid evaluation and testing experiences: roll-out implementation optimization trial	32
Process evaluation of two large randomized controlled trials to understand factors influencing family physicians’ use of antibiotic audit and feedback reports	30
Sustaining the collaborative chronic care model in outpatient mental health: a matrixed multiple case study	29
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	27
Scaling up a brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial	27
Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health	26
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: implementation strategies derived from normalization process theory	26
A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	25
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	25
Publisher Correction: A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	25
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	24
Correction: Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples	23
Optimizing responsiveness to feedback about antibiotic prescribing in primary care: protocol for two interrelated randomized implementation trials with embedded process evaluations	23
Implementing an AI-enhanced clinical decision support system for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: a survey-based randomized controlled trial of antibiotic precision and impact on survival	23
Inter-organizational alignment and implementation outcomes in integrated mental healthcare for children and adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study	22
Evidence for objects of implementation in healthcare: considerations for Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications	22
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	22
Cost analysis of implementing a community health worker-led weight reduction randomized-controlled trial among prediabetic south asian patients at primary care sites in NYC	21
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	21
Improving outcomes for hospitalised First Nations peoples through greater cultural safety and better communication: the Communicate Study Partnership study protocol	20
Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem	20
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	20
De-implementing low-value care in cancer care delivery: a systematic review	20
Correction to: Implementation of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: patterns of utilization and evidence development	20
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	19
Can clinician champions reduce potentially inappropriate medications in people living with dementia? Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial	19
Correction: Evidence based QUality Improvement for Prescribing Stewardship in ICU (EQUIPS-ICU): protocol for type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness study	19
Scaling up an intervention to protect preterm infants from neurodevelopmental disabilities — findings from a qualitative process evaluation comparing standard with enhanced quality improvement support	18
The Guideline Language and Format Instrument (GLAFI): development process and international needs assessment survey	18
Characteristics and impact of interventions to support healthcare providers’ compliance with guideline recommendations for breast cancer: a systematic literature review	18
Economic evaluation of implementation science outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	18
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	17
Impact of an adapted diabetes prevention program in a spanish primary care setting: protocol for a type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomized trial (ALADIM)	17
Properties of adaptive, cluster-randomised controlled trials with few clusters: a simulation study	17
Implementing a school-based HIV prevention program during public health emergencies: lessons learned in The Bahamas	16
A randomised fractional factorial screening experiment to predict effective features of audit and feedback	16
Implementation science in humanitarian assistance: applying a novel approach for humanitarian care optimization	15

Leveraging academic initiatives to advance implementation practice: a scoping review of capacity building interventions	15
Adjunctive interventions: change methods directed at recipients that support uptake and use of health innovations	15
Implementation of coordinated spontaneous awakening and breathing trials using telehealth-enabled, real-time audit and feedback for clinician adherence (TEACH): a type II hybrid effectiveness-implemen	15
Assessing the sustainability of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to increase HIV testing in family planning clinics in Mombasa, Kenya: results of a cluster randomized trial	15
Integration of a task strengthening strategy for hypertension management into HIV care in Nigeria: a cluster randomized controlled trial study protocol	15