OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Implementation Science is 14. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review	1657
Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial	354
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach	338
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective	202
Understanding adaptations in the Veteran Health Administration’s Transitions Nurse Program: refining methodology and pragmatic implications for scale-up	160
Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE): a protocol for a hybrid III parallel cluster randomised controlled trial	152
Exploring a novel method for optimising the implementation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction tool into primary care: a qualitative study	144
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	121
Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland	119
Correction: Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals	106
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	99
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms	88
Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration	79
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research	73
Making implementation science more efficient: capitalizing on opportunities beyond the field	72
Assessing the comparative effectiveness of ECHO and coaching implementation strategies in a jail/provider MOUD implementation trial	64
Proceedings of the 5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference	64
Implementing traumatic brain injury screening in behavioral health treatment settings: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation	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	57
The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs	54
Evaluation of research co-design in health: a systematic overview of reviews and development of a framework	50
Revisiting the policy ecology framework for implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health settings	46
Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review	45
Implementing pharmacist-prescriber collaboration to improve evidence-based anticoagulant use: a randomized trial	45
Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	45

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	41
Sustainable deimplementation of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis: study protocol for the Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) type III effectiveness-deimpl	40
What behaviour change techniques have been used to improve adherence to evidence-based low back pain imaging?	39
Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations	38
Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia	37
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	37
Dissemination interventions to improve healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Supporting teams with designing for dissemination and sustainability: the design, development, and usability of a digital interactive platform	35
Integrating knowledge and action: learnings from an implementation program for food security and food sovereignty with First Nations communities within Canada	35
The effectiveness of a knowledge translation intervention on the implementation of NEWS2 in nursing homes, a pragmatic cluster RCT	35
Transfer of knowledge to diagnose infant abuse and its incidence – a time-series analysis from Sweden	33
Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health	33
Process evaluation of two large randomized controlled trials to understand factors influencing family physicians’ use of antibiotic audit and feedback reports	30
Community-engaged optimization of COVID-19 rapid evaluation and testing experiences: roll-out implementation optimization trial	29
Required sample size to detect mediation in 3-level implementation studies	29
Partisan differences in the effects of economic evidence and local data on legislator engagement with dissemination materials about behavioral health: a dissemination trial	29
Behavioral economic implementation strategies to improve serious illness communication between clinicians and high-risk patients with cancer: protocol for a cluster randomized pragmatic trial	27
Extending analytic methods for economic evaluation in implementation science	26
Identifying barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of computerized clinical decision support systems in hospitals: a NASSS framework-informed scoping review	26
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	26
Sustaining the collaborative chronic care model in outpatient mental health: a matrixed multiple case study	25
Scaling up a brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial	24
Publisher Correction: A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	23
Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health	23
Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis	23
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	22
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	22
A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	22
Optimizing responsiveness to feedback about antibiotic prescribing in primary care: protocol for two interrelated randomized implementation trials with embedded process evaluations	22
Response to letter to the editor	21
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	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
Correction: Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples	19
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	19
De-implementing low-value care in cancer care delivery: a systematic review	18
Improving outcomes for hospitalised First Nations peoples through greater cultural safety and better communication: the Communicate Study Partnership study protocol	18
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	18
Attitude theory and measurement in implementation science: a secondary review of empirical studies and opportunities for advancement	18
Evidence for objects of implementation in healthcare: considerations for Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications	18
Inter-organizational alignment and implementation outcomes in integrated mental healthcare for children and adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study	18
Correction to: Implementation of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: patterns of utilization and evidence development	17
Scaling up an intervention to protect preterm infants from neurodevelopmental disabilities — findings from a qualitative process evaluation comparing standard with enhanced quality improvement support	17
Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem	17
Can clinician champions reduce potentially inappropriate medications in people living with dementia? Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial	17
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	16
Characteristics and impact of interventions to support healthcare providers’ compliance with guideline recommendations for breast cancer: a systematic literature review	16
Correction: Evidence based QUality Improvement for Prescribing Stewardship in ICU (EQUIPS-ICU): protocol for type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness study	16
The Guideline Language and Format Instrument (GLAFI): development process and international needs assessment survey	15
Implementing a school-based HIV prevention program during public health emergencies: lessons learned in The Bahamas	15
Economic evaluation of implementation science outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	15

Properties of adaptive, cluster-randomised controlled trials with few clusters: a simulation study	15
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)	15
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	14
Adjunctive interventions: change methods directed at recipients that support uptake and use of health innovations	14
A randomised fractional factorial screening experiment to predict effective features of audit and feedback	14
Implementation science in humanitarian assistance: applying a novel approach for humanitarian care optimization	14
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	14
Integration of a task strengthening strategy for hypertension management into HIV care in Nigeria: a cluster randomized controlled trial study protocol	14