OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Implementation Science is 16. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial	2440
Strategies to implement multifactorial falls prevention interventions in community-dwelling older persons: a systematic review	465
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach	292
Optimizing qualitative methods in implementation research: a resource for editors, reviewers, authors, and researchers to dispel ten common misperceptions about qualitative research methods	260
Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration	238
Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland	158
Correction: Identifying behaviour change techniques in 287 randomized controlled trials of audit and feedback interventions targeting practice change among healthcare professionals	154
Making implementation science more efficient: capitalizing on opportunities beyond the field	121
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	105
The Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability (PRISM)-capabilities model for use of Artificial Intelligence in community-engaged implementation science research	100
Exploring a novel method for optimising the implementation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction tool into primary care: a qualitative study	94
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	84
Audit and feedback to reduce unwarranted clinical variation at scale: a realist study of implementation strategy mechanisms	82
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research	72
Proceedings of the 5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference	69
Strategies for de-implementation of low-value care—a scoping review	68
Implementing traumatic brain injury screening in behavioral health treatment settings: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation	62
Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	60
The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs	57
Revisiting the policy ecology framework for implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health settings	55
Implementing prescriber-pharmacist collaboration to improve evidence-based medication prescribing using asynchronous, non-interruptive electronic health record notifications	53
Assessing the comparative effectiveness of ECHO and coaching implementation strategies in a jail/provider MOUD implementation trial	53
Evaluation of research co-design in health: a systematic overview of reviews and development of a framework	51
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	49
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

Achieving cardiovascular health equity in community mental health: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid Type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial	48
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	45
Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia	44
Implementing pharmacist-prescriber collaboration to improve evidence-based anticoagulant use: a randomized trial	42
Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations	42
Implementation outcomes from the Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria program: results from a type 2 hybrid interrupted time series trial	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	41
The effectiveness of a knowledge translation intervention on the implementation of NEWS2 in nursing homes, a pragmatic cluster RCT	41
Supporting teams with designing for dissemination and sustainability: the design, development, and usability of a digital interactive platform	39
Integrating knowledge and action: learnings from an implementation program for food security and food sovereignty with First Nations communities within Canada	37
Transfer of knowledge to diagnose infant abuse and its incidence – a time-series analysis from Sweden	34
Partisan differences in the effects of economic evidence and local data on legislator engagement with dissemination materials about behavioral health: a dissemination trial	32
Extending analytic methods for economic evaluation in implementation science	31
Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health	30
Process evaluation of two large randomized controlled trials to understand factors influencing family physicians’ use of antibiotic audit and feedback reports	29
Identifying barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of computerized clinical decision support systems in hospitals: a NASSS framework-informed scoping review	28
Required sample size to detect mediation in 3-level implementation studies	27
Community-engaged optimization of COVID-19 rapid evaluation and testing experiences: roll-out implementation optimization trial	27
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
Publisher Correction: A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	26
Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health	26
Implementing an AI-enhanced clinical decision support system for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: a survey-based randomized controlled trial of antibiotic precision and impact on survival	25
Getting to Implementation: applying data-driven implementation strategies to improve guideline concordant surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma	25
Optimizing responsiveness to feedback about antibiotic prescribing in primary care: protocol for two interrelated randomized implementation trials with embedded process evaluations	24
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	24
Sustaining the collaborative chronic care model in outpatient mental health: a matrixed multiple case study	24
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	23
Scaling up a brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial	23
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: implementation strategies derived from normalization process theory	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
A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022	22
Correction: Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples	21
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	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
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
Evidence for objects of implementation in healthcare: considerations for Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications	21
Implementing collaborative practices in healthcare settings using champions: a scoping review	21
Navigating qualitative methods choices in dissemination and implementation research	20
Improving outcomes for hospitalised First Nations peoples through greater cultural safety and better communication: the Communicate Study Partnership study protocol	19
De-implementing low-value care in cancer care delivery: a systematic review	19
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	18
Applied methods for matching implementation strategies to determinants: a scoping review of scientific and grey literature, and qualitative exploration of practice experiences	18
Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem	18
Correction: Evidence based QUality Improvement for Prescribing Stewardship in ICU (EQUIPS-ICU): protocol for type III hybrid implementation-effectiveness study	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	17
Can clinician champions reduce potentially inappropriate medications in people living with dementia? Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial	16
Implementing a school-based HIV prevention program during public health emergencies: lessons learned in The Bahamas	16
Scaling up an intervention to protect preterm infants from neurodevelopmental disabilities — findings from a qualitative process evaluation comparing standard with enhanced quality improvement support	16
Characteristics and impact of interventions to support healthcare providers’ compliance with guideline recommendations for breast cancer: a systematic literature review	16

Economic evaluation of implementation science outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	16
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)	16
Properties of adaptive, cluster-randomised controlled trials with few clusters: a simulation study	16