Implementation Science

Featured Editorial: Evidence for objects of implementation in healthcare

The Editors-in-Chief of Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications reflect on what is meant by implementation of evidence-based practices, programmes, or policies in healthcare in the context of the journals' aims and scope.

Featured Editorial: Revisiting the scope and expectations of Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications

This October 2024 editorial updates the scope and submission expectations of Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications. We refine our protocol publishing policies and set out new expectations for reporting studies describing determinants and their relationship with implementation outcomes.

Looking under the hood of a hybrid two-way texting intervention to improve early retention on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: an implementation fidelity evaluation

Authors: Robin E. Klabbers, Caryl Feldacker, Jacqueline Huwa, Christine Kiruthu-Kamamia, Agness Thawani and Hannock Tweya

Content type: Research 22 January 2025
Improving the adoption of a school-based nutrition program: findings from a collaborative network of randomised trials

Authors: Courtney Barnes, Rachel Sutherland, Lisa Janssen, Jannah Jones, Katie Robertson, Justine Gowland-Ella, Nicola Kerr, Aimee Mitchell, Karen Gillham, Alison L. Brown and Luke Wolfenden

Content type: Research 16 January 2025
Finding the right dose: a scoping review examining facilitation as an implementation strategy for evidence-based stroke care

Authors: Oyebola Fasugba, Heilok Cheng, Simeon Dale, Kelly Coughlan, Elizabeth McInnes, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Ngai W. Cheung, Kelvin Hill, Kirsty Page, Estela Sanjuan Menendez, Emily Neal, Vivien Pollnow, Julia Slark, Eileen Gilder, Anna Ranta, Christopher Levi…

Content type: Systematic review 13 January 2025
Study protocol for a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial of a team-based implementation strategy to support educators’ use of a social engagement intervention

Authors: Jill Locke, Aksheya Sridhar, Wendy Shih, Stephanie Shire, Andria B. Eisman, Emily Kim, Adora Du, Christine Espeland and Connie Kasari

Content type: Study protocol 9 January 2025
Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach

Authors: Viola Pavoncello, Irina Kislaya, Diavolana Koecher Andrianarimanana, Valentina Marchese, Rivo Rakotomalala, Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Simon Veilleux, Ariane Guth, Alexina Olivasoa Tsiky Zafinimampera, Sonya Ratefiarisoa, Olivette Totofotsy, Cheick Oumar Doumbia, Rivomalala Rakotonavalona, Holinirina Ramananjanahary, Zely Arivelo Randriamanantany, Jürgen May…

Content type: Research 9 January 2025

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The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions

Authors: Susan Michie, Maartje M van Stralen and Robert West

Content type: Research 23 April 2011
A theory of organizational readiness for change

Authors: Bryan J Weiner

Content type: Debate 19 October 2009
Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks

Authors: Per Nilsen

Content type: Debate 21 April 2015
Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science

Authors: Laura J Damschroder, David C Aron, Rosalind E Keith, Susan R Kirsh, Jeffery A Alexander and Julie C Lowery

Content type: Research article 7 August 2009
A guide to using the Theoretical Domains Framework of behaviour change to investigate implementation problems

Authors: Lou Atkins, Jill Francis, Rafat Islam, Denise O’Connor, Andrea Patey, Noah Ivers, Robbie Foy, Eilidh M. Duncan, Heather Colquhoun, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Rebecca Lawton and Susan Michie

Content type: Methodology 21 June 2017

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Exploring the frontiers of research co-production: the Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network concept papers

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Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases

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Translating research in elder care: an applied program of health services research

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Developing clinical practice guidelines

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Announcing the launch of In Review

Implementation Science, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

Share their work with fellow researchers to read, comment on, and cite even before publication.
Showcase their work to funders and others with a citable DOI while it is still under review.
Track their manuscript – including seeing when reviewers are invited, and when reports are received.

Read more about the full range of benefits of In Review and how to opt in, or see the In Review platform for yourself here.

Aims and scope

Implementation Science is a pioneering, highly-accessed journal dedicated to publishing evidence regarding methods for promoting the uptake of consolidated research findings into routine healthcare practice and health policy.

Implementation Science provides a unique, multidisciplinary platform for research on implementation strategies, including their development, outcomes, economics, process by which effects are achieved, and factors associated with implementation outcomes. The journal has a particular interest in rigorous studies and novel, theory-based approaches, and covers implementation science across the full spectrum of healthcare services and settings.

Call for papers

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Advancing the Science and Metrics on the Pace of Implementation
Organized by Enola Proctor, Alex Ramsey and Gila Neta

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Generalizing and Context in Implementation Research: Tensions and Opportunities
Guest edited by Whitney Irie, Aaloke Mody and Radhika Sundararajan

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Announcing: Implementation Science Communications

We are delighted to share that Implementation Science Communications (ISC), which launched as a companion journal to Implementation Science in 2020, is now indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, PubMed, PMC and Scopus.

It is due to receive its first Impact Factor from Clarivate in June 2025, and received a first CiteScore from Scopus in June 2024 of 4.2.

Read about the journal's launch and its aims and scope in the Implementation Science editorial here, and visit ISC for more information.

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Featured Editorial: Evidence for objects of implementation in healthcare

Featured Editorial: Revisiting the scope and expectations of Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications

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Looking under the hood of a hybrid two-way texting intervention to improve early retention on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: an implementation fidelity evaluation

Improving the adoption of a school-based nutrition program: findings from a collaborative network of randomised trials

Finding the right dose: a scoping review examining facilitation as an implementation strategy for evidence-based stroke care

Study protocol for a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial of a team-based implementation strategy to support educators’ use of a social engagement intervention

Optimizing vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Madagascar using an adaptive approach

The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions

A theory of organizational readiness for change

Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks

Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science

A guide to using the Theoretical Domains Framework of behaviour change to investigate implementation problems

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