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Featured Editorial: Implementation science grant terminations in the United States
The Editors-in-Chief of Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications reflect on the topical areas and methods that are most affected by the termination of grants supporting implementation science work in the USA and globally, and consider potential implications for the field.
Read MoreFeatured 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.
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When the parts are greater than the whole: how understanding mechanisms can advance implementation research
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A pragmatic randomized trial to compare strategies for implementing primary HPV testing for routine cervical cancer screening in a large healthcare system
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Implementation science grant terminations in the United States
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Community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in Chicago (CIRCL-Chicago): protocol for a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study using a parallel cluster-randomized trial design
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The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions
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A theory of organizational readiness for change
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Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks
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Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science
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A guide to using the Theoretical Domains Framework of behaviour change to investigate implementation problems
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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.
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Webinar: Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices for Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health
Check out the recording here. This webinar showcases publications focusing on strategies for implementing evidence-based practices that will make a real difference to improving maternal and neonatal health.
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.
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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
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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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 8.8
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 9.2
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 3.222
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 2.964
Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 29
Submission to acceptance (median days): 134
Usage 2024
Downloads: 3,881,215
Altmetric mentions: 1,451