Implementation Science

Facilitation is a promising implementation intervention, which requires theory-informed evaluation. New in Implementation Science, three linked articles outline the first cross-European randomized controlled trial evaluating different methods of facilitation (Seers et al), the embedded realist process evaluation (Rycroft-Malone et al), and the qualitative analysis from the external facilitators’ perspective (Harvey et al).

Gregory Aarons

Dr Aarons is a clinical and organizational psychologist, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, Director of the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center and Co-Director of the Center for Organizational Research on Implementation and Leadership.

We recently introduced two new requirements for all submissions to Implementation Science, effective February 1, 2019: (1) a new article section outlining the paper's 'Contributions to the literature' and (2) adherence to research reporting guidelines.

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.

Editors-in-Chief

Anne Sales, Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Michigan, USA
Michel Wensing, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Paul Wilson, Manchester Business School, UK​​​​​​​