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).

Bryan Weiner

Prof Weiner is Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Health Services at the University of Washington. He directs the Implementation Science Program in the Department of Global Health and serves as the Strategic Hire in Implementation Science for the School of Public Health.

We are introducing two new requirements for all submissions to Implementation Science, which take effect 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​​​​​​​