Academic Journal
Q1Implementation Science Communications
About Implementation Science Communications
Implementation Science Communications is a scholarly journal published by BioMed Central Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.343 and H-index of 34.
Coverage: 2020-2026. Research categories: Health Informatics (Q1); Health Policy (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1).
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- Journal Impact Factor: 3.5 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
- Editor(s): Elvin Geng MD, MPH; Prof. Dong (Roman) Xu MPP, PhD (Editors-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
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Topics in published research
Health Policy Implementation Science; Mental Health and Patient Involvement; Community Health and Development; HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions; Health Sciences Research and Education; Primary Care and Health Outcomes.
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Implementation mapping, research capacity building and reflexivity: a case study on how to select implementation strategies to increase reach of HPV vaccination in Zambia
Ana A. Baumann, Comfort Asante, Sarah Burack, Lindsey Kaufman et al.
2026-10-03 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01131-6Data-driven implementation science synthesis: a topic modeling approach to understand implementation science in the biomedical literature
Laura Ellen Ashcraft, Hayoung K. Donnelly, Joseph D. Romano, Sarah I. Daniels et al.
2026-10-03 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01110-xDigital maternal health interventions in resource-constrained settings: a RE-AIM evaluation of the e-SAATHI chatbot in Assam, India
Swapnil Rawat, Charlotte E. Warren, Ben Bellows, Sowmya Ramesh et al.
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01123-6Tailoring site-specific implementation strategy selection for a multi-site cesarean risk calculator trial: a mixed-methods approach
Rebecca Hamm, Rebecca R. R. Clark, Mucio K. Delgado, Elizabeth A. Howell et al.
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01130-7Barriers and facilitators of implementing a lung cancer screening initiative in Singapore: a mixed-methods implementation research study using the i-PARIHS framework
Harshini Suresh, Zhi Ying Ng, Darren Wan-Teck Lim, Gillianne Geet Yi Lai et al.
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01117-4Validation of the extended version of the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS-X)
Mark G. Ehrhart, Nathaniel J. Williams, Marisa Sklar, Emily M. Becker-Haimes et al.
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01092-wLeadership coaching as an implementation strategy to enhance adoption of a relational playbook and team well-being: a pilot randomized clinical trial in cardiology teams
Heather M. Gilmartin, Robert Klocko, Edward Hess, Marguerite Daus et al.
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01116-5Implementing environmentally sustainable behavior in healthcare: an illustration of why behavioral definitions matter
Monique Chambon, Myrthe M. M. Eussen, Stijn Bluiminck, Carys Batcup et al.
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01113-8What happens after project funding ends? A qualitative study of sustainability and adaptation of a cardiovascular disease prevention intervention in Mukono and Buikwe districts in Uganda
Paineto Masengere, Geofrey Musinguzi, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Hilde Bastiaens et al.
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01109-4Operationalising the i-PARiHS framework through iterative PDSA cycles to redesign a transcatheter aortic valve implantation program: a theory-driven implementation study
Katherine Kulyk, Caitlyn Cater, Edward Quine, Kyra (Alecx) Motus et al.
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01118-3Beyond co-creation: why community-centered research ecosystems and advancing community research capacity building is implementation science’s next frontier
Ashley Hui Ying Teh, Shao Yuan Chong, Eleanor J. Ong
2026-09-28 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01032-8Implementation strategies for multi-component school behavioral health interventions: a scoping review
Kristen Figas, Sarah R. Edmunds, Aidyn Iachini, Ronald J. Prinz et al.
2026-09-26 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01119-2Caring beyond walls: a rapid realist review of the implementation of virtual wards
Owen Doody, Anna Hogan, Claire O’Donnell, Martina Giltenane et al.
2026-09-26 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01122-7When implementation proceeds without embedding: two failure modes from a pilot process evaluation in primary care
Javier Roberti, Juan Pedro Alonso, Lisa Hirschhorn, Agustina Mazzoni et al.
2026-09-19 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01101-yLeveraging community health workers for the promotion of Breast Cancer Awareness and Timely Help-Seeking Behaviour (BreCATH-B study), among underserved rural population in Kenya: a protocol for a hybrid type II cluster randomised controlled trial
Peter N. Kailemia, Victoria Mukami, Moses M. Ngari, Moses Muriithi et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01105-8Implementation pathways of the Diabetes Prevention Program in healthcare settings: a systematic review of barriers and facilitators
Miquel Colom-Rosselló, Miquel Bennasar-Veny, Ivonne C. Hernández-Bermúdez, Manuela Abbate et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01108-5Implementation determinants of a national hub-and-spoke tele-oncology service: a CFIR 2.0 framework analysis of the VA National TeleOncology service
Laiba Husain, George L. Jackson, Timothy Hogan, Navid Dardashti et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01093-9When is AI “just another innovation”? A comparative conceptual analysis of artificial intelligence and evidence-based practice implementation
Per Nilsen, Kathrine Hald, Margit Neher
2026-09-10 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01103-wTracking implementation strategies using the Iowa Implementation for Sustainability Framework (IISF) in real world settings: VA Office of Rural Health enterprise-wide initiatives
Kirsten Hanrahan, Anna Krupp, Elyse Laures, Laura Cullen et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01097-5Understanding variation between kidney centres in implementation of tolvaptan in the management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a multiple case study
Matthew Gittus, James Fotheringham, Albert C. M. Ong, Alicia O’Cathain et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01087-7Reviews
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