| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science | Implementation Science | 2009 | 8,265 |
| 2 | Scoping studies: advancing the methodology | Implementation Science | 2010 | 7,812 |
| 3 | The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions | Implementation Science | 2011 | 6,856 |
| 4 | Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behaviour change and implementation research | Implementation Science | 2012 | 2,761 |
| 5 | Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks | Implementation Science | 2015 | 2,324 |
| 6 | A refined compilation of implementation strategies: results from the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) project | Implementation Science | 2015 | 2,295 |
| 7 | A guide to using the Theoretical Domains Framework of behaviour change to investigate implementation problems | Implementation Science | 2017 | 1,734 |
| 8 | Knowledge translation of research findings | Implementation Science | 2012 | 1,586 |
| 9 | A conceptual framework for implementation fidelity | Implementation Science | 2007 | 1,474 |
| 10 | Welcome to Implementation Science | Implementation Science | 2006 | 1,304 |
| 11 | Implementation strategies: recommendations for specifying and reporting | Implementation Science | 2013 | 1,287 |
| 12 | A theory of organizational readiness for change | Implementation Science | 2009 | 1,134 |
| 13 | The dynamic sustainability framework: addressing the paradox of sustainment amid ongoing change | Implementation Science | 2013 | 1,022 |
| 14 | Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures | Implementation Science | 2017 | 960 |
| 15 | Evaluating the successful implementation of evidence into practice using the PARiHS framework: theoretical and practical challenges | Implementation Science | 2008 | 940 |
| 16 | Developing theory-informed behaviour change interventions to implement evidence into practice: a systematic approach using the Theoretical Domains Framework | Implementation Science | 2012 | 928 |
| 17 | The sustainability of new programs and innovations: a review of the empirical literature and recommendations for future research | Implementation Science | 2012 | 856 |
| 18 | Development of a theory of implementation and integration: Normalization Process Theory | Implementation Science | 2009 | 839 |
| 19 | Healthcare professionals' intentions and behaviours: A systematic review of studies based on social cognitive theories | Implementation Science | 2008 | 733 |
| 20 | A systematic review of the use of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research | Implementation Science | 2015 | 731 |
| 21 | Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method | Implementation Science | 2009 | 728 |
| 22 | A checklist for identifying determinants of practice: A systematic review and synthesis of frameworks and taxonomies of factors that prevent or enable improvements in healthcare professional practice | Implementation Science | 2013 | 701 |
| 23 | Factors that influence the implementation of e-health: a systematic review of systematic reviews (an update) | Implementation Science | 2016 | 636 |
| 24 | Systematic review of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework | Implementation Science | 2019 | 635 |
| 25 | PARIHS revisited: from heuristic to integrated framework for the successful implementation of knowledge into practice | Implementation Science | 2015 | 630 |
| 26 | Individual determinants of research utilization by nurses: a systematic review update | Implementation Science | 2011 | 597 |
| 27 | Engaging patients to improve quality of care: a systematic review | Implementation Science | 2018 | 586 |
| 28 | Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introduction to the series | Implementation Science | 2018 | 578 |
| 29 | Barriers and facilitators to implementing shared decision-making in clinical practice: a systematic review of health professionals' perceptions | Implementation Science | 2006 | 563 |
| 30 | The FRAME: an expanded framework for reporting adaptations and modifications to evidence-based interventions | Implementation Science | 2019 | 557 |
| 31 | Measuring factors affecting implementation of health innovations: a systematic review of structural, organizational, provider, patient, and innovation level measures | Implementation Science | 2013 | 550 |
| 32 | Implementation, context and complexity | Implementation Science | 2016 | 542 |
| 33 | Making sense of complexity in context and implementation: the Context and Implementation of Complex Interventions (CICI) framework | Implementation Science | 2017 | 533 |
| 34 | Mapping new theoretical and methodological terrain for knowledge translation: contributions from critical realism and the arts | Implementation Science | 2009 | 523 |
| 35 | Expediting systematic reviews: methods and implications of rapid reviews | Implementation Science | 2010 | 512 |
| 36 | What’s in a mechanism? Development of a key concept in realist evaluation | Implementation Science | 2015 | 502 |
| 37 | Use of concept mapping to characterize relationships among implementation strategies and assess their feasibility and importance: results from the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) study | Implementation Science | 2015 | 492 |
| 38 | Evidence-based de-implementation for contradicted, unproven, and aspiring healthcare practices | Implementation Science | 2014 | 486 |
| 39 | Knowledge transfer for the management of dementia: a cluster-randomised trial of blended learning in general practice | Implementation Science | 2010 | 476 |
| 40 | Evaluation of a large-scale weight management program using the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR) | Implementation Science | 2013 | 466 |
| 41 | Towards a general theory of implementation | Implementation Science | 2013 | 463 |
| 42 | Development of a framework and coding system for modifications and adaptations of evidence-based interventions | Implementation Science | 2013 | 458 |
| 43 | Implementing evidence-based interventions in health care: application of the replicating effective programs framework | Implementation Science | 2007 | 449 |
| 44 | Realist synthesis: illustrating the method for implementation research | Implementation Science | 2012 | 444 |
| 45 | Organizational readiness for implementing change: a psychometric assessment of a new measure | Implementation Science | 2014 | 426 |
| 46 | Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to produce actionable findings: a rapid-cycle evaluation approach to improving implementation | Implementation Science | 2017 | 420 |
| 47 | Choosing implementation strategies to address contextual barriers: diversity in recommendations and future directions | Implementation Science | 2019 | 405 |
| 48 | The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research based on user feedback | Implementation Science | 2022 | 405 |
| 49 | A systematic review of the use of theory in the design of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies and interpretation of the results of rigorous evaluations | Implementation Science | 2010 | 392 |
| 50 | Research in action: using positive deviance to improve quality of health care | Implementation Science | 2009 | 374 |
