Implementation Science publishes research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in clinical, organizational, or policy contexts.

Applied health related research constantly produces new findings but often these are not routinely translated into healthcare practice. Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of proven clinical treatments, practices, organizational, and management interventions into routine practice, and hence to improve health. This also encompasses the de-implementation of interventions demonstrated to be of low or no clinical benefit and the study of influences on patient, healthcare professional, and organizational behavior in either healthcare or population settings.

The lack of routine uptake of research findings is strategically important for the development of healthcare because it clearly places an invisible ceiling on the potential for research to enhance health. Further, it is scientifically important because it identifies the behavior of healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations as key sources of variance requiring improved empirical and theoretical understanding before effective uptake can be reliably achieved.

Implementation science is an inherently interdisciplinary research area, and the journal is not constrained by any particular research tradition. Implementation Science publishes articles of high scientific rigor using the most appropriate methods to produce valid, generalizable answers to research questions. As well as hosting papers describing the effectiveness of implementation interventions, Implementation Science provides a unique home for rigorous and large-scale intervention development, evaluations of the process by which effects are achieved, economic evaluations of implementation, and the role of theory relevant to implementation research. The journal is also interested in publishing articles that present novel methods (particularly those that have a theoretical basis) for studying implementation processes and interventions. We are also interested in receiving articles that address methodologically robust study of the de-implementation of ineffective clinical and organizational practices.

We welcome study protocols of large and innovative research, but these will only be considered if the study is received within 12 months of ethics approval and been approved for funding through external peer review via an established funding body at the national level in the respective country. We do not consider protocols for systematic reviews.

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Editors-in-Chief
Michel Wensing, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Paul Wilson, University of Manchester, UK
Associate Editors
Gregory Aarons, University of California, San Diego, USA
Signe Flottorp, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and University of Oslo, Norway
Alison Hutchinson, Deakin University, Australia
Justin Presseau, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
Anne Rogers, University of Southampton, UK
Nick Sevdalis, King's College London, UK
Janet Squires, University of Ottawa, Canada
Sharon Straus, University of Toronto, Canada
Bryan Weiner, University of Washington, USA
Editorial Board
Rebecca Armstrong, National Disability Insurance Agency, Australia
Andrew Booth, University of Sheffield, UK
Jeffrey Braithwaite, Macquarie University, Australia
Melissa Brouwers, McMaster University, Canada
C Hendricks Brown, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
Jan Clarkson, University of Dundee, UK
Geoffrey Curran, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Laura Damschroder, VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research, USA
Dawn Dowding, Columbia University, USA
Fadi El-Jardali, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Moriah Ellen, Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel
Tracey Farragher, University of Leeds, UK
Robbie Foy, University of Leeds, UK
Jochen Gensichen, University Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany
Russell Glasgow, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, USA
Liz Glidewell, University of Leeds, UK
Don Goldmann, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, USA
Ralph Gonzales, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Ian Graham, University of Ottawa, Canada
Jeremy Grimshaw, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Canada
Alison Hamilton, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, USA
Steven Hanna, McMaster University, Canada
Bev J. Holmes, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Canada
Cheryl Hunter, University of Leeds, UK
Noah Michael Ivers, University of Toronto, Canada
Theodore Iwashyna, University of Michigan, USA
Bridie Kent, Plymouth University, UK 
Sarah Krein, University of Michigan, USA
Deborah L. Lauseng, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Martin Lee, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, USA
France Légaré, Université Laval, Canada
Chuan-Fen Liu, University of Washington, USA
Fabiana Lorencatto, City University London, UK
Marjukka Makela, Stakes (National R&D Institute for Welfare and Health), Finland
Carl May, University of Southampton, UK
Ann McKibbon, McMaster University, Canada
Susan Michie, University College London, UK 
Wynne Norton, National Cancer Institute, USA
John Ovretveit, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Gretchen Piatt, University of Michigan, USA
Byron J. Powell, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Enola Proctor, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Craig Ramsay, University of Aberdeen, UK
Tim Rapley, Newcastle University, UK
Scott Roesch, San Diego State University, USA
Jo Rycroft-Malone, Bangor University, UK
Anne Sales, Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Michigan, USA
Rob Sanson-Fisher, University of Newcastle, Australia
Leif I. Solberg, HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, USA
Nicholas Steel, University of East Anglia, UK
Tim Stokes, University of Otago, New Zealand
Lars Wallin, Dalarna University, Sweden
Cathleen Elizabeth Willging, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA
Luke Wolfenden, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Kath Wright, University of York, UK
Editors Emeriti
Anne Sales (2012-2019)
Martin Eccles (2005-2012)
Brian Mittman (2005-2011)