As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
Announcement: COVID-19 impact on peer review
Three opportunities to boost implementation science at a critical time of need
In a recent blog, our Associate Editors Bev Holmes and Alison Hamilton discuss implementation science as a field of study, and explore three opportunities to push this field forward at a time of critical need.
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Implementation of a central-line bundle: a qualitative study of three clinical units
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Daily weekday audit and feedback to clinicians for an inpatient intervention in obstetrics: is there sustained impact over the weekend? A secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study
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Understanding barriers and facilitators to implementation of psychosocial care within orthopedic trauma centers: a qualitative study with multidisciplinary stakeholders from geographically diverse settings
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Comparing inductive and deductive analysis techniques to understand health service implementation problems: a case study of childhood vaccination barriers
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Ten recommendations for using implementation frameworks in research and practice
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Implementing social distancing policy measures in the battle against the coronavirus: protocol of a comparative study of Denmark and Sweden
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Implementation science made too simple: a teaching tool
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Determinants of an evidence-based practice environment: an interpretive description
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From novice to expert: a qualitative study of implementation facilitation skills
Call for papers: Developments in global tobacco and alcohol policy
This cross-journal collection aims to bring together a selection of the latest research and developments surrounding global alcohol and tobacco policy. We are particularly interested in papers that focus on global governance of alcohol and tobacco and global influences on the diffusion of alcohol and tobacco commodities.
Do you have an idea for an article collection? Let us know!
We love to hear what you want to see from Imp Sci Comms. If you have an idea for a future collection, let us know.
Editors-in-Chief
Rebecca Armstrong, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australia
Anne Sales, Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Michigan, USA
Announcing the launch of In Review
Implementation Science Communications, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:
- Share their work with fellow researchers to read, comment on, and cite even before publication.
- Showcase their work to funders and others with a citable DOI while it is still under review.
- Track their manuscript – including seeing when reviewers are invited, and when reports are received.
Read more about the full range of benefits of In Review and how to opt in, or see the In Review platform for yourself here.
Implementation Science Communications included in PubMed and PMC
We’re pleased to share the news that Implementation Science Communications, which launched in February 2020 as a companion journal to Implementation Science, is now indexed in PubMed and PMC.
Our vision
We believe that the journal will provide a home for many of the more descriptive studies in the burgeoning field of implementation science. The journal will welcome research from a broad range of settings and encourage newcomers in the field, all while maintaining a continued focus on rigor and innovation that our readers expect.
-Anne Sales and Rebecca Armstrong, Editors-in-Chief
Aims and scope
Implementation Science Communications, an official companion journal to Implementation Science, is a forum to publish research to foster the uptake of evidence based practices and policies that affect health care delivery and health outcomes in clinical, organizational, or policy contexts.
Implementation Science Communications is an inclusive, multidisciplinary publication for research on implementation intervention development, process evaluations, economic evaluations, and theory-based studies. A champion of open science and transparent peer review, the journal welcomes all studies across the implementation continuum – from planned implementation to evaluations of implementation efforts and natural experiments to planned de-implementation of practices without clear evidence of benefit.
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82 days from submission to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
41 days from submission to first decision for all manuscripts
145 days from submission to acceptance
36 days from acceptance to publication
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