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.
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, Founding Editors-in-Chief
This editorial describes the mission, scope, and expectations of Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications and highlights some differences between the journals. We intend to support authors in their consideration on whether to submit to the journals, and hope we will continue to receive many high-quality submissions in the coming years.
Read MoreWe’re pleased to share that Implementation Science Communications, which launched in February 2020 as a companion journal to Implementation Science, is accepted for indexing in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, and indexed in PubMed, PMC and Scopus.
It is due to receive its first Impact Factor from Clarivate in June 2025, and received a first CiteScore from Scopus in June 2024 of 4.2.
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.
Read moreCross-journal collection:
Advancing the Science and Metrics on the Pace of Implementation
Organized by Enola Proctor, Alex Ramsey and Gila Neta
Cross-journal collection:
Generalizing and Context in Implementation Research: Tensions and Opportunities
Guest edited by Whitney Irie, Aaloke Mody and Radhika Sundararajan
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Citation Impact 2023
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.978
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.831
Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 24
Submission to acceptance (median days): 167
Usage 2023
Downloads: 694,302
Altmetric mentions: 2,140
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