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Health Policy Implementation Science

Health Policy Implementation Science is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1952. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancement of evidence-based practice implementation in healthcare, with a particular emphasis on implementation science, qualitative research methods, healthcare interventions, behavior change, complex interventions, mixed methods research, fidelity of implementation, knowledge translation, and evidence-based practice. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to improving the quality and effectiveness of healthcare delivery through the rigorous study and application of implementation strategies.

  • Implementation Science
  • Qualitative Research
  • Healthcare Interventions
  • Behavior Change
  • Complex Interventions
  • Mixed Methods Research
  • Fidelity of Implementation
  • Knowledge Translation
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Health Services Research
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Health Policy Implementation Science

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Health Policy Implementation Science research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (3.4k and 1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 3.4k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 1k works
  3. 3 Canada 781 works
  4. 4 Australia 720 works
  5. 5 Netherlands 286 works
  6. 6 Germany 218 works
  7. 7 China 154 works
  8. 8 South Africa 147 works
  9. 9 Sweden 145 works
  10. 10 India 114 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 48.8%United Kingdom: 14.5%Canada: 11.2%Australia: 10.3%6 others listed: 15.2%49%largest
United States3,417 · 48.8%United Kingdom1,015 · 14.5%Canada781 · 11.2%Australia720 · 10.3%6 others listed1,065 · 15.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Health Policy Implementation Science research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Health Policy Implementation Science research, followed by University of Toronto and United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 119 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 115 works
  3. 3 United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States 88 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 71 works
  5. 5 University of WashingtonUnited States 62 works
  6. 6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 59 works
  7. 7 The University of SydneyAustralia 56 works
  8. 8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 53 works
  9. 9 University of British ColumbiaCanada 52 works
  10. 10 University of OttawaCanada 47 works

Who are the leading researchers in Health Policy Implementation Science?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Health Policy Implementation Science include David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and Christopher J L Murray.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Douglas G. Altman United Kingdom 862k citations
  3. 3 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  4. 4 Jennifer Tetzlaff Canada 495k citations
  5. 5 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  6. 6 Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 390k citations
  7. 7 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  8. 8 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  9. 9 Matthias Egger Switzerland 326k citations
  10. 10 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Health Policy Implementation Science?

The most cited paper in Health Policy Implementation Science is "Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups" (Allison Tong, Peter Sainsbury, Jonathan C. Craig, 2007), with 43,999 citations. Next come "Rayyan—a web and mobile app for systematic reviews" (26,444) and "Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis" (19,256).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups Allison Tong, Peter Sainsbury, Jonathan C. Craig · International Journal for Quality in Health Care Open access 14 Sep 2007 43,999
2 Rayyan—a web and mobile app for systematic reviews Mourad Ouzzani, Hossam M. Hammady, Zbys Fedorowicz et al. · Systematic Reviews ReviewOpen access Dec 2016 26,444
3 Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health Open access 13 Jun 2019 19,256
4 The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies Erik B von Elm, Douglas G. Altman, Matthias Egger et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Open access 7 Mar 2008 17,652
5 Scoping studies: advancing the methodology Danielle Elaine Levac, Heather L. Colquhoun, Kelly Kathleen O’Brien · Implementation Science Open access 20 Sep 2010 15,551
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Where is Health Policy Implementation Science research done?

The largest centres of Health Policy Implementation Science research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Toronto (Canada), Melbourne (Australia) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Newcastle.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 260 works
  2. 2 TorontoCanada 173 works
  3. 3 MelbourneAustralia 157 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 143 works
  5. 5 SydneyAustralia 133 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C.United States 123 works
  7. 7 Chapel HillUnited States 117 works
  8. 8 BostonUnited States 111 works
  9. 9 BrisbaneAustralia 89 works
  10. 10 OttawaCanada 87 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NewcastleAU · 28.5 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Health Policy Implementation Science than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Health Policy Implementation Science?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Toronto, University College London and University of Oxford score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of TorontoCanada 75.113.8%7.6×115 +19.3%
2University College LondonUnited Kingdom 73.013.2%4.5×54 +44.9%
3University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 70.115.0%3.5×37 +31.6%
4London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 68.316.5%21.0×25 -3.8%
5University of OttawaCanada 67.615.3%9.5×47 -3.0%
6The University of AdelaideAustralia 65.720.9%4.9×15 +6.2%
7University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom 65.514.1%6.1×24 +38.3%
8Monash UniversityAustralia 62.512.7%5.8×42 +52.6%
9University of AberdeenUnited Kingdom 62.217.1%6.8×11 +14.0%
10King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 61.616.4%4.4×28 +11.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Health Policy Implementation Science, country by country

Is Health Policy Implementation Science research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Health Policy Implementation Science.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Health Policy Implementation Science as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Health Policy Implementation Science over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Health Policy Implementation Science9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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