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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. 36.5% 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%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
36.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+39%
the tick is no change

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 (2.9k and 850 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.9k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 850 works
  3. 3 Canada 679 works
  4. 4 Australia 627 works
  5. 5 Netherlands 246 works
  6. 6 Germany 183 works
  7. 7 South Africa 121 works
  8. 8 Sweden 118 works
  9. 9 China 101 works
  10. 10 Norway 85 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: 49.4%United Kingdom: 14.3%Canada: 11.4%Australia: 10.5%6 others listed: 14.4%49%largest
United States2,936 · 49.4%United Kingdom850 · 14.3%Canada679 · 11.4%Australia627 · 10.5%6 others listed854 · 14.4%

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

Which institutions lead Health Policy Implementation Science research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Health Policy Implementation Science research, followed by University of Toronto and University of Washington.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 90 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 48 works
  3. 3 University of WashingtonUnited States 48 works
  4. 4 The University of SydneyAustralia 44 works
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 42 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 40 works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 35 works
  8. 8 Monash UniversityAustralia 34 works
  9. 9 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 32 works
  10. 10 McMaster UniversityCanada 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Health Policy Implementation Science?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Health Policy Implementation Science include David Moher, Andrea C. Tricco and Jeremy Grimshaw.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 38k citations
  2. 2 Andrea C. Tricco Canada 18k citations
  3. 3 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada 14k citations
  4. 4 Vivian Welch Canada 14k citations
  5. 5 Tammy Hoffmann Australia 13k citations
  6. 6 James Thomas United Kingdom 13k citations
  7. 7 Sue Brennan Australia 13k citations
  8. 8 Gordon Guyatt Canada 6.8k citations

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

Where is Health Policy Implementation Science research done?

The largest centres of Health Policy Implementation Science research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 220 works
  2. 2 Toronto Canada 148 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 137 works
  4. 4 New York United States 124 works
  5. 5 Sydney Australia 116 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 108 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 97 works
  8. 8 Chapel Hill United States 94 works
  9. 9 Brisbane Australia 76 works
  10. 10 Ottawa Canada 75 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NewcastleAU · 25.1 works12×
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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, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Flinders University 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 42.48%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 21, 38.3%Memorial University of Newfoundland: 11, 45.6%Flinders University: 17, 40.5%University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: 17, 36.4%Macquarie University: 11, 52.2%The University of Sydney: 44, 35.7%University College London: 40, 44.1%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 13, 47.8%Washington University in St. Louis: 32, 44.6%Northwestern University: 28, 39.6%Memorial University …Flinders UniversityLondon School of Hyg…University of Colora…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 69.738.3%20.4×21 +65.8%
2 Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada 65.045.6%7.7×11 +293.8%
3 Flinders UniversityAustralia 63.240.5%10.8×17 +72.7%
4 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 62.336.4%9.0×17 +204.7%
5 Macquarie UniversityAustralia 59.852.2%4.2×11 +454.2%
6 The University of SydneyAustralia 58.735.7%6.4×44 +88.3%
7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 58.044.1%4.2×40 +74.0%
8 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 57.947.8%5.0×13 +144.0%
9 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 57.744.6%6.6×32 +43.3%
10 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 56.939.6%6.0×28 +123.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Health Policy Implementation Science research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.