ReviewPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2022
"What We Have Here, Is a Failure to [Replicate]": Ways to Solve a Replication Crisis in Implementation Science.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022.Implementation science : IS · 2024Pooled it
- Matters arising: a commentary on "Failing to succeed: advancing mechanistic understanding of implementation strategies through retrospective and prospective use of causal pathway diagrams" by Austad et al. 2025.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- Mechanism-informed transition from pediatric to adult care in sickle cell disease: a case study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Minimal progress toward sustainment: 10-year replication of substance use EBP sustainment trajectories and associations with implementation characteristics.Implementation science : IS · 2025Article
- Real-world quantification of implementation dose across twenty-five implementation instances.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- What is necessary for implementation science to actually improve the state of addiction treatment and research?Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Reproducibility of published model-based cancer drug cost-effectiveness analyses: a study protocol for a cross-sectional analysis.BMJ open · 2025Article
- A scoping review on implementation processes and outcomes of models of care for low back pain in primary healthcare.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Adaptive Designs in Implementation Science and Practice: Their Promise and the Need for Greater Understanding and Improved Communication.Annual review of public health · 2024Review
- Sustaining the collaborative chronic care model in outpatient mental health: a matrixed multiple case study.Implementation science : IS · 2024Article
- Using Theories, Models, and Frameworks to Inform Implementation Cycles of Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems in Tertiary Health Care Settings: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Fidelity to the ACT SMART Toolkit: an instrumental case study of implementation strategy fidelity.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
Adapting the classic line from the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, the title is meant to convey that implementation science (IS), like other fields, has not been embracing replication studies, which is a key component to the open science movement. The purpose of this article is to review what is known about replication of implementation trials and identify the gaps and next steps to continue increasing the transparency, openness, and replicability of implementation research. After presenting an overview of study replication and how it is a key component of open science, the article will examine how replication of implementation studies has (or more accurately has not) been approached in IS. As will be discussed, replication in IS shares some challenges with studies that attempt to replicate interventions, but also presents unique challenges. This article discusses different types of replications (e.g., direct vs. conceptual) and how they can benefit the field of IS. The article then presents a specific example of an implementation strategy called Getting To Outcomes© to describe how to design a replication study and interpret the results. The article ends with multiple options implementation scientists could consider to improve the likelihood and quality of replication studies. The discussion also envisions how implementation science can enable researchers and practitioners to work together in real-world contexts to encourage wide replication of implementation studies and advance the goal of improving public health.
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