Foy, R, Sales, A, Wensing, M et al. (9 more authors) (2015) Implementation science: A reappraisal of our journal mission and scope. Implementation Science, 10. 51. ISSN 1748-5908
Abstract
The implementation of research findings into healthcare practice has become increasingly recognised as a major priority for researchers, service providers, research funders and policymakers over the past decade. Nine years after its establishment, Implementation Science, an international online open access journal, currently publishes over 150 articles each year. This is fewer than 30% of those submitted for publication. The majority of manuscript rejections occur at the point of initial editorial screening, frequently because we judge them to fall outside of journal scope. There are a number of common reasons as to why manuscripts are rejected on grounds of scope. Furthermore, as the field of implementation research has evolved and our journal submissions have risen, we have, out of necessity, had to become more selective in what we publish. We have also expanded our scope, particularly around patient-mediated and population health interventions, and will monitor the impact of such changes. We hope this editorial on our evolving priorities and common reasons for rejection without peer review will help authors to better judge the relevance of their papers to Implementation Science.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Foy et al.; licensee BioMed Central. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
Keywords: | Implementation research; Methodology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Academic Unit of Primary Care (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2015 11:02 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2019 12:34 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0240-2 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s13012-015-0240-2 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86552 |
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