Navigating the field of implementation science towards maturity: challenges and opportunities
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Background: The field of implementation science has significantly expanded in size and scope over the past two decades, although work related to understanding implementation processes have of course long preceded the more systematic efforts to improve integration of evidence-based interventions into practice settings. While this growth has had significant benefits to research, practice, and policy, there are some clear challenges that this period of adolescence has uncovered. Main body: This invited commentary reflects on the development of implementation science, its rapid growth, and milestones in its establishment as a viable component of the biomedical research enterprise. The authors reflect on progress in research and training, and then unpack some of the consequences of rapid growth, as the field has grappled with the competing challenges of legitimacy among the research community set against the necessary integration and engagement with practice and policy partners. The article then enumerates a set of principles for the field's next developmental stage and espouses the aspirational goal of a “big tent” to support the next generation of impactful science. Conclusion: For implementation science to expand its relevance and impact to practice and policy, researchers must not lose sight of the original purpose of the field—to support improvements in health and health care at scale, the importance of building a community of research and practice among key partners, and the balance of rigor, relevance, and societal benefit.
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- Authors
- Chambers, D. A., & Emmons, K. M.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chambers, David A.
- Venue
- Implementation Science
- Published
- 2024-03-13
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 26-26
- ISSN
- 1748-5908 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10936041
- OpenAlex
- W4392742525
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Implementation Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Keywords
- evidence-based interventions, research-practice collaboration, policy engagement, research legitimacy, health service improvement
- MeSH terms
- Implementation Science, Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Biomedical Research, Policy
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