Table 1.

Words used in different definitions of “implementation science”

From			Goal
Action/ tool	Starting point	Destination	Action/ tool	Result
Translating/ transferring/ transporting/ exchanging (9)	Intervention/ program (20)	Practice/ routine practice (29)	Improve/ change (12)	Quality of health-care (11)
Reducing/ closing gap (8)	Research (11)	Use/ utilization/ routine use (14)	Meet/ achieve (3)	Intervention/ implementation (4)
Promoting uptake (8)	Knowledge (10)	Real-world/ reality/ context/ settings (9)	Deliver (2)	Health-care (3)
Getting/ bringing/ delivering (6)	Evidence (9)	Innovation/ program/ policy (4)	Identify/ clarify (2)	Outcomes/ health outcomes (2)
Understanding (4)	Practice (8)	Knowledge (3)	Other (5)	Other (6)
Implementing (4)	Innovation (5)	Other (10)
Putting (4)	Science/ findings (4)
Bridging/ nexus (5)	Other (8)
Integrating (3)
Promoting/ encouraging (3)
Process (3)
Other (10)

Note: Parentheses indicate the number of times a concept was used in the structure of the definitions. Totals in every column differ since not every definition included all the elements displayed in the table