This journal publishes research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine community service and empowerment practices, specifically within the context of Islamic integration and coastal communities.

Applied health-related research consistently generates new findings, yet these are often not routinely translated into community service practice. Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of proven clinical treatments, practices, organizational, and management interventions into routine practice, thereby improving community health and well-being. This scope also encompasses the de-implementation of interventions demonstrated to be of low or no community benefit, as well as the study of influences on community target behavior, health professionals, and organizational behavior within community service contexts.

The lack of routine uptake of research findings is strategically important for the development of public health because it clearly imposes an invisible ceiling on research’s potential to enhance health. Furthermore, it is scientifically crucial as it identifies the behavior of service professionals and organizations as key sources of variance requiring improved empirical and theoretical understanding before effective uptake can be reliably achieved.

Implementation science is an inherently interdisciplinary research area, and this journal is not constrained by any particular research tradition. The journal publishes articles of high scientific rigor, utilizing the most appropriate methods to produce valid, generalizable answers to research questions.

While the Journal primarily focuses on community service activities integrating Islamic principles and coastal communities, we are also open to rigorous community service and empowerment activities in the fields of:

• Public Health

• Medicine

• Nursing

• Midwifery, and

• Other Health Professions

In addition to hosting papers describing the effectiveness of implementation interventions, the Journal provides a unique home for rigorous, large-scale intervention development, evaluations of the process by which effects are achieved, economic evaluations of implementation, and the role of theory relevant to implementation research. The journal is also interested in publishing articles that present novel methods (particularly those that have a theoretical basis) for studying implementation processes and interventions. We are also interested in receiving articles that address methodologically robust studies of the de-implementation of ineffective clinical and organizational practices.

We welcome study protocols of large and innovative research, but these will only be considered if the study is received within 12 months of ethics approval and has been approved for funding through external peer review by an established national funding body in the respective country. We do not consider protocols for systematic reviews.

We are advocates for theoretically informed research. When deploying specific theories and frameworks in studies, the rationale for their use needs to be convincingly presented. We also expect authors to ensure that these are not applied in a superficial or tokenistic fashion. Instead, we recommend an in-depth engagement with selected theories and frameworks throughout the manuscript. Theories and frameworks should explicitly inform research aims and objectives, guide data collection and data analysis, shape the presentation of findings, and provide a basis for articulating the study’s contribution in the discussion section.