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Balancing exploration and exploitation in transferring research into practice: a comparison of five knowledge translation entity archetypes

Overview of attention for article published in Implementation Science, September 2013
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Title
Balancing exploration and exploitation in transferring research into practice: a comparison of five knowledge translation entity archetypes
Published in
Implementation Science, September 2013
DOI 10.1186/1748-5908-8-104
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Authors

Eivor Oborn, Michael Barrett, Karl Prince, Girts Racko

Abstract

Translating knowledge from research into clinical practice has emerged as a practice of increasing importance. This has led to the creation of new organizational entities designed to bridge knowledge between research and practice. Within the UK, the Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) have been introduced to ensure that emphasis is placed in ensuring research is more effectively translated and implemented in clinical practice. Knowledge translation (KT) can be accomplished in various ways and is affected by the structures, activities, and coordination practices of organizations. We draw on concepts in the innovation literature--namely exploration, exploitation, and ambidexterity--to examine these structures and activities as well as the ensuing tensions between research and implementation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 2%
Argentina 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 168 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 40 23%
Researcher 29 17%
Student > Master 15 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 7%
Other 11 6%
Other 35 20%
Unknown 32 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 39 22%
Business, Management and Accounting 23 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 20 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 9%
Psychology 7 4%
Other 30 17%
Unknown 39 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 September 2016.
All research outputs
#2,362,200
of 24,026,368 outputs
Outputs from Implementation Science
#505
of 1,749 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#20,677
of 201,253 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Implementation Science
#7
of 37 outputs
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