Editors’ welcome to Implementation Research and Practice

This editorial introduces the new, online-only, open-access, international journal, Implementation Research and Practice (IRP), jointly published by SAGE and the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC). IRP provides rapid publication of interdisciplinary research that advances the implementation in diverse contexts of effective approaches to assess, prevent, and treat mental health, substance use, or other addictive behaviors, in the general population or among those at risk or suffering from these disorders. IRP welcomes a variety of paper types designed to publish empirical, methodological, conceptual, and practical advances, as well as syntheses and perspectives intended to inspire new directions for future research. Consistent with the title of the journal, IRP welcomes manuscripts that stimulate, curate, and align research, policy, and practice.