| Is realist evaluation keeping its promise? A review of published empirical studies in the field of health systems research B Marchal, S Van Belle, J Van Olmen, T Hoerée, G Kegels Evaluation 18 (2), 192-212, 2012 | 477 | 2012 |
| Realist RCTs of complex interventions–an oxymoron B Marchal, G Westhorp, G Wong, S Van Belle, T Greenhalgh, G Kegels, ... Social Science & Medicine 94, 124-128, 2013 | 204 | 2013 |
| Performance-based financing in low-income and middle-income countries: isn’t it time for a rethink? E Paul, L Albert, BNS Bisala, O Bodson, E Bonnet, P Bossyns, S Colombo, ... BMJ global health 3 (1), e000664, 2018 | 136 | 2018 |
| The health system dynamics framework: the introduction of an analytical model for health system analysis and its application to two case-studies J Van Olmen, B Criel, U Bhojani, B Marchal, S Van Belle, F Chenge, ... Health culture and society 2 (1), 1-21, 2012 | 129 | 2012 |
| How to develop a theory-driven evaluation design? Lessons learned from an adolescent sexual and reproductive health programme in West Africa SB Van Belle, B Marchal, D Dubourg, G Kegels BMC public health 10 (1), 1-10, 2010 | 124 | 2010 |
| Analysing health systems to make them stronger J Van Olmen, B Criel, W Van Damme, B Marchal, S Van Belle, ... Studies in health services organisation and policy.-Antwerp, 1997, currens, 2010 | 107 | 2010 |
| Using the realist interview approach to maintain theoretical awareness in realist studies FC Mukumbang, B Marchal, S Van Belle, B van Wyk Qualitative Research 20 (4), 485-515, 2020 | 92 | 2020 |
| Can “realist” randomised controlled trials be genuinely realist? S Van Belle, G Wong, G Westhorp, M Pearson, N Emmel, A Manzano, ... Trials 17 (1), 1-6, 2016 | 91 | 2016 |
| Theory and realist methods B Marchal, G Kegels, S Van Belle Doing realist research 1, 79-90, 2018 | 78 | 2018 |
| Towards an agenda for implementation science in global health: there is nothing more practical than good (social science) theories S Van Belle, R van de Pas, B Marchal BMJ Global Health 2 (2), e000181, 2017 | 65 | 2017 |
| Realist evaluation of the antiretroviral treatment adherence club programme in selected primary healthcare facilities in the metropolitan area of Western Cape Province, South … FC Mukumbang, S Van Belle, B Marchal, B Van Wyk BMJ open 6 (4), e009977, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
| Exploring ‘generative mechanisms’ of the antiretroviral adherence club intervention using the realist approach: a scoping review of research-based antiretroviral treatment … FC Mukumbang, S Van Belle, B Marchal, B van Wyk BMC Public Health 17, 1-14, 2017 | 51 | 2017 |
| A realist approach to eliciting the initial programme theory of the antiretroviral treatment adherence club intervention in the Western Cape Province, South Africa FC Mukumbang, B Marchal, S Van Belle, B van Wyk BMC medical research methodology 18, 1-16, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| “I am not telling. The mobile is telling”: factors influencing the outcomes of a community health worker mHealth intervention in India O Ilozumba, M Dieleman, N Kraamwinkel, S Van Belle, M Chaudoury, ... PLoS One 13 (3), e0194927, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Towards developing an initial Programme theory: Programme designers and managers assumptions on the antiretroviral treatment adherence Club Programme in primary health care … FC Mukumbang, S Van Belle, B Marchal, B van Wyk PLoS One 11 (8), e0161790, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
| Unearthing how, why, for whom and under what health system conditions the antiretroviral treatment adherence club intervention in South Africa works: A realist theory refining … FC Mukumbang, B Marchal, S Van Belle, B van Wyk BMC Health Services Research 18 (1), 1-15, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Broadening understanding of accountability ecosystems in sexual and reproductive health and rights: a systematic review S Van Belle, V Boydell, AS George, DW Brinkerhof, R Khosla PLoS One 13 (5), e0196788, 2018 | 44 | 2018 |
| An exploration of group-based HIV/AIDS treatment and care models in Sub-Saharan Africa using a realist evaluation (Intervention-Context-Actor-Mechanism-Outcome) heuristic tool … FC Mukumbang, S Van Belle, B Marchal, B van Wyk Implementation Science 12 (1), 1-20, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| Studying complex interventions: reflections from the FEMHealth project on evaluating fee exemption policies in West Africa and Morocco B Marchal, S Van Belle, V De Brouwere, S Witter BMC health services research 13, 1-9, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| COVID-19 and informal settlements: an urgent call to rethink urban governance S Van Belle, C Affun-Adegbulu, W Soors, PN Srinivas, G Hegel, ... International Journal for Equity in Health 19 (1), 1-2, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
