Table 1

Data search process

First round of data search and screening
Identification
Database search (full text): “co-creation of value” OR “value co-creation”
Web of science n = 106
Business Source Premier (EBSCO) n = 58
Scopus n = 46
Records identified n = 210
Limitations for the search
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    Journal articles

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    Written in English

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    The research area of public administration

Screening
Records after duplicates removed n = 128
Records screened on titles
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    Records excluded n = 52

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    Records included n = 76

Exclusion criteria
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    If not journal article (e.g. editorials excluded)

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    If journal not addressing the field of public administration

Eligibility
Records screened on abstracts
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    Records excluded n = 22

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    Records included n = 54

Exclusion criteria
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    If suspected as predator journal

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    If having slim or non-existent connection to value co-creation

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    If article not addressing public administration

Records screened on full texts
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    Full-text articles excluded n = 28

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    Records included in the final review n = 26

Exclusion criteria
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    If having slim or non-existent connection to value co-creation

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    If not addressing the role of citizens

Second round of data search (after the analysis of first round’s results)
Identification
Database search (full text): (“co-production” OR “co-creation”) AND value
Web of Science n = 180
EBSCOhost Ultimate = 99
Scopus = 63
Records identified n = 342
Limitations for the search
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    Journal articles

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    Written in English

  • -

    The research area of public administration

Screening
Records after duplicates removed n = 224
Records screened on titles
  • -

    Records excluded n = 99

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    Records included n = 125

Exclusion criteria
  • -

    If not journal article (e.g. editorials excluded)

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    If journal not addressing the field of public administration

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    If involved in the first round of database search

Eligibility
Records screened on abstracts
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    Records excluded n = 72

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    Records included n = 53

Exclusion criteria
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    if no access to article

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    If having slim or non-existent connection to value co-creation/value co-production in the context of public administration (PA)

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    If not published in the same time period than the 1st round

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    If suspected predator journal

Records screened on full texts
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    Full-text articles excluded n = 39

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    Records included in the final review n = 14

Exclusion criteria
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    If having slim or non-existent connection to value co-creation/value co-production

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    If not addressing the role of citizens

Altogether 40 reviewed articles, of which 13 can be defined as conceptual, and 27 as studies with clear empirical example
Public Management Review (22), Journal of Public Sector Management (2), the Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing (2), Public Money and Management (4), the Australian Journal of Public Administration (2), the International Journal of Healthcare Management (1), the International Journal of Public Administration (2) and Public Policy and Administration (2), Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (1), Policy and Politics (1) and Administration andSociety (1)

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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