Figure 4
The flowchart is titled “Identification of studies via databases and registers” and is organized into three vertical sections labeled “Identification”, “Screening”, and “Included” on the left. In the “Identification” section, a box states “Records identified from: SCOPUS (n equals 1,596), E B S C O Host (n equals 509), Science Direct (n equals 174), Total (n equals 2,279)”. A rightward arrow from this box leads to a box stating “Records removed before screening: Duplicate records removed (n equals 627), Records that are not from 2019–2023 (n equals 791), Non-English papers (n equals 1)”. A downward arrow continues to the “Screening” section with a box labeled “Records screened (n equals 859)”. To the right, a box states “Records excluded – Screening based on Title (Factors, Barriers, Drivers) (n equals 576)”. A downward arrow leads to “Reports sought for retrieval (n equals 283)”, with a right-side box stating “Reports not retrieved (n equals 13)”. Another downward arrow leads to “Reports assessed for eligibility (n equals 270)”, with a corresponding right-side box listing exclusions: “Review Papers (n equals 13), Modelling Papers (n equals 39), Papers outside construction (n equals 117), Papers not related to green building or sustainable (n equals 11), No relevance (n equals 32)”. Finally, a downward arrow leads to the “Included” section with a box labeled “Studies included in stage 1 review (n equals 58)”. Arrows indicate the sequential filtering process from identification through screening to final inclusion.PRISMA diagram for SLR (Stage 1). Source: Authors’ own work