Figure 5
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 side. In the “Identification” section, a box states, “Records identified from: SCOPUS (n equals 192), E B S C O Host (n equals 51), Science Direct (n equals 31), Total (n equals 274)”. A rightward arrow from this box leads to a box stating “Records removed before screening: Duplicate records removed (n equals 73), Records that are not from 2020–2023 (n equals 110), Non-English papers (n equals 2)”. A downward arrow continues to the “Screening” section with a box labeled “Records screened (n equals 89)”. To the right, a box states, “Records excluded (Papers that are not academic articles) (n equals 1)”. A downward arrow leads to “Reports sought for retrieval (n equals 88)”, with a right-side box stating “Reports not retrieved (n equals 12)”. Another downward arrow leads to “Reports assessed for eligibility (n equals 76)”, with a corresponding right-side box listing exclusions: “Review Papers (n equals 2), Papers that focused on Medical Health (n equals 31), Papers without specific biases (n equals 4), Papers not related to decision-making in construction (n equals 15)”. Finally, a downward arrow leads to the “Included” section with a box labeled “Studies included in stage 2 review (n equals 24)”. Arrows indicate the sequential filtering process from identification through screening to final inclusion.PRISMA Diagram for SLR (Stage 2). Source: Authors’ own work