Figure 1
A flowchart illustrating the stages of a bibliometric analysis process. The process begins with the identification phase, where records are identified through the Web of Science (WoS) Database using a TOPIC search, resulting in 1850 records. The next phase is screening, where records are filtered by publication years from 2016 to 2026. Document types selected include articles, proceedings papers, and book chapters, with an English language restriction applied, resulting in 1087 records. The eligibility phase follows, where studies are evaluated for thematic relevance to smart port performance. Irrelevant studies are excluded after thematic screening, resulting in 692 studies. The final phase is inclusion, where the final studies are included in the bibliometric analysis, resulting in 692 studies.PRISMA four-phase flow diagram