Table 1 Stages followed in the systematic literature review
From: Sustainable development of inland waterways transport: a review
Research questions | |
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a. How is sustainable development addressed and applied in inland waterways transport systems? b. How can inland waterways transport system be defined and what elements and factors constitute it? c. What are the drivers to sustainable development of inland waterway transport? | |
Identification of key words | |
“inland waterway” AND sustainab* (The use of asterisk will allow the selection of publications that contain the words “sustainable” “sustainability”) | |
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
Academic Journals—Reports—Book chapters Full access to text Research covering sustainable development of IWT | Articles that are not directly focused on inland waterway transport Repetitive studies found in the different databases |
Stages for filtering data Stage one: Eliminating duplicates Stage two: Application of inclusion and exclusion criteria on title, abstract, and key words Stage three: Application of inclusion and exclusion criteria on full text Stage four: If necessary, the inclusion of articles using a snowballing technique | |
Papers identification | Papers selection |
Scopus: 424 Google Scholar: 354 EBSCO: 221 Total: 999 | After the title, abstract, and keywords review Excluded papers after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria: 923 Selected papers: 76 |
Papers selection After full-text review Excluded papers after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria: 33 Selected papers using snowballing: 8 | |
Selected literature: 51 papers | |