| Author (s) | Country/ Region | Aim/Focus | Research Design/ Methodology | Key Findings/ Conclusions |
| Mahedi et al. (2020) [14] | United States | Effectiveness of fly ash, cement, and lime in improving soil engineering properties | Experimental study | Cement proved to exhibit higher strength and low swelling compared to lime and fly ash. |
| Sharma et al. (2018) [28] | India | Examination of the independent roles of cement and lime soil stabilization | Comparative experimental study | Cement has relatively higher effects on the mechanical properties of soil compared to lime. Cement and lime increased OMC and shear strength and reduced MDD |
| Lindh and Lemenkova (2023) [23] | Sweden | Geo-technical properties of stabilized soil using blended binders (cement, fly ash, lime, and slag) for sustainable road construction | Experimental design using laboratory tests | Best performance in terms of soil workability and strength was demonstrated by blending fly ash, lime and cement compared to pure binders |
| Rank et al. (2019) [33] | India | Comparison of soil properties for soil stabilized with lime, fly ash and cement | Experimental study | Lime fly ash significantly reduce liquid limit, water content and improve improve shear strength compared to cement |
| Sharma and Hymavathi (2016) [28] | India | A comparative study on the effects of fly ash, lime and construction demolition waste on geotechnical properties of clayey soil | Experimental study | Lime is the best soil stabilizer given increased UCS and CBR compared to fly ash and construction demolition waste |
| Asgari, Baghebanzadeh and Bayat (2015) [34] | Iran | Effects of lime/cement on the engineering and geotechnical properties of soil | Laboratory experiments | Improvements in soil mechanical behaviors (UCS and plasticity index) were noticeably higher for cement than lime treatment. However, the effects of lime were more than that of cement on MDD and OMC |
| Bayat, Asgari and Mousivand (2014) [35] | Iran | Effects of cement and lime on soil geotechnical properties | Experimental study | Improvements in UCS and plasticity index were noticeably higher in cement treatment compared to lime treatment. |
| Ali and Yousuf (2019) [36] | Oman | Effects of lime and cement on index properties of clayey soil | Experimental study | Lime stabilization is more efficient compared to cement stabilization in terms of MDD, plasticity and OMC |
| Teerawattanasuk and Voottipruex (2019) [37] | Thailand | Comparison between fly ash and cement for soil stabilization | Experimental study using field CBR tests | Fly ash stabilized soil had higher CBR values compared to cement-stabilized soil |
| Zhou et al. (2019) [38] | China | Physical-mechanical behaviours of stabilized expansive soil using lime and fly ash | Experimental research | Fly ash showed better UCS compared to lime |
| Nguyen and Phan (2021) [39] | Vietnam | Engineering properties of stabilized soil using fly ash and cement for sustainable road construction | Experimental study | Fly ash demonstrated higher UCS compared to cement |
| Kalyane and Patil (2020) [25] | India | Experimental study of black cotton soil stabilization by lime and fly ash | Experimental study | Combination of lime and fly ash proves to very effective as it results in improved soil strength, reduced MDD and increased OMC though fly ash is more effective compared to lime. 15% of fly ash reduced plastic limit by 28% |
| Krithiga et al. (2017) [40] | India | Soil stabilization using lime and fly ash | Experimental study | Soil stabilization using fly ash is more effective in soil strengthening compared to lime |
| Arias-Jaramillo et al. (2023) [3] | Colombia | Evaluation of mixture of fly ash and lime as stabilizers compared to cement and lime | Experimental study | Mixture of lime and fly ash demonstrated increased bearing capacity compared to cement and lime. However, fly ash is more effective compared to lime |
| Rai et al. (2021) [27] | Pakistan | Effects of cement and fly ash on engineering characteristics of stabilized subgrade soils. | An experimental study | Fly ash and cement decreases OMC, reduce swelling, increases MDD and increased CBR where Fly ash is more effective compared to cement |
| Andavan and Pagadala (2020) [41] | India | An examination of soil stabilization by addition of lime and fly ash | Experimental study with laboratory tests | Fly ash resulted in considerable increments in CBR compared to lime |
| Okonkwo and Kennedy (2023) [3] | Nigeria | Effects of lime and cement on mechanical properties for sub-grade soils | Experimental study with laboratory tests | Cement is the most effective in reducing OMC, increased MDD, reduced plasticity index and increased CBR and UCS compared to lime. However, when used together, cement and lime offer significant effectss in terms of durability, strength and stability. |
| Talabi, Awodiji and Balogun (2019) [42] | Indonesia | Comparative study of effects of lime and cement on engineering properties of subgrade soils | Experimental study | Lime was more effective in improving strength and stability of soil compared to cement |
| Saleem et al. (2020) [12] | India | Comparative analysis of soil stabilization using cement and lime | Experimental study | CBR values for lime stabilized soil were higher compared to cement stabilized soils |
| Shekhar and Saxena (2018) [15] | India | Comparative study for soil stabilization using fly ash, cement, and lime | Experimental investigation | CBR values for lime-stabilized soil were higher followed by those for soils stabilized using cement and fly ash |
| Mir (2015) | India | Effect of lime and fly ash mechanical and physical properties of expansive clay | Experimental study | Fly ash is more effective compared to lime in terms of improved permeability and strength |
| Navale et al. (2016) [43] | India | Soil stabilization using lime and fly ash | Experimental study | Lime showed very high CBR values compared to fly ash |