| Papers | Step of the ProKnow-C process |
| 12,032 | Extraction of papers from databases |
| 5561 | Elimination of redundancy (duplicate papers) |
| 556 | Papers with titles that were aligned with the research aim |
| 138 | Papers with scientific recognition (cutoff value of 85%) |
| 83 | Papers with abstracts that were aligned with the research aim |
| 145 | Inclusion of recent papers (least cited) from authors already selected |
| 109 | Papers with full text available |
| 23 | Papers that were fully aligned with the research aim (presenting qualitative and/or quantitative risk management models) |