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| Source | Review period in years | Number of analyzed articles | Source of articles (databases) | Focus | Key findings |
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| Abdirad [13] | 2007–2014 | 97 (selected out of 322) | ASCE, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Emerald, and ITcon | BIM implementation assessment | Developments of BIM implementations; metric-based BIM assessment; gaps and limitations |
| Bradley et al. [10] | 2000–2015 | 259 | Scopus, Engineering Village, ScienceDirect, WoS | BIM for infrastructure | 4 research gaps in infrastructure and BIM; an information management framework |
| Bruno et al. [48] | 2007–2017 | 120, 86 of them with international impact, and 1 project | — | Historic BIM | Gaps in historic BIM; methodology for diagnosis of historic buildings using BIM |
| Cheng et al. [26] | 2002–2014 | 171 case studies and 62 articles | — | BIM for civil infrastructure | Current practices of BIM adoption in different civil infrastructure facilities; research gaps and recommendations; evaluation framework |
| Davies et al. [51] | 2007–2016 | 36 articles and BIMguides | — | Roles and responsibilities of BIM specialists | Definition of roles and responsibilities of BIM practitioners |
| Edirisinghe et al. [52] | 1996–2016 | 46 (selected out of 207) | — | BIM in FM | Conceptualization of a BIM-based FM framework; determining the path of future research |
| Guo et al. [21] | 2000–2015 | 78 | WoS and ASCE Library databases | The use of visualization technology | Usage of visualization technologies in safety management |
| Kylili and Fokaides [63] | 2005–2016 | Actual European policies and legislation | European policies and legislation | Existing European policies and legislation for the built environment and the construction materials | Future trends in construction |
| Laakso and Nyman [54] | 1997–2007 | The first 11 years of research on standard 938 | — | Research and BIM standardization | Classification of data |
| Li et al. [14] | 2004–2015 | | WoS | BIM knowledge map | 60 key research areas |
| | | | | | 10 key research clusters |
| Lopez et al. [64] | — | BIM software websites, articles, brochures, and videos | — | The readiness and development of 4D BIM | A BIM knowledge map; a review of different issues concerning the usability of 4D BIM; matrices for decision-making according to investment in BIM software |
| Olawumi et al. [55] | — | 445 | — | BIM research categories | BIM research categories in the project sectors; a visualization of the structure of the BIM literature |
| Pärn and Edwards [56] | 1970–2015 | — | — | Laser scanning, 3D modeling devices, modes of delivery, and applications within AECO | Hierarchy of laser scan devices; analysis of 3D terrestrial laser scan technology applications |
| Pärn et al. [57] | 2004–2015 | — | — | BIM for asset management within the AECO sector | Challenges facing the FM sector |
| Santos et al. [65] | 2005–2015 | 381 | — | BIM | New emerging areas in BIM research; topics related to the development of BIM tools |
| Soust-Verdaguer et al. [59] | — | — | — | LCA method for buildings based on BIM | Issues and recommendations for BIM and LCA tools |
| Zhao [15] | 2005–2016 | 614 | WoS | BIM | The most productive and cocited authors, countries, and institutions |
| Oraee et al. [19] | 2006–2016 | 62 | — | Collaboration in BIM-based construction networks | BIM-enabled projects have focused on technology, whilst project-related and managerial antecedents have remained underresearched |
| Martinez-Aires et al. [22] | 1981–2016 | 76 | WoS and Scopus | Occupational health and safety in building construction | BIM to improve safety in construction and identify potential hazards through 4D scheduling |
| Ganbat et al. [66] | 2007–2017 | 526 | WoS | BIM risk management in international construction | A framework of current research field; suggestions for future research directions |
| Jin et al. [67] | | 276 | Scopus | Identifying research trends in the literature on BIM | A framework leading to needed research directions |
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