Literature Screening and Data Extraction Records: Life Cycle Assessment of High-Strength Steel Substitution in Component Manufacturing

Description

Bibliographic research material for a literature review on the application of LCA to steel, conducted in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. This dataset supports the literature review manuscript by Miguel Ferreira, Nuno Peixinho and Sérgio L. Costa, currently under peer review (working title, subject to change: "Environmental Implications of Replacing Heat-Treated Conventional Steel with High-Strength Steel in Cold-Formed Applications: A Life Cycle Assessment Review"). The "Raw data" folder contains .ris files exported directly from the databases used. The .csv file details the screening process, whilst the .xlsx file contains the data extracted and compiled from the selected studies. The raw data were exported from the databases on 12 December 2025.

Steps to reproduce

1. Systematic searches were conducted in ScienceDirect and Scopus using the following search strings, respectively: "Life Cycle Assessment" AND steel AND NOT concrete AND NOT cement AND (product OR part OR component) TITLE-ABS-KEY ("Life Cycle Assessment" AND steel AND (product OR part OR component)) AND NOT concrete AND NOT cement 2. Records were exported and screened in Rayyan according to the defined eligibility criteria. The inclusion criteria were as follows: - Full paper available; - A Life Cycle Assessment is effectively performed. The exclusion criteria were as follows: - Papers not written in English; - Duplicated studies; - Studies clearly irrelevant to the research; - Publications before 2015. The inclusion/exclusion decisions and exclusion reasons are recorded in screening.csv. 3. Records not captured by the systematic search but relevant to the research question were identified via supplementary website searches, following the same eligibility criteria, with an exception noted for four pre-2015 studies. 4. Data from the included studies were extracted and organised by thematic category (steel production, steel component manufacturing, high-strength steel products, alloy composition) in data_extraction_tables.xlsx.

Institutions

• University of Minho

  Braga, Braga

Categories

Funders

• Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

  Ministry of Science Technology and Higher Education

  Lisbon, Lisbon

  Grant ID: 2024.04213.BDANA, DOI https://doi.org/10.54499/2024.04213.BDANA

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