## 3 Results  
### Quantitative Analysis Results  
The quantitative analysis was based on the results of the searches conducted in the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases using the criteria described above, resulting in the inclusion of 1.103 articles using \"Entry 1\" and \"Entry 2\" as topics. After using \"Entry 3\", the number of articles was reduced to 342. The inclusion and exclusion criteria applied reduced the number of documents to 592 and 210, respectively, not accounting for articles from other sources. Figure 2 presents the distribution of these articles by year of publication, highlighting the growing scientific interest in the research on sustainability measurement tools related to LCC and decision-making methods. It also illustrates that while there were few publications in the early years, the number increased notably over the past decade, with a significant rise observed in the last five to seven years. This notable increase in publications in recent years is also correlated with the growing interest in research on sustainability and its assessment in projects. Figure 2: Number of publications per year (2010–2024). Entry 1; Entries 1 and 2. In order to better assess the main authors contributing to LCC development, Table 2 shows the 20 authors with the greatest number of publications in the field according to data from WoS. A list of the 20 most-cited articles according to data from WoS database was generated, showing that the higher number of citations does not come from authors with the highest number of publications found in this study. In this regard, the most productive author in terms of number of articles ([PERSON], 2018) can be found in 29 th position in the list of most-cited articles, with the topics related to production in the field of comparative building material systems [31]. Regarding these publications, [PERSON] and [PERSON] appear as coauthors in several of the articles. On the other hand, [PERSON] and [PERSON] have at least two articles in the top ten most-cited articles, with most of their production related to BIM-based applications [32]. The most-cited articles in this study, according to Table 3, include researches into the applicability of methodologies [33], gaps on scopes [34], technological approaches from BIM methodological applicability [35; 36; 37; 38; 32], muti-criteria approaches to sustainability assessments [39; 40; 41], or LCA evolution among public policies [42]. Other studies are related to system comparison and previous reviews on LCC [43; 44; 45] as well as other integrative methodologies like LCSA [46; 41]. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c} \hline \hline
**No.** & **Author** & \
\begin{tabular}{c} **Number of Publications** \\ **Entries 1, 2, and 3** \\ \end{tabular} &
\begin{tabular}{c} **Number of Publications** \\ **Entries 1 and 2** \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline
1 & [PERSON] & 10 & 11 \\
2 & [PERSON] & 6 & 7 \\
3 & [PERSON] & 4 & 4 \\
4 & [PERSON] & 4 & 4 \\
5 & [PERSON] & 4 & 5 \\
6 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
7 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
8 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
9 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
10 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
11 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
12 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
13 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
14 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
15 & [PERSON] & 3 & 3 \\
15 & [PERSON] & 2 & 2 \\
16 & [PERSON] & 2 & 2 \\
18 & [PERSON] & 2 & 2 \\
19 & [PERSON] & 2 & 2 \\
20 & [PERSON] & 2 & 3 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 2: List of the 20 authors with the most contributions.