Search strategy and results
| Database | Initial number of hits with core keywords search | Attrition as database-specific filters was applied | Final number of hits after applying all filters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scopus | 845 | Filter not used | 845 |
| ERIC | 11 847 | Limit to: academic journals—4879 Limit to: higher education, postsecondary education, case studies, intervention, program effectiveness—1789 | 1789 |
| CINAHL plus | 43 324 | Limit to: academic journals—37 745 Limit to: cycling—2414 Limit to: adult—1359 | 1359 |
| Cochrane library | 39 218 | Limit to: reviews—377 | 377 |
| Digital Dissertations | Just over 1 million | Limit to: scholarly journals—326 607 Limit to: American J of PH, Social Research, Health Affairs—2938 | 2938 |
| PsycINFO | 56 448 | Limit to: academic journals—47 213 Population—human—11 366 Subject—health, physical activity—196 | 196 |
| Sports Discus | 95 808 | Limit to: academic journals—23 166 Subject thesaurus term—cycling, exercise, physical fitness, cyclists, prevention—1494 Subject—males, comparative studies, young adults, evaluation, adulthood, women, teenagers, research, middle age, case studies—615 | 615 |
| Web of Science | Just over 1 million | Limit to: engineering, behavioural sciences, public environmental occupational health, sports sciences, healthcare sciences services, sociology—371 085 Research domains—restrict to behavioural sciences, public environmental occupational health, sports sciences, healthcare sciences services, sociology, life sciences, biomedicine other topics, social issues, social sciences other types—194 675 Research areas—restrict to behavioural sciences, public environmental occupational health, engineering, social sciences other topics, urban studies, transportation—144 459 Limit to: articles—125, 612 English—114 955 Limit to: transportation, urban studies—827 | 827 |
| Total databases searched=8 | Total initial hits=over 2 million | Total after applying filters=9825 | Total imported to RefWorks=9825 |