diff --git a/_quarto.yml b/_quarto.yml
index ed3be3d..d752341 100644
--- a/_quarto.yml
+++ b/_quarto.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project:
   output-dir: 04-outputs
   render:
     - concepts.md
-    - scoping_review.md
+    - scoping_review.qmd
 
 format: 
   docx:
diff --git a/scoping_review.md b/scoping_review.qmd
similarity index 96%
rename from scoping_review.md
rename to scoping_review.qmd
index a532c02..c2a0613 100644
--- a/scoping_review.md
+++ b/scoping_review.qmd
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ title: Scoping review on 'what works'
 subtitle: Addressing inequalities in the World of Work
 ---
 
+```{python}
+from pathlib import Path
+data_dir=Path("./02-data")
+```
+
 # Introduction
 
 This section will introduce the reader to the concern of inequality in the World of Work (WoW),
@@ -86,6 +91,18 @@ where different study designs and research questions can be investigated.
 Since scoping reviews allow both broad and in-depth analyses,
 they are the most appropriate rigorous method to make a synthesis of the current evidence in this area.
 
+```{python}
+#| echo: false
+# load and parse overall bibtex sample
+import bibtexparser
+
+bib_string=""
+for partial_bib in data_dir.joinpath("raw/wos").glob("*.bib"):
+    with open(partial_bib) as f:
+        bib_string+="\n".join(f.readlines())
+sample = bibtexparser.parse_string(bib_string)
+```
+
 The search protocol will be carried out based on the typology of policies as well as the possible combination of definitions and outcomes in the WoW.
 For each dimension of definitions,
 a cluster containing possible utilized terms will be created, that is for:
@@ -109,14 +126,20 @@ in order to enable later intersection joins (or 'inner merges') based on common
 Relevant results are then complemented through the adoption of a 'snowballing' technique,
 which analyzes an array of published reviews for their reference lists to find cross-references of potentially missing literature.
 
-<!-- TODO AUTOMATE NUMBER GENERATION -->
-Currently execution of queries would result in an initial sample of 2169 studies after the identification process.
+```{python}
+#| echo: false
+from IPython.display import Markdown as md
+
+sample_size = len(sample.entries)
+md(f"""
+Currently execution of queries would result in an initial sample of {sample_size} studies after the identification process.
 The majority of studies result from the 'income' inequality cluster of the boolean search,
 with horizontal cluster terms used often but rarely on their own.
+""")
+```
 
 Second, in screening, duplicate results are removed and the resulting literature sample is sorted based on a variety of excluding characteristics based on: language, title, abstract, full text and literature supersession through newer publications.
 Properties in these characteristics are used to assess an individual study on its suitability for further review.
-
 Narrowing criteria are applied to restrict the sample to studies looking at 
 i) the effects of individual evidence-based policy measures or intervention initiatives
 ii) attempting to address a single or multiple of the defined inequalities in the world of work.