diff --git a/scoping_review.qmd b/scoping_review.qmd
index f0484d0..260b842 100644
--- a/scoping_review.qmd
+++ b/scoping_review.qmd
@@ -496,13 +496,16 @@ df_study_years = (
     .first()
     .reset_index()
     .drop_duplicates()
+    ["year"].value_counts()
+    .sort_index()
 )
-# FIXME potentially timeseries plot so no years are missing
-ax = sns.countplot(df_study_years, x="year")
+# use order to ensure all years are displayed, even ones without values
+years_range = list(range(df_study_years.index.min(), df_study_years.index.max()+1))
+ax = sns.barplot(df_study_years, order=years_range)
 
-ax.tick_params(axis='x', rotation=45)
 ax.set_ylabel("Count")
 ax.set_xlabel("Year")
+plt.setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), rotation=45, ha="right", rotation_mode="anchor") # ensure rotated right-anchor
 plt.tight_layout()
 plt.show()
 df_study_years = None