Datasets and Supplementary Materials for the Scoping Review on Principals’ Leadership to Promote Safe Schools.

This Figshare deposit provides the bibliographic exports (BibTeX and RIS files) generated from pilot searches undertaken to refine the search strategy for a review protocol. Database searches were conducted on 04 December 2025 in Web of Science, Scopus, and APA PsycINFO. The accompanying documentation includes the full search strings and the applied limits. The exported files correspond to the following post-limit record sets: Web of Science (articles and early access; English and Spanish; year limits applied): n = 316; Scopus (articles; English and Spanish; year limits applied): n = 617; APA PsycINFO (articles; year limits applied; no language limits; all records in English): n = 133. These files are provided to support transparency and reproducibility of the protocol development process.