This dataset contains detailed information regarding all articles that were used to build a database about the state-of-art of using accelerometers for geotechnical slope monitoring. The dataset has 47 samples and contains five variables: year of publication, authors, title, reference and DOI. This dataset was critically analyzed in terms of temporal and geographical analysis, working condition and scale, installation setup, data acquisition and transmission, measured parameter, associated sensors and time-of-failure prediction and thresholds.