Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Annals of Corporate Governance
ISSN 2381-6732 · Now Publishers Inc
Annals of Corporate Governance: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; 5 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Corporate Governance is published by Now Publishers Inc and is classed under Management in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Finance and Governance, Corporate Governance and Law and Private Equity and Venture Capital, together about 36.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Corporate governance deals with how corporate power is channeled for the well-being of society. Now that corporations are often larger than many state governments and that increasing numbers of multinational firms span the entire globe, the importance of getting corporate governance right is more important than ever to individual firms as well as entire societies. As a result, scholarly attention to the antecedents and consequences of corporate governance practices and systems continues to climb. Many different academic disciplines study various aspects of corporate governance. Notably, corporate governance problems often have financial, accounting, political, legal, and managerial aspects to them.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Salim ChahinePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 6, United States 5, Spain 2, Canada 2, Denmark 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting18.3%
- Corporate Governance and LawBusiness, Management and Accounting10%
- Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting8.3%
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- State Capitalism and Financial GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences3.3%
- Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceBusiness, Management and Accounting3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 40 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 38 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access options
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review type
Single anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 1 independent and anonymous reviewer.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Now Publishers Inc
- ISSN
- 2381-6732
- Print ISSN
- 2381-6724
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (May 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Corporate Governance
What CAS zone is Annals of Corporate Governance in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annals of Corporate Governance?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 11.
Where are the editorial board members of Annals of Corporate Governance based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6), United States (5) and Spain (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Annals of Corporate Governance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Corporate Governance is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Annals of Corporate Governance open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Corporate Governance is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .