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Corporate Governance An International Review
ISSN 0964-8410 · eISSN 1467-8683 · Wiley-Blackwell
Corporate Governance An International Review: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.05; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,030; median 445 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 4% (journal website); 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Corporate Governance An International Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance and Family Business Performance and Succession, together about 47% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of Corporate Governance: An International Review is to publish cutting-edge international business research on the phenomena of comparative corporate governance throughout the global economy. Our ultimate goal is a rigorous and relevant global theory of corporate governance. We define corporate governance broadly as the exercise of power over corporate entities so as to increase the value provided to the organization's various stakeholders, as well as making those stakeholders accountable for acting responsibly with regard to the protection, generation, and distribution of wealth invested in the firm. Because of this broad conceptualization, a wide variety of academic disciplines can contribute to our understanding, and we do not limit our perspective to any one theory or methodological paradigm. Previous theory and research has been published by scholars operating from such base disciplines as accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and political science. In other words, we seek to learn about both the antecedents and effects of corporate governance practices, policies, and principles throughout the world from an interdisciplinary “conversation”. Authors should strive to produce original, insightful, and interesting theory and research to build on previous corporate governance research or redirect research into entirely new areas, so that we move closer to a parsimonious, accurate and generalizable global theory of corporate governance. All submissions are comprehensively refereed using two or more anonymous reviewers who do not know the names or the affiliations of the submitting author(s). We see reviewing as a developmental process that aims at improving the quality of individual papers. We seek to be the publication outlet of choice for all scholars interested in reading about and publishing research on international aspects of corporate governance, as well as the knowledge center for consultants, practitioners and public policy makers engaged with corporate governance throughout the world.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Omrane GuedhamiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 11 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 64, United Kingdom 27, Australia 16, Canada 14, Mainland China 11 (203 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 Accounting30.9%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.6%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting6.5%
- Corporate Governance and LawBusiness, Management and Accounting6.3%
- Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Corporate Insolvency and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, RePEc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 5.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.99LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 152OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,014OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 47.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 45Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 324,454Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,932 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 21 | 17 |
| 2025 | 57 | 39 | 190 |
| 2024 | 74 | 47 | 807 |
| 2023 | 67 | 47 | 801 |
| 2022 | 86 | 21 | 1,422 |
| 2021 | 69 | 24 | 1,313 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
445 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 338 days – 563 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 460 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (116 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 405 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,030 / EUR 3,350 / GBP 2,720 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1
- articlesWe also consider review articles that seek to consolidate and advance current knowledge of subjects in line with the mission of the journal.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, Peer review
- AI use AI Policy
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools - such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) - cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 3. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Peer Review and AcceptanceThe acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. CGIR operates under a double-blind peer review model. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. In-house submissions, i.e. papers (co-)authored…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review policy Model summary
CGIR operates a double-blind peer review policy.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0964-8410
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-8683
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Corporate Governance An International Review
What CAS zone is Corporate Governance An International Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Corporate Governance An International Review is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business, Finance / Business / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Corporate Governance An International Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.05; CiteScore 8.7, h-index 152.
How long does peer review take at Corporate Governance An International Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 445 days (interquartile range 338–563 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Corporate Governance An International Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Corporate Governance An International Review based?
Of the 203 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 11 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (64), United Kingdom (27) and Australia (16). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Corporate Governance An International Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Corporate Governance An International Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Corporate Governance An International Review open access, and what is the APC?
Corporate Governance An International Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,030.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .