Journal profile · BUSINESS
Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society
ISSN 1472-0701 · eISSN 1758-6054 · Emerald
Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 170 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is published by Emerald and is in Zone 2 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, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, together about 48% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting25.2%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting13%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.9%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting5.5%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences4.1%
- Working Capital and Financial PerformanceBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
- Corporate Governance and LawBusiness, Management and Accounting3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
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 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 128OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,131OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 109LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,107 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119 | 17 | 30 |
| 2025 | 170 | 33 | 383 |
| 2024 | 121 | 30 | 1,260 |
| 2023 | 112 | 17 | 1,639 |
| 2022 | 70 | 18 | 2,536 |
| 2021 | 118 | 31 | 4,090 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 1472-0701
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-6054
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society
What CAS zone is Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business. 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.
Which databases index Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society open access, and what is the APC?
Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .