Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review

Aims & Scope

The journal has been established to publish high quality theoretical and empirical studies in governance and sustainability with application to both macro and microeconomic issues.

Its distinctive focus is original, rigorous research with practical applications.

The journal was launched in 2017.

Starting from February 2025 it is a complete Open Access journal.

Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review adheres to the BOAI definition of open access: that users have the right to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles".

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21501

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	46

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.195

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	5

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The influence of the board of directors’ characteristics on firm performance: Evidence from Malaysian public listed companies

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Abdulkader Omer, Wan Yusoff, Alhashmi Aboubaker

• Focusing on sustainability to strengthen corporate governance

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Hugh, Maclyn

• Gender diversity on corporate boards: Review and future research agenda through bibliometric mapping

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Jagvinder, Shubham, Deepti

• Corporate Governance Principles and Sustainability

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Hugh, Maclyn

• Challenges to corporate governance practices: Case study of Libyan commercial banks

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Hashem, Kazem

• Reaffirming trust in social enterprise in the COVID-19 era: Ways forward

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Michael, Roopinder, Jamie P.

• Do women on management board increase fair value relevance?

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Patrick

• Editorial: Corporate governance and sustainability issues

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Fadi

• The impact of audit committee on real earnings management: Evidence from Netherlands

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Sana, Yosra

• Islamic banks: Sustainability, integrated reporting and religion

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Lorenzo

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