Journal metric profile

Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 4.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 6.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 80/316 Recorded category rank

Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society JCR impact factor overview

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society metric snapshot

Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 4.900. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 6.000, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q2 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The recorded JCR category position is 80 out of 316 journals. Based on that rank position, the journal sits within approximately the top 25% of the listed category. Its listed quartile is Q2. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (6.000) is 1.100 points higher than the standard Journal Impact Factor (4.900). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 4.400, a difference of 0.500 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 0.970. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society lists total cites: 4,386; total articles: 102; citable items: 105. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 5.3 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 7.7 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is identified in this directory by print ISSN 1472-0701 and electronic ISSN 1758-6054. The publisher is recorded as EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD. When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameCorporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society
Abbreviated journalCORP GOV-INT J BUS S
PublisherEMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank2,094
ISSN1472-0701
eISSN1758-6054
Total cites4,386
Total articles102
Citable items105
Cited half-life5.3 years
Citing half-life7.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor4.900
5-Year Impact Factor6.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites4.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.970
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank80/316
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is 4.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society?

Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is listed with quartile Q2 and category rank 80/316. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is 6.000. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society?

Corporate Governance-The International Journal of Business in Society is listed in this directory as being published by EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.