Document Type : Original Article
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Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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Faculty of Management and Accounting, Farabi College, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.22067/ijaaf.2026.98664.1655
Abstract
During the 1990s and 2000s, the importance of corporate governance (CG) gained increasing recognition, largely in response to major corporate failures. Following the 2008 global financial crisis, scholarly attention shifted toward corporate responsibility, transparency, and disclosure practices. Despite this growth, a comprehensive synthesis of the field’s intellectual structure remains underdeveloped. This study provides a bibliometric review of corporate governance and market transparency research, analyzing 1,416 publications from the Scopus and Web of Science databases (2001–2024). Through co-occurrence, co-citation, and thematic mapping, this research identifies the field’s core themes, including ownership structure, disclosure quality, board characteristics, and firm performance. The analysis demonstrates that transparency is increasingly linked to investor protection and stronger regulatory frameworks. Unlike previous reviews, this study maps the thematic evolution of the field, highlighting a shift toward sustainability and integrated reporting. These findings offer a critical synthesis for researchers and policymakers, providing a structured agenda to bridge empirical bibliometric evidence with future governance and disclosure practices.
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