Corporate Governance (Bingley): Scopus, Scope & Author Guide

Quick Answer: What Is Corporate Governance (Bingley)?

Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society is published by Emerald Publishing and focuses on the development, practice and performance of corporate governance worldwide. Emerald describes a broad agenda covering theoretical and methodological debates as well as practical developments, with particular interest in how governance forms affect people, stakeholders and the sustainability of governance models.

The journal may be relevant to researchers in business, management, accounting, finance, corporate responsibility, sustainability, board studies, regulation and related social-science areas when the manuscript makes a clear governance contribution. The name “Corporate Governance (Bingley)” is useful for database disambiguation because similarly named corporate-governance journals exist.

Key Takeaways for Researchers

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing.
• Identifiers: print ISSN 1472-0701; online ISSN 1758-6054; supplied Scopus Source ID 18500157300.
• Scopus: Emerald lists the journal among titles ranked by Scopus; current database status should be checked before relying on it for degree or institutional rules.
• Current dated metrics: 2025 CiteScore 11.1; 2025 Impact Factor 4.9; 2025 five-year Impact Factor 6.0.
• Review: double-anonymous; suitable papers are normally sent to at least two independent referees.
• Length: 5,000–7,000 words under the current author guidelines, inclusive of major manuscript components.
• Decision data: Emerald reports 62 days to first decision and a 17.6% acceptance rate for submissions from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
• Open access: gold OA is optional after acceptance and carries a journal-specific APC; green self-archiving is also available.

Journal Information at a Glance

What This Page Covers

• the journal’s identity, aims, scope and research audience;
• Scopus visibility, current dated metrics and other indexing signals;
• article categories and manuscript-journal fit;
• word count, abstract, keyword, reference and file requirements;
• submission, editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review;
• open-access routes, APC caution and self-archiving;
• publication ethics and responsible use of AI tools;
• a practical journal-fit and submission-readiness checklist.

Methodology and Source Approach

This profile prioritises the official Emerald journal page and author guidelines, Emerald article records carrying the journal’s ISSNs, the supplied Scopus source record, and official indexing or metric references where available. Journal metrics are presented with their reporting year because they change over time. Where a current value such as a journal-specific APC, SJR or SNIP could not be verified confidently from the primary source used for this guide, the table tells readers to verify rather than inserting an estimate.

That distinction matters when a university, doctoral programme or funder has a specific indexing or quartile rule. A journal can be legitimate and relevant while still failing a particular institutional requirement, and database coverage can change independently of the publisher’s editorial scope.

Understanding the Journal’s Aims and Scope

Emerald positions the journal as an international source of in-depth information, analysis and advice on corporate governance. Its focus extends from knowledge development to governance practice and performance standards, with a readership that includes scholars as well as boards of directors and governors.

The scope explicitly accommodates substantive theoretical and methodological debates as well as practical developments. The journal is therefore not limited to one research design. Quantitative corporate-governance studies can fit, but so can theoretically grounded conceptual work, qualitative inquiry, comparative governance analysis, case-based research and literature-led contributions—provided the work advances a meaningful governance question.

Topics identified by Emerald include effective boardroom performance, control and regulation, executive leadership, the contribution of non-executive directors, reassessment of corporate-governance models, the role of business in society, stakeholder responsibilities, incentives for socially and environmentally responsible corporate action, and the effect of national or international regulatory regimes on corporate behaviour.

A particularly important feature of the journal’s positioning is the relationship between governance and sustainability. Emerald notes an interest in governance models and structures that advance stakeholder interests, dignity and well-being in a sustainable manner. Recent journal content also shows work connecting board roles with environmental orientation, double materiality, CSR performance and board diversity. For authors, this suggests that governance should be the analytical core rather than a peripheral control variable added to a broader management paper.

What Research Topics May Be a Strong Fit?

Potentially aligned work may examine board composition and effectiveness, ownership and control, executive leadership, audit and oversight mechanisms, governance regulation, stakeholder accountability, governance and ESG/CSR, governance in emerging economies, governance reform, institutional context, business ethics, responsible management, sustainability governance and technology-enabled governance.

For example, a study on artificial intelligence would need a clear governance problem—such as board oversight of AI risk, accountability for algorithmic decisions or governance implications of data-driven management—rather than being a general AI adoption paper. Similarly, an ESG paper becomes more journal-aligned when it explains how boards, ownership structures, accountability mechanisms or regulatory governance influence ESG choices and outcomes.

As a practical publication-readiness step, compare your manuscript with several recent articles in the journal. Look beyond topic keywords: compare the level of theory, governance mechanism, unit of analysis, geographic framing, contribution statement and practical implications. That exercise often reveals fit more accurately than matching a few terms in an abstract.

Understanding Its Scopus Coverage and Journal Metrics

The supplied source record identifies Scopus Source ID 18500157300, and Emerald lists Scopus among the services that rank the journal. This makes the title potentially relevant where researchers need Scopus visibility, but authors should confirm the live source profile before submission—especially when a university rule refers to active coverage, a specific subject category or a current quartile.

Emerald currently displays a 2025 CiteScore of 11.1. It also displays a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.9 and a 2025 five-year Impact Factor of 6.0. These measures use different citation windows and data systems, so they should not be treated as interchangeable rankings.

Emerald additionally lists the journal in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and a range of business-information services such as ABI/INFORM and EBSCO Business Source products. The journal page also references ranking systems including the Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide and the Australian Business Deans Council Journal Quality List.

This page deliberately does not reproduce a current SJR or SNIP from a secondary ranking site because third-party pages observed during research did not present a sufficiently consistent, primary-source basis for a definitive value. Researchers who need those metrics should read them directly from the latest Scopus/SCImago context required by their institution.

What Does the Journal Publish?

Emerald’s submission system lists Original Article as the article type and asks authors to choose a category that best represents the manuscript. Current categories include research paper, viewpoint, technical paper, conceptual paper, case study and literature review.

The category label does not substitute for a contribution. A literature review, for instance, should do more than catalogue governance studies; it needs a defensible review logic, synthesis and a clear explanation of what the literature means for governance scholarship or practice.

Is This Journal a Good Match for Your Manuscript?

A strong candidate manuscript usually has a recognisable corporate-governance question, a clear scholarly or practical contribution and an audience beyond one organisation or one descriptive setting. The paper should explain why the governance mechanism matters and how the findings change understanding, practice or policy.

Signals of stronger alignment

• Governance is central to the research question, conceptual model or interpretation.
• The study connects boards, ownership, accountability, regulation, stakeholder relationships or responsible business to a meaningful outcome.
• The manuscript explains its international, institutional or contextual significance rather than treating context as background only.
• Theoretical framing is appropriate to the governance mechanism and is carried through into interpretation.
• Practical implications are credible for boards, managers, regulators, investors or other governance stakeholders.

Signals that another journal may fit better

• Corporate governance appears only as one minor control variable in a broader finance or management study.
• The paper is primarily about accounting, sustainability, technology or HR without a substantive governance contribution.
• The manuscript does not explain why its context, sample or method advances governance knowledge.
• The paper is outside the 5,000–7,000-word requirement and cannot be responsibly adapted without damaging the research.

Preparing a Manuscript for Corporate Governance

Length and file format

The current author guidelines state that articles should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words. This total includes the structured abstract, references, text in tables and figures, and appendices; Emerald asks authors to allow 520 words for each figure or table. Article files should be supplied in Microsoft Word. A PDF may accompany the Word file but is not acceptable by itself. LaTeX is also possible when accompanied by a PDF.

Structured abstract and keywords

All submissions require a structured abstract. Four headings are mandatory: Purpose, Design/methodology/approach, Findings and Originality. Research limitations/implications, Practical implications and Social implications are optional where relevant. The maximum abstract length is 250 words in total, including keywords and article classification, and the journal allows up to 12 short keywords.

Author information and anonymisation

Author names and affiliations are entered in ScholarOne. Biographies and acknowledgements, if used, should be uploaded separately, with biographies limited to 100 words per author. Because review is double anonymous, the manuscript should be checked carefully for author names or identifying material in text, figures, captions and acknowledgements. Self-citation should be phrased neutrally rather than in a way that identifies the authors.

Funding and references

External research funding must be disclosed in the acknowledgements, including the funder’s role in the research process. References should use a recognised Harvard style; Emerald permits its own Harvard style and asks authors to ensure completeness, accuracy and consistency, including DOIs where available.

How Submission and Peer Review Work

Emerald states that manuscripts must be submitted by the corresponding author through the journal’s editorial system accessed from the official journal page. It specifically warns against submission by email or through a third-party agent, company, representative or proxy. This is important for authors using publication-support services: support can help prepare materials, but the authors should control and complete the submission themselves.

After submission, the editorial office screens the paper. A manuscript may be declined or returned if it does not meet the journal’s scope, submission policies or expected language/manuscript quality. If it appears suitable, the journal sends it to at least two independent referees for double-anonymous peer review.

Emerald reports an average of 62 days to first decision for submissions between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025. It also reports a 17.6% acceptance rate for that cohort and 40 days from acceptance to publication based on the previous 12 months, last updated in April 2025. These are historical operational averages, not promises for an individual manuscript.

Open Access, APCs and Self-Archiving

The journal offers both gold and green open-access pathways. If authors select gold open access after acceptance, Emerald charges an article processing charge and publishes the article under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence. The journal page does not state a fixed amount in the guidance text; instead, it directs authors to Emerald’s current APC price list or the editorial system. Because APC schedules can change, this guide does not insert an unverified fee.

For green open access, Emerald states that the author accepted manuscript can be made openly available without an embargo once the article is published. Researchers working under funder or institutional open-access mandates should compare those rules with Emerald’s current licence and repository guidance before acceptance.

Publication Ethics and Responsible AI Use

Emerald states that the journal follows COPE guidance and requires original work that is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere. Authors must disclose conflicts of interest, obtain permissions where necessary, and address ethical approval and informed consent when human participants or relevant data are involved.

The current author guidance also contains an explicit AI policy. Large language models cannot be credited as authors. Emerald states that generative-AI copywriting of new submission material is not permitted, while copy-editing an author’s own original work for structure, clarity, language and grammar is permitted subject to its responsibility and transparency principles. Authors should read the live policy before submission because publisher rules on AI use can evolve.

This distinction is especially important for publication support. Ethical assistance should improve the researcher’s own manuscript, not fabricate results, sources, authorship, peer-review responses or scholarly contributions.

Common Reasons a Manuscript May Be Uncompetitive

• Weak journal fit: governance is tangential rather than the main analytical problem.
• Unclear originality: the paper repeats a familiar relationship without explaining what is new theoretically, contextually or practically.
• Mismatch between theory and evidence: concepts are introduced in the literature review but do not guide hypotheses, analysis or interpretation.
• Insufficient international or contextual meaning: a local sample is presented without explaining what the setting teaches governance researchers elsewhere.
• Poor anonymisation: names, acknowledgements, self-identifying references or repository links compromise double-anonymous review.
• Technical non-compliance: word count, abstract structure, keywords, references or required files do not follow the author guidelines.
• Language or presentation barriers: the argument is difficult to evaluate because the manuscript is unclear, repetitive or structurally inconsistent.

These are practical publication-readiness considerations rather than a claim about the editor’s decision in any specific case. Editorial judgement also depends on novelty, evidence, reviewer assessment and the journal’s current priorities.

Journal-Fit and Submission-Readiness Checklist

How Contentxprtz Can Support Publication Readiness

Contentxprtz can support authors who have already developed their research and need help presenting it clearly and consistently for journal submission. Appropriate support may include academic editing, language polishing, manuscript-format review, structured-abstract checks, reference consistency, journal-requirement alignment, cover-letter editing and reviewer-response editing.

For this journal in particular, publication-readiness work can focus on whether the governance contribution is visible early, whether the paper’s structure supports the argument, whether the abstract follows Emerald’s required headings, whether anonymisation has been handled correctly and whether the manuscript remains within the stated word range.

Final Assessment: Who Should Consider This Journal?

Corporate Governance may suit scholars whose work makes a substantive contribution to governance knowledge or practice—especially research on boards, ownership, accountability, regulation, stakeholders, sustainability and the role of business in society. Its current metrics and indexing give it meaningful scholarly visibility, but those indicators should be considered alongside scope fit rather than used as the sole reason to submit.

Before submission, recheck the official author guidelines, Scopus source profile and any university-specific journal requirements. Then assess whether the manuscript can meet the 5,000–7,000-word range, structured-abstract format, double-anonymous review requirements and ethical declarations without weakening the research. Careful fit assessment is more useful than trying to optimise for a metric alone.

Official Sources to Recheck Before Submission

• Emerald — Corporate Governance journal page, author guidelines, editorial team and metrics
• Scopus — Source ID 18500157300
• Clarivate Master Journal List search for online ISSN 1758-6054