Mapping Research on Corporate Governance and Market Transparency: A Bibliometric Review

Corporate governance (CG) gained increasing recognition during the ۱۹۹۰s and ۲۰۰۰s, largely in response to major corporate failures. After the ۲۰۰۸ global financial crisis, scholarly attention increasingly turned to corporate responsibility, transparency, and disclosure practices. Despite this growth, the field’s intellectual structure has yet to be comprehensively synthesized. This study reviewed the literature on corporate governance and market transparency through a bibliometric analysis of ۱,۴۱۶ publications from the Scopus and Web of Science databases (۲۰۰۱-۲۰۲۴). The study used co-occurrence analysis, co-citation analysis and thematic mapping to identify the fundamental topics of the area, such as ownership structure, disclosure quality, board characteristics and business performance. The data showed that openness is increasingly tied to investor protection and better regulatory systems. The study pointed out existing themes and their development with a focus on the transition toward sustainability and integrated reporting. The findings synthesize the literature for researchers and policymakers and provide a structured agenda linking bibliometric evidence to future research on governance and disclosure practices.

کلیدواژه ها:

Bibliometric Analysis ، corporate governance ، Disclosure ، Market transparency ، Financial Reporting