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Corporate Ownership and Control: Citation analytics

The editorial team of Publishing House “Virtus Interpress” always tries to adhere to best practices in academic publishing in order to deliver the highest value to our authors, readers and other stakeholders. Currently, we are observing the success of our actions which is resulted in the positive dynamics of the citation of the papers that were published in Corporate Ownership and Control journal. We believe that paper citation is an important factor for our authors with regard to their reputation as scholars and a key factor of their professional success.

The overall number of citations of the papers published in COC journal (based on the data provided by Google Scholar) demonstrates gradual growth (2004-2019 period) and equals 10232 at the moment. In comparison with 2017, this significative increased by 25,5% (from 1294 to 1624).

We would also like to underscore the steady rise of the h-index and i10-index measures:

• All years:
  * As at 01 January 2019 - 41 (h-index) and 212 (i10-index)
  * As at 23 July 2019 - 44 (h-index) and 228 (i10-index)
• Starting from 2014:
  * As at 01 January 2019 - 28 (h-index) and 134 (i10-index)
  * As at 23 July 2019 - 31 (h-index) and 147 (i10-index)

Below is a list of top 10 most cited papers published in Corporate Ownership and Control journal with reference to their current citations.

Licht, A. N. (2004). Cross-listing and corporate governance: Bonding or avoiding? Corporate Ownership & Control, 1(4), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv1i4p3. Quantity of citations: 369. Abdul Hamid, F. Z. (2004). Corporate social disclosure by banks and finance companies: Malaysian evidence. Corporate Ownership & Control, 1(4), 118-130. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv1i4p10. Quantity of citations: 208. Ayuso, S., & Argandoña, A. (2009). Responsible corporate governance: Towards a stakeholder board of directors? Corporate Ownership & Control, 6(4), 9-19. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv6i4p1. Quantity of citations: 193. Darmadi, S. (2011). Board diversity and firm performance: The Indonesian evidence. Corporate Ownership & Control, 8(2-4), 450-466. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i2c4p4. Quantity of citations: 159. Kyereboah-Coleman, A., & Biekpe, N. (2007). The relationship between board size, board composition, CEO duality and firm performance: Experience from Ghana. Corporate Ownership & Control, 4(2), 114-122. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv4i2p11. Quantity of citations:138. Kao, L., & Chen, A. (2004). The effects of board characteristics on earnings management. Corporate Ownership & Control, 1(3), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv1i3p9. Quantity of citations: 136. Tricker, B. (2004). Corporate governance - a subject whose time has come. Corporate Ownership & Control, 2(2), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv2i2p1. Quantity of citations: 113. Chen, C. W., Barry Lin, J., & Yi, B. (2008). CEO duality and firm performance - an endogenous issue. Corporate Ownership & Control, 6(1), 58-65. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv6i1p6. Quantity of citations: 110. Yurtoglu, B. B. (2003). Corporate governance and implications for minority shareholders in Turkey. Corporate Ownership & Control, 1(1), 72-86. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv1i1p9. Quantity of citations: 110. Nguyen, H., & Faff, R. (2007). Impact of board size and board diversity on firm value: Australian evidence. Corporate Ownership & Control, 4(2), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv4i2p2. Quantity of citations: 109.

We would also like to draw your attention to the list of top-10 most cited papers that were published recently (during the 2016-2019 period):

Tulung, J. E., & Ramdani, D. (2018). Independence, size and performance of the board: An emerging market research. Corporate Ownership & Control, 15(2-1), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv15i2c1p6. Quantity of citations: 71. Al-Sartawi, A. M. A. M. (2016). Measuring the level of online financial disclosure in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries. Corporate Ownership & Control, 14(1-4), 547-558. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv14i1c4art1. Quantity of citations: 25. Garefalakis, A., Dimitras, A., Floros, C., & Lemonakis, C. (2016). How narrative reporting changed the business world: Providing a new measurement tool. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(4-2), 317-334. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i4c2p5. Quantity of citations: 17. Al-Maghzom, A., Hussainey, K., & Aly, D. (2016). Corporate governance and risk disclosure: Evidence from Saudi Arabia. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(2), 145-166. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i2p14. Quantity of citations: 17. Bowerman, S., & Sharma, U. (2016). The effect of corporate social responsibility disclosures on share prices in Japan and the UK. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(2-1), 202-216. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i2c1p2. Quantity of citations: 16. Salvioni, D. M., & Gennari, F. (2016). Corporate governance, ownership and sustainability. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(2-3), 606-612. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i2c3p9. Quantity of citations: 15. Baldini, M. A., & Liberatore, G. (2016). Corporate governance and intellectual capital disclosure. An empirical analysis of the Italian listed companies. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(2-1), 187-201. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i2c1p1. Quantity of citations: 15. Khan, E. A., Dewan, M. N. A., & Chowdhury, M. M. H. (2016). Reflective or formative measurement model of sustainability factor? A three industry comparison. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(2), 83-92. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i2p9. Quantity of citations: 15. Lopes, I. T., Ferraz, D. P., & Martins, M. M. (2016). The influence of diversity on boards on profitability: An overview across Iberian non-financial listed companies. Corporate Ownership & Control, 13(2-2), 454-460. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i2c2p6. Quantity of citations: 11. Drogalas, G., Arampatzis, K., & Anagnostopoulou, E. (2016). The relationship between corporate governance, internal audit and audit committee: Empirical evidence from Greece. Corporate Ownership & Control, 14(1-4), 569-577. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv14i1c4art3. Quantity of citations: 8.

Thus, on the basis of the analysed data, we can conclude that there is a strong positive trend in citation dynamics of the papers published in COC journal.

We hope that such a data proofs that we are constantly working on meeting the most advanced expectations of our scholarly network. We are going to continue promoting the papers published by Virtus Interpress in order to improve the citation impact of the publications of a particular scholar. We will definitely keep you updated on the further changes in citation analytics as well.