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Corporate Insolvency and Governance

Corporate Insolvency and Governance is a research topic within Accounting. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the global landscape of bankruptcy law, financial distress, and corporate governance. It explores topics such as debt enforcement, turnaround strategies, creditor protection, insolvency proceedings, and cross-border insolvency. The research delves into the implications of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession financing, and the legal and economic dimensions of financial distress.

  • Bankruptcy Law
  • Financial Distress
  • Corporate Governance
  • Debt Enforcement
  • Turnaround Strategies
  • Chapter 11
  • Creditor Protection
  • Insolvency Proceedings
  • Debtor-in-possession Financing
  • Cross-border Insolvency
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Corporate Insolvency and Governance research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (269 and 159 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 269 works
  2. 2 China 159 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 151 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 130 works
  5. 5 India 117 works
  6. 6 France 91 works
  7. 7 Germany 62 works
  8. 8 Russia 53 works
  9. 9 Australia 50 works
  10. 10 South Africa 47 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 23.8%China: 14.1%Indonesia: 13.4%United Kingdom: 11.6%6 others listed: 37.1%24%largest
United States269 · 23.8%China159 · 14.1%Indonesia151 · 13.4%United Kingdom130 · 11.6%6 others listed418 · 37.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Corporate Insolvency and Governance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, European Corporate Governance Institute publishes the most Corporate Insolvency and Governance research, followed by Singapore Management University and University of Michigan.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 European Corporate Governance InstituteBelgium 11 works
  2. 2 Singapore Management UniversitySingapore 10 works
  3. 3 University of MichiganUnited States 10 works
  4. 4 Institut Caennais de Recherche Juridique?? 10 works
  5. 5 Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia 9 works
  6. 6 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 8 works
  7. 7 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 8 works
  8. 8 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 8 works
  9. 9 Université de LilleFrance 8 works
  10. 10 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Corporate Insolvency and Governance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Corporate Insolvency and Governance include Robert W. McGee.

  1. 1 Robert W. McGee United States 1.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Corporate Insolvency and Governance research done?

The largest centres of Corporate Insolvency and Governance research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 41 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 35 works
  3. 3 Jakarta Indonesia 35 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 35 works
  5. 5 New York United States 22 works
  6. 6 Paris France 21 works
  7. 7 Singapore Singapore 20 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 18 works
  9. 9 Pretoria South Africa 17 works
  10. 10 Brussels Belgium 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Corporate Insolvency and Governance?

Among universities, judged by research, Singapore Management University, University of South Africa and Kutafin Moscow State Law University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%2.5%5%7.5%mean 2.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Singapore Management University: 10, 6.1%University of South Africa: 8, 4.7%Kutafin Moscow State Law University: 9, 0.0%University of Michigan: 10, 0.5%Diponegoro University: 8, 0.0%Singapore Management…University of South …University of MichiganKutafin Moscow State…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Singapore Management UniversitySingapore 93.56.1%55.2×10 +51.7%
2 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 58.44.7%10.6×8 +30.5%
3 Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia 38.10.0%56.1×9 —
4 University of MichiganUnited States 21.20.5%4.3×10 +6.7%
5 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 14.30.0%5.9×8 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Corporate Insolvency and Governance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Corporate Insolvency and Governance.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.