In order to examine a variety of topics and present the state of Corporate Governance research at this time, this paper will employ Citespace visualisation and bibliometric analysis. This will allow readers to comprehend how the study field is evolving through the body of existing literature. Based on the WOS database, our assessment lists the most significant papers, authors, and publications in this field from 2015 to 2024. Co-citation analysis is employed to identify the influential conceptual and theoretical articles on sustainability and broad concept of CG including internal and external issues. Additionally, the study of keyword co-occurrence points to additional areas of developing research in CG are in the areas of CSR, Disclosure and so on. The growing amount of publications in developing nations indicates potential avenues for further study for academics in the field. The review shows that studies on how digital transformation influence the CG temporarily comprises merely a tiny portion of the papers in this digital economy era, which emphasises the need for additional study on this specific subject in the upcoming years.
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