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Introduction/Main Objectives: This study presents a bibliometric
analysis of good governance research publications from the Scopus
database from 1984 to 2020. Background Problems: Since good
governance has an essential and central role in organizations, the research
trends on good governance in the literature need to be revealed. Novelty:
To the best of our knowledge, bibliometric analysis for the term good
governance is not yet available. This paper aims to fill in the gap by
providing a broad overview of the bibliometric analysis of the literature
relating to this term. Research Methods: Good governance is used as a
keyword in the titles of articles taken from the Scopus database on
November 4, 2020. There were 1,954 documents analyzed. Microsoft
Excel is used for frequency analysis, the VOSviewer app is used for the
data’s visualization, and Harzing's Publish or Perish is used for citation
metrics and analysis. Finding/Results: The results showed an increase in
the growth rate of good governance literature from 1984 to 2020,
particularly since 2011. Conclusion: Research related to corporate
governance has involved various authors, and is published in various
languages. There are 159 authors from 123 countries and 160 institutions.
The United States is the most significant contributor to this study,
followed by the United Kingdom and Indonesia. The International
Review of Administrative Sciences has published the most papers on
good governance. Our findings indicate that studies on good governance
are mostly carried out in the field of social sciences.