---
title: "ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services): papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 41 archived papers mentioned ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) in their title, abstract, keywords or full text, most of them in Jul 2026 (8)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/iss-institutional-shareholder-services
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/iss-institutional-shareholder-services.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 41 archived papers mentioned ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) in their title, abstract, keywords or full text, most of them in Jul 2026 (8). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services)

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/4.md)

Boards, directors, executive pay, shareholder voting, audits and governance ratings.

- data category: Corporate governance and executive data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Institutional Shareholder Services, ISS Voting Analytics, ISS Governance

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Corporate governance and executive data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/corporate-governance-and-executive-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 41 archived papers mentioned ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) in their title, abstract, keywords or full text, most of them in Jul 2026 (8).
- ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) was mentioned in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #165 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Management (1).
- Most of them appeared in Management Review Quarterly (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) was mentioned in 45 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (23), accounting (9) and management (9).
- 10 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Monash University (4), Chulalongkorn University (3) and Pennsylvania State University (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were Review of Accounting Studies (7), Journal of Corporate Finance (5) and Journal of Business Ethics (3).
- The most-cited of them is “The economics of ESG disclosure regulation” (Review of Accounting Studies, 2025), with 42 citations.
- Papers use ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) most often with Compustat (25), CRSP (20) and S&P 500 (16); it has 25 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts, keywords and full texts)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 9 | 11 | 21 | 41 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 21 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 3 |
| 4 | [Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-quantitative-finance-and-accounting.md) | 3 |
| 5 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [Review of Managerial Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-managerial-science.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-behavioral-and-experimental-finance.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Journal of Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-economics.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 4 |
| 2 | Chulalongkorn University | 3 |
| 3 | [Pennsylvania State University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/pennsylvania-state-university.md) | 3 |
| 4 | Chung-Ang University | 2 |
| 5 | Mahidol University | 2 |
| 6 | RMIT Vietnam | 2 |
| 7 | Thammasat University | 2 |
| 8 | [University of Auckland](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-auckland.md) | 2 |
| 9 | University of California, Davis | 2 |
| 10 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 21 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 12 |
| 3 | Australia | 6 |
| 4 | Thailand | 4 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 3 |
| 6 | China | 3 |
| 7 | Germany | 3 |
| 8 | Spain | 3 |
| 9 | France | 3 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 3 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 17 |
| 2 | executive compensation | 7 |
| 3 | [institutional investors](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-investors.md) | 7 |
| 4 | [ESG performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/esg-performance.md) | 4 |
| 5 | board gender diversity | 3 |
| 6 | board oversight | 3 |
| 7 | [corporate social responsibility](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-social-responsibility.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [firm performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-performance.md) | 3 |
| 9 | independent directors | 3 |
| 10 | CEO compensation | 2 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | 2.6 | [The economics of ESG disclosure regulation](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-025-09900-9) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2025-07-03 | Richard M. Frankel, S.P. Kothari, Aneesh Raghunandan |
| 2 | 35 | 1.1 | [New product announcements, innovation disclosure, and future firm performance](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-024-09820-0) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2024-02-15 | Jenny Chu, Yuan He, Kai Wai Hui et al. |
| 3 | 33 | 1.3 | [Pricing of sustainability-linked bonds](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2024.103944) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2024-09-12 | Peter Feldhütter, Kristoffer Halskov, Arthur Krebbers |
| 4 | 32 | 0.4 | [Insider pledging in the U.S.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2020.100830) | [Journal of Financial Stability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-stability.md) | 2020-11-22 | Yinjie Shen, Wei Wang, Fuzhao Zhou |
| 5 | 32 | 0.5 | [Required CEO stock ownership: Consequences for risk-taking and compensation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101850) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2020-12-18 | Neil Brisley, Jay Cai, Tu Nguyen |

## Used together with

Papers use ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) most often with Compustat (25), CRSP (20) and S&P 500 (16); it has 25 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

*What papers use ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Compustat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat.md) | Dataset | 25 | 42.2 |
| [CRSP](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crsp.md) | Dataset | 20 | 49.9 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 16 | 7.5 |
| [ExecuComp](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/execucomp.md) | Dataset | 15 | 185.4 |
| [Earnings call transcripts](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/earnings-call-transcripts.md) | Dataset | 10 | 39.2 |
| [Thomson Reuters 13F holdings](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/thomson-reuters-13f-holdings.md) | Dataset | 9 | 87.8 |
| [I/B/E/S](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/i-b-e-s.md) | Dataset | 8 | 33.8 |
| [MSCI ESG / KLD](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/msci-esg-kld.md) | Dataset | 7 | 59.5 |
| [10-K filings](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/10-k-filings.md) | Dataset | 6 | 22.5 |
| [Refinitiv ESG (ASSET4)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/refinitiv-esg-asset4.md) | Dataset | 6 | 31.6 |
| [BoardEx](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/boardex.md) | Dataset | 5 | 44.7 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 5 | 2.2 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | [Understanding the determinants and consequences of share-pledging: a systematic literature review and future research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-026-00643-8) | [Management Review Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/management-review-quarterly.md) | Rohith Radhakrishnan, E Geetha, Agnes S. Joseph | Manipal Academy of Higher Education; Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies; Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/iss-institutional-shareholder-services

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-iss-institutional-shareholder-services,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/iss-institutional-shareholder-services}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).