Ayman Issa

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Ayman Issa is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Gender Studies and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Ayman Issa has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Strategy and Management, 17 papers in Gender Studies and 16 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Ayman Issa's work include Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (20 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (17 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (14 papers). Ayman Issa is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (20 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (17 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (14 papers). Ayman Issa collaborates with scholars based in China, United Arab Emirates and Palestinian Territory. Ayman Issa's co-authors include Mohammad A.A. Zaid, Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha, Hong-Xing Fang, Ammar Ali Gull, Farman Ali, Mohammed W.A. Saleh, Man Wang, Ahmad Sahyouni, Muhammad Atif and Muhammad Usman and has published in prestigious journals such as Business Strategy and the Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management and Journal of Intellectual Capital.

In The Last Decade

Ayman Issa

33 papers receiving 995 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Breaking the glass ceiling for a sustainable future: the power of women on corporate boards in reducing ESG controversies

2023 54 citations Ayman Issa, Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha International Journal of Accounting and Information Management profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ayman Issa China	18	632	582	407	333	108	34	1.0k
Mohammad A.A. Zaid Palestinian Territory	13	727 1.2×	656 1.1×	319 0.8×	347 1.0×	114 1.1×	27	1.1k
L’Hocine Houanti France	9	458 0.7×	450 0.8×	286 0.7×	173 0.5×	95 0.9×	35	729
Ernest Gyapong New Zealand	13	347 0.5×	602 1.0×	270 0.7×	159 0.5×	130 1.2×	29	872
Philip McIlkenny Canada	6	910 1.4×	585 1.0×	351 0.9×	538 1.6×	82 0.8×	11	1.2k
Abdelwahed Omri Tunisia	15	649 1.0×	661 1.1×	206 0.5×	328 1.0×	81 0.8×	57	1.1k
Mahmoud Arayssi Lebanon	10	539 0.9×	430 0.7×	164 0.4×	249 0.7×	60 0.6×	24	860
Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi Italy	10	599 0.9×	371 0.6×	173 0.4×	359 1.1×	71 0.7×	17	858
Jyoti Devi Mahadeo Mauritius	9	379 0.6×	461 0.8×	227 0.6×	182 0.5×	165 1.5×	14	782
Giuliana Birindelli Italy	11	563 0.9×	388 0.7×	197 0.5×	333 1.0×	64 0.6×	34	915
Rebecca Strätling United Kingdom	6	694 1.1×	606 1.0×	86 0.2×	262 0.8×	83 0.8×	11	930

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Issa, Ayman & Mohammad A.A. Zaid. (2025). CSR strategy as a moderator: assessing the link between board gender diversity and carbon performance in top UK firms. Journal of Global Responsibility. 17(1). 174–193. 1 indexed citations

Issa, Ayman. (2025). Sustainability committees’ influence on ESG controversies and sustainability assurance: a comparative study in polluting and non-polluting firms. Journal of Global Responsibility. 16(4). 686–704. 1 indexed citations

Zaid, Mohammad A.A. & Ayman Issa. (2024). Board committees as catalysts: Divulging the impact of nomination and risk management on corporate eco‐innovation and carbon performance. Business Strategy and the Environment. 33(7). 6187–6206. 6 indexed citations

Issa, Ayman, Ahmad Sahyouni, & Miroslav Mateev. (2024). Enhancing bank efficiency through board diversity: a MENA region study. EuroMed Journal of Business. 21(1). 73–99.

Zaid, Mohammad A.A., Ayman Issa, & Ayman Wael Al‐Khatib. (2024). The power of financial literacy: paving a clear path for the influence of board diversity on intellectual capital disclosure. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 25(5/6). 1184–1209. 3 indexed citations

Issa, Ayman. (2023). Shaping a sustainable future: The impact of board gender diversity on clean energy use and the moderating role of environmental, social and governance controversies. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 30(6). 2731–2746. 48 indexed citations

Issa, Ayman & Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha. (2023). Powering profits: how renewable energy boosts financial performance in European non-financial companies. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management. 31(4). 600–622. 20 indexed citations

Issa, Ayman & Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha. (2023). Achieving sustainable business: The nexus between external sustainability assurance, CSR strategy and emission reduction. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 30(6). 3095–3109. 28 indexed citations

Issa, Ayman, et al.. (2023). From words to action: unpacking the real impact of sustainability initiatives on carbon emissions reduction. Social Responsibility Journal. 20(3). 585–604. 16 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman & Mohammad A.A. Zaid. (2023). Firm's biodiversity initiatives disclosure and board gender diversity: A multi‐country analysis of corporations operating in Europe. Business Strategy and the Environment. 32(7). 4991–5007. 52 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman. (2023). Do emissions reduction initiatives improve financial performance? Empirical analysis of moderating factors. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management. 32(2). 228–257. 20 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman & Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha. (2023). Breaking the glass ceiling for a sustainable future: the power of women on corporate boards in reducing ESG controversies. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management. 31(4). 623–646. 54 indexed citations breakdown →

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Issa, Ayman, Mohammad A.A. Zaid, Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha, & Ammar Ali Gull. (2021). An examination of board diversity and corporate social responsibility disclosure: evidence from banking sector in the Arabian Gulf countries. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management. 30(1). 22–46. 74 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman, Mohammad A.A. Zaid, & Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha. (2021). Exploring the relationship between female director's profile and sustainability performance: Evidence from the Middle East. Managerial and Decision Economics. 43(6). 1980–2002. 48 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman, et al.. (2021). Does the board diversity impact bank performance in the MENA countries? A multilevel study. Corporate Governance. 21(5). 865–891. 62 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman. (2018). The Impact of Board Gender Diversity on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC). SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman. (2017). Corporate Disclosure on Anti-Corruption Practice: A study of Social Responsible. Journal of Financial Crime. 10(11). 1 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman, et al.. (2017). Corporate Disclosure on Anti-Corruption Practice: A Study of Social Responsible Companies in The Gulf Cooperation Council. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman. (2017). The Factors Influencing Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES. 11(10). 40 indexed citations

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Issa, Ayman. (2015). The Determinants of Dividend Policy: Evidence from Malaysian Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6(18). 69–86. 26 indexed citations

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