Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Aims & Scope

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development is unique in that it addresses the central factors in economic development - entrepreneurial vitality and innovation - as local and regional phenomena.

It provides a multi-disciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners in the field of entrepreneurship and small firm development and for those studying and developing the local and regional context in which entrepreneurs emerge, innovate and establish the new economic activities which drive economic growth and create new economic wealth and employment.

The Journal focuses on the diverse and complex characteristics of local and regional economies which lead to entrepreneurial vitality and endow the large and small firms within them with international competitiveness.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.6
2024	3.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.353

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	119

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2873

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	764

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Entrepreneurial intentions: Applying the theory of planned behaviour

  Citation: 1135

  Authors: Norris F., Alan L

• The multiple faces of social entrepreneurship: A review of definitional issues based on geographical and thematic criteria

  Citation: 613

  Authors: S., F.

• Human capital, social capital, and innovation: a multi-country study

  Citation: 586

  Authors: Mourad, Dirk

• Firm networks: external relationships as sources for the growth and competitiveness of entrepreneurial firms

  Citation: 545

  Authors: Christian, Michael

• Where do they come from? Prevalence and characteristics of nascent entrepreneurs

  Citation: 522

  Authors: Frederic, Per

• Reclaiming the space of entrepreneurship in society: geographical, discursive and social dimensions

  Citation: 494

  Authors: Chris, Jerome

• Matching opportunities with resources: A framework for analysing (migrant) entrepreneurship from a mixed embeddedness perspective

  Citation: 469

  Authors: Robert C.

• Personal views on the future of entrepreneurship education

  Citation: 466

  Authors: Alain

• ‘Entrepreneuring’ as a conceptual attractor? A review of process theories in 20 years of entrepreneurship studies

  Citation: 437

  Authors: Chris

• The articulation of social capital in entrepreneurial networks: a glue or a lubricant?

  Citation: 415

  Authors: Alistair R., Sarah L.

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