Small Business Economics

Aims & Scope

Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal publishes rigorous research on entrepreneurship, self-employment, family firms, small and medium-sized firms, and new venture creation.

The journal has a broad scope, including entrepreneurs' characteristics, occupational choice, new ventures and innovation, firms life courses and performance; as well as the role played by institutions and public policies within local, regional, national and international contexts.

Articles published in Small Business Economics typically emphasize the economic and societal relevance of research findings.

As a leading entrepreneurship journal, Small Business Economics publishes both theoretical and empirical papers, while encouraging interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research from a broad spectrum of disciplines and related fields.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.8
2024	6.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.025

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	180

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	704

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5500

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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 and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 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.

• Linking Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

  Citation: 1325

  Authors: Sander, Roy

• The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

  Citation: 1161

  Authors: Zoltan J., Pontus, David B., Bo

• Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Data Collection Design and Implementation 1998?2003

  Citation: 1119

  Authors: Paul, Niels, Erkko, Steve, Natalie, Isabel, Paloma, Nancy

• Why encouraging more people to become entrepreneurs is bad public policy

  Citation: 1016

  Authors: Scott

• Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth: Evidence from GEM data

  Citation: 987

  Authors: Poh Kam, Yuen Ping, Erkko

• The Psychological Basis of Opportunity Identification: Entrepreneurial Alertness

  Citation: 883

  Authors: Connie Marie, Jerome A.

• Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development

  Citation: 833

  Authors: Sander, Andr�, Roy, Paul

• Perceptual Variables and Nascent Entrepreneurship

  Citation: 831

  Authors: Pia, Maria

• The Effect of Entrepreneurial Activity on National Economic Growth

  Citation: 811

  Authors: Andr� van, Martin, Roy

• Network Support and the Success of Newly Founded Business

  Citation: 782

  Authors: Josef, Peter

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