Social Enterprise Journal

Aims & Scope

The challenges posed to capitalism by the global economic crisis of 2008 and the seemingly intractable problems of persistent poverty and rising inequality have focused attention on organizations that combine enterprise with an embedded social purpose.

Social enterprise is a powerful global concept, describing businesses with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally re-invested for that purpose in businesses or in the community.

Scholarly interest in social enterprise has progressed beyond the early focus on definitions and context to investigate their formation, management, distinctive international differences, and social value creation.

We invite scholars and practitioners to examine the phenomena of social enterprise and present their research work to SEJ.

The editorial team has consciously chosen to open the door wide to all scholars from a range of disciplines publishing social enterprise research.

The aim is to encourage knowledge sharing across disciplines to generate stronger research overall in the field.

The SEJ will accept rigorous research papers that address key aspects.

Issues of importance, which can be addressed at a global, national and/or individual social enterprise level, include but are not limited to: Theorization of the nature of social enterprise Regional and geographical dimensions of social enterprise Strategic management in social enterprises Social venture creation and social entrepreneurship The sustainability of social enterprise Measuring social value Marketing in social enterprises Growing and scaling social impact Hybridity and conflicting logics Public policy & social enterprise Social investment Social enterprise incubation and acceleration The development of social enterprise as a field of study.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.5
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.732

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	22

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7658

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	417

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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, Environmental Science 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.

• Social enterprise in Europe: recent trends and developments

  Citation: 393

  Authors: Jacques, Marthe

• Social enterprise

  Citation: 246

  Authors: Giulia, Carlo

• A research agenda for social entrepreneurship

  Citation: 243

  Authors: Helen

• Understanding and combating mission drift in social enterprises

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Christopher

• Eight paradoxes of the social enterprise research agenda

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Ken, Adrian

• The Social Entrepreneurial Antecedents Scale (SEAS): a validation study

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Kai

• Emerging models of social enterprise in Eastern Asia: a cross‐country analysis

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Jacques, Shin‐Yang

• Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship research and theory

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Maria L., Vlatka, Elayne, Souad

• Growing the social enterprise – issues and challenges

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Briga

• Strategies for scaling up social enterprise: lessons from early years providers

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Fergus, Heather

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