Venture Capital

Aims & Scope

Venture Capital brings together research on entrepreneurial finance undertaken by academics from different disciplines and conducted from various methodological and philosophical standpoints and using a variety of research methods.

It is a forum for communication between academic researchers, venture capital practitioners and policy-makers that raises the knowledge of venture capital activity and other types of entrepreneurial finance on a global basis.

Its coverage is international, focusing not only on established financial capital markets such as the USA and the European Union, but also on emerging markets.

The Journal’s scope covers all aspects of entrepreneurial finance such as: -institutional venture capital and private equity -business angel and other forms of informal and quasi-informal investing, including crowdfunding -corporate venture capital -public sector venture capital -social finance and community venture capital.

It also covers all aspects of the venture capital process from investment decision to exit and beyond, including studies on: -investment patterns and trends -investment decision-making -investment performance -investor-investee post-investment relationships -exits, exit routes and investment outcomes and the performance of Investee businesses -financial institutions -economic impacts and public policy

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.843

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	67

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6290

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	194

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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.

• Individual crowdfunding practices

  Citation: 347

  Authors: Paul, Thomas, Armin

• Exploring entrepreneurial legitimacy in reward-based crowdfunding

  Citation: 328

  Authors: Denis, Adam J., Tony, Benjamin

• Crowdfunding social ventures: a model and research agenda

  Citation: 297

  Authors: Othmar M.

• Women entrepreneurs who break through to equity financing: The influence of human, social and financial capital

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Nancy, Candida, Patricia, Elizabeth, Myra

• A comparison of business angel and venture capitalist investment procedures: An agency theory-based analysis

  Citation: 243

  Authors: Mark

• Patterns of venture capital funding: Is gender a factor?

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Patricia G., Candida G., Myra M., Patrick

• The impact of entrepreneurs' oral ‘pitch’ presentation skills on business angels' initial screening investment decisions

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Colin

• Conjoint analysis: A new methodological approach for researching the decision policies of venture capitalists

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Dean A., Andrew

• Social finance and crowdfunding for social enterprises: a public–private case study providing legitimacy and leverage

  Citation: 162

  Authors: Othmar M., Alex

• A conceptualized investment model of crowdfunding

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Alan, Alexander

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