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Entrepreneurship Research Journal

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2011

ISSN2157-5665

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.825

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.328

Total Worksi

434

Total Citationsi

7,595

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Business and International Management; Management of Technology and Innovation; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications434

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2157-5665

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

497

2019

695

2020

710

2021

501

2022

143

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Business and International ManagementQ2

Management of Technology and InnovationQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesFamily Business Performance and SuccessionPrivate Equity and Venture CapitalInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentCorporate Finance and GovernanceFirm Innovation and GrowthInnovation and Knowledge ManagementMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceBusiness Strategy and Innovation

Frequently asked questions about Entrepreneurship Research Journal

Is Entrepreneurship Research Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Entrepreneurship Research Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Entrepreneurship Research Journal?

Entrepreneurship Research Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.13.

Is Entrepreneurship Research Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Entrepreneurship Research Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Entrepreneurship Research Journal?