---
title: "Crunchbase: papers using this data, journals and trends"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 119 archived papers mentioned Crunchbase in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2025 (7)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crunchbase
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crunchbase.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 119 archived papers mentioned Crunchbase in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2025 (7). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Crunchbase

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/2.md)

Deal-level data on mergers and acquisitions, equity and bond issues, venture capital and private equity.

- data category: M&A, IPO and private capital data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Crunchbase

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All M&A, IPO and private capital data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/m-a-ipo-and-private-capital-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 119 archived papers mentioned Crunchbase in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2025 (7).
- No paper of the tracked journals mentioned Crunchbase in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Crunchbase was mentioned in 135 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (55), economics (39) and finance (24).
- 41 of them were published in 2025, against 2 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Bergamo (7), Edinburgh Napier University (5) and IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (5).
- The journals publishing most of them were Small Business Economics (21), Review of Managerial Science (7) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (6).
- The most-cited of them is “Pairwise Acquisition Prediction with SHAP Value Interpretation” (The Journal of Finance and Data Science, 2020), with 143 citations.
- Papers use Crunchbase most often with LinkedIn (30), Twitter / X (24) and PitchBook (20); it has 29 partners in the code and data network, in the group around Twitter / X, Facebook, YouTube / TikTok.

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 38 | 39 | 42 | 119 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 6 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 41 | 35 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 21 |
| 2 | [Review of Managerial Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-managerial-science.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 5 |
| 5 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Electronic Markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-markets.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 3 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | University of Bergamo | 7 |
| 2 | Edinburgh Napier University | 5 |
| 3 | IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca | 5 |
| 4 | Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli | 4 |
| 5 | Politecnico di Torino | 4 |
| 6 | [University of Amsterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-amsterdam.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [University of Edinburgh](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-edinburgh.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [University of Science and Technology of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-science-and-technology-of-china.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Bocconi University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/bocconi-university.md) | 3 |
| 10 | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf | 3 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Germany | 37 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 27 |
| 3 | Italy | 26 |
| 4 | United States | 17 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 13 |
| 6 | China | 8 |
| 7 | France | 7 |
| 8 | Australia | 5 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 5 |
| 10 | Spain | 4 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | venture capital | 24 |
| 2 | entrepreneurial ecosystems | 16 |
| 3 | startups | 16 |
| 4 | Crunchbase | 9 |
| 5 | startup financing | 9 |
| 6 | venture financing | 9 |
| 7 | [innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/innovation.md) | 8 |
| 8 | signaling theory | 8 |
| 9 | angel investors | 7 |
| 10 | [fintech](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/fintech.md) | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 143 | 1.7 | [Pairwise Acquisition Prediction with SHAP Value Interpretation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfds.2021.02.001) | [The Journal of Finance and Data Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-finance-and-data-science.md) | 2020-01-01 | Katsuya Futagami, Yusuke Fukazawa, Nakul Kapoor et al. |
| 2 | 119 | 1.8 | [A machine learning, bias-free approach for predicting business success using Crunchbase data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102555) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 2021-03-07 | Kamil Żbikowski, Piotr Antosiuk |
| 3 | 96 | 0.9 | [Crowdfunding and regional entrepreneurial investment: an application of the CrowdBerkeley database](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.07.008) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2017-09-07 | Sandy Yu, Scott Johnson, Chia-Yu Lai et al. |
| 4 | 86 | 3.6 | [Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for sustainable tourism growth and economic cycles](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123875) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2024-11-16 | Abu Bakkar Siddik, Md. Shak Forid, Li Yong et al. |
| 5 | 83 | 0.8 | [Governance in entrepreneurial ecosystems: venture capitalists vs. technology parks](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9955-6) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2017-12-01 | Douglas J. Cumming, Jochen Christian Werth, Yelin Zhang |

## Used together with

Papers use Crunchbase most often with LinkedIn (30), Twitter / X (24) and PitchBook (20); it has 29 partners in the code and data network, in the group around Twitter / X, Facebook, YouTube / TikTok.

*What papers use Crunchbase together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [LinkedIn](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/linkedin.md) | Dataset | 30 | 12.8 |
| [Twitter / X](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/twitter-x.md) | Dataset | 24 | 1.9 |
| [PitchBook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/pitchbook.md) | Dataset | 20 | 157.5 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 12 | 2.9 |
| [Facebook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/facebook.md) | Dataset | 12 | 1.4 |
| [USPTO / PatentsView](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/uspto-patentsview.md) | Dataset | 10 | 11.5 |
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 10 | 3.8 |
| [VentureXpert / VentureSource](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/venturexpert-venturesource.md) | Dataset | 9 | 177.2 |
| [Google Trends](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/google-trends.md) | Dataset | 7 | 3.8 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 7 | 1.1 |
| [YouTube / TikTok](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/youtube-tiktok.md) | Dataset | 7 | 1.3 |
| [Compustat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat.md) | Dataset | 6 | 3.4 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Crunchbase. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crunchbase

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-crunchbase,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Crunchbase},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crunchbase}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).