---
title: "ECB SAFE survey: research papers using this data"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 9 archived papers mentioned ECB SAFE survey in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jan 2024 (2)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/ecb-safe-survey
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license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 9 archived papers mentioned ECB SAFE survey in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jan 2024 (2). (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)
---

# ECB SAFE survey

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

Surveys and administrative records of firms and plants, including private firms.

- data category: Firm surveys and census data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Firm surveys and census data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/firm-surveys-and-census-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 9 archived papers mentioned ECB SAFE survey in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jan 2024 (2).
- ECB SAFE survey was mentioned in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #165 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (1).
- Most of them appeared in Telecommunications Policy (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), ECB SAFE survey was mentioned in 10 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (5), management (2) and finance (2).
- 2 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were European Central Bank (2), Université Libre de Bruxelles (2) and Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (1).
- The journals publishing most of them were Small Business Economics (2), Journal of Macroeconomics (1) and Telecommunications Policy (1).
- The most-cited of them is “Sources of financing: Which ones are more effective in innovation–growth linkage?” (Economic Systems, 2024), with 40 citations.
- Papers use ECB SAFE survey most often with Orbis (Bureau van Dijk) (3); it has 1 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |

## 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) | 2 |
| 2 | [Journal of Macroeconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-macroeconomics.md) | 1 |
| 3 | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | 1 |
| 4 | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 1 |
| 5 | [Economic Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-systems.md) | 1 |
| 6 | [Computational Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-management-science.md) | 1 |
| 7 | [Review of Managerial Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-managerial-science.md) | 1 |
| 8 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 1 |
| 9 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | European Central Bank | 2 |
| 2 | Université Libre de Bruxelles | 2 |
| 3 | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | 1 |
| 4 | Atlantic Technological University | 1 |
| 5 | European Commission | 1 |
| 6 | European Stability Mechanism | 1 |
| 7 | Joint Research Center | 1 |
| 8 | National Research Council | 1 |
| 9 | Norwich Research Park | 1 |
| 10 | [Politecnico di Milano](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/politecnico-di-milano.md) | 1 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 4 |
| 2 | Belgium | 2 |
| 3 | Germany | 2 |
| 4 | Spain | 1 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 6 | Ireland | 1 |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 1 |
| 8 | Qatar | 1 |
| 9 | Romania | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [small and medium-sized enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises.md) | 4 |
| 2 | European SMEs | 2 |
| 3 | Italian SMEs | 2 |
| 4 | access to credit | 2 |
| 5 | credit constraints | 2 |
| 6 | euro area | 2 |
| 7 | job creation | 2 |
| 8 | monetary policy transmission | 2 |
| 9 | unconventional monetary policy | 2 |
| 10 | EU member states | 1 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 1.2 | [Sources of financing: Which ones are more effective in innovation–growth linkage?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2023.101177) | [Economic Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-systems.md) | 2024-01-02 | Anabela Santos, Michele Cincera, Giovanni Cerulli |
| 2 | 39 | 1.2 | [Impact of financial literacy, perceived access to finance, ICT use, and digitization on credit constraints: evidence from Qatari MSME importers](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-023-00557-4) | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 2024-01-12 | Lanouar Charfeddine, Mohamed Ismail Umlai, Mazen El-Masri |
| 3 | 38 | 0.9 | [ECB unconventional monetary policy and SME access to finance](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00730-0) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2023-02-18 | Marie Finnegan, Supriya Kapoor |
| 4 | 19 | 0.6 | [European SMEs’ growth: the role of market-based finance and public financial support](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00918-y) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2024-04-19 | Simone Boccaletti, Annalisa Ferrando, Emanuele Rossi et al. |
| 5 | 5 | 0.4 | [Creditworthiness of small and medium enterprises: a fuzzy decision-making approach](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10287-025-00546-1) | [Computational Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-management-science.md) | 2025-11-13 | Gail Denisse Chamochumbi Diaz, Federica Palazzi, Laerte Sorini |

## Used together with

Papers use ECB SAFE survey most often with Orbis (Bureau van Dijk) (3); it has 1 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

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

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Orbis (Bureau van Dijk)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/orbis-bureau-van-dijk.md) | Dataset | 3 | 84.4 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning ECB SAFE survey in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | [Institutional context and the employment effects of artificial intelligence in European SMEs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2026.103336) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | Anabela Santos, Francesco Molica | Université Libre de Bruxelles |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). ECB SAFE survey. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/ecb-safe-survey

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {ECB SAFE survey},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/ecb-safe-survey}},
  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/).