---
title: "PitchBook: papers using this data, journals and trends"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 45 archived papers mentioned PitchBook in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (4)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/pitchbook
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/pitchbook.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 45 archived papers mentioned PitchBook in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (4). (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)
---

# PitchBook

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/5.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: PitchBook

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, 45 archived papers mentioned PitchBook in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (4).
- No paper of the tracked journals mentioned PitchBook in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), PitchBook was mentioned in 45 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (17), management (13) and finance (11).
- 19 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Bocconi University (4), IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (4) and Politecnico di Milano (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Small Business Economics (8), The Journal of Technology Transfer (5) and Research Policy (3).
- The most-cited of them is “Customer data access and fintech entry: Early evidence from open banking” (Journal of Financial Economics, 2025), with 68 citations.
- Papers use PitchBook most often with Crunchbase (20), LinkedIn (9) and Twitter / X (6); it has 14 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 10 | 16 | 19 | 45 |

## 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 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 14 |

## 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) | 8 |
| 2 | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 3 |
| 4 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 3 |
| 5 | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [Journal of Business Venturing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [The British Accounting Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-british-accounting-review.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Bocconi University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/bocconi-university.md) | 4 |
| 2 | IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca | 4 |
| 3 | [Politecnico di Milano](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/politecnico-di-milano.md) | 4 |
| 4 | University of Bergamo | 4 |
| 5 | [University of Edinburgh](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-edinburgh.md) | 4 |
| 6 | Babson College | 3 |
| 7 | [Deakin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/deakin-university.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [Lancaster University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lancaster-university.md) | 3 |
| 9 | Oxford Brookes University | 3 |
| 10 | University of the West of England | 3 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 16 |
| 2 | Italy | 14 |
| 3 | United States | 10 |
| 4 | Germany | 7 |
| 5 | Australia | 3 |
| 6 | France | 3 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden | 3 |
| 9 | Belgium | 2 |
| 10 | Canada | 2 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | venture capital | 8 |
| 2 | private equity | 7 |
| 3 | entrepreneurial finance | 5 |
| 4 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 4 |
| 5 | entrepreneurial ecosystems | 4 |
| 6 | angel investors | 3 |
| 7 | asset allocation | 3 |
| 8 | corporate venture capital | 3 |
| 9 | [human capital](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/human-capital.md) | 3 |
| 10 | leveraged buyouts | 3 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 68 | 3.6 | [Customer data access and fintech entry: Early evidence from open banking](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2024.103950) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2025-04-07 | Tania Babina, Saleem Bahaj, Greg Buchak et al. |
| 2 | 28 | 1.0 | [Technology-driven transformations in agri-food global value chains: The role of incumbent firms from a corporate venture capital perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102684) | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 2024-07-24 | Pablo Mac Clay, Roberto Feeney, Jorge Sellare |
| 3 | 26 | 1.1 | [False signaling by platform team members and post-campaign venture outcomes: Evidence from an equity crowdfunding platform](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2024.106457) | [Journal of Business Venturing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing.md) | 2024-11-18 | Virginie Mataigne, Michele Meoli, Tom R. Vanacker et al. |
| 4 | 25 | 0.8 | [Human capital in corporate venture capital units and its relation to parent firms' innovative performance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105003) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2024-04-26 | David Bendig, Vincent Göttel, David Eckardt et al. |
| 5 | 22 | 1.0 | [Gender differences in entrepreneurial equity financing—a systematic literature review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00989-x) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2025-01-16 | Kevin Koziol, Maja Schmitz, Suleika Bort |

## Used together with

Papers use PitchBook most often with Crunchbase (20), LinkedIn (9) and Twitter / X (6); it has 14 partners in the code and data network, in the group around Twitter / X, Facebook, YouTube / TikTok.

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

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Crunchbase](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crunchbase.md) | Dataset | 20 | 157.5 |
| [LinkedIn](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/linkedin.md) | Dataset | 9 | 11.5 |
| [Twitter / X](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/twitter-x.md) | Dataset | 6 | 1.4 |
| [Facebook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/facebook.md) | Dataset | 5 | 1.8 |
| [USPTO / PatentsView](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/uspto-patentsview.md) | Dataset | 5 | 17.3 |
| [Morningstar](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/morningstar.md) | Dataset | 4 | 29.7 |
| [VentureXpert / VentureSource](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/venturexpert-venturesource.md) | Dataset | 4 | 236.2 |
| [Credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/credit-bureaus-equifax-experian-transunion.md) | Dataset | 3 | 29.8 |
| [Kauffman Firm Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/kauffman-firm-survey.md) | Dataset | 3 | 132.9 |
| [Preqin](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/preqin.md) | Dataset | 3 | 245.3 |
| [Refinitiv Eikon / LSEG Workspace](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/refinitiv-eikon-lseg-workspace.md) | Dataset | 3 | 8.4 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 3 | 1.4 |

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

## Cite this page

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

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-pitchbook,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {PitchBook},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/pitchbook}},
  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/).