---
title: "Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk): research papers using this data"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 16 archived papers mentioned Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2024 (2)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/zephyr-bureau-van-dijk
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/zephyr-bureau-van-dijk.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 16 archived papers mentioned Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 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)
---

# Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk)

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/7.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: Zephyr database, BvD Zephyr, Zephyr

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, 16 archived papers mentioned Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2024 (2).
- No paper of the tracked journals mentioned Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk) in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk) was mentioned in 16 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (8), finance (3) and economics (3).
- 9 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Durham University (2), University of Sussex (2) and Azerbaijan State University of Economics (1).
- The journals publishing most of them were Management International Review (2), Journal of International Management (2) and Quality & Quantity (1).
- The most-cited of them is “Have female executives made a difference?—The impact of female executives on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in listed companies” (International Review of Economics & Finance, 2025), with 11 citations.
- Papers use Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk) most often with Worldwide Governance Indicators (4) and Orbis (Bureau van Dijk) (3); it has 2 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Management International Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/management-international-review.md) | 2 |
| 2 | [Journal of International Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-management.md) | 2 |
| 3 | [Quality & Quantity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/quality-quantity.md) | 1 |
| 4 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 1 |
| 5 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 1 |
| 6 | [Journal of Financial Services Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-services-research.md) | 1 |
| 7 | [International Tax and Public Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-tax-and-public-finance.md) | 1 |
| 8 | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 1 |
| 9 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 1 |
| 10 | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Durham University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/durham-university.md) | 2 |
| 2 | [University of Sussex](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-sussex.md) | 2 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics | 1 |
| 4 | [Centre for Economic Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-for-economic-policy-research.md) | 1 |
| 5 | Collegio Carlo Alberto | 1 |
| 6 | [Dongbei University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dongbei-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 1 |
| 7 | Drake University | 1 |
| 8 | [Erasmus University Rotterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/erasmus-university-rotterdam.md) | 1 |
| 9 | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 1 |
| 10 | Fondazione Ing. Rodolfo Debenedetti | 1 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 11 |
| 2 | China | 6 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 |
| 4 | United States | 3 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| 6 | Belgium | 1 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 |
| 8 | South Korea | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 |
| 10 | Poland | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | cross-border mergers and acquisitions | 4 |
| 2 | emerging market multinationals | 4 |
| 3 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 3 |
| 4 | Chinese multinational enterprises | 2 |
| 5 | cross-border acquisitions | 2 |
| 6 | foreign acquisitions | 2 |
| 7 | institutional distance | 2 |
| 8 | international taxation reform | 2 |
| 9 | knowledge sourcing | 2 |
| 10 | [Chinese enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-enterprises.md) | 1 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 0.5 | [Have female executives made a difference?—The impact of female executives on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in listed companies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2025.103881) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 2025-01-15 | Shouwu Jing, Chaohao Hu, Zejia Zhou et al. |
| 2 | 9 | 0.3 | [New data and descriptor for crowdfunding and renewable energy](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-024-01850-9) | [Quality & Quantity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/quality-quantity.md) | 2024-04-22 | Dario Salerno, Andrea Gatto, Simona Russo |
| 3 | 8 | 0.3 | [Exploring the impact of establishment mode on intangible strategic asset creation in Chinese MNEs: springboard cross-border strategic asset-seeking M&As versus greenfield R&D-related FDI projects](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-024-00265-6) | [Asian Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asian-business-management.md) | 2024-04-25 | Dylan Sutherland, John R. Anderson, Ludan Wu et al. |
| 4 | 8 | 0.4 | [State ownership and corporate leverage around the world](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2025.102782) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2025-04-10 | Ralph De Haas, Sergei M. Guriev, Alexander Stepanov |
| 5 | 7 | 0.4 | [Aligning large language models with human preferences using historical text edits](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2025.113566) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2025-05-17 | Jan Majkutewicz, Julian Szymański |

## Used together with

Papers use Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk) most often with Worldwide Governance Indicators (4) and Orbis (Bureau van Dijk) (3); it has 2 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk) together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators.md) | Dataset | 4 | 26.6 |
| [Orbis (Bureau van Dijk)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/orbis-bureau-van-dijk.md) | Dataset | 3 | 52.8 |

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

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/zephyr-bureau-van-dijk

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-zephyr-bureau-van-dijk,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/zephyr-bureau-van-dijk}},
  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/).