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title: "Entrepreneurship research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “entrepreneurship” appeared in 1,396 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (639), economics (550) and finance (110)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “entrepreneurship” appeared in 1,396 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (639), economics (550) and finance (110). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “entrepreneurship”

Research on “entrepreneurship” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “entrepreneurship” appeared in 1,396 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (639), economics (550) and finance (110).
- 181 of them were published in 2025, against 108 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Peking University (15), Villanova University (13) and Indiana University Bloomington (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Business Venturing Insights (55), Small Business Economics (38) and Finance research letters (32).
- The most-cited of them is “The digital transformation of innovation and entrepreneurship: Progress, challenges and key themes” (Research Policy, 2019), with 2,764 citations.

## 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) | 49 | 54 | 46 | 71 | 64 | 63 | 79 | 68 | 78 | 67 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 47 | 47 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 62 | 46 | 70 | 54 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 19 | 16 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 108 | 114 | 115 | 146 | 142 | 128 | 162 | 153 | 181 | 147 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Business Venturing Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing-insights.md) | 55 |
| 2 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 38 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 32 |
| 4 | [Journal of Business Venturing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing.md) | 27 |
| 5 | [International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-entrepreneurship-and-management-journal.md) | 25 |
| 6 | [Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship.md) | 21 |
| 7 | [The Review of Austrian Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-review-of-austrian-economics.md) | 19 |
| 8 | [Journal of global entrepreneurship research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-global-entrepreneurship-research.md) | 18 |
| 9 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 17 |
| 10 | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | 17 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 15 |
| 2 | Villanova University | 13 |
| 3 | [Indiana University Bloomington](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/indiana-university-bloomington.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Indiana University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/indiana-university.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [IZA - Institute of Labor Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/iza-institute-of-labor-economics.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 173 |
| 2 | United States | 155 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 72 |
| 4 | Spain | 52 |
| 5 | Germany | 49 |
| 6 | Italy | 41 |
| 7 | Australia | 36 |
| 8 | France | 27 |
| 9 | India | 27 |
| 10 | Canada | 26 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 92 |
| 2 | [innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/innovation.md) | 67 |
| 3 | startups | 41 |
| 4 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 31 |
| 5 | self-employment | 31 |
| 6 | [human capital](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/human-capital.md) | 23 |
| 7 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 21 |
| 8 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 20 |
| 9 | [financial development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-development.md) | 19 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,764 | 30.4 | [The digital transformation of innovation and entrepreneurship: Progress, challenges and key themes](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.03.018) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2019-04-05 | Satish Nambisan, Mike Wright, Maryann P. Feldman |
| 2 | 1,812 | 18.5 | [Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.08.011) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-08-31 | Johan Schot, W. Edward Steinmueller |
| 3 | 1,033 | 9.1 | [The lineages of the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9864-8) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2017-05-11 | Zoltán J. Ács, Erik Stam, David Bruce Audretsch et al. |
| 4 | 874 | 8.6 | [Entrepreneurial self-efficacy: A systematic review of the literature on its theoretical foundations, measurement, antecedents, and outcomes, and an agenda for future research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.05.012) | [Journal of Vocational Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-vocational-behavior.md) | 2018-05-23 | Alexander Newman, Martin Obschonka, Susan McDonald Schwarz et al. |
| 5 | 802 | 8.5 | [Blockchain Disruption and Decentralized Finance: The Rise of Decentralized Business Models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2019.e00151) | [Journal of Business Venturing Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing-insights.md) | 2019-01-01 | Yan Chen, Cristiano Bellavitis |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “entrepreneurship”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/entrepreneurship

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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).