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Small Business Economics

An Entrepreneurship Journal

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Overview

Small Business Economics focuses on empirical and theoretical research in all aspects of entrepreneurship and small business economics.

  • Emphasizes the economic and societal relevance of research findings for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
  • Covers a wide range of topics, from entrepreneurial processes to issues of small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • Welcomes scientific studies at different levels, from individual entrepreneurs to macro-level institutions and public policies.

 

Former Editor-in-Chief - Christina Guenther (Deceased - 2025)

Editor-in-Chief
  • David B. Audretsch
Founding Editors
  • David B. Audretsch

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Journal Impact Factor
4.8 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
7.9 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
6 days
Downloads
2.1M (2025)

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Electronic ISSN
1573-0913
Print ISSN
0921-898X
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  2. ANVUR
  3. Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List
  4. BFI List
  5. Baidu
  6. CLOCKSS
  7. CNKI
  8. CNPIEC
  9. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  10. Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  11. Dimensions
  12. EBSCO
  13. ECONIS
  14. EconLit
  15. FNEGE
  16. Google Scholar
  17. JSTOR
  18. Naver
  19. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  20. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  21. Ovid Discovery
  22. Portico
  23. ProQuest
  24. Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
  25. SCImago
  26. SCOPUS
  27. Social Science Citation Index
  28. TD Net Discovery Service
  29. Wanfang
  30. eLibrary.ru
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