Some Predictors of Entrepreneurship Article Impact

John T. Perry, Ralph H. Hanke, Gaylen N. Chandler and Gergana Markova

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, 2016, vol. 25, issue 1, 42-69

Abstract: We study scholarly impact in the entrepreneurship field. To answer the question of which factors predict impact, we focus on understanding how article citation behaviour has changed over 20 years. We apply paradigm development theory and framing concepts to guide our study. We find that the value attached to both an article and the article’s authors has become a greater predictor of article citations over time. Additionally, we find that whether authors’ claim that their articles present interesting or useful ideas predicts article impact. But the nature of the impact differs depending on the type of the claim. The pattern of results suggests that entrepreneurship research may currently be at an intermediate stage of development.

Keywords: bibliometric study; article impact; field development; paradigm development; scholarly research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0971355715616234

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