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Journal of Business Venturing Template

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About the Journal of Business Venturing format

Journal of Business Venturing is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Corporate Finance and Governance.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Business Venturing, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences Private Equity and Venture Capital Corporate Finance and Governance Family Business Performance and Succession Firm Innovation and Growth
ISSN0883-9026
Citation impact (2-yr)6.59
h-index321
i10-index1,424
Total citations369,698
Article processing charge$4,080
Top institutions publishing hereIndiana University Bloomington
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in Journal of Business Venturing per year

48
2014
29
2015
39
2016
54
2017
79
2018
55
2019
49
2020
62
2021
53
2022
56
2023
54
2024
59
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Business Venturing by publication year

7.1K
2014
3.4K
2015
6.6K
2016
6.9K
2017
10.7K
2018
5.1K
2019
3.2K
2020
3.1K
2021
2.4K
2022
1.4K
2023
686
2024
236
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Business Venturing

The dynamics of crowdfunding: An exploratory study

Ethan Mollick · 14 Aug 2013

Crowdfunding allows founders of for-profit, artistic, and cultural ventures to fund their efforts by drawing on relatively small contributions from a relatively large number of individuals using the internet, without standard financial intermediaries. Drawing on a dataset of over 48,500 projects with combined funding over $237 M, this paper offers a description of the underlying…

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Journal of Business Venturing template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Business Venturing format?
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What reference style does Journal of Business Venturing use?
Journal of Business Venturing uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Business Venturing, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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Journal of Business Venturing is a multidisciplinary journal published by Elsevier. DocuGuru's Journal of Business Venturing template matches Elsevier's official submission format.
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