About the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
The International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research has a unique focus on publishing original research related to the human and social dynamics of entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial management in small and growing organizations.
Submission information
Accepted manuscript types and word counts
- Research Paper — up to 8000 words
- Editorial — up to 3000 words
Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.
Reference style
Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.
Keywords
Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper. When you submit to the journal, you’ll be able to choose keywords that describe the main topics of your paper from a list of recommended keywords, or you can add your own.
Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
Open access options
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Accepted languages
This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.
Accepted submission files
Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.
Closes: 31st August 2026
This Special Issue focuses on the relationship between Artificial Intelligence biases and Entrepreneurship, considering their risks and the opportunities that arise from their mitigation.
Guest editor(s): Prof. Francesco Schiavone, Dr. Tais Siqueira Barreto, Dr. Anna Bastone
Closes: 30th September 2026
"This special issue explores how entrepreneurial behaviour is shaped within sport ecosystems, offering new theoretical and empirical insights with societal and global relevance. "
Guest editor(s): Dr Emily Beaumont (ebeaumont@glos.ac.uk) | Dr María Huertas González-Serrano (m.huertas.gonzalez@uv.es) | Dr Jonas Hammerschmidt (Jonas.hammerschmidt@nhh.no)
Closes: 31st January 2027
Closes: 31st January 2027
This special issue advances our understanding of how entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ecosystems navigate the challenges of climate change and circular economy transitions. We place particular emphasis on the behavioural, cognitive, and social dimensions of entrepreneurship; how entrepreneurs recognise opportunities, make decisions, build ventures, mobilise resources, and create change when confronting climate challenges and circular economy imperatives across different settings.
Guest editor(s): Robert Newbery, Breda O'Dwyer, Claudia Gonzalez Brambila
Closes: 15th February 2027
This special issue collects cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research on female senior entrepreneurship, i.e., entrepreneurial activity by females in later active-working or post-retirement phases of life.
Guest editor(s): Birgit Leick, Ondřej Dvouletý, Linda Weidenstedt, David Urbano
Closes: 28th February 2027
This Special Issue seeks to bridge the gap between entrepreneurial ecosystem research and entrepreneurial behaviour studies by integrating micro-level behavioural insights with macro-level ecosystem...
Guest editor(s): Esin Yoruk, Francisco Liñán, Karen Williams-Middleton
Closes: 30th April 2027
Call for papers for a special issue of International Journal Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research on Comparative Perspectives on Entrepreneurship and Regional Development in the Global South
Guest editor(s): Nadia Zahoor, Francis Donbesuur, Peter Gabrielsson, Martin Meyer
Closes: 30th November 2027
This special issue, which will be introduced at RENT in Antwerp in 2026 to mark the conference’s 40th anniversary, aims to celebrate and build upon this legacy by inviting contributions that critically examine and reimagine entrepreneurship from diverse theoretical, methodological, and empirical perspectives, advancing both theory and practice.
Guest editor(s): Karin Berglund, Daniel Hjorth, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Karen Verduijn
Open access articles
Metrics snapshot
- 2025 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate)
- 4.7
- Downloaded articles in the last 12 months
- 436256
Publication timeline
- Time to first decision
- 41.5 days
- Acceptance to publication
- 40 days
- Acceptance rate
- 7.2%
