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The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

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ISSN: 10153977, 20713185, 25227343

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SCImago
Q3
SJR
0.226
CiteScore
1.7
Categories
Business and International Management
Development
Economics and Econometrics
Strategy and Management
Areas
Business, Management and Accounting
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2019-2025
journal names
The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
Publications
222
Citations
919
h-index
14
Publications
135
Citations
787
Top-3 organizations
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (35 publications)
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (17 publications)
University of Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg (16 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (10 publications)
University of Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg (7 publications)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of KwaZulu-Natal (7 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (120 publications)
Iraq (8 publications)
Italy (7 publications)
South Africa (50 publications)
Norway (6 publications)
Brazil (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
101 citations, 10.99%
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)
42 citations, 4.57%
Cogent Business and Management
21 citations, 2.29%
Sustainability
21 citations, 2.29%
South African Journal of Business Management
20 citations, 2.18%
Acta Commercii
18 citations, 1.96%
Southern African Business Review
15 citations, 1.63%
Administrative Sciences
13 citations, 1.41%
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
12 citations, 1.31%
Journal of Enterprising Communities
12 citations, 1.31%
Handbook of Research on Global Business Opportunities
12 citations, 1.31%
Development Southern Africa
10 citations, 1.09%
Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship
10 citations, 1.09%
SSRN Electronic Journal
10 citations, 1.09%
Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
9 citations, 0.98%
Problems and Perspectives in Management
8 citations, 0.87%
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
8 citations, 0.87%
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
8 citations, 0.87%
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management
7 citations, 0.76%
SA Journal of Information Management
7 citations, 0.76%
Investment Management and Financial Innovations
6 citations, 0.65%
SA Journal of Human Resource Management
6 citations, 0.65%
Africa’s Public Service Delivery and Performance Review
6 citations, 0.65%
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
5 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Family Business Management
5 citations, 0.54%
Cogent Education
5 citations, 0.54%
International Journal of Law and Management
5 citations, 0.54%
Education and Training
5 citations, 0.54%
Management Decision
5 citations, 0.54%
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
5 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
5 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Risk and Financial Management
5 citations, 0.54%
Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
5 citations, 0.54%
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development
4 citations, 0.44%
International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
4 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
4 citations, 0.44%
Africa Journal of Management
4 citations, 0.44%
South African Journal of Accounting Research
4 citations, 0.44%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
4 citations, 0.44%
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
4 citations, 0.44%
SAGE Open
4 citations, 0.44%
Small Enterprise Research
4 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research
4 citations, 0.44%
Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
4 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences
4 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Technology Transfer
3 citations, 0.33%
Employee Relations
3 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies
3 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Innovation and Knowledge
3 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Management Education
3 citations, 0.33%
International Social Science Journal
3 citations, 0.33%
Foundations of Management
3 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Small Business Management
3 citations, 0.33%
Asia Pacific Management Review
3 citations, 0.33%
Benchmarking
3 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Management and Organization
3 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology
3 citations, 0.33%
Journal of African Business
3 citations, 0.33%
Journal of the International Council for Small Business
3 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Governance and Regulation
3 citations, 0.33%
Open Journal of Business and Management
3 citations, 0.33%
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
3 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Law and Sustainable Development
3 citations, 0.33%
Social Sciences
3 citations, 0.33%
Industry and Higher Education
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Business Research
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Rural Studies
2 citations, 0.22%
Qualitative Market Research
2 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Psychology
2 citations, 0.22%
Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
2 citations, 0.22%
Global Business Review
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies
2 citations, 0.22%
Risks
2 citations, 0.22%
Review of International Business and Strategy
2 citations, 0.22%
Management Research
2 citations, 0.22%
Social Enterprise Journal
2 citations, 0.22%
Economies
2 citations, 0.22%
European Business Review
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
2 citations, 0.22%
Procedia Computer Science
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
2 citations, 0.22%
Social Responsibility Journal
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Public Affairs
2 citations, 0.22%
International Small Business Journal
2 citations, 0.22%
Cogent Social Sciences
2 citations, 0.22%
Scientific African
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Entrepreneurship
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Global Mobility
2 citations, 0.22%
Gender in Management
2 citations, 0.22%
WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics
2 citations, 0.22%
Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
2 citations, 0.22%
Cogent Psychology
2 citations, 0.22%
AIP Conference Proceedings
2 citations, 0.22%
Heliyon
2 citations, 0.22%
Small Business Economics
2 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
2 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Production Economics
2 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
2 citations, 0.22%
Energies
2 citations, 0.22%
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Citing publishers

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AOSIS
193 citations, 21%
Emerald
130 citations, 14.15%
Taylor & Francis
96 citations, 10.45%
Springer Nature
63 citations, 6.86%
MDPI
55 citations, 5.98%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
42 citations, 4.57%
Elsevier
38 citations, 4.13%
IGI Global
38 citations, 4.13%
SAGE
27 citations, 2.94%
Wiley
22 citations, 2.39%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
19 citations, 2.07%
Walter de Gruyter
15 citations, 1.63%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
15 citations, 1.63%
World Scientific
14 citations, 1.52%
Association of Professional Managers in South Africa
11 citations, 1.2%
Frontiers Media S.A.
10 citations, 1.09%
Virtus Interpress
9 citations, 0.98%
Unisa Press
8 citations, 0.87%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
7 citations, 0.76%
IntechOpen
7 citations, 0.76%
Academic Journals
4 citations, 0.44%
South Florida Publishing LLC
4 citations, 0.44%
Cambridge University Press
3 citations, 0.33%
Social Sciences Research Society
3 citations, 0.33%
National Cheng Kung University
3 citations, 0.33%
Scientific Research Publishing
3 citations, 0.33%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.22%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2 citations, 0.22%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2 citations, 0.22%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
2 citations, 0.22%
F1000 Research
2 citations, 0.22%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.11%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.11%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.11%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1 citation, 0.11%
1 citation, 0.11%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.11%
Editura Economica
1 citation, 0.11%
Gyandhara International Academic Publications
1 citation, 0.11%
1 citation, 0.11%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.11%
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
1 citation, 0.11%
National Library of Serbia
1 citation, 0.11%
Academy of Science of South Africa
1 citation, 0.11%
Granthaalayah Publications and Printers
1 citation, 0.11%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
1 citation, 0.11%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
1 citation, 0.11%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.11%
University of Johannesburg
1 citation, 0.11%
Maximum Academic Press
1 citation, 0.11%
Publishing House Helvetica (Publications)
1 citation, 0.11%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
1 citation, 0.11%
Turan University
1 citation, 0.11%
Research Square Platform LLC
1 citation, 0.11%
Management & Economics Research Journal, Ziane Achour University of Djelfa
1 citation, 0.11%
National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
1 citation, 0.11%
Prague University of Economics and Business
1 citation, 0.11%
WSB University in Poznań
1 citation, 0.11%
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Publishing organizations

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University of Pretoria
35 publications, 15.77%
University of South Africa
17 publications, 7.66%
University of Johannesburg
16 publications, 7.21%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
10 publications, 4.5%
North-West University
9 publications, 4.05%
Stellenbosch University
8 publications, 3.6%
Nelson Mandela University
8 publications, 3.6%
Central University of Technology Free State
5 publications, 2.25%
Vaal University of Technology
4 publications, 1.8%
Nord University
3 publications, 1.35%
University of the Witwatersrand
3 publications, 1.35%
University of the Free State
3 publications, 1.35%
Tshwane University of Technology
3 publications, 1.35%
Durban University of Technology
3 publications, 1.35%
University of Venda
3 publications, 1.35%
Great Zimbabwe University
3 publications, 1.35%
University of Cape Town
2 publications, 0.9%
Mid Sweden University
1 publication, 0.45%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.45%
University of Bergen
1 publication, 0.45%
Birmingham City University
1 publication, 0.45%
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
1 publication, 0.45%
University of the Western Cape
1 publication, 0.45%
University of Fort Hare
1 publication, 0.45%
Rhodes University
1 publication, 0.45%
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
1 publication, 0.45%
University of Zululand
1 publication, 0.45%
Sokoine University of Agriculture
1 publication, 0.45%
Botswana International University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.45%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.45%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Pretoria
10 publications, 7.41%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
7 publications, 5.19%
University of Johannesburg
7 publications, 5.19%
University of South Africa
6 publications, 4.44%
Nelson Mandela University
5 publications, 3.7%
Central University of Technology Free State
5 publications, 3.7%
Stellenbosch University
4 publications, 2.96%
North-West University
4 publications, 2.96%
Nord University
3 publications, 2.22%
University of the Free State
2 publications, 1.48%
Tshwane University of Technology
2 publications, 1.48%
Durban University of Technology
2 publications, 1.48%
University of Venda
2 publications, 1.48%
Great Zimbabwe University
2 publications, 1.48%
Mid Sweden University
1 publication, 0.74%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.74%
University of Bergen
1 publication, 0.74%
Birmingham City University
1 publication, 0.74%
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
1 publication, 0.74%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.74%
Rhodes University
1 publication, 0.74%
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
1 publication, 0.74%
Sokoine University of Agriculture
1 publication, 0.74%
Botswana International University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.74%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.74%
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Publishing countries

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South Africa, 120, 54.05%
South Africa
120 publications, 54.05%
Iraq, 8, 3.6%
Iraq
8 publications, 3.6%
Italy, 7, 3.15%
Italy
7 publications, 3.15%
Norway, 6, 2.7%
Norway
6 publications, 2.7%
Brazil, 4, 1.8%
Brazil
4 publications, 1.8%
USA, 1, 0.45%
USA
1 publication, 0.45%
Botswana, 1, 0.45%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.45%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.45%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.45%
Denmark, 1, 0.45%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.45%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.45%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.45%
Netherlands, 1, 0.45%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.45%
Tanzania, 1, 0.45%
Tanzania
1 publication, 0.45%
Sweden, 1, 0.45%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.45%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 50, 37.04%
South Africa
50 publications, 37.04%
Norway, 6, 4.44%
Norway
6 publications, 4.44%
Brazil, 2, 1.48%
Brazil
2 publications, 1.48%
Botswana, 1, 0.74%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.74%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.74%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.74%
Denmark, 1, 0.74%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.74%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.74%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.74%
Netherlands, 1, 0.74%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.74%
Tanzania, 1, 0.74%
Tanzania
1 publication, 0.74%
Sweden, 1, 0.74%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.74%
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