Journal profile · Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ISSN 2192-5372 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: fully open access; APC about USD 1,890; median 315 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); 149 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, together about 45.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (JIAE) publishes research that explores how innovation and entrepreneurship interact and evolve across sectors, regions, and institutional contexts. We welcome theoretical, empirical, and policy‑oriented contributions that examine the drivers, enablers, and consequences of innovation and entrepreneurial activity in both emerging and established economies, with a clear interest in how these dynamics shape firms, SMEs, markets, and a wide range of organizational contexts. The journal takes a broad, integrative view of innovation and entrepreneurship, acknowledging that they are shaped by strategic, technological, economic, financial, educational, organizational, and governance environments. Within this perspective, we welcome studies that explore: policy, governance, and regulatory systems influencing innovation systems, entrepreneurial ecosystems, firm strategy, and regional development financial, banking, and investment structures that shape entrepreneurial risk, SME and firm performance, and innovation capacity, including access to credit and the financing of innovation education, skills development, and human capital formation as foundations for innovation and entrepreneurship, including the ways that technology and new organizational approaches transform educational systems and learning environments organizational behavior, knowledge transfer, and management practices that support innovation diffusion, productivity, and institutional performance, including leadership, organizational creativity, and the management of innovation processes and networks sector‑specific analyses (e.g., agriculture, health, digital technology, information systems, services) that illuminate how innovation and entrepreneurship emerge in diverse economic settings regional and spatial perspectives, including value chains, market access, and local livelihood systems, particularly where these shape enterprise development, innovation capability, and market participation transdisciplinary approaches linking innovation and entrepreneurship with sustainability, social development, and economic resilience, including work that connects innovation‑driven change to inclusive outcomes The journal is particularly interested in research that examines how innovation and entrepreneurship evolve over time; how they vary across regions, industries, and institutional environments; and how they contribute to inclusive and sustainable development. We we
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
Editor-in-chief Elias G. CarayannisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Italy 28, United States 23, Greece 15, United Kingdom 8, Germany 5 (128 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting26.5%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.6%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences8.1%
- Business Strategies and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting6.5%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Vocational and Entrepreneurial EducationSocial Sciences5.7%
- University-Industry-Government Innovation ModelsBusiness, Management and Accounting3.4%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q1 | 40/1530 | 97th |
| Economics and Econometrics | Q1 | 69/755 | 90th |
| Information Systems | Q1 | 85/519 | 83rd |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | Q1 | 58/317 | 81st |
| Management Information Systems | Q1 | 30/143 | 79th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 379OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.75OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 711 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 100 | 100 | 3,880 |
| 2025 | 149 | 149 | 4,172 |
| 2024 | 89 | 89 | 3,656 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | 3,181 |
| 2022 | 69 | 69 | 2,008 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 1,340 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
315 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 137 days – 438 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 333 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (264 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,590 / USD 1,890 / GBP 1,240 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,790 / EUR 1,490 / GBP 1,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,090 / USD 1,590 / EUR 1,340 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,240 / USD 1,890 / EUR 1,590 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted4
- commentariesResearch Article Commentaries Review Short ReportsLength not stated
- research articleResearch Article Commentaries Review Short ReportsLength not stated
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- short reportsResearch Article Commentaries Review Short ReportsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single-blind peer review process. Model summary
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2192-5372
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
How long does peer review take at Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 315 days (interquartile range 137–438 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship based?
Of the 128 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (28), United States (23) and Greece (15). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,890.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .