Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal
ISSN 2965-1506 · Associação Nacional de Estudos em Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Pequenas Empresas (ANEGEPE) · Brazil
Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 211 days to acceptance (15 articles, last 24 months); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal is published by Associação Nacional de Estudos em Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Pequenas Empresas (ANEGEPE). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy and Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education, together about 51.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Last updated: 01/16/2025 The REGEPE Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal publishes nine types of manuscript (Research article, Theoretical essay, Case study, Technological article, Methodological article, Discussion (Pensata), Book review and Obituary) in the areas of entrepreneurship and small business management. A REGEPE defends and encourages plurality in the topics addressed and in theoretical and methodological approaches. Topics of interest to the publication include, among others: 1. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 2. Entrepreneurial behavior and intrapreneurship 3. Sustainable, cultural, social and gender entrepreneurship 4. Innovation, technology and venture capital 5. Public Entrepreneurship and relations with SMEs: policies, actions and impacts 6. Education, Ethics and Training for Entrepreneurship and SMEs 7. International and Immigrant Entrepreneurship and SME Internationalization 8. Learning, entrepreneurship and SMEs and their relationships in contexts with socioeconomic restrictions 9. Management and strategy in SMEs 10. Business networks, productive arrangements and local development 11. Financing and promotion for SMEs 12. Teaching Cases: entrepreneurship and SMEs 13. Minority Entrepreneurship 14. Franchises, consultancy and 15. Emerging topics and free topics in entrepreneurship and SMEs
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Edmundo InácioPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United States 3, Portugal 3, Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, India 1 (16 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 Accounting32.5%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences11.4%
- Vocational and Entrepreneurial EducationSocial Sciences7.4%
- Business Strategies and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Management and Organizational PracticesBusiness, Management and Accounting2.9%
- Business and Management StudiesDecision Sciences2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 171/235 | 27th |
| Economics and Econometrics | Q4 | 600/755 | 20th |
| Business and International Management | Q4 | 374/456 | 18th |
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.75OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 441 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 120 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 143 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 186 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 300 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 204 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 163 |
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
175 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 121 days – 264 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 52 days (10 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 231 days
- Sample
- 10 articles with submission and acceptance dates (55 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 39 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 39 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- book review: Up to a maximum of about 4,000 words; Book review: Up to a maximum of about 2,000 words; Obituary: Up to a maximum of about 4,000 words; and Editormain text ≤ 2,000 words
- hypothesisResearch article (Theoretical-empirical): This is a work that combines a detailed theoretical review with the collection and analysis of empirical data to test …Length not stated
- literature reviewResearch article (Theoretical-empirical): This is a work that combines a detailed theoretical review with the collection and analysis of empirical data to test …Length not stated
- research articleResearch article (Theoretical-empirical): This is a work that combines a detailed theoretical review with the collection and analysis of empirical data to test …main text ≤ 8,500 words
- reviewResearch article (Theoretical-empirical): This is a work that combines a detailed theoretical review with the collection and analysis of empirical data to test …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms: The author(s) authorize the publication of the text in the journal; The journal is not responsible for the opinions, ideas, and concepts expressed in the texts, as they are the sole responsibility of their authors; Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work published under the CC BY …
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
- Associação Nacional de Estudos em Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Pequenas Empresas (ANEGEPE)
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2965-1506
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal
How long does peer review take at Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 15 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 211 days (interquartile range 136–258 days); authors report an average review time of about 39 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 Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3), Portugal (3) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .