Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Venture Capital
ISSN 1369-1066 · eISSN 1464-5343 · Taylor & Francis
Venture Capital: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.51; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 392 days to acceptance (34 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Venture Capital is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Private Equity and Venture Capital, Corporate Finance and Governance and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, together about 65.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Venture Capital brings together research on entrepreneurial finance undertaken by academics from different disciplines and conducted from various methodological and philosophical standpoints and using a variety of research methods. It is a forum for communication between academic researchers, venture capital practitioners and policy-makers that raises the knowledge of venture capital activity and other types of entrepreneurial finance on a global basis. Its coverage is international, focusing not only on established financial capital markets such as the USA and the European Union, but also on emerging markets. The Journal’s scope covers all aspects of entrepreneurial finance such as: institutional venture capital and private equity business angel and other forms of informal and quasi-informal investing, including crowdfunding corporate venture capital public sector venture capital social finance and community venture capital It also covers all aspects of the venture capital process from investment decision to exit and beyond, including studies on: investment patterns and trends investment decision-making investment performance investor-investee post-investment relationships exits, exit routes and investment outcomes and the performance of Investee businesses financial institutions economic impacts and public policy Submitted papers will normally be reviewed by the editors and two referees. From time-to-time the Journal will also publish: Commissioned review articles of recent books on venture capital and associated topics, and of specific topics in entrepreneurial finance Special issues devoted to papers on a particular theme Specially commissioned overviews of the state of venture capital activity in various country An Executive Forum, to which industry experts, government officials and practitioners are invited to contribute
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editor-in-chief Vincenzo CapizziPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 3, United Kingdom 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting31.6%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting19.2%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting14.3%
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.2%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.5%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting2.8%
- Community Development and Social ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, OCLC, IBSS, OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, Swets Information Services, Thomson Gale
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 2.51LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.84Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.95Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 398OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 106,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 763 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 20 | 7 | 57 |
| 2024 | 20 | 10 | 139 |
| 2023 | 35 | 7 | 382 |
| 2022 | 77 | 18 | 1,842 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3 | 291 |
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
392 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 261 days – 511 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (36 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 410 days
- Sample
- 34 articles with submission and acceptance dates (39 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 149 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 accepted2
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 26 Aug 2026Length not stated
- review articleReview Article | Published online: 26 May 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Open Select: choose to publish open access Model summary
Venture Capital is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readers…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Submitted papers will normally be reviewed by the editors and two referees. Model summary
Submitted papers will normally be reviewed by the editors and two referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1369-1066
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-5343
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Venture Capital
What CAS zone is Venture Capital in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Venture Capital is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Venture Capital?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.51; CiteScore 6.9, h-index 86.
How long does peer review take at Venture Capital?
Based on the dates recorded on 34 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 392 days (interquartile range 261–511 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Venture Capital in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Management.
Where are the editorial board members of Venture Capital based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Venture Capital?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Venture Capital is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Venture Capital open access, and what is the APC?
Venture Capital is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .