CeFEO is a worldwide's leading research environment in the area of Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership studies. Several studies and reports have consistently identified CeFEO among the top-3 research institutes for 20 years.

 



A bibliometrics study on Family Business Research published in Small Business Economics in 2024 places CeFEO and JIBS as #3 worldwide. Seven CeFEO faculty and affiliated members are listed among the Top50 scholars in the field. The study is based on all publications recorded in three databases the Business Source Premier, Web of Science, and Scopus databases, in English and Spanish (Siaba & Rivera, 2024).

Reference

Siaba, S., & Rivera, B. (2024). The evolution of the field of family business research over a decade (2012–2022). Small Business Economics, doi: 10.1007/s11187-023-00866-z.

 

Methodology:
Source: Search term: famil* AND business OR enterprise OR firm
Database: Business Source Premier, Web of Sciences and Scopus
Type: Articles published in English or Spanish in peer-reviewed academic journals belonging to all quartiles.
Time: Articles published between 2012 and 2022.
Sample: 4064 articles.

A bibliometrics study focused on the three academic journals exclusively dedicated to Family Business Research, “Family Business Review” (ABS3), “Journal of Family Business Strategy” (ABS2), and “Journal of Family Business Management” (ABS1), considering the all articles published between 1988 and 2020 (note 4). In this study, CeFEO is ranked #2 in Europe and #5 worldwide, among the 20 most productive institutions by total papers published. Also, Mattias Nordqvist is #14 among the 20 most productive authors, and the paper “Entrepreneurial orientation, risk taking, and performance in family firms” written by CeFEO members Lucia Naldi, Mattias Nordqvist, and Karin Hellerstedt with Johan Wiklund, is the #6 among the top 50 most cited articles published in FBR, JFBS and JFBM (Rovelli et al., 2021).

Reference

Rovelli, P., Ferasso, M., De Massis, A., & Kraus, S. (2021). Thirty years of research in family business journals: Status quo and future directions. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 100422.


Methodology
Source: 3 Journals (Family Business Review; Journal of Family Business Strategy; Journal of Family Business Management)
Time: Articles published between 1988 and 2020.
Sample: 1,381 articles.

A bibliometrics study on Entrepreneurship Research published in Journal of Small Business Management in 2018 demonstrates JIBS’s strength in entrepreneurship with a particular focus on family business research, ranking CeFEO and JIBS as #1 in Europe and #2 worldwide (Xu et al., 2018). The study is based on the 14 leading journals in the field (ABS3 and above).

Reference

Xu, N., Chen, Y., Fung, A. and Chan, K. C. (2018), Contributing Forces in Entrepreneurship Research: A Global Citation Analysis. Journal of Small Business Management, 56(1).

 

Methodology:
Source: 14 Journals (Journal of Business Venturing; Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice; Journal of Small Business Management; Family Business Review; Entrepreneurship and Regional Development; Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal; Academy of Management Journal; Academy of Management Review; Administrative Science Quarterly; Journal of Management Studies; Management Science; Organization Science; Strategic Management Journal; Journal of Management).
Time: Articles published between 2002 and 2013.
Sample: 2,154 articles.

CeFEO members have been signalled among the most influential and productive authors in the Family Firm Research field in the last decade, based on a sample of 3,368 academic articles. Mattias Nordqvist and Francesco Chirico occupy respectively the positions #7 and #8 in the list (Aparicio et al., 2021).

Reference

Aparicio, G., Ramos, E., Casillas, J. C., & Iturralde, T. (2021). Family Business Research in the Last Decade. A Bibliometric Review. European Journal of Family Business, 11(1).

 

Methodology

Source: Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science (WoS). 

Time: Articles published between 2011 and 2020 written in English.

Keywords:(‘family firm*’) OR (‘family business*’) OR (‘family enterprise*’) OR (‘family influence*’) OR (‘family owner*’) OR (‘family SME*’) OR (‘family control*’) OR (‘family involvement’). 

Categories: ‘business’, ‘business and finance’, ‘economics’ and ‘management’. 

Sample: 3,368 articles.

CeFEO members have been signalled among the 30 most prominent researchers in the Entrepreneurial Orientation research field, based on a sample of 1,130 academic articles. Francesco Chirico and Mattias Nordqvist occupy respectively the positions #6 and #13 in the list (Andrade-Valbuena, Merigo-Lindahl, and Olavarrieta, 2019).

Reference

Andrade-Valbuena, N. A., Merigo-Lindahl, J. M., & Olavarrieta, S. (2019). Bibliometric analysis of entrepreneurial orientation. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 15(1).

 

Methodology
Source: Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science (WoS).
Time: Articles published between 1976 and 2017.
Keywords:“EO” OR “EO*” OR “Orientación Emprendedora.”
Categories: all
Sample: 1,130 articles.

CeFEO members have been signaled among the most productive authors (number of articles per author) on Entrepreneurship and Family Firm Research from 2003–2011 (note 3). Francesco Chirico and Mattias Nordqvist occupy respectively the positions #1 and #2 in the list (López‐Fernández, Serrano‐Bedia, and Pérez‐Pérez, 2016).

Reference

López‐Fernández, M. C., Serrano‐Bedia, A. M., & Pérez‐Pérez, M. (2016). Entrepreneurship and family firm research: A bibliometric analysis of an emerging field. Journal of Small Business Management, 54(2), 622-639.


Methodology
Source: Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science (WoS).
Time: Articles published between 1992 and 2013.
Keywords: “Family Business*” and “Family Firm*”
Categories: all
Sample: 129 articles.

Based on publications 2001-2009, JIBS and CeFEO have been ranked #1 in Europe and #3 globally in Family Business Research among the active institutions adjusted by number of co-authors and SSCI measure of journal quality (Smyrnios, Poutziouris & Goel, 2013)

Reference

Matherne, C. F., Debicki, B. J., Kellermanns, F. W., & Chrisman, J. J. (2013). Family business research in the new millennium: An assessment of individual and institutional productivity, 2001–2009. In Smyrnios, K. X., Poutziouris, P. Z., & Goel, S., Handbook of Research on Family Business, Second Edition. Edward Elgar Publishing.


Methodology
Source: 30 leading management journals.
Time: Articles published between 2001 and 2009.
Sample: 394 articles.