Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the
same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average
within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research
topics.
The role of networks in the entrepreneurial process
19851.2k citationsSue BirleyJournal of Business Venturingprofile →
Citations per year, relative to Sue Birley Sue Birley (= 1×)
peers
Donald L. Sexton
Countries citing papers authored by Sue Birley
Since
Specialization
Citations
This map shows the geographic impact of Sue Birley's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sue Birley with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sue Birley more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sue Birley. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sue Birley. The network helps show where Sue Birley may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sue Birley
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sue Birley.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sue Birley based on the total number of
citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges
represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together.
Node borders
signify the number of papers an author published with Sue Birley. Sue Birley is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Spinelli, Stephen, et al.. (2003). Franchising: Pathway to Wealth Creation. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 113(3). 427–32.27 indexed citations
2.
Gartner, William B. & Sue Birley. (2002). Qualitative Methods in Entrepreneurship Research (Special Issue). SSRN Electronic Journal.4 indexed citations
Birley, Sue & Ian C. MacMillan. (1993). Entrepreneurship research : global perspectives : proceedings of the Second Annual Global Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, London, UK, 9-11 March, 1992. North-Holland eBooks.1 indexed citations
Birley, Sue, et al.. (1992). International perspectives on entrepreneurship research : proceedings of the First Annual Global Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, London, UK, 18-20 February, 1991. North-Holland eBooks.2 indexed citations
13.
Birley, Sue & Paul Westhead. (1989). SWP 55/89 'NORTH-SOUTH' CONTRASTS IN THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL FIRMS.1 indexed citations
Birley, Sue. (1987). Female entrepreneurs : are they really any different?. Journal of Small Business Management. 27(1). 32.262 indexed citations
16.
Birley, Sue. (1986). Succession in the Family Firm: The Inheritor's View. Journal of Small Business Management. 24(7). 36–68.156 indexed citations
17.
Birley, Sue. (1985). Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Britain's New Enterprise Program. Journal of Small Business Management. 23. 6.15 indexed citations
18.
Birley, Sue. (1985). The Role of Networks in the Entrepreneurial Process. CERES (Cranfield University).23 indexed citations
19.
Birley, Sue. (1985). Entrepreneurship; Text, Cases and Notes. International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship. 3(2). 83–84.46 indexed citations
20.
Grinyer, Peter H., et al.. (1977). From private to public: An analysis of the choices, problems, and performance of newly floated public companies, 1966-74. Medical Entomology and Zoology.1 indexed citations
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive
bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global
research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include
incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and
delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in
Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.