2026 Douglas J. Cumming: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	88	101	94	49	46	530	30375
Economics and Finance	88	186	168	134	118	527	30284

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

Douglas J. Cumming is affiliated with Florida Atlantic University in the United States. The researcher's work spans multiple areas within business and economics, with a strong focus on corporate finance, governance, and financial markets.

The main fields of study for Douglas J. Cumming include:

Business, Management and Accounting
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Subfields of specialization incorporate:

Accounting
Economics and Econometrics
Management Information Systems
Strategy and Management
Finance

The primary research topics covered are:

Corporate Finance and Governance
Private Equity and Venture Capital
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Sharing Economy and Platforms
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Douglas J. Cumming has authored numerous papers with significant citations. Among the recent publications are:

"Preplanned exit strategies in venture capital" (2020), Aberdeen University Research Archive (Aberdeen University)
"Equity Crowdfunding: High-Quality or Low-Quality Entrepreneurs?" (2020), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
"Board diversity and corporate innovation: Regional demographics and industry context" (2021), Corporate Governance An International Review
"ESG and crowdfunding platforms" (2023), Journal of Business Venturing
"Mapping the venture capital and private equity research: a bibliometric review and future research agenda" (2022), Small Business Economics

In terms of book publications, Douglas J. Cumming has contributed to:

Raising Finance, published in 2024 within the series Transformations in banking, finance and regulation
Research Handbook of Investing in the Triple Bottom Line: Finance, Society and the Environment, published in 2020 by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology

Frequent co-authors in Douglas J. Cumming's research include:

Sofia Johan
Robert S. Reardon
Ahmed Sewaid
Monika Tarsalewska
Shan Ji

Publication venues with multiple papers by Douglas J. Cumming include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
British Journal of Management
Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money
European Financial Management
The British Accounting Review

Best Publications

Signaling in Equity Crowdfunding

Gerrit K.C. Ahlers;Douglas Cumming;Christina Günther;Denis Schweizer

2181
Citations
Contracts and Exits in Venture Capital Finance

Douglas J. Cumming

867
Citations
Outside Enterpreneurial Capital

Andy Cosh;Douglas Cumming;Alan Hughes

761
Citations
New players in entrepreneurial finance and why they are there

Joern H. Block;Joern H. Block;Massimo G. Colombo;Douglas J. Cumming;Silvio Vismara;Silvio Vismara

753
Citations
Gender Diversity and Securities Fraud

Douglas Cumming;T. Y. Leung;Oliver Rui

720
Citations
Private equity returns and disclosure around the world

Douglas Cumming;Uwe Walz

710
Citations
Crowdfunding models: Keep-It-All vs. All-Or-Nothing

Douglas J. Cumming;Douglas J. Cumming;Gaël Leboeuf;Armin Schwienbacher

656
Citations
Local bias in venture capital investments

Douglas Cumming;Na Dai

633
Citations
A cross-country comparison of full and partial venture capital exits

Douglas J Cumming;Jeffrey G MacIntosh

609
Citations
Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship

John Armour;Douglas J Cumming

582
Citations
Crowding Out Private Equity: Canadian Evidence

Douglas J. Cumming;Jeffrey G. MacIntosh

526
Citations
Government policy towards entrepreneurial finance: Innovation investment funds

Douglas Cumming

520
Citations
Private equity, leveraged buyouts and governance

Douglas Cumming;Donald S. Siegel;Mike Wright

513
Citations
The legislative road to Silicon Valley

John Armour;Douglas Cumming

506
Citations
Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting: An International Perspective

Douglas J. Cumming;Sofia A. Johan

481
Citations
The Determinants of Venture Capital Portfolio Size: Empirical Evidence*

Douglas J. Cumming

444
Citations
Governmental and independent venture capital investments in Europe: a firm-level performance analysis

Douglas J. Cumming;Luca Grilli;Samuele Murtinu

440
Citations
Legality and venture capital governance around the world

Douglas Cumming;Daniel Schmidt;Uwe Walz

437
Citations
Legality and venture capital exits

Armin Schwienbacher;Grant Fleming;Douglas Cumming

382
Citations
Exchange trading rules and stock market liquidity.

Douglas Cumming;Sofia Johan;Sofia Johan;Dan Li

362
Citations
Signaling in Equity Crowdfunding

Gerrit K.C. Ahlers;Douglas J. Cumming;Christina Guenther;Denis Schweizer

182
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sofia Johan Florida Atlantic University

Armin Schwienbacher SKEMA Business School

Silvio Vismara University of Bergamo

Alessandra Guariglia University of Birmingham

Brian M. Lucey Trinity College Dublin

Massimo G. Colombo Polytechnic University of Milan

Shaen Corbet Dublin City University

Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario

Igor Filatotchev King's College London

Mike Wright Imperial College London

External Links

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