2026 Paul D. Reynolds: 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	51	903	841	132	117	164	21159

Overview

Paul D. Reynolds is affiliated with Aston University in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Business, Management and Accounting, focusing on subfields such as Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Economics and Econometrics, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work spans a variety of main topics, including:

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Family Business Performance and Succession
Firm Innovation and Growth
Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
Management and Organizational Studies

Among recent papers co-authored or authored by Paul D. Reynolds are:

"Gender and business creation: similarities and differences," 2024, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
"Advancing Entrepreneurship Theory Through Replication: A Case Study on Contemporary Methodological Challenges, Future Best Practices, and an Entreaty for Communality," 2022, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
"A Timely Take-off. Human Capital, Age, and Entrepreneurial Process Duration," 2021, Academy of Management Proceedings
"Applying Method To The Madness: A Multidimensional Approach to Entrepreneurial Action," 2022, Academy of Management Proceedings
"Remembering David J Storey, a pioneer of the entrepreneurship field," 2023, Small Business Economics

Frequent coauthors working with Reynolds include:

Diana Hechavarria
G. Christopher Crawford
Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy
Casey J. Frid
Thomas E. Nelson

Publication venues where their work appears frequently are:

Academy of Management Proceedings
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Small Business Economics
International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Paul D. Reynolds has contributed to academic literature beyond journal articles, including the publication of books. One notable book published through Edward Elgar Publishing is titled The Truth about Entrepreneurship, released in 2020.

Best Publications

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Data Collection Design and Implementation 1998–2003

Paul Reynolds;Niels Bosma;Erkko Autio;Steve Hunt

2664
Citations
Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development

Sander Wennekers;André J. van Stel;A. Roy Thurik;Paul Reynolds

1785
Citations
Exploring start-up event sequences

Nancy M. Carter;William B. Gartner;Paul D. Reynolds

1642
Citations
Cross-national Comparisons of the Variation in New Firm Formation Rates

Paul Reynolds;David J. Storey;Paul Westhead

1438
Citations
A Primer in Theory Construction

Paul Davidson Reynolds

685
Citations
New firm gestation: Conception, birth, and implications for research

Paul Reynolds;Brenda Miller

612
Citations
The Prevalence of Nascent Entrepreneurs in the United States: Evidence from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics

Paul D. Reynolds;Nancy M. Carter;William B. Gartner;Patricia G. Greene

605
Citations
Discontinuance among new firms in retail: The influence of initial resources, strategy, and gender

Nancy M. Carter;Mary Williams;Paul D. Reynolds

558
Citations
Who Starts New Firms? – Preliminary Explorations of Firms-in-Gestation

Paul D. Reynolds

541
Citations
Handbook of entrepreneurial dynamics : the process of business creation

William B. Gartner;William B. Gartner

516
Citations
Sociology and Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Contributions:

Paul D. Reynolds

484
Citations
The Entrepreneurial Process: Economic Growth, Men, Women, and Minorities

Deborah H. Streeter;Paul D. Reynolds;Sammis B. White

461
Citations
Social Ventures from a Resource–Based Perspective: An Exploratory Study Assessing Global Ashoka Fellows:

Moriah Meyskens;Colleen Robb‐Post;Jeffrey A. Stamp;Alan L. Carsrud

453
Citations
New venture strategies: theory development with an empirical base

Nancy M. Carter;Timothy M. Stearns;Paul D. Reynolds;Brenda A. Miller

452
Citations
Cultural norms & business start-ups: the impact of national values on opportunity and necessity entrepreneurs

Diana M. Hechavarria;Paul D. Reynolds

416
Citations
Business Creation in the United States: Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics II Initial Assessment

Paul D. Reynolds;Richard T. Curtin

384
Citations
Explaining regional variation in business births and deaths: U.S. 1976–88

Paul D. Reynolds;Brenda Miller;Wilbur R. Maki

378
Citations
National panel study of U.S. business startups: Background and methodology

Paul D. Reynolds

350
Citations
New firm survival: Industry, strategy, and location

Timothy M. Stearns;Nancy M. Carter;Paul D. Reynolds;Mary L. Williams

342
Citations
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem)-2002 Executive Report

Michael Hay;Larry W. Cox;Paul Reynolds;Erkko Autio

311
Citations
Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development

Roy Thurik;Paul D. Reynolds;S. Wennekers;Andre J. van Stel

260
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. Gartner Babson College

David Hsu National University of Singapore

Erkko Autio Imperial College London

William D. Bygrave Babson College

Roy Thurik Montpellier Business School

André van Stel Kozminski University

Saul Estrin London School of Economics and Political Science

Per Davidsson Jönköping University

Niels Bosma Utrecht University

Mark Horowitz Stanford University

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