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Business and Management
UK
2024

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Business and Management

D-Index
76
Citations
29171
World Ranking
200
National Ranking
23

Paul Westhead publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Westhead sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 206 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Paul Westhead D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Westhead sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Paul Westhead is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans fields such as Business, Management and Accounting, Social Sciences, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. These areas are further detailed through subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Economics and Econometrics, Marketing, and General Health Professions.

Westhead has contributed to topics including Sharing Economy and Platforms, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Digital Economy and Work Transformation, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Employment and Welfare Studies, Emotional Intelligence and Performance, as well as Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis.

Their recent scholarly publications comprise:

  • The sharing economy: a bibliometric analysis of the state-of-the-art, 2020, published in International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
  • Emotional demands and entrepreneurial burnout: the role of autonomy and job satisfaction, 2022, published in Small Business Economics

Frequent collaborators in Westhead's research include Sascha Kraus, Hongbo Li, Qi Kang, Victor Tiberius, and Yosr Ben Tahar. The publication venues where Westhead's work often appears include the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research and Small Business Economics.

In addition to journal publications, Westhead has authored books, notably published by Johns Hopkins University and University of Lodz Press. These include:

  • The Speed Game: My Fast Times in Basketball, published in 2020 by Johns Hopkins University
  • Przedsiębiorczość, published in 2024 by University of Lodz Press

Best Publications

  • The internationalization of new and small firms: A resource-based view

    Paul Westhead;Mike Wright;Deniz Ucbasaran

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

    Paul Reynolds;David J. Storey;Paul Westhead

  • The Focus of Entrepreneurial Research: Contextual and Process Issues:

    Deniz Ucbasaran;Paul Westhead;Mike Wright

  • Family firm research: the need for a methodological rethink

    Paul Westhead;Marc Cowling

  • Opportunity Identification and Pursuit: Does an Entrepreneur’s Human Capital Matter?

    Deniz Ucbasaran;Paul Westhead;Mike Wright

  • A taxonomy of business start-up reasons and their impact on firm growth and size

    Sue Birley;Paul Westhead

  • Novice, portfolio, and serial founders: are they different?

    Paul Westhead;Mike Wright

  • The extent and nature of opportunity identification by experienced entrepreneurs

    Deniz Ucbasaran;Paul Westhead;Paul Westhead;Mike Wright;Mike Wright

  • Growth and performance contrasts between ‘types’ of small firms

    Sue Birley;Paul Westhead

  • An exploratory examination of the reasons leading to new firm formation across country and gender

    Scott Shane;Lars Kolvereid;Paul Westhead

  • The nature of entrepreneurial experience, business failure and comparative optimism

    Deniz Ucbasaran;Paul Westhead;Mike Wright;Manuel Flores

  • The nature of entrepreneurial experience, business failure and comparative optimism

    Deniz Ucbasaran;Paul Westhead;Paul Westhead;Mike Wright;Mike Wright;Manuel Flores

  • Ownership and Management Issues Associated With Family Firm Performance and Company Objectives

    Paul Westhead;Carole Howorth

  • Entrepreneurial founder teams : factors associated with member entry and exit.

    Deniz Ucbasaran;Andy Lockett;Mike Wright;Paul Westhead

  • Management Training and Small Firm Performance: Why is the Link So Weak?:

    Paul Westhead;David Storey

  • Assessing the impact of university science parks on research productivity: exploratory firm-level evidence from the United Kingdom

    Donald S. Siegel;Paul Westhead;Mike Wright

  • Decisions, Actions, and Performance: Do Novice, Serial, and Portfolio Entrepreneurs Differ?*

    Paul Westhead;Deniz Ucbasaran;Mike Wright

  • The focus of working capital management in UK small firms

    Carole Howorth;Paul Westhead

  • ‘Types’ of private family firms: an exploratory conceptual and empirical analysis

    Paul Westhead;Carole Howorth

  • The Internationalization of SMEs and International Entrepreneurship: A Critique and Policy Implications

    Mike Wright;Paul Westhead;Deniz Ucbasaran

  • R&D ‘inputs’ and ‘outputs’ of technology‐based firms located on and off Science Parks

    Paul Westhead

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike Wright
Mike Wright Imperial College London
Deniz Ucbasaran
Deniz Ucbasaran University of Warwick
Carole Howorth
Carole Howorth University of York
Marc Cowling
Marc Cowling Oxford Brookes University
Sue Birley
Sue Birley Imperial College London
David J. Storey
David J. Storey University of Sussex
Andy Lockett
Andy Lockett University of Warwick
Harry Matlay
Harry Matlay University of the West of Scotland
Paul Robson
Paul Robson Royal Holloway University of London
Donald F. Kuratko
Donald F. Kuratko Indiana University

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