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Leading the Entrepreneurship Education ScholarGPS Rankings

Another round of research metrics, scores and ranking came out with the latest release of the ScholarGPS global rankings. Although relatively new, these rankings are increasingly gaining traction, with universities and mainstream media beginning to reference them more widely.

In the 2025 ScholarGPS rankings, I was placed as the top-ranked researcher globally in entrepreneurship education, and 40th overall in entrepreneurship over the preceding five years. Being ranked first in entrepreneurship education my original area of research and passion, is an achievement I am particularly proud of.

In recent years my research has tended to move into entrepreneurship, knowledge management and wider business fields as I have taken on a mentoring role, leading business and management research at the University of Worcester. This shift may make it harder to remain at the very top of the rankings in the years ahead. Nevertheless, it is deeply rewarding to know that I reached the summit of my original research passion, something I never anticipated when I first entered the field of entrepreneurship education around 2014.

ScholarGPS 2025 Rankings Entrepreneurship Education
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Top Scholar – ScholarGPS Rankings

ScholarGPS, a relatively new scholarly analytics and independent database platform, announced their new rankings, which included me as a ‘Top Scholar’ in the field of business and management. They define a top scholar as someone whose scholarly achievements place them in the top 0.5% of all scholars globally. More specifically, they have placed me as the 45th leading scholar in the discipline of entrepreneurship in the previous five years. The ScholarGPS rankings are based on an algorithm that examines the productivity, impact, and quality of work by scholars and institutions. Of course, there are questions about the value of such rankings, whether quantitative metrics alone can assess quality and impact, and whether publishing in a certain outlet reflects high standards. Plus concerns exist about the metricisation of academia and research, and the side affects and potential negative implications that this can bring.
As the ScholarGPS Rankings are still in their infancy, it is unclear how much stature and reputation they will gain in academia. They say that they ‘are quantitative and rigorous, enabled by innovative, accurate, and thorough ScholarGPS algorithms that are used to factually assess and organize scholarly information’, yet legitimacy takes years to create and value, and credibility is in the minute details. However, it is reassuring to know that my research is likely on a positive track. 

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