Who shuns entrepreneurship journals? Why? And what should we do about it?

Abstract Some scholars assert that entrepreneurship has attained “considerable” legitimacy. Others it “is still fighting” for complete acceptance. This study explores the question, extrapolating from studies of an “elite effect” in which publications highest ranked schools differ other research-intensive schools. The most elite business USA, but not UK , are found to allocate significantly more mathematically sophisticated “analytical” fields such as economics and finance, rather than “managerial” fields. US elites do look down upon such. They journals lack high mathematics content. Leading journals, except Small Business Economics Journal (SBEJ) particularly lacking. conclusion argues SBEJ can help field’s legitimacy, should imitate analytical paradigms. Plain English Summary Academic snobs shun journals. A goal is exhibit superiority over others. For professors, one way this with sophisticated, publications. Entrepreneurship excepted, relatively infrequently. These focus on lives, activities, challenges diverse entrepreneurs. In schools, compared not-quite their articles economics, fewer pattern UK, where may have ways signal superiority. elites, who accommodate researchers, could pioneer outputs both relevance scholarly quality, through collaboration between practice-based research-based professors.