The Scientometrics of Social Entrepreneurship and Its Establishment as an Academic FieldFootnote¹

1. The authors are grateful for comments made by the audience of the “G‐Forum” entrepreneurship research conference in Zurich, Switzerland, at which a previous version of this paper was presented in November 2011, and for comments received for a working paper version published in the Schumpeter Discussion Papers Series. By incorporating feedback, updating data and extending the scope, this final version differs in many aspects from the previously mentioned earlier versions.

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