Published Online:September 2025
Product Name:The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development
Product Type:Article
Product Code:IJED040925
DOI:10.71329/IUPJED/2025.22.3.59-81
Author Name:Nailesh Limbasiya and Kalpesh Purohit
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Subject/Domain:Management
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Pages:59-81
The study maps global research trends in entrepreneurial education from 2019 to 2024, analyzing 1,212 SSCI-indexed journal articles from the Web of Science Core Collection through the lenses of Human Capital Theory, Planned Behavior Theory, and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy. Using the Bibliometrix package in R and VOSviewer, performance analysis and science mapping were applied to examine publication trends, citation impact, co-authorship networks, keyword co-occurrence, and thematic evolution. The results show sustained growth in scholarly output, led by the United States and European nations, while Malaysia and Singapore achieved exceptional citation impact. Strong transnational collaborations, particularly in Europe, underpin thematic priorities such as entrepreneurial learning, self-efficacy, innovation, and sustainability, with an emerging focus on gender, social entrepreneurship, and digital pedagogy. The findings offer actionable insights for educators, researchers, and policymakers, providing the most comprehensive recent bibliometric mapping of entrepreneurial education. This integration of quantitative evidence with theory informs postpandemic research and pedagogical innovation.
Entrepreneurship is widely acknowledged as a vital catalyst for economic prosperity, social stability, and sustainable development across both developed and developing economies (Boldureanu et al., 2020; Ratten & Jones, 2021). Within higher education institutions, entrepreneurship education plays a pivotal role in equipping learners with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to identify and capitalize on opportunities