The purpose of this paper is to highlight David Audretsch's exceptional career and contextualize his influence on the field of entrepreneurship research. Firstly, we will highlight his most important works and the central common themes in these publications to provide insights on his contribution to the entrepreneurship field. Secondly, we will by applying bibliometric methods illustrate David Audretsch's scholarly networks by showing his most common co-authors, i.e. the authors that together with him have contributed to develop the field of entrepreneurship research, and thirdly, we illustrate David Audretsch's scientific influence by presenting information on the countries and scientific institutions which most frequently has cited his research.