Papers on “trust”
Research on “trust” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “trust” appeared in 1,711 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (449), economics (425) and information systems (229).
- 200 of them were published in 2025, against 138 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (11), Renmin University of China (10) and Universidad de Granada (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were Technological Forecasting and Social Change (31), Journal of Business Research (30) and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (29).
- The most-cited of them is “Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy” (International Journal of Information Management, 2022), with 2,754 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 28 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 56 | 37 | 45 | 57 | 48 | 63 |
| Economics | 49 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 49 | 40 | 48 | 40 | 45 | 45 |
| Information Systems | 24 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 30 | 15 | 29 | 30 | 26 |
| Marketing | 11 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 21 |
| Finance | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 17 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 5 |
| Operations Research | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| AI | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Accounting | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| All categories | 138 | 128 | 141 | 156 | 182 | 179 | 176 | 202 | 200 | 209 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 31 |
| 2 | Journal of Business Research | 30 |
| 3 | Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services | 29 |
| 4 | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 21 |
| 5 | Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics | 18 |
| 6 | Journal of Financial Services Marketing | 17 |
| 7 | Technovation | 16 |
| 8 | Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity | 16 |
| 9 | Electronic Commerce Research | 14 |
| 10 | Future Business Journal | 14 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 11 |
| 2 | Renmin University of China | 10 |
| 3 | Universidad de Granada | 10 |
| 4 | Durham University | 7 |
| 5 | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics | 7 |
| 6 | Monash University | 7 |
| 7 | The University of Sydney | 7 |
| 8 | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | 7 |
| 9 | University of Johannesburg | 7 |
| 10 | University of Turin | 7 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 145 |
| 2 | United States | 143 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 94 |
| 4 | Germany | 73 |
| 5 | Italy | 63 |
| 6 | India | 62 |
| 7 | Australia | 55 |
| 8 | France | 44 |
| 9 | Spain | 35 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 35 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | technology adoption | 51 |
| 2 | perceived usefulness | 47 |
| 3 | risk perception | 47 |
| 4 | behavioral intention | 45 |
| 5 | social influence | 43 |
| 6 | blockchain | 42 |
| 7 | social capital | 36 |
| 8 | perceived ease of use | 34 |
| 9 | technology acceptance model | 32 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “trust”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/trust
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