Journal of Trust Research

Aims & Scope

As an inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural journal dedicated to advancing a cross-level, context-rich, process-oriented, and practice-relevant journal, JTR provides a focal point for an open dialogue and debate between diverse researchers, thus enhancing the understanding of trust in general and trust-related management in particular, especially in its organizational and social context in the broadest sense.

Through both theoretical development and empirical investigation, JTR seeks to open the "black-box" of trust in various contexts.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.5
2024	1.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6320

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	108

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.840

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Measuring trust in organisational research: Review and recommendations

  Citation: 328

  Authors: Bill, Marco

• Going back to the source: Why do people trust each other?

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Graham

• Development and validation of a propensity to trust scale

  Citation: 98

  Authors: M. Lance, Paul D., Stav

• On measuring trust and distrust in journalism: Reflection of the status quo and suggestions for the road ahead

  Citation: 82

  Authors: Katherine M., Valerie, Florian

• At the crossroads: Future directions in trust research

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Reinhard

• When trust matters the most: The imperatives for contextualising trust research

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Peter

• The dimensionality of trust-relevant constructs in four institutional domains: results from confirmatory factor analyses

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Lisa M., Joseph A., Ellie, Mitchel N., Tess M.S., Christopher D., Alan J., Brian H.

• Linking precursors of interpersonal trust to human-automation trust: An expanded typology and exploratory experiment

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Christopher S., Philip, Jennie J., Joseph B.

• Neither collectivism nor individualism: Trust in the Chinese guanxi circle

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Jar-Der, Yung-Chu

• Multilevel trust: A theoretical and practical imperative

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Ashley, Kurt

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