The Intellectual Structure and Thematic Evolution of Trust in AI Research: A BERTopic Analysis — Kim et al. (2026)
As AI is increasingly used across social and organizational domains, trust in AI has emerged as an important research topic. This study analyzes 605 articles from 2016 to 2025 to examine the intellectual structure and thematic evolution of the field. Bibliometric and BERTopic analyses were used to identify transitions before and after generative AI (GenAI). The results show that AI trust research expanded rapidly after GenAI, with notable growth in publications and citations. International collaboration analysis reveals a hub-oriented structure in which the United Kingdom holds the most…
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