Top funders of statistics research, 2023–2025
Research funders ranked by the papers in the 16 tracked statistics journals that name them, in each year from 2023 to 2025. Funders are the organisations OpenAlex links to a paper from its funding information (Crossref metadata and the paper's acknowledgements); a paper counts once for each funder it names. Grant numbers are not shown. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2023 to 2025, National Natural Science Foundation of China was named as a funder of the most papers in the 16 tracked statistics journals (608), followed by National Science Foundation (192) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (143).
- In 2025 alone, National Natural Science Foundation of China funded 245 of these papers.
| # | Funder | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2023–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Natural Science Foundation of China | 168 | 195 | 245 | 608 |
| 2 | National Science Foundation | 64 | 66 | 62 | 192 |
| 3 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | 50 | 53 | 40 | 143 |
| 4 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | 40 | 37 | 46 | 123 |
| 5 | National Research Foundation of Korea | 25 | 43 | 42 | 110 |
| 6 | National Institutes of Health | 31 | 33 | 31 | 95 |
| 7 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | 27 | 22 | 37 | 86 |
| 8 | European Commission | 23 | 21 | 37 | 81 |
| 9 | Agence Nationale de la Recherche | 29 | 26 | 25 | 80 |
| 10 | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities | 26 | 22 | 30 | 78 |
| 11 | National Key Research and Development Program of China | 19 | 18 | 32 | 69 |
| 12 | National Social Science Fund of China | 10 | 15 | 40 | 65 |
| 13 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | 23 | 18 | 13 | 54 |
| 14 | Agencia Estatal de Investigación | 19 | 16 | 16 | 51 |
| 15 | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación | 21 | 16 | 12 | 49 |
| 16 | National Cancer Institute | 15 | 15 | 10 | 40 |
| 17 | Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca | 16 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 18 | Division of Mathematical Sciences | 13 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 19 | Australian Research Council | 10 | 14 | 8 | 32 |
| 20 | China Postdoctoral Science Foundation | 6 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| 21 | National Research Foundation | 8 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 22 | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| 23 | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 24 | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico | 5 | 13 | 9 | 27 |
| 25 | Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior | 7 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
| 26 | Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea | 3 | 11 | 12 | 26 |
| 27 | National Science and Technology Council | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 28 | European Regional Development Fund | 9 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 29 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | 6 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 30 | Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 31 | Grantová Agentura České Republiky | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 32 | Japan Science and Technology Agency | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 33 | Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 34 | Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| 35 | Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 36 | NextGenerationEU | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 37 | Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica "Francesco Severi" | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 38 | Ministry of Education | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 39 | Academy of Finland | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 40 | China Scholarship Council | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 41 | Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 42 | University of Tokyo | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 43 | Austrian Science Fund | 10 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 44 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 45 | Canada Research Chairs | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 46 | Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 47 | Gruppo Nazionale per il Calcolo Scientifico | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 48 | Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 49 | Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 50 | U.S. Department of Energy | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Top funders of statistics research, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/funders/statistics
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title = {Top funders of statistics research, 2023–2025},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/funders/statistics}},
urldate = {2026-10-31},
note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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