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title: "Who cites Belgium-funded research"
description: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 1,783 papers funded from Belgium 9,766 times (counting each citing country), #20 of 129 funding countries. 10% of the links come from papers with authors in Belgium; abroad, the largest users are China (3,213), the United States (1,275) and the United Kingdom (1,099)."
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data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-31T17:45:59+09:00
window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
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---

# Who uses research funded from Belgium

Where the papers funded from Belgium are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from Belgium cite. A citation link is one paper citing another, both in the tracked journals (from OpenAlex references). The source is the country of the cited paper's funders (OpenAlex funders and their countries); the users are the countries and institutions of the citing paper's authors. A link counts once for each funding country of the cited paper and each country (or institution) of the citing paper, so the rows overlap. Papers without funding information, about half of them, have no source.

All funding countries: https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain.md

## Key findings

- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 1,783 papers funded from Belgium 9,766 times (counting each citing country), #20 of 129 funding countries.
- 10% of the links come from papers with authors in Belgium; abroad, the largest users are China (3,213), the United States (1,275) and the United Kingdom (1,099).
- The institutions citing this research most are KU Leuven (351), Ghent University (287) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (174).
- The Belgium funders behind the most-cited links are Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (3,597), Vlaamse regering (2,698) and KU Leuven (1,723).
- In turn, papers with authors in Belgium draw most on research funded from China (2,050), the United States (1,407) and the United Kingdom (842).

## Citing countries

*Countries whose papers cite Belgium-funded research, since 2023*

| # | Citing country | Links | Share |
|---:|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | China | 3,213 | 33% |
| 2 | United States | 1,275 | 13% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 1,099 | 11% |
| 4 | Belgium | 976 | 10% |
| 5 | Germany | 782 | 8% |
| 6 | Italy | 774 | 8% |
| 7 | France | 631 | 6% |
| 8 | Netherlands | 559 | 6% |
| 9 | Spain | 474 | 5% |
| 10 | Australia | 472 | 5% |
| 11 | Canada | 351 | 4% |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 343 | 4% |
| 13 | India | 325 | 3% |
| 14 | South Korea | 205 | 2% |
| 15 | Switzerland | 191 | 2% |
| 16 | Portugal | 189 | 2% |
| 17 | Turkey | 175 | 2% |
| 18 | Sweden | 174 | 2% |
| 19 | Singapore | 166 | 2% |
| 20 | Austria | 160 | 2% |
| 21 | Japan | 148 | 2% |
| 22 | Brazil | 139 | 1% |
| 23 | Finland | 134 | 1% |
| 24 | Norway | 128 | 1% |
| 25 | Taiwan | 125 | 1% |
| 26 | Poland | 118 | 1% |
| 27 | Iran | 113 | 1% |
| 28 | Denmark | 113 | 1% |
| 29 | Chile | 106 | 1% |
| 30 | Greece | 105 | 1% |

## Citing institutions

*Institutions whose papers cite Belgium-funded research most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 351 |
| 2 | Ghent University | Belgium | 287 |
| 3 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | France | 174 |
| 4 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 170 |
| 5 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | China | 130 |
| 6 | University College London | United Kingdom | 128 |
| 7 | Vlerick Business School | Belgium | 106 |
| 8 | UCLouvain | Belgium | 105 |
| 9 | [Nanjing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university.md) | China | 100 |
| 10 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 99 |
| 11 | University of Antwerp | Belgium | 97 |
| 12 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | China | 95 |
| 13 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | China | 92 |
| 14 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | China | 89 |
| 15 | [Shanghai Jiao Tong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-jiao-tong-university.md) | China | 87 |

## Funders

*Belgium funders whose papers are cited most, since 2023*

| # | Funder | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 3,597 |
| 2 | Vlaamse regering | 2,698 |
| 3 | KU Leuven | 1,723 |
| 4 | Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS | 818 |
| 5 | European Cooperation in Science and Technology | 638 |
| 6 | Universiteit Gent | 619 |
| 7 | Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent | 388 |
| 8 | Belgian Federal Science Policy Office | 329 |
| 9 | Universiteit Antwerpen | 325 |
| 10 | [European Accounting Association](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/european-accounting-association.md) | 244 |
| 11 | Innoviris | 228 |
| 12 | Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen | 173 |
| 13 | Toyota Motor Europe | 167 |
| 14 | Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum | 153 |
| 15 | Onderzoeksraad, KU Leuven | 145 |

## What papers from Belgium cite

*Research funded elsewhere that papers from Belgium cite, since 2023*

| # | Funding country | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china.md) | 2,050 |
| 2 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-states.md) | 1,407 |
| 3 | [United Kingdom](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-kingdom.md) | 842 |
| 4 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany.md) | 752 |
| 5 | [Spain](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/spain.md) | 570 |
| 6 | [France](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/france.md) | 418 |
| 7 | [Canada](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/canada.md) | 395 |
| 8 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/italy.md) | 389 |
| 9 | [Netherlands](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/netherlands.md) | 371 |
| 10 | [Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/australia.md) | 306 |
| 11 | [Sweden](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/sweden.md) | 270 |
| 12 | [Switzerland](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/switzerland.md) | 255 |
| 13 | [Portugal](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/portugal.md) | 231 |
| 14 | [Brazil](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/brazil.md) | 224 |
| 15 | [Japan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/japan.md) | 185 |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Who uses research funded from Belgium. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/belgium

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-supply-chain-belgium,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Who uses research funded from Belgium},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/belgium}},
  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).