Who uses research funded from China
Where the papers funded from China are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from China 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. Also as Markdown.
Key findings#
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 66,702 papers funded from China 470,971 times (counting each citing country), #1 of 128 funding countries.
- 78% of the links come from papers with authors in China; abroad, the largest users are the United States (37,269), the United Kingdom (30,598) and Hong Kong (23,187).
- The institutions citing this research most are Hong Kong Polytechnic University (11,229), Chinese Academy of Sciences (10,001) and Xi'an Jiaotong University (9,016).
- The China funders behind the most-cited links are National Natural Science Foundation of China (374,997), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (53,955) and National Key Research and Development Program of China (41,631).
- In turn, papers with authors in China draw most on research funded from the United States (43,932), the United Kingdom (17,092) and Australia (13,331).
Citing countries#
| # | Citing country | Links | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 367,090 | 78% |
| 2 | United States | 37,269 | 8% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 30,598 | 6% |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 23,187 | 5% |
| 5 | Australia | 21,465 | 5% |
| 6 | India | 13,265 | 3% |
| 7 | South Korea | 11,399 | 2% |
| 8 | Canada | 11,363 | 2% |
| 9 | France | 10,399 | 2% |
| 10 | Macao | 9,937 | 2% |
| 11 | Singapore | 9,301 | 2% |
| 12 | Italy | 8,156 | 2% |
| 13 | Spain | 7,965 | 2% |
| 14 | Taiwan | 6,984 | 1% |
| 15 | Germany | 6,717 | 1% |
| 16 | Turkey | 6,381 | 1% |
| 17 | Japan | 5,440 | 1% |
| 18 | Malaysia | 5,198 | 1% |
| 19 | Iran | 4,750 | 1% |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 4,337 | 1% |
| 21 | Netherlands | 4,119 | 1% |
| 22 | New Zealand | 3,919 | 1% |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 3,797 | 1% |
| 24 | Vietnam | 3,564 | 1% |
| 25 | Poland | 3,527 | 1% |
| 26 | Pakistan | 3,357 | 1% |
| 27 | Lebanon | 2,728 | 1% |
| 28 | Sweden | 2,509 | 1% |
| 29 | Finland | 2,123 | 0% |
| 30 | Belgium | 2,020 | 0% |
Citing institutions#
| # | Institution | Country | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong | 11,229 |
| 2 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 10,001 |
| 3 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | 9,016 |
| 4 | Sichuan University | China | 8,618 |
| 5 | Southeast University | China | 8,123 |
| 6 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | 7,907 |
| 7 | Wuhan University | China | 7,890 |
| 8 | Sun Yat-sen University | China | 7,772 |
| 9 | Tsinghua University | China | 7,480 |
| 10 | Beijing Jiaotong University | China | 7,306 |
| 11 | South China University of Technology | China | 7,171 |
| 12 | Southwest Jiaotong University | China | 7,123 |
| 13 | Tianjin University | China | 7,054 |
| 14 | Zhejiang University | China | 7,032 |
| 15 | Central South University | China | 6,979 |
Funders#
| # | Funder | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Natural Science Foundation of China | 374,997 |
| 2 | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities | 53,955 |
| 3 | National Key Research and Development Program of China | 41,631 |
| 4 | National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences | 36,681 |
| 5 | National Social Science Fund of China | 25,531 |
| 6 | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China | 22,920 |
| 7 | China Postdoctoral Science Foundation | 19,875 |
| 8 | China Scholarship Council | 13,133 |
| 9 | National University's Basic Research Foundation of China | 10,562 |
| 10 | Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education of China | 9,931 |
| 11 | Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province | 9,251 |
| 12 | Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province | 7,468 |
| 13 | Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province | 7,329 |
| 14 | Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province | 7,147 |
| 15 | Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province | 7,041 |
What papers from China cite#
| # | Funding country | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 43,932 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 17,092 |
| 3 | Australia | 13,331 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 12,986 |
| 5 | South Korea | 12,834 |
| 6 | Canada | 12,212 |
| 7 | Spain | 12,013 |
| 8 | Germany | 9,814 |
| 9 | Singapore | 8,185 |
| 10 | Japan | 8,171 |
| 11 | France | 6,239 |
| 12 | Taiwan | 5,586 |
| 13 | Italy | 4,785 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 4,239 |
| 15 | India | 4,054 |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Who uses research funded from China. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china
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author = {{Scholar4AI}},
title = {Who uses research funded from China},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china}},
urldate = {2026-10-31},
note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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