--- title: "Who cites Germany-funded research" description: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 7,052 papers funded from Germany 36,779 times (counting each citing country), #4 of 128 funding countries. 21% of the links come from papers with authors in Germany; abroad, the largest users are China (9,814), the United States (5,450) and the United Kingdom (4,028)." url: https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany.md license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) share_text: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 7,052 papers funded from Germany 36,779 times (counting each citing country), #4 of 128 funding countries. 21% of the links come from papers with authors in Germany… (as of 2026-10-31)" data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json updated: 2026-10-31T16:02:57+09:00 window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31 source: OpenAlex (CC0) --- # Who uses research funded from Germany Where the papers funded from Germany are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from Germany 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 7,052 papers funded from Germany 36,779 times (counting each citing country), #4 of 128 funding countries. - 21% of the links come from papers with authors in Germany; abroad, the largest users are China (9,814), the United States (5,450) and the United Kingdom (4,028). - The institutions citing this research most are Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (498), Technical University of Munich (432) and Technische Universität Berlin (377). - The Germany funders behind the most-cited links are Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (12,641), Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (5,700) and Technische Universität München (1,213). - In turn, papers with authors in Germany draw most on research funded from China (6,717), the United States (6,402) and the United Kingdom (3,829). ## Citing countries *Countries whose papers cite Germany-funded research, since 2023* | # | Citing country | Links | Share | |---:|---|---:|---:| | 1 | China | 9,814 | 27% | | 2 | Germany | 7,857 | 21% | | 3 | United States | 5,450 | 15% | | 4 | United Kingdom | 4,028 | 11% | | 5 | Italy | 2,868 | 8% | | 6 | France | 2,157 | 6% | | 7 | Netherlands | 1,767 | 5% | | 8 | Australia | 1,760 | 5% | | 9 | Spain | 1,594 | 4% | | 10 | India | 1,167 | 3% | | 11 | Canada | 1,114 | 3% | | 12 | Switzerland | 1,021 | 3% | | 13 | Hong Kong | 925 | 3% | | 14 | Austria | 916 | 2% | | 15 | South Korea | 802 | 2% | | 16 | Sweden | 776 | 2% | | 17 | Belgium | 737 | 2% | | 18 | Japan | 670 | 2% | | 19 | Denmark | 660 | 2% | | 20 | Poland | 554 | 2% | | 21 | Finland | 544 | 1% | | 22 | Turkey | 536 | 1% | | 23 | Norway | 534 | 1% | | 24 | Singapore | 532 | 1% | | 25 | Brazil | 496 | 1% | | 26 | Taiwan | 454 | 1% | | 27 | Portugal | 425 | 1% | | 28 | Czechia | 374 | 1% | | 29 | United Arab Emirates | 361 | 1% | | 30 | Saudi Arabia | 352 | 1% | ## Citing institutions *Institutions whose papers cite Germany-funded research most, since 2023* | # | Institution | Country | Links | |---:|---|---|---:| | 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | France | 498 | | 2 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 432 | | 3 | Technische Universität Berlin | Germany | 377 | | 4 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 371 | | 5 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 317 | | 6 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | China | 312 | | 7 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | China | 307 | | 8 | Universität Hamburg | Germany | 301 | | 9 | University of Bayreuth | Germany | 289 | | 10 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | China | 286 | | 11 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | China | 282 | | 12 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | Singapore | 279 | | 13 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | China | 270 | | 14 | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics | Germany | 263 | | 15 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Germany | 258 | ## Funders *Germany funders whose papers are cited most, since 2023* | # | Funder | Links | |---:|---|---:| | 1 | [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/deutsche-forschungsgemeinschaft.md) | 12,641 | | 2 | [Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/bundesministerium-fur-bildung-und-forschung.md) | 5,700 | | 3 | Technische Universität München | 1,213 | | 4 | Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung | 1,015 | | 5 | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | 993 | | 6 | Leibniz-Gemeinschaft | 935 | | 7 | European Central Bank | 791 | | 8 | Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie | 790 | | 9 | Volkswagen Foundation | 771 | | 10 | Universität Hamburg | 769 | | 11 | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | 707 | | 12 | Deutsche Bundesbank | 681 | | 13 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 660 | | 14 | Universität Kassel | 559 | | 15 | Universität Mannheim | 506 | ## What papers from Germany cite *Research funded elsewhere that papers from Germany cite, since 2023* | # | Funding country | Links | |---:|---|---:| | 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china.md) | 6,717 | | 2 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-states.md) | 6,402 | | 3 | [United Kingdom](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-kingdom.md) | 3,829 | | 4 | [Spain](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/spain.md) | 1,860 | | 5 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/italy.md) | 1,578 | | 6 | [Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/australia.md) | 1,534 | | 7 | [Canada](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/canada.md) | 1,525 | | 8 | [France](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/france.md) | 1,492 | | 9 | [Switzerland](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/switzerland.md) | 1,318 | | 10 | [Netherlands](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/netherlands.md) | 1,299 | | 11 | [Sweden](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/sweden.md) | 1,230 | | 12 | [Austria](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/austria.md) | 834 | | 13 | [South Korea](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/south-korea.md) | 781 | | 14 | [Belgium](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/belgium.md) | 771 | | 15 | [Japan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/japan.md) | 759 | ## Cite this page Scholar4AI. (2026). Who uses research funded from Germany. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany ```bibtex @misc{scholar4ai-supply-chain-germany, author = {{Scholar4AI}}, title = {Who uses research funded from Germany}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany}}, 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/).