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title: "Who cites Italy-funded research"
description: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 3,939 papers funded from Italy 19,641 times (counting each citing country), #10 of 129 funding countries. 24% of the links come from papers with authors in Italy; abroad, the largest users are China (4,917), the United Kingdom (2,303) and the United States (2,287)."
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# Who uses research funded from Italy

Where the papers funded from Italy are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from Italy 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 3,939 papers funded from Italy 19,641 times (counting each citing country), #10 of 129 funding countries.
- 24% of the links come from papers with authors in Italy; abroad, the largest users are China (4,917), the United Kingdom (2,303) and the United States (2,287).
- The institutions citing this research most are Sapienza University of Rome (396), University of Turin (329) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (290).
- The Italy funders behind the most-cited links are Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (3,423), Libera Università di Bolzano (1,513) and European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (876).
- In turn, papers with authors in Italy draw most on research funded from China (8,330), the United States (5,315) and the United Kingdom (3,700).

## Citing countries

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

| # | Citing country | Links | Share |
|---:|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | China | 4,917 | 25% |
| 2 | Italy | 4,787 | 24% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 2,303 | 12% |
| 4 | United States | 2,287 | 12% |
| 5 | Germany | 1,593 | 8% |
| 6 | France | 1,355 | 7% |
| 7 | Spain | 1,235 | 6% |
| 8 | Australia | 834 | 4% |
| 9 | India | 776 | 4% |
| 10 | Netherlands | 665 | 3% |
| 11 | Canada | 607 | 3% |
| 12 | South Korea | 410 | 2% |
| 13 | Belgium | 389 | 2% |
| 14 | Switzerland | 381 | 2% |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 378 | 2% |
| 16 | Turkey | 363 | 2% |
| 17 | Sweden | 361 | 2% |
| 18 | Poland | 350 | 2% |
| 19 | Portugal | 348 | 2% |
| 20 | Austria | 328 | 2% |
| 21 | Brazil | 301 | 2% |
| 22 | Finland | 291 | 1% |
| 23 | Japan | 279 | 1% |
| 24 | Norway | 260 | 1% |
| 25 | Denmark | 238 | 1% |
| 26 | Taiwan | 234 | 1% |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 232 | 1% |
| 28 | Malaysia | 229 | 1% |
| 29 | Vietnam | 227 | 1% |
| 30 | Czechia | 225 | 1% |

## Citing institutions

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

| # | Institution | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | 396 |
| 2 | University of Turin | Italy | 329 |
| 3 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | France | 290 |
| 4 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy | 265 |
| 5 | University of Bologna | Italy | 246 |
| 6 | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | 236 |
| 7 | University of Pisa | Italy | 216 |
| 8 | University of Florence | Italy | 196 |
| 9 | Roma Tre University | Italy | 190 |
| 10 | University of Bergamo | Italy | 185 |
| 11 | University of Naples Federico II | Italy | 181 |
| 12 | University of Milano-Bicocca | Italy | 175 |
| 13 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 171 |
| 14 | University of Padua | Italy | 162 |
| 15 | Parthenope University of Naples | Italy | 160 |

## Funders

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

| # | Funder | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/ministero-dellistruzione-delluniversita-e-della-ricerca.md) | 3,423 |
| 2 | Libera Università di Bolzano | 1,513 |
| 3 | European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists | 876 |
| 4 | Università di Bologna | 764 |
| 5 | Università degli Studi di Padova | 739 |
| 6 | Università Bocconi | 711 |
| 7 | Università di Pisa | 651 |
| 8 | Università degli Studi di Torino | 589 |
| 9 | Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito | 588 |
| 10 | Sapienza Università di Roma | 581 |
| 11 | Università degli studi di Bergamo | 554 |
| 12 | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | 476 |
| 13 | Università degli Studi di Milano | 475 |
| 14 | Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca | 456 |
| 15 | Banca d'Italia | 442 |

## What papers from Italy cite

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

| # | Funding country | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china.md) | 8,330 |
| 2 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-states.md) | 5,315 |
| 3 | [United Kingdom](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-kingdom.md) | 3,700 |
| 4 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany.md) | 2,913 |
| 5 | [Spain](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/spain.md) | 2,752 |
| 6 | [France](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/france.md) | 1,563 |
| 7 | [Canada](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/canada.md) | 1,426 |
| 8 | [Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/australia.md) | 1,210 |
| 9 | [Sweden](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/sweden.md) | 1,103 |
| 10 | [Netherlands](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/netherlands.md) | 1,069 |
| 11 | [Switzerland](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/switzerland.md) | 994 |
| 12 | [Portugal](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/portugal.md) | 879 |
| 13 | [Brazil](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/brazil.md) | 869 |
| 14 | [South Korea](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/south-korea.md) | 832 |
| 15 | [Japan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/japan.md) | 800 |

## Cite this page

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

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-supply-chain-italy,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Who uses research funded from Italy},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/italy}},
  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/).