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title: "Who cites Portugal-funded research"
description: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 1,960 papers funded from Portugal 11,475 times (counting each citing country), #19 of 129 funding countries. 11% of the links come from papers with authors in Portugal; abroad, the largest users are China (3,379), the United Kingdom (1,271) and the United States (1,235)."
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# Who uses research funded from Portugal

Where the papers funded from Portugal are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from Portugal 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 1,960 papers funded from Portugal 11,475 times (counting each citing country), #19 of 129 funding countries.
- 11% of the links come from papers with authors in Portugal; abroad, the largest users are China (3,379), the United Kingdom (1,271) and the United States (1,235).
- The institutions citing this research most are University of Lisbon (582), ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (249) and Instituto Superior Técnico (206).
- The Portugal funders behind the most-cited links are Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (10,903), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (520) and Programa Operacional Temático Factores de Competitividade (379).
- In turn, papers with authors in Portugal draw most on research funded from China (1,848), the United States (818) and Spain (637).

## Citing countries

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

| # | Citing country | Links | Share |
|---:|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | China | 3,379 | 29% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 1,271 | 11% |
| 3 | Portugal | 1,241 | 11% |
| 4 | United States | 1,235 | 11% |
| 5 | Italy | 879 | 8% |
| 6 | France | 709 | 6% |
| 7 | Spain | 698 | 6% |
| 8 | Germany | 677 | 6% |
| 9 | India | 587 | 5% |
| 10 | Australia | 584 | 5% |
| 11 | Canada | 357 | 3% |
| 12 | South Korea | 357 | 3% |
| 13 | Netherlands | 345 | 3% |
| 14 | Turkey | 326 | 3% |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 290 | 3% |
| 16 | Brazil | 280 | 2% |
| 17 | Pakistan | 235 | 2% |
| 18 | Belgium | 231 | 2% |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 213 | 2% |
| 20 | Taiwan | 212 | 2% |
| 21 | Russia | 210 | 2% |
| 22 | Vietnam | 204 | 2% |
| 23 | Malaysia | 196 | 2% |
| 24 | Poland | 195 | 2% |
| 25 | Iran | 192 | 2% |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 180 | 2% |
| 27 | Lebanon | 165 | 1% |
| 28 | Sweden | 164 | 1% |
| 29 | Finland | 162 | 1% |
| 30 | Macao | 159 | 1% |

## Citing institutions

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

| # | Institution | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | University of Lisbon | Portugal | 582 |
| 2 | ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão | Portugal | 249 |
| 3 | Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal | 206 |
| 4 | Universidade do Porto | Portugal | 192 |
| 5 | Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das Organizações | Portugal | 159 |
| 6 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 158 |
| 7 | Centro de Estudos de Gestão | Portugal | 155 |
| 8 | Lebanese American University | Lebanon | 155 |
| 9 | National Research University Higher School of Economics | Russia | 153 |
| 10 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | France | 131 |
| 11 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Portugal | 107 |
| 12 | INESC TEC | Portugal | 104 |
| 13 | University of Coimbra | Portugal | 104 |
| 14 | [Hunan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hunan-university.md) | China | 96 |
| 15 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 91 |

## Funders

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

| # | Funder | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/fundacao-para-a-ciencia-e-a-tecnologia.md) | 10,903 |
| 2 | Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 520 |
| 3 | Programa Operacional Temático Factores de Competitividade | 379 |
| 4 | Universidade de Lisboa | 275 |
| 5 | Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa | 181 |
| 6 | Universidade do Porto | 159 |
| 7 | Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications | 140 |
| 8 | Universidade de Coimbra | 120 |
| 9 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa | 117 |
| 10 | NECE - Research Center in Business Sciences, University of Beira Interior | 112 |
| 11 | ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa | 79 |
| 12 | Universidade do Minho | 76 |
| 13 | Banco de Portugal | 72 |
| 14 | Instituto Superior Técnico | 70 |
| 15 | UNIDEMI | 69 |

## What papers from Portugal cite

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

| # | Funding country | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china.md) | 1,848 |
| 2 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-states.md) | 818 |
| 3 | [Spain](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/spain.md) | 637 |
| 4 | [United Kingdom](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-kingdom.md) | 577 |
| 5 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany.md) | 432 |
| 6 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/italy.md) | 348 |
| 7 | [South Korea](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/south-korea.md) | 342 |
| 8 | [Brazil](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/brazil.md) | 294 |
| 9 | [Canada](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/canada.md) | 258 |
| 10 | [Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/australia.md) | 251 |
| 11 | [Belgium](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/belgium.md) | 189 |
| 12 | [France](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/france.md) | 180 |
| 13 | [Sweden](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/sweden.md) | 176 |
| 14 | [Netherlands](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/netherlands.md) | 176 |
| 15 | [Japan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/japan.md) | 167 |

## Cite this page

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

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