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title: "Who cites South Korea-funded research"
description: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 4,497 papers funded from South Korea 27,702 times (counting each citing country), #8 of 129 funding countries. 15% of the links come from papers with authors in South Korea; abroad, the largest users are China (13,102), the United States (3,080) and the United Kingdom (2,254)."
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---

# Who uses research funded from South Korea

Where the papers funded from South Korea are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from South Korea 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 4,497 papers funded from South Korea 27,702 times (counting each citing country), #8 of 129 funding countries.
- 15% of the links come from papers with authors in South Korea; abroad, the largest users are China (13,102), the United States (3,080) and the United Kingdom (2,254).
- The institutions citing this research most are Pusan National University (540), Sungkyunkwan University (533) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (502).
- The South Korea funders behind the most-cited links are National Research Foundation of Korea (16,252), Ministry of Education (7,591) and Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (3,714).
- In turn, papers with authors in South Korea draw most on research funded from China (11,633), the United States (2,802) and the United Kingdom (1,158).

## Citing countries

*Countries whose papers cite South Korea-funded research, since 2023*

| # | Citing country | Links | Share |
|---:|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | China | 13,102 | 47% |
| 2 | South Korea | 4,024 | 15% |
| 3 | United States | 3,080 | 11% |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 2,254 | 8% |
| 5 | India | 1,683 | 6% |
| 6 | Australia | 1,461 | 5% |
| 7 | France | 1,050 | 4% |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 1,038 | 4% |
| 9 | Italy | 832 | 3% |
| 10 | Germany | 797 | 3% |
| 11 | Spain | 782 | 3% |
| 12 | Turkey | 738 | 3% |
| 13 | Canada | 730 | 3% |
| 14 | Taiwan | 679 | 2% |
| 15 | Vietnam | 585 | 2% |
| 16 | Malaysia | 509 | 2% |
| 17 | Pakistan | 504 | 2% |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 492 | 2% |
| 19 | Macao | 470 | 2% |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 468 | 2% |
| 21 | Singapore | 467 | 2% |
| 22 | Tunisia | 463 | 2% |
| 23 | Japan | 448 | 2% |
| 24 | Oman | 429 | 2% |
| 25 | Iran | 379 | 1% |
| 26 | Lebanon | 369 | 1% |
| 27 | Netherlands | 362 | 1% |
| 28 | Portugal | 342 | 1% |
| 29 | Poland | 340 | 1% |
| 30 | New Zealand | 269 | 1% |

## Citing institutions

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

| # | Institution | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Pusan National University | South Korea | 540 |
| 2 | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea | 533 |
| 3 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 502 |
| 4 | Korea University | South Korea | 473 |
| 5 | Yonsei University | South Korea | 463 |
| 6 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | China | 434 |
| 7 | Sultan Qaboos University | Oman | 371 |
| 8 | Lebanese American University | Lebanon | 333 |
| 9 | Seoul National University | South Korea | 325 |
| 10 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | China | 324 |
| 11 | Hanyang University | South Korea | 313 |
| 12 | [Nankai University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nankai-university.md) | China | 311 |
| 13 | Sejong University | South Korea | 307 |
| 14 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | China | 302 |
| 15 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | China | 301 |

## Funders

*South Korea funders whose papers are cited most, since 2023*

| # | Funder | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [National Research Foundation of Korea](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/national-research-foundation-of-korea.md) | 16,252 |
| 2 | [Ministry of Education](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/ministry-of-education.md) | 7,591 |
| 3 | Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning | 3,714 |
| 4 | [Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/ministry-of-science-and-ict-south-korea.md) | 3,170 |
| 5 | Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion | 2,576 |
| 6 | Yonsei University | 798 |
| 7 | Seoul National University | 750 |
| 8 | Korea University | 724 |
| 9 | Samsung | 596 |
| 10 | Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy | 574 |
| 11 | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology | 569 |
| 12 | Ministry of Science and Technology | 469 |
| 13 | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies | 460 |
| 14 | Hanyang University | 458 |
| 15 | Sungkyunkwan University | 323 |

## What papers from South Korea cite

*Research funded elsewhere that papers from South Korea cite, since 2023*

| # | Funding country | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china.md) | 11,633 |
| 2 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-states.md) | 2,802 |
| 3 | [United Kingdom](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-kingdom.md) | 1,158 |
| 4 | [Spain](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/spain.md) | 1,065 |
| 5 | [Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/australia.md) | 854 |
| 6 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany.md) | 818 |
| 7 | [Canada](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/canada.md) | 665 |
| 8 | [Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/hong-kong.md) | 650 |
| 9 | [Japan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/japan.md) | 603 |
| 10 | [South Africa](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/south-africa.md) | 506 |
| 11 | [Taiwan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/taiwan.md) | 453 |
| 12 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/italy.md) | 410 |
| 13 | Vietnam | 388 |
| 14 | [Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/singapore.md) | 378 |
| 15 | [France](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/france.md) | 377 |

## Cite this page

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

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