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title: "Who cites Spain-funded research"
description: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 6,630 papers funded from Spain 36,267 times (counting each citing country), #5 of 128 funding countries. 17% of the links come from papers with authors in Spain; abroad, the largest users are China (12,013), the United States (4,116) and the United Kingdom (3,838)."
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data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-31T16:02:57+09:00
window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
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---

# Who uses research funded from Spain

Where the papers funded from Spain are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from Spain 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 6,630 papers funded from Spain 36,267 times (counting each citing country), #5 of 128 funding countries.
- 17% of the links come from papers with authors in Spain; abroad, the largest users are China (12,013), the United States (4,116) and the United Kingdom (3,838).
- The institutions citing this research most are Universidad de Granada (638), Universidad de Sevilla (508) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (354).
- The Spain funders behind the most-cited links are Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (7,695), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (7,591) and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (7,415).
- In turn, papers with authors in Spain draw most on research funded from China (7,965), the United States (3,378) and the United Kingdom (2,149).

## Citing countries

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

| # | Citing country | Links | Share |
|---:|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | China | 12,013 | 33% |
| 2 | Spain | 6,020 | 17% |
| 3 | United States | 4,116 | 11% |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 3,838 | 11% |
| 5 | Italy | 2,713 | 7% |
| 6 | France | 2,052 | 6% |
| 7 | Germany | 1,860 | 5% |
| 8 | India | 1,744 | 5% |
| 9 | Australia | 1,685 | 5% |
| 10 | Canada | 1,099 | 3% |
| 11 | South Korea | 1,039 | 3% |
| 12 | Turkey | 943 | 3% |
| 13 | Netherlands | 839 | 2% |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 788 | 2% |
| 15 | Poland | 692 | 2% |
| 16 | Taiwan | 655 | 2% |
| 17 | Portugal | 621 | 2% |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 592 | 2% |
| 19 | Brazil | 563 | 2% |
| 20 | Belgium | 562 | 2% |
| 21 | Malaysia | 554 | 2% |
| 22 | Sweden | 537 | 1% |
| 23 | Pakistan | 509 | 1% |
| 24 | Vietnam | 488 | 1% |
| 25 | Japan | 487 | 1% |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 479 | 1% |
| 27 | Iran | 464 | 1% |
| 28 | Singapore | 440 | 1% |
| 29 | Denmark | 428 | 1% |
| 30 | Finland | 418 | 1% |

## Citing institutions

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

| # | Institution | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Universidad de Granada | Spain | 638 |
| 2 | Universidad de Sevilla | Spain | 508 |
| 3 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 354 |
| 4 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | France | 353 |
| 5 | Universitat de València | Spain | 319 |
| 6 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | China | 313 |
| 7 | [Sichuan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sichuan-university.md) | China | 312 |
| 8 | University of Castilla-La Mancha | Spain | 310 |
| 9 | Hefei University of Technology | China | 297 |
| 10 | Shanghai University | China | 292 |
| 11 | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | Spain | 290 |
| 12 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | China | 285 |
| 13 | Lebanese American University | Lebanon | 283 |
| 14 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | China | 279 |
| 15 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | China | 275 |

## Funders

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

| # | Funder | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad | 7,695 |
| 2 | [Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/ministerio-de-ciencia-innovacion-y-universidades.md) | 7,591 |
| 3 | [Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/ministerio-de-ciencia-e-innovacion.md) | 7,415 |
| 4 | [Agencia Estatal de Investigación](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/agencia-estatal-de-investigacion.md) | 6,945 |
| 5 | Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de España | 4,139 |
| 6 | Generalitat Valenciana | 1,750 |
| 7 | Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras | 1,678 |
| 8 | Eusko Jaurlaritza | 1,669 |
| 9 | Junta de Andalucía | 1,605 |
| 10 | Generalitat de Catalunya | 1,538 |
| 11 | Fundación BBVA | 1,462 |
| 12 | Xunta de Galicia | 1,390 |
| 13 | Gobierno de Aragón | 1,242 |
| 14 | Universidad de Granada | 1,206 |
| 15 | Comunidad de Madrid | 1,184 |

## What papers from Spain cite

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

| # | Funding country | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china.md) | 7,965 |
| 2 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-states.md) | 3,378 |
| 3 | [United Kingdom](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-kingdom.md) | 2,149 |
| 4 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany.md) | 1,594 |
| 5 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/italy.md) | 1,222 |
| 6 | [Canada](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/canada.md) | 892 |
| 7 | [Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/australia.md) | 892 |
| 8 | [France](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/france.md) | 852 |
| 9 | [South Korea](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/south-korea.md) | 776 |
| 10 | [Portugal](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/portugal.md) | 688 |
| 11 | [Netherlands](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/netherlands.md) | 647 |
| 12 | [Brazil](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/brazil.md) | 639 |
| 13 | [Sweden](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/sweden.md) | 630 |
| 14 | [Japan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/japan.md) | 568 |
| 15 | [Belgium](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/belgium.md) | 464 |

## Cite this page

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

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