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title: "Who cites United Kingdom-funded research"
description: "Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited the 8,278 papers funded from the United Kingdom 51,486 times (counting each citing country), #3 of 129 funding countries. 18% of the links come from papers with authors in the United Kingdom; abroad, the largest users are China (17,610), the United States (7,605) and Germany (3,939)."
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data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-31T17:45:59+09:00
window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Who uses research funded from the United Kingdom

Where the papers funded from the United Kingdom are cited inside the 400 tracked journals: by country, by institution and by funder, and whose research the papers from the United Kingdom 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 8,278 papers funded from the United Kingdom 51,486 times (counting each citing country), #3 of 129 funding countries.
- 18% of the links come from papers with authors in the United Kingdom; abroad, the largest users are China (17,610), the United States (7,605) and Germany (3,939).
- The institutions citing this research most are Hong Kong Polytechnic University (646), University of Oxford (560) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (552).
- The United Kingdom funders behind the most-cited links are Economic and Social Research Council (12,505), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (11,284) and University of Oxford (2,041).
- In turn, papers with authors in the United Kingdom draw most on research funded from China (31,104), the United States (10,778) and Germany (4,097).

## Citing countries

*Countries whose papers cite United Kingdom-funded research, since 2023*

| # | Citing country | Links | Share |
|---:|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | China | 17,610 | 34% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 9,088 | 18% |
| 3 | United States | 7,605 | 15% |
| 4 | Germany | 3,939 | 8% |
| 5 | Italy | 3,700 | 7% |
| 6 | Australia | 3,173 | 6% |
| 7 | France | 2,905 | 6% |
| 8 | India | 2,217 | 4% |
| 9 | Spain | 2,197 | 4% |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2,010 | 4% |
| 11 | Canada | 1,750 | 3% |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 1,698 | 3% |
| 13 | South Korea | 1,158 | 2% |
| 14 | Sweden | 1,126 | 2% |
| 15 | Finland | 983 | 2% |
| 16 | Japan | 959 | 2% |
| 17 | Switzerland | 924 | 2% |
| 18 | Belgium | 842 | 2% |
| 19 | Turkey | 802 | 2% |
| 20 | Denmark | 791 | 2% |
| 21 | Norway | 790 | 2% |
| 22 | Singapore | 780 | 2% |
| 23 | Austria | 769 | 1% |
| 24 | Brazil | 710 | 1% |
| 25 | Taiwan | 637 | 1% |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 624 | 1% |
| 27 | South Africa | 606 | 1% |
| 28 | Poland | 599 | 1% |
| 29 | New Zealand | 592 | 1% |
| 30 | Portugal | 577 | 1% |

## Citing institutions

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

| # | Institution | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | Hong Kong | 646 |
| 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 560 |
| 3 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | France | 552 |
| 4 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | China | 536 |
| 5 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | China | 526 |
| 6 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | China | 507 |
| 7 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | China | 477 |
| 8 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | China | 470 |
| 9 | University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 455 |
| 10 | University College London | United Kingdom | 437 |
| 11 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | China | 435 |
| 12 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | China | 418 |
| 13 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | China | 395 |
| 14 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 386 |
| 15 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | China | 382 |

## Funders

*United Kingdom funders whose papers are cited most, since 2023*

| # | Funder | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Economic and Social Research Council](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/economic-and-social-research-council.md) | 12,505 |
| 2 | [Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/engineering-and-physical-sciences-research-council.md) | 11,284 |
| 3 | University of Oxford | 2,041 |
| 4 | Royal Society | 1,902 |
| 5 | British Academy | 1,575 |
| 6 | Leverhulme Trust | 1,390 |
| 7 | UK Research and Innovation | 1,315 |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 1,178 |
| 9 | Innovate UK | 1,020 |
| 10 | [Medical Research Council](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/medical-research-council.md) | 1,001 |
| 11 | Department for International Development | 973 |
| 12 | [National Institute for Health and Care Research](https://scholar4ai.com/funders/national-institute-for-health-and-care-research.md) | 951 |
| 13 | Research Councils UK | 866 |
| 14 | University of Manchester | 827 |
| 15 | Swansea University | 740 |

## What papers from the United Kingdom cite

*Research funded elsewhere that papers from the United Kingdom cite, since 2023*

| # | Funding country | Links |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/china.md) | 31,104 |
| 2 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-states.md) | 10,778 |
| 3 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/germany.md) | 4,097 |
| 4 | [Spain](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/spain.md) | 3,892 |
| 5 | [Canada](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/canada.md) | 3,081 |
| 6 | [Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/australia.md) | 2,990 |
| 7 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/italy.md) | 2,303 |
| 8 | [South Korea](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/south-korea.md) | 2,254 |
| 9 | [France](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/france.md) | 2,049 |
| 10 | [Netherlands](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/netherlands.md) | 1,872 |
| 11 | [Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/hong-kong.md) | 1,804 |
| 12 | [Sweden](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/sweden.md) | 1,711 |
| 13 | [Japan](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/japan.md) | 1,599 |
| 14 | [Switzerland](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/switzerland.md) | 1,473 |
| 15 | [Portugal](https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/portugal.md) | 1,271 |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Who uses research funded from the United Kingdom. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/supply-chain/united-kingdom

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