Top 30 funders of COVID-19 publications (based on Scopus and WoS data)
| Scopus . | WoS . | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Funder . | # pub. . | Funder . | # pub. . |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 13,559 | United States Department of Health & Human Services | 11,857 |
| National Natural Science Foundation of China | 5,938 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA | 11,341 |
| European Commission | 3,373 | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) | 7,946 |
| Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China | 2,380 | European Commission | 4,875 |
| UK Research and Innovation | 2,269 | NIH National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | 1,832 |
| National Science Foundation (US) | 1,587 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | 1,464 |
| Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) | 1,585 | German Research Foundation (DFG) | 1,424 |
| Government of Canada | 1,454 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | 1,305 |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | 1,146 | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) | 1,284 |
| National Institute for Health Research (UK ) | 1,118 | Medical Research Council UK (MRC) | 1,254 |
| Wellcome Trust | 1,022 | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | 1,221 |
| Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China | 972 | Wellcome Trust | 1,201 |
| Pfizer | 866 | National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) | 1,022 |
| Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brazil) | 819 | National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia | 1,012 |
| U.S. Department of Defense | 798 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | 901 |
| Department of Health, Australian Government (Australia) | 748 | CAPES (Brazil) | 740 |
| National Research Foundation of Korea | 697 | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities | 739 |
| Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain) | 658 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | 736 |
| Ministry of Finance (China) | 633 | NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | 722 |
| Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brazil) | 609 | NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) | 685 |
| Merck | 582 | French National Research Agency (ANR) | 668 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 580 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | 641 |
| AstraZeneca | 577 | United States Department of Defense | 622 |
| Novartis | 576 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 620 |
| Roche | 567 | European Research Council (ERC) | 578 |
| COVIDien | 551 | National Basic Research Program of China | 560 |
| Auris Health | 549 | CGIAR | 555 |
| Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung | 532 | NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | 552 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 505 | Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) | 538 |
| Medtronic | 483 | Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan | 533 |
| Scopus . | WoS . | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Funder . | # pub. . | Funder . | # pub. . |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 13,559 | United States Department of Health & Human Services | 11,857 |
| National Natural Science Foundation of China | 5,938 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA | 11,341 |
| European Commission | 3,373 | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) | 7,946 |
| Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China | 2,380 | European Commission | 4,875 |
| UK Research and Innovation | 2,269 | NIH National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | 1,832 |
| National Science Foundation (US) | 1,587 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | 1,464 |
| Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) | 1,585 | German Research Foundation (DFG) | 1,424 |
| Government of Canada | 1,454 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | 1,305 |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | 1,146 | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) | 1,284 |
| National Institute for Health Research (UK ) | 1,118 | Medical Research Council UK (MRC) | 1,254 |
| Wellcome Trust | 1,022 | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | 1,221 |
| Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China | 972 | Wellcome Trust | 1,201 |
| Pfizer | 866 | National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) | 1,022 |
| Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brazil) | 819 | National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia | 1,012 |
| U.S. Department of Defense | 798 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | 901 |
| Department of Health, Australian Government (Australia) | 748 | CAPES (Brazil) | 740 |
| National Research Foundation of Korea | 697 | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities | 739 |
| Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain) | 658 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | 736 |
| Ministry of Finance (China) | 633 | NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | 722 |
| Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brazil) | 609 | NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) | 685 |
| Merck | 582 | French National Research Agency (ANR) | 668 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 580 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | 641 |
| AstraZeneca | 577 | United States Department of Defense | 622 |
| Novartis | 576 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 620 |
| Roche | 567 | European Research Council (ERC) | 578 |
| COVIDien | 551 | National Basic Research Program of China | 560 |
| Auris Health | 549 | CGIAR | 555 |
| Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung | 532 | NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | 552 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 505 | Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) | 538 |
| Medtronic | 483 | Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan | 533 |