| 1 | National Science Foundation | 10 047 | 15 | Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) | 780 |
| 2 | National Natural Science foundation of China | 6 271 | 16 | European Research Council | 745 |
| 3 | NASA | 3 568 | 17 | Academy of Finland | 742 |
| 4 | EU Framework Programme | 2 555 | 18 | CSIRO | 634 |
| 5 | U.S. Department of Energy | 2 420 | 19 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | 573 |
| 6 | Australian Research Council | 2 281 | 20 | CNRS | 536 |
| 7 | UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | 2 266 | 21 | Norwegian Research Council | 467 |
| 8 | National Basic Research Program of China | 2 097 | 22 | Royal Society (UK) | 456 |
| 9 | NOAA | 1 982 | 23 | Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | 456 |
| 10 | German Research Foundation | 1 721 | 24 | CONACyT | 426 |
| 11 | European Commission | 1 634 | 25 | European Social Fund | 412 |
| 12 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | 1 408 | 26 | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities | 408 |
| 13 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 906 | 27 | Research Council of Norway | 405 |
| 14 | Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) | 808 | 28 | Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation | 357 |