| No. | Grants | The number of articles | Proportion (%) |
| 1 | National Social Science Foundation of China | 188 | 24.80 |
| 2 | National Natural Science Foundation of China | 103 | 13.59 |
| 3 | National Soft Science Research Program | 32 | 4.22 |
| 4 | China Postdoctoral Science Foundation | 21 | 2.77 |
| 5 | Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of Hunan Province | 16 | 2.11 |
| 6 | Soft Science Fund of Hunan Province | 15 | 1.98 |
| 7 | Soft Science Fund of Sichuan Province | 10 | 1.32 |
| 8 | Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of the Department of Education of Jiangsu Province | 10 | 1.32 |
| 9 | Social Development Fund of Science and Technology Committee of Jiangsu Province | 8 | 1.06 |
| 10 | Scientific Research Funds of the Education Commission of Hunan Province | 6 | 0.79 |
| 11 | Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province | 5 | 0.66 |
| 12 | Soft Science Fund of Henan Province | 5 | 0.66 |
| 13 | Soft Science Fund of Shanghai | 5 | 0.66 |
| 14 | Soft Science Fund of Shanxi Province | 5 | 0.66 |
| 15 | Science and Technology Development Plan Fund of Jilin Province | 5 | 0.66 |
| 16 | Soft Science Fund of Hubei Province | 4 | 0.53 |
| 17 | Soft Science Fund of Hebei Province | 4 | 0.53 |
| 18 | Soft Science Fund of Fujian Province | 4 | 0.53 |
| 19 | Soft Science Fund of Anhui Province | 4 | 0.53 |
| 20 | Science and Technology Plan Projects of Beijing | 4 | 0.53 |