Table 3.

The top ten funding agencies having the most publications on microbiota and cancer from 2001 to 2020

Ranking	Funding agencies	Country	Number of publication	%
1st	National Natural Science Foundation of China	China	211	10.24
2nd	National Cancer Institute	USA	186	9.02
3rd	National Institutes of Health	USA	163	7.91
4th	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	USA	80	3.88
5th	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	Japan	48	2.33
6th	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	USA	33	1.60
7th	European Commission	European Union	30	1.46
8th	National Institute of General Medical Sciences	China	25	1.21
9th	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	Japan	24	1.16
10th	National Research Foundation of Korea	Korea	24	1.16