Research Funders in New Zealand and the Journals That Publish Their Research

In short9 research funders from New Zealand are named in the recent research articles of 122 journals we checked. The biggest is Health Research Council of New Zealand (26 journals). Below: the funders, then the journals that publish their funded research most often.

Research funders in New Zealand

Health Research Council of New Zealand26 journalsUniversity of Auckland23 journalsUniversity of Otago19 journalsMassey University18 journalsMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employment17 journalsMarsden Fund16 journalsRoyal Society Te Apārangi14 journalsVictoria University of Wellington12 journalsUniversity of Canterbury10 journals

Journals that publish research funded in New Zealand most often

#JournalFunder mentionsFunders from New ZealandIndexingImpact factor*Median review time
1Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online41 in 111 articles7ESCI1.33127 days
2New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies34 in 143 articles5ESCI1.27173 days
3New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics34 in 121 articles5SCIE1.81137 days
4Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand27 in 162 articles2SCIE2.27137 days
5Journal of Primary Health Care18 in 134 articles2ESCI1.72n/a
6New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research16 in 121 articles2SCIE1.44153 days
7AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples14 in 178 articles3ESCI1.44n/a
8New Zealand Geographer12 in 48 articles7SSCI0.6884 days
9New Zealand Journal of Zoology12 in 104 articles4SCIE0.68106 days
10Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research10 in 200 articles1SCIE2.35n/a
11New Zealand Journal of Botany10 in 200 articles2SCIE2.2698 days
12Superconductivity8 in 107 articles1ESCI7.02n/a
13Critical Care and Resuscitation7 in 142 articles1SCIE1.12n/a
14Immunology and Cell Biology6 in 200 articles1SCIE2.04140 days
15Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health6 in 200 articles1SCIE0.92116 days
16Neurogastroenterology & Motility6 in 200 articles1SCIE2.8880 days
17Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health4 in 200 articles1SCIE SSCI1.38n/a
18European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics4 in 118 articles2SCIE1.83124 days
19Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics4 in 200 articles1SCIE4.54170 days
20New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research4 in 200 articles1SCIE1.15109 days
21Ground Water4 in 174 articles1SCIE1.58138 days
22Laboratory Phonology Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology4 in 67 articles1AHCI SSCI0.98n/a
23Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association4 in 148 articles1SSCI1.39118 days
24Brain Impairment3 in 68 articles1SCIE1.85n/a
25Mental Health & Prevention3 in 200 articles1ESCI2.34n/a
26Palliative Care and Social Practice3 in 200 articles1ESCI1.83n/a
27Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine3 in 135 articles1SCIE2.73n/a
28Educational Studies in Mathematics3 in 200 articles1SSCI2.41309 days
29MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies3 in 137 articles1ESCI2.24255 days
30Australasian Journal on Ageing3 in 200 articles1SCIE SSCI1.56163 days
31European Journal of Social Psychology3 in 185 articles1SSCI2.47242 days
32Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance3 in 200 articles1SSCI3.54n/a
33GRURRR. Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, Rechtsprechungs-Report/GRUR-DVD/GRUR-CD/IIC/Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht/Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht. Internationaler Teil3 in 200 articles1ESCI0.90n/a
34Earthquake Spectra3 in 200 articles1SCIE4.29212 days
35Clinical & Translational Immunology2 in 95 articles1SCIE3.03134 days
36International Journal of Mental Health Nursing2 in 200 articles1SCIE SSCI3.42133 days
37Methods in Psychology2 in 134 articles1Scopus4.02n/a
38New England Journal of Medicine2 in 200 articles1SCIE32.52n/a
39Nursing Inquiry2 in 200 articles1SCIE SSCI2.75107 days
40Qualitative Health Research2 in 200 articles1SSCI3.94n/a

"Funder mentions" adds up how often the funders from New Zealand are named in the journal's recent research articles (up to 200 from the last 24 months); one article that names two of them counts twice. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from Crossref.

Research funders of other countries

United StatesChinaGermanySouth KoreaSpainAustraliaUnited KingdomIndiaBrazilCanadaItalySwedenEuropean UnionIndonesiaSaudi ArabiaJapanDenmarkSouth AfricaAustriaFinlandIranSwitzerlandCzech RepublicMalaysiaThailandHong KongIrelandHungaryInternationalIsraelKazakhstanNetherlandsNorwayTaiwanVietnamBelgiumMexicoRussiaSerbiaArgentinaChileEgyptFrancePolandQatarSingaporeSlovakiaColombiaEstoniaGreecePortugalTurkeyUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesBangladeshBulgariaCroatiaGeorgiaLithuaniaMacauMoroccoNigeriaOmanPakistanRomaniaSlovenia

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Frequently asked questions

Which research funders in New Zealand fund the most published research?

By the number of journals that name them in recent research articles: Health Research Council of New Zealand, University of Auckland, University of Otago, Massey University, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. In all, 9 funders from New Zealand are named in at least 10 journals.

Which journals publish the most research funded in New Zealand?

Counting the funder mentions of all 9 funders together: Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Journal of Primary Health Care.

Should I choose a journal because it publishes research funded in New Zealand?

It shows that editors and reviewers of the journal know this research community, but the fit with your topic, the indexing and the review time matter more. The free Journal Finder matches your abstract to the journals that published the closest papers.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; the country is that of the funding body.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; funders named in at least 10 journals are grouped by the country of the funding body. Updated: 29 October 2026.