UK funders acknowledged on cited papers were categorised into the following categories: industry, not-for-profit, hospital trust, government department, government agency (not controlled by ministries), local or regional authority, foundation, none given and unknown.
However, this analysis of grant type should be treated tentatively as the analysis was based on a cohort of papers published over a specific period and not the total complement of outputs arising from a cohort of grants, nor did we explore in detail the nature of other, non-Wellcome Trust funding acknowledged on each paper.
The names of funders acknowledged on each paper were extracted and categorised into groups.
LW suggested and carried out RSD and PAML analyses of gene evolution with inputs and software from JJW who asked to be acknowledged on the paper.
National research agencies commonly funded papers in Latin America where they were acknowledged on 27% of papers, and they also made up 20% of multicounty studies and studies in sub-Saharan Africa.
Of the funders identified, 42% were acknowledged on more than one paper.
By contrast, the World Health Organization (WHO) was acknowledged on only twelve papers cited by the BBC, of which four were from the United Kingdom and six from the United States, and two from both countries.
These funders together were acknowledged on 40% of all papers with a funder acknowledgement (and 22% of all papers, including those with no funder acknowledged).
The international funding is primarily from the European Commission, which was acknowledged on 48 of the papers cited by the BBC, of which 35 were from the United Kingdom and 9 from the United States (all, of course, co-authored with a European Union Member State).
(UPDATE: McMahon acknowledged on Wednesday night that her campaign helped the paper with research).
