Investigating socio-economic factors related to the publication of scientific documents in middle-income countries

The purpose of this article is to investigate the effect of economic and social factors on the publication of scientific documents. The amount of publication of scientific documents can increase or decrease; Because the publication of scientific documents is influenced by many economic, sociological, cultural and political factors. In this way, the upcoming research examines the influence of socio-economic factors on the publication of scientific documents in middle-income countries. Statistics related to publication of scientific documents, access to information and communication, equal access to quality education, quality universities, government spending on education, share of added value of the industry sector, GDP per capita and control variables including life expectancy and population in 56 The country is derived from Scimago institutions, the social progress index and the World Bank during the years 2011 to 2021. In order to investigate the effect of the mentioned variables on the publication of scientific documents, the panel data method has been used and analyzed with Eviews12 software. The results of panel data estimation in the years under review showed that the influence of social factors (access to information and communication, equal access to quality education, quality universities); And economic factors (government expenses for each education, contribution of the added value of the industry sector, GDP per capita) on the publication of scientific documents in middle-income countries are incremental and significant. Likewise, social factors have a greater impact on the publication of scientific documents than economic factors; And among the social and economic factors, equal access to quality education has a greater impact on the publication of scientific documents. Therefore, since the publication of scientific documents is influenced by socio-economic factors, it is necessary to pay attention to social and economic factors for the continuation and growth of science. In order to grow these factors, researchers, sociologists and economists must plan together.