## 3 Results
### Privacy Publications per Capita  
The third regression model examines the factors influencing privacy-related publications per capita across countries, revealing interesting patterns when compared to the total scientific publications and blockchain publications.  
The strongest predictor for privacy publications remains GNI per capita, with a substantial positive effect (beta = 0.651). This is higher than for the total publications but lower than for blockchain, suggesting that while economic resources are crucial for privacy research, it may be slightly less dependent on economic factors than cutting-edge tech fields like blockchain.  
Research spending as a percentage of GDP shows a stronger positive relationship (beta = 0.298) with privacy publications compared to the total and blockchain publications. This indicates that general research investment particularly benefits privacy research, possibly due to its interdisciplinary nature spanning technology, law, and social sciences.  
The liberal democracy index demonstrates a more pronounced positive relationship (beta = 0.133) with privacy publications compared to the total publications and is notably stronger than for blockchain. This suggests that democratic societies tend to produce more privacy-related research, potentially reflecting greater concerns for individual rights and data protection in these political systems.  
Life expectancy maintains a positive but weaker association with privacy publication rates (beta = 0.081) compared to the total and blockchain publications. This might indicate that while overall societal development contributes to privacy research, it is not as influential as for some other fields.  
Interestingly, average years of schooling shows a negative relationship (beta = \(-\)0.165) with privacy publications, similar to blockchain and in contrast to the negligible association seen in the total publications. This unexpected finding might suggest that privacy research, like blockchain, is driven more by specialized expertise or emerging concerns rather than broad educational attainment.  
The specificities of privacy publications compared to the other fields suggest that this research area occupies a unique position. It shares the strong economic dependency seen in blockchain research, but shows a stronger connection to democratic political systems. This could reflect the importance of privacy issues in liberal democracies and the relationships between technological advancement and individual rights. The negative association with educational attainment, similar to blockchain, might indicate that privacy research is responding to rapidly evolving technological and societal challenges, potentially outpacing the traditional educational curricula. Alternatively, it could suggest that countries with less established educational systems might be more attuned to the emerging privacy concerns in the digital age. The strong influence of research spending on privacy publications highlights the field's academic nature and its reliance on dedicated research funding. This contrasts with blockchain, which showed a weaker relationship with research spending, possibly due to more diverse funding sources.