  The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) development on country's scientific ranking as
measured by H-index. Moreover, this study applies ICT development sub-indices
including ICT Use, ICT Access and ICT skill to find the distinct effect of
these sub-indices on country's H-index. To this purpose, required data for the
panel of 14 Middle East countries over the period 1995 to 2009 is collected.
Findings of the current study show that ICT development increases the H-index
of the sample countries. The results also indicate that ICT Use and ICT Skill
sub-indices positively contribute to higher H-index but the effect of ICT
access on country's H-index is not clear.
