The phrase "a supporting factor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing elements that contribute to a particular outcome or situation, often in analytical or evaluative contexts.
Example: "The research identified several supporting factors that contributed to the success of the project."
Alternatives: "a contributing element" or "an aiding factor".
At the same time, strong demand from state and local governments and pension funds in Malaysia has also been a supporting factor.
Both sides of the debate sometimes used a philosophical theory as a supporting factor.
A supporting factor may be a rise in technological interrelatedness, which encourages focus upon a specific selection of complementary combinations.
Moving to the country-specific results, the participation of a large proportion of teaching staff in courses on the use of ICT was identified as a supporting factor for the use of ICT in teaching in Australia.
Prediction of the formation of the microstructure during solidification is a supporting factor for strength optimization of cast aluminium components that allows an improved performance and increased competitiveness of cast engineering components.
It is mentioned as a supporting factor for the biological elements in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) (Solimini et al. 2006) and as one of the physicochemical quality elements for the ecological classification of coastal waters in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSD) (Piha and Zampoukas 2011).
Organic illness attributions are assumed to represent a central supporting factor in the development and maintenance of somatoform disorders.
"In the developed world, Europe experienced a period of relative stability while the United States economy accelerated, with continued improvement in private sector balance sheets a key supporting factor.
In terms of applied local stresses this phenomenon of non propagating cracks can be expressed as a support factor.
Neuber's formula is used to supply this correlation expressed as a macro support factor.
Recently, one study suggested that GDF15 was a potential support factor for neuronal synaptic development and integration during axonal elongation [ 9].
