Top 10 fields (SCs) by gap of average citation per publication (AC) in favor of Norway, and the same for Italy.
| SC . | Italy . | Norway . | Δ . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of professors . | AC . | No. of professors . | AC . | ||
| History & philosophy of science | 62 | 0.74 | 10 | 2.59 | −1.84 |
| Engineering, multidisciplinary | 11 | 0.79 | 2 | 2.13 | −1.33 |
| Urology & nephrology | 234 | 0.98 | 3 | 2.21 | −1.23 |
| Medicine, legal | 92 | 0.94 | 5 | 2.10 | −1.16 |
| Anesthesiology | 57 | 0.94 | 3 | 2.06 | −1.12 |
| Statistics & probability | 390 | 0.94 | 29 | 1.83 | −0.89 |
| Remote sensing | 102 | 0.95 | 8 | 1.66 | −0.71 |
| Mathematics, interdisciplinary applications | 46 | 0.92 | 6 | 1.62 | −0.70 |
| Medicine, general & internal | 18 | 0.97 | 1 | 1.62 | −0.65 |
| Physics, atomic, molecular & chemical | 98 | 0.94 | 12 | 1.52 | −0.58 |
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| Robotics | 56 | 1.01 | 1 | 0.43 | 0.58 |
| Engineering, aerospace | 75 | 1.01 | 1 | 0.39 | 0.61 |
| Public administration | 21 | 1.26 | 12 | 0.55 | 0.71 |
| Urban studies | 26 | 1.14 | 6 | 0.37 | 0.77 |
| Transportation science & technology | 41 | 1.06 | 3 | 0.24 | 0.81 |
| Physics, multidisciplinary | 157 | 1.05 | 11 | 0.23 | 0.82 |
| Materials science, composites | 59 | 1.03 | 2 | 0.18 | 0.85 |
| Computer science, cybernetics | 6 | 1.35 | 4 | 0.48 | 0.86 |
| Developmental biology | 22 | 1.04 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.91 |
| Area studies | 4 | 1.98 | 73 | 0.95 | 1.04 |
| SC . | Italy . | Norway . | Δ . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of professors . | AC . | No. of professors . | AC . | ||
| History & philosophy of science | 62 | 0.74 | 10 | 2.59 | −1.84 |
| Engineering, multidisciplinary | 11 | 0.79 | 2 | 2.13 | −1.33 |
| Urology & nephrology | 234 | 0.98 | 3 | 2.21 | −1.23 |
| Medicine, legal | 92 | 0.94 | 5 | 2.10 | −1.16 |
| Anesthesiology | 57 | 0.94 | 3 | 2.06 | −1.12 |
| Statistics & probability | 390 | 0.94 | 29 | 1.83 | −0.89 |
| Remote sensing | 102 | 0.95 | 8 | 1.66 | −0.71 |
| Mathematics, interdisciplinary applications | 46 | 0.92 | 6 | 1.62 | −0.70 |
| Medicine, general & internal | 18 | 0.97 | 1 | 1.62 | −0.65 |
| Physics, atomic, molecular & chemical | 98 | 0.94 | 12 | 1.52 | −0.58 |
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| Robotics | 56 | 1.01 | 1 | 0.43 | 0.58 |
| Engineering, aerospace | 75 | 1.01 | 1 | 0.39 | 0.61 |
| Public administration | 21 | 1.26 | 12 | 0.55 | 0.71 |
| Urban studies | 26 | 1.14 | 6 | 0.37 | 0.77 |
| Transportation science & technology | 41 | 1.06 | 3 | 0.24 | 0.81 |
| Physics, multidisciplinary | 157 | 1.05 | 11 | 0.23 | 0.82 |
| Materials science, composites | 59 | 1.03 | 2 | 0.18 | 0.85 |
| Computer science, cybernetics | 6 | 1.35 | 4 | 0.48 | 0.86 |
| Developmental biology | 22 | 1.04 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.91 |
| Area studies | 4 | 1.98 | 73 | 0.95 | 1.04 |