Table 3.

Distribution of normalized knowledge capital per capita (KC_PC) in each specialty and region (data 2014–2018; 1.10 means 10% above average)

Region	Anesthesiology and emergency medicine	Biochemistry & molecular biology	Pharmaceutical biology	Cell biology	Medicinal chemistry	Radiology, nuclear medicine & medical imaging	Pharmacology & pharmacy	Public health	Cardiac & cardiovascular systems	Respiratory system	Infectious diseases	General internal medicine	Virology	Microbiology	Clinical neurology	Immunology	Pathology	Pediatrics	Nursing	Medical laboratory technology	Total
Abruzzo	1.19	0.83	1.81	0.89	1.27	0.97	1.27	0.77	0.72	0.58	0.88	0.98	1.15	0.74	1.10	0.87	0.69	0.77	3.46	0.04	1.05
Basilicata	0.02	0.56	0.57	0.28	0.55	0.15	0.23	0.10	0.03	0.15	0.04	0.08	0.03	0.45	0.06	0.10	0.33	0.05	0.01	0.05	0.19
Calabria	0.26	0.59	0.78	0.71	0.80	0.19	0.69	0.30	0.44	0.11	0.23	0.57	0.04	0.39	0.42	0.30	0.42	0.11	0.02	0.23	0.38
Campania	0.35	1.15	0.83	1.06	1.41	0.71	1.01	0.59	0.82	0.63	0.42	0.69	0.50	1.01	0.71	0.70	0.78	0.79	0.17	0.38	0.74
Emilia Romagna	1.46	1.16	1.48	1.28	1.34	1.13	1.31	1.16	1.17	1.66	1.11	1.36	1.34	1.53	1.05	0.89	1.48	1.07	0.90	1.37	1.26
Friuli Venezia Giulia	1.11	1.41	0.17	1.13	0.91	1.22	0.95	0.96	1.11	0.81	1.42	0.91	2.28	1.03	0.42	1.08	0.80	1.64	5.04	0.93	1.27
Lazio	1.37	1.58	0.90	1.77	0.93	1.73	1.69	2.31	1.49	1.61	2.52	1.61	2.15	1.60	1.90	1.79	1.41	2.12	2.48	1.28	1.71
Liguria	1.56	0.80	0.53	1.03	1.12	1.22	1.15	1.02	0.49	1.12	1.50	1.06	0.57	0.86	1.19	2.55	0.75	1.82	2.35	0.64	1.17
Lombardy	1.65	0.89	0.92	1.09	0.58	1.57	0.97	1.24	1.47	1.61	1.15	1.47	1.11	0.83	1.58	1.45	1.15	1.18	0.81	1.40	1.21
Marche	1.55	0.85	0.91	0.81	0.78	0.16	0.85	0.56	0.37	0.43	0.74	0.74	0.13	0.91	0.64	0.33	0.93	0.55	0.15	0.30	0.63
Molise	0.28	0.74	0.76	0.83	0.55	1.20	1.02	0.55	2.02	0.65	0.19	0.89	0.25	0.78	1.77	0.74	0.53	0.34	0.00	0.02	0.71
Piedmont	0.81	0.66	0.60	0.77	0.43	0.77	0.67	0.78	0.73	0.83	0.59	0.77	1.46	0.76	0.51	0.45	0.91	0.69	0.82	0.39	0.72
Puglia	0.62	0.60	0.03	0.50	0.35	0.33	0.54	0.44	0.43	0.39	0.51	0.54	0.77	0.99	0.39	0.54	0.39	0.50	0.10	0.25	0.46
Sardinia	0.16	0.63	2.26	0.18	1.13	0.40	0.99	0.59	0.22	0.41	0.77	0.46	0.97	0.69	0.71	0.35	0.28	0.49	1.81	0.65	0.71
Sicily	0.56	0.66	1.05	0.69	1.23	0.51	0.96	0.72	0.65	0.49	0.41	0.67	0.35	0.67	0.65	0.76	0.62	0.72	0.25	0.40	0.65
Tuscany	1.11	1.76	2.73	0.98	3.22	1.35	1.60	1.48	1.71	1.27	1.38	1.09	0.73	1.42	1.26	1.39	1.27	1.28	0.87	1.18	1.45
Trentino Alto Adige	0.71	0.68	0.04	0.65	0.11	1.51	0.14	0.72	0.25	0.06	0.63	0.23	1.60	1.76	0.52	0.14	0.52	0.23	0.60	0.62	0.59
Umbria	0.30	1.18	0.89	0.88	1.50	0.50	0.96	0.99	0.80	1.20	1.07	1.31	1.25	1.16	0.87	1.15	0.93	0.65	1.15	0.21	0.95
Valle d’Aosta	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.04	0.01	0.07	0.00	0.30	0.02	0.44	0.01	0.01	0.09	0.04	0.06	0.00	0.62	0.07	0.02	0.00	0.09
Veneto	0.93	1.07	0.96	1.15	0.48	0.93	0.58	0.69	1.20	0.97	1.03	0.89	0.78	0.76	0.82	0.92	1.71	0.96	1.02	3.32	1.06