Statement:
In The Democratic Republic of the Congo scientists published less significant scientific articles than in Italy

In the Citatable Scientific Publications rating The Democratic Republic of the Congo holds position #117 2021 out of 206 and Italy is #6 out of 206 2021.
Position of The Democratic Republic of the Congo is worse than position of Italy.

Referencies:

  1. Citatable Scientific Publications 2021 by Scimago Journal & Country Rank
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Citable documents' in descending order.
    The Democratic Republic of the Congo 'Citable documents' value is 637
    Italy 'Citable documents' value is 137,883