Statement:
In Egypt scientists published less significant scientific articles than in Japan

In the Citatable Scientific Publications rating Egypt holds position #26 ²⁰²¹ out of 206 and Japan is #7 out of 206 ²⁰²¹.
Position of Egypt is worse than position of Japan.

Referencies:

1. Citatable Scientific Publications ²⁰²¹ by Scimago Journal & Country Rank

   The countries in the rating sorted by 'Citable documents' in descending order.

   Egypt	'Citable documents' value is	37,329
   Japan	'Citable documents' value is	135,097