Statement:
In Papua New Guinea scientists published less significant scientific articles than in Turkey

In the Citatable Scientific Publications rating Papua New Guinea holds position #142 ²⁰²¹ out of 206 and Turkey is #17 out of 206 ²⁰²¹.
Position of Papua New Guinea is worse than position of Turkey.

Referencies:

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

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

   Papua New Guinea	'Citable documents' value is	258
   Turkey	'Citable documents' value is	62,799