Statement:
In Puerto Rico scientists published more significant scientific articles than in Tuvalu

In the Citatable Scientific Publications rating Puerto Rico holds position #107 2021 out of 206 and Tuvalu is #195 out of 206 2021.
Position of Puerto Rico is better than position of Tuvalu.

Referencies:

  1. Citatable Scientific Publications 2021 by Scimago Journal & Country Rank
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Citable documents' in descending order.
    Puerto Rico 'Citable documents' value is 915
    Tuvalu 'Citable documents' value is 1