Statement:
In Sri Lanka scientists published less significant scientific articles than in Portugal

In the Citatable Scientific Publications rating Sri Lanka holds position #75 2021 out of 206 and Portugal is #28 out of 206 2021.
Position of Sri Lanka is worse than position of Portugal.

Referencies:

  1. Citatable Scientific Publications 2021 by Scimago Journal & Country Rank
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Citable documents' in descending order.
    Portugal 'Citable documents' value is 32,534
    Sri Lanka 'Citable documents' value is 3,704