Scientometrics in moscow university

Professor V.V. Nalimov pioneered application of scientometrics in Moscow State University in the 1960s. He put forward the informational model of science development. At the same time scientometrical researches in the divisions of the University were started. However, these activities did not receive wide advertisement. The administration of the University turned back to the scientometrics in the second decade of the current century. In this paper we consider several recommendations to improve researchers' performance: identification of active scientific teams, accounting for their structure, use of the Russian scientific citation index, comparison of teams on different phases of research field development. We provide stocktaking of two performance indicators (that of the impact factor and Hirsch index) and make proposals on how scientometrical methods can be used to improve performance of researches.