Scientometrics and research management

Attempts of research activity administration are often based on wrong assumptions and, therefore, do harm to the development of science. This article summarizes the discussion on scientometrics and research management. We provide a critical review and analysis of papers from the Online-conference with minimal involvement of additional information. It has emerged from the discussion that assessment of researchers’ and organizations’ activities requires a strict expert examination and public discussion of scientific results. Scientometric indicators calculated on the basis of publications and citations count in scientific journals, can only play a supporting (reference) role.