Lessons of application of bibliometric systems

The article is devoted to comprehending the facts of citing scientific publications on the author’s own experience. The connection of citation with the quality, importance and originality of the study is not in doubt. Nevertheless, some reasons for the appearance of citations are considered, including erroneous ones, and doubt is expressed in the unambiguous scientometric value of quoting factors in known cases. The unique role of each of the co-authors of the publication is emphasized. The problem of not widely citing many works on the history of science is discussed. A case of actually formal co-authorship and an example of an error in citing a work are indicated. A summary of the content of one of the non-cited articles of the author and comments on the reasons for the lack of links to it is given. A brief history of the creation and publication of the most cited articles of the author is considered. This includes colleagues who suggested the idea of a theoretical explanation of the observed effect, ensured its verification, and authors of subsequent articles who discussed the publication in detail and ensured its relatively wide citation. Most of the colleagues mentioned were not formally co-authors of the articles. Shows portraits of the prominent scientists, referring to the work of the author, or to stimulate their appearance and publication