ABOUT THE ARTICLE BY A.N. SOROCHAIKIN "ESTIMATE CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLICATION ACTIVITY OF STATE INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE SAMARA REGION ON THE BASIS OF RSCI DATA BASE"
It is shown that the article by A.N. Sorochaikin is timely, important aspects of estimate of an activity of institutes of higher education are considered there. To achieve more correct results of estimating it's necessary to work out the criteria for index value comparing. These criteria are to be founded on objective opportunities, traditions and motives of citation of published works in different sciences.