Background: Scientific research is the best way and method for the proliferation of true knowledge in all spheres of science, but also in academic institutions. The ability to study a scientific problem is the highest level of knowledge. Evaluating the quality and relevance of published scientific papers, after the acceptance in some of indexed journals, which should be the result of serious scientific work, relied mainly on members within the academic community. Citation analysis, which involves examining an item's referring documents, is used in searching for materials and analyzing their merit. Scientometric and bibliometric analyzes of scientific articles and their citation are one of most important methods for quality assessment of the published articles in the scientific journals. Bibliometrics marks quantitative research on communication processes by applying appropriate mathematical and statistical methods to published publications. Objective: The aim of this article is to present the current tools available in scientometry for the evaluation of scientific validity of published articles and explain the purpose. Methods: Author searched the most influential on-line databases and analyzed deposited papers within the topic scientometrics and used descriptive method of reviewing important facts about experiences with scientometrics in the scientific and academic practice. Results: The most important satisfaction for any scientist should be the realization of their results of research in a certain way in the future within the society, which should be fundamental to the realization of research in practice. The format of scientific articles can vary greatly from journal to journal. Nevertheless, many of them follow the IMRAD scheme, recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) or BOMRAD form, recommended by author of this article. Citation of published articles provides guidelines for scientific work, because it stimulates scientists to deal with the most current areas of research, and organizes scientific article at the world level. Citation is influenced by: article quality, understanding of the article, language in which the article is written, article type, etc. Conclusion: Some of the indicators used in the evaluation of scientific work are: Impact factor (IF), Citation of the article, Journal citations, Number and order of authors, etc. H-Index presents one of a set of valuable measures to determine scientific excellence, and h-Index is a better measure than a citation impact factor (IF), it is still based on the opinions of other authors.
Key words: Scientometry, validity, citation, IF, h-Index, Google Scholar Index
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