Today research libraries pay special attention to research information support. Publication activity is one of the most important indicators of the effectiveness of a scientific organization and reflects the level of science development in the state and separate regions. The article presents the statistics of publications of Russian authors according to Web of Science and Scopus. The contribution of Ural scientists to the all-Russian volume of publications on key indicators was analyzed. It shows the common development vector and a noticeable input of the Ural physicists, astronomers, chemists, mathematicians, specialists in engineering and material science in the Science in Russia. In order to achieve better results, the author proposes the creation of a publication activity support service. The review of existing Russian and foreign services is presented, as a result of which the list of actual types of services, the request form and the content of the future service is formed and described.