The experience of BRICS countries in developing and implementing digital scientometric platforms within regional infrastructures of academic communication and scientific knowledge circulation is examined. Amid the declining influence of performance evaluation standards rooted in the mainstream Western publishing model of the “Global North,” the study explores the principles of organizing regional scientific systems in major research centers of the “Global South,” defined by geopolitical and linguistic boundaries—namely, China, Brazil (and Latin America), India, and South Africa (and, more broadly, the African continent). Special attention is given to the role of regional open-access platforms in addressing the asymmetry of scientific knowledge visibility. The review reveals systemic manifestations of the impact of Anglocentric scientometric standards on local academic practices, as well as an emerging trend toward strengthening national digital platforms in promoting the principles of open science. Recommendations for Russian science policy are formulated.
Shastitko et al. (Wed,) studied this question.