(28 May 2026) Diamond open access (OA)—understood to mean publishing without fees for either authors or readers—is often framed as an aspirational model for a more equitable scholarly communication system. In global discussions, it is frequently associated with Latin America or European community-led initiatives. China, by contrast, is rarely part of this conversation.
But this absence may reflect less a lack of diamond open access practices and more a limitation in how such models are currently defined and recognized within global frameworks. The Chinese case suggests that prevailing classifications may overlook systems that achieve reader-side openness through structurally different, yet functionally comparable, approaches.
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