Observation of Diamond Open Access under Community Driven Mode: Goals, Actions, and Challenges

Abstract: [Purpose/Significance] Diamond OA, as a community driven non-commercial model, aims to eliminate economic barriers to academic dissemination, return to academic sovereignty, and build a fair and sustainable academic ecosystem. Its development is in line with the " Recommendation on Open Science " and the global trend of "Community over Commercialization", and is a key path to address the monopoly of commercial publishing and promote fair sharing of knowledge. [Method/Process] Based on a community driven perspective, a multidimensional analysis framework is adopted. Conduct qualitative analysis by sorting out core and subsidiary objectives; Based on global cases, analyze the community driven framework from four aspects: policy, diverse subjects, collaboration, and ecological services; Summarize four typical organizational models, namely national alliances, academic autonomy, technological empowerment, and parasitic coverage, and analyze their evolutionary trends with the latest case studies; Through SWOT analysis, identify core challenges such as policy fragmentation, weak funding sustainability, disciplinary imbalances, and AI ethical risks. [Results/Conclusion] Diamond OA has significantly promoted academic dissemination in non English speaking regions through community collaboration, such as SciELO in Latin America and AJOL in Africa, but faces multiple challenges such as funding dependence, technological compliance barriers, and limited influence. China needs to develop a three pronged driving model of "policy guidance community autonomy technology empowerment", by building a hierarchical community network (such as transforming libraries into publishing hubs), strengthening disciplinary community autonomy, complementary resources between the east and the west, and utilizing AI to improve governance efficiency, etc., to promote the localization practice of Diamond OA.