Impact of Inter-Community Collaboration in Large-scale Research Infrastructures on Scientific Performance

In the context of Large-scale Research Infrastructures (LSRIs), based on the publication data collected from five world-leading Synchrotron light sources, this study discovers that inter-community collaboration can improve academic teams’ scientific performance. Specifically, LSRIs’ staff scientists participating in users’ teams assist in outputting more disruptive and novel scientific knowledge. However, as user-oriented facilities, the participation of staff is still at an underrepresented status. Therefore, more actions to construct collaborative relationships and encourage scientific communication and interactions between users and staff should be carried out in future research in LSRIs.