In this article, we examine the making of research infrastructures for digital research. In line with many scholars in this field, we understand research infrastructures as deeply relational and adaptive systems that are embedded in research practice. Our aim was to identify the relevant context factors, actor constellations, organizational settings, and strategies which contribute to the evolution of a basic service into an actual infrastructure. To this end, we conducted thirty-three case studies of non-commercial and commercial research services along the research life cycle. By examining how these services emerge, we hope to gain a better understanding of the conditions and strategies to transform a service into an infrastructure. We are able to identify competitive disadvantages for publicly financed infrastructure projects with regard to the mode of implementation and the resources invested in development and marketing. We suggest that the results of this study are of practical relevance, especially for individuals, communities, and organizations wanting to create research infrastructures, as well as for funders and policy makers wanting to support innovative and sustainable infrastructures.

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建立研究基础设施：将服务转变为基础设施的条件和策略

在本文中，我们研究了用于数字研究的研究基础设施的构建。与该领域的许多学者一样，我们将研究基础设施理解为嵌入在研究实践中的深度关系和自适应系统。我们的目标是确定有助于将基本服务演变为实际基础设施的相关上下文因素、参与者群、组织设置和策略。为此，我们在整个研究生命周期中对非商业和商业研究服务进行了 33 个案例研究。通过研究这些服务是如何出现的，我们希望能够更好地了解将服务转变为基础设施的条件和策略。我们能够确定公共融资基础设施项目在实施模式以及开发和营销方面投入的资源方面的竞争劣势。我们建议这项研究的结果具有实际意义，特别是对于希望创建研究基础设施的个人、社区和组织，以及希望支持创新和可持续基础设施的资助者和政策制定者。