Reliance on volunteer participation for citizen science has become extremely popular.
Cutting across disciplines, locations, and participation practices, hundreds of thousands of …

Citizen science broadly describes citizen involvement in science. Citizen science has
gained significant momentum in recent years, brought about by widespread availability of …

The functionality available on modern 'smartphone'mobile devices, along with mobile
application software and access to the mobile web, have opened up a wide range of ways …

Onboarding is essential for any online service or platform interested in acquiring more users,
members or customers. The beginning of a relationship between the user and a platform is …

Citizen scientists are motivated by a variety of factors to contribute biodiversity data to
collaborative projects, and these factors change over time. Initially, citizen scientists tend to …

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has so far been the most severe
global public health emergency in this century. Generally, citizen science can provide a …

Crowdsourced transcription has grown in popularity as a tool for generating transcribed data
and public engagement. This method of making digitized materials available on online …

In the context of crowdsourcing communities (eg, Citizen Science), crowd engagement is a
significant determinant of projects' sustainability. The challenging missions of finding …

The Mbeere people of Kenya are an'Information World'(IW). Within this IW is a Facebook
Group named UVA: Universal Voice for All-The Chance for Mbeere!(UVA). We describe how …

This article employs qualitative research design and methods to examine volunteer
motivation and continued experiences of participation in the Smithsonian Institution's …