Abstract The Gravity Spy project aims to uncover the origins of glitches, transient bursts of
noise that hamper analysis of gravitational-wave data. By using both the work of citizen …

Over the past two decades, a number of digital platforms have been developed with the aim
of engaging citizens in scientific research projects. The success of these platforms depends …

Citizen Science (CS) projects provide a space for collaboration among scientists and the
general public as a basis for making joint scientific discoveries. Analysis of existing datasets …

Purpose Information practices become highly complex in biodiversity citizen science
projects due to the projects' large scale, distributed setting and vast inclusion of participants …

This poster explores linguistic styles and lexical entrainment among participants in a citizen
science project. Focusing on how language evolves within the community over time, we …

Understanding the leadership of online support groups has emerged as an important new
area of scholarship within support groups research. By analyzing leadership behavior used …

Growing interest in online learning has instructors looking for new ways to engage learners
in asynchronous discussions. Building on experiences with hashtag use to connect on …

Virtual citizen science (VCS) projects have proven to be a highly effective method to analyse
large quantities of data for scientific research purposes. Yet if these projects are to achieve …

An increasing number of Citizen Science (CS) projects rely on digital technologies for data
collection and processing as well as for the coordination and communication between …

Scientists have long sought to engage public audiences in research through citizen science
projects such as biological surveys or distributed data collection. Recent online platforms …