Citizen science in hydrology and water resources: opportunities for knowledge generation, ecosystem service management, and sustainable development

W Buytaert, Z Zulkafli, S Grainger, L Acosta… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The participation of the general public in the research design, data collection and
interpretation process together with scientists is often referred to as citizen science. While …

[HTML][HTML] Incentives and barriers for participation in community-based environmental monitoring and information systems: A critical analysis and integration of the …

U Wehn, A Almomani - Environmental Science & Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
The reliance of environmental management on comprehensive, high quality, timely and
(ideally) affordable data and information has given rise to the need for 'shared …

The diverse motivations of citizen scientists: Does conservation emphasis grow as volunteer participation progresses?

LR Larson, CB Cooper, S Futch, D Singh… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Citizen science has proven to be a valuable tool for biodiversity conservation. However, to
maximize the conservation benefits of citizen science programs, researchers and …

A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data

EJ Carlen, CO Estien, T Caspi, D Perkins… - People and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Contributory science—including citizen and community science—allows scientists to
leverage participant‐generated data while providing an opportunity for engaging with local …

Motivations, learning and creativity in online citizen science

C Jennett, L Kloetzer, D Schneider… - Journal of Science …, 2016 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Online citizen science projects have demonstrated their usefulness for research, however
little is known about the potential benefits for volunteers. We conducted 39 interviews (28 …

Understanding volunteer motivations to participate in citizen science projects: a deeper look at water quality monitoring

B Alender - Journal of science communication, 2016 - jcom.sissa.it
Understanding volunteer motivations to participate in citizen science projects: a deeper look at
water quality monitoring Page 1 SPECIAL ISSUE: CITIZEN SCIENCE, PART II Understanding …

[HTML][HTML] The partnership of citizen science and machine learning: benefits, risks, and future challenges for engagement, data collection, and data quality

M Lotfian, J Ingensand, MA Brovelli - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and the extension of citizen science to various
scientific areas, as well as the generation of big citizen science data, are resulting in AI and …

Citizen science: New research challenges for human–computer interaction

J Preece - International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Citizen science broadly describes citizen involvement in science. Citizen science has
gained significant momentum in recent years, brought about by widespread availability of …

Patterns of contribution to citizen science biodiversity projects increase understanding of volunteers' recording behaviour

EH Boakes, G Gliozzo, V Seymour, M Harvey… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The often opportunistic nature of biological recording via citizen science leads to taxonomic,
spatial and temporal biases which add uncertainty to biodiversity estimates. However, such …

[HTML][HTML] Innovations in camera trap** technology and approaches: The integration of citizen science and artificial intelligence

SE Green, JP Rees, PA Stephens, RA Hill, AJ Giordano - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Camera traps, also known as “game cameras” or “trail cameras”, have
increasingly been used in wildlife research over the last 20 years. Although early units were …