The use of citizen science for scientific discovery relies on the acceptance of this method by
the scientific community. Using the Web of Science and Scopus as the source of peer …

Research projects that actively involve 'crowds' or non-professional 'citizen scientists' are
attracting growing attention. Such projects promise to increase scientific productivity while …

Citizen science has proved to be a unique and effective tool in helping science and society
cope with the ever-growing data rates and volumes that characterize the modern research …

Numerous crowdsourcing platforms are now available to support research as well as
commercial goals. However, crowdsourcing is not yet widely adopted by researchers for …

Phenology is a key aspect of plant success. Recent research has demonstrated that
herbarium specimens can provide important information on plant phenology. Massive …

After generating a large ensemble of palaeo ice sheet model runs, it is common to either
rank the simulations, or classify each simulation as an acceptable match to observations or …

Openness and collaboration can foster breakthroughs in science and science-based
innovation. As such, they can help address declining scientific productivity and tackle grand …

Since the very beginnings of the digital humanities, Papyrology has been in the vanguard of
the application of information technologies to its own scientific purposes, for both theoretical …

Identifying people in historical photographs is important for preserving material culture,
correcting the historical record, and creating economic value, but it is also a complex and …

The central dogma of handwritten character recognition remains inextricably linked to optical
character recognition methods for print media. Alongside their reliance on proprietary data …