New citizen science projects are emerging all the time as scientists, policy-makers, and non-
governmental organisations see the value of conducting research in this way …

Citizen science continues to grow, potentially increasing competition among projects to
recruit and retain volunteers interested in participating. Using web analytics, we examined …

Advances in Web technology have triggered new modes of participation. In the context of
online participation, the use of geospatial technologies has received increasing attention …

Citizen science is the participation of non-scientists in the collection of scientific data and
other aspects of the scientific process. In this manuscript, we explore what it means to …

Today, due to the availability of free remote sensing data, efficient algorithms for image
classification and increased connectivity and computing power, together with international …

Contributory citizen science projects face challenges regarding data quantity and quality. To
counteract this, the projects must be centred around citizen needs and preferences, while …

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 …

Scientists, policy makers and non-governmental organisations, among other actors,
increasingly recognize the relevance of conducting research through citizen science (CS) …

Web-based citizen science projects collect logs of interactions between volunteers and
project websites. In this article, the authors present visualization techniques that can be used …

In vielen Projekten kommt der Bereitstellung von Daten mit Raumbezug durch die
Bevölkerung zentrale Bedeutung zu. Der Erfolg dieser Projekte hängt nicht zuletzt von der …