Citizen contributions to science have been successfully implemented in many fields, and
water resources is one of them. Through citizens, it is possible to collect data and obtain a …

The field of citizen science is a rapidly evolving type of scientific research focussing on the
collaboration of motivated volunteers (citizen scientists) with professional scientists to …

Participation in conservation citizen science projects is growing rapidly and approaches to
project design are diversifying. There has been a recent shift towards projects characterised …

The rapid proliferation of online content producing and sharing technologies resulted in an
explosion of user-generated content (UGC), which now extends to scientific data. Citizen …

Simple Summary The mosquito is the deadliest animal on earth, transmitting diseases that
cause nearly a million deaths and> 700 million infections each year. Yet only relatively few …

Smart Cities are complex distributed systems which may involve multiple stakeholders,
applications, sensors, and IoT devices. In order to be able to link and use such …

Although hundreds of citizen science applications exist, there is lack of detailed analysis of
volunteers' needs and requirements, common usability mistakes and the kinds of user …

Citizen Science, or the participation of non-professional scientists in a scientific project, has
a long history—in many ways, the modern scientific revolution is thanks to the effort of citizen …

Earth observation is diversifying, and now includes new types of systems, such as citizen
observatories, unmanned aerial vehicles and wireless sensor networks. However, the …

Apps for mobile devices and web-based platforms are increasingly used in citizen science
projects. While extensive research has been done in multiple areas of studies, from Human …