Members of the public participate in scientific research in many different contexts, stemming
from traditions as varied as participatory action research and citizen science. Particularly in …

Citizen science is a growing phenomenon. With millions of people involved and billions of in-
kind dollars contributed annually, this broad extent, fine grain approach to data collection …

The explosive growth in citizen science combined with a recalcitrance on the part of
mainstream science to fully embrace this data collection technique demands a rigorous …

Data quality (DQ) is a major concern in citizen science (CS) programs and is often raised as
an issue among critics of the CS approach. We examined CS programs and reviewed the …

Citizen science is a growing phenomenon across many branches of environmental science
facilitating both increased science literacy and the collection of highly rigorous, longitudinal …

In the face of the global biodiversity crisis, collecting comprehensive data and making the
best use of existing data are becoming increasingly important to understand patterns and …

Research on citizen science programmes has highlighted that they can foster science
content and knowledge gain, enhance pro‐environmental behaviour and cultivate civic …

Ongoing scientific programs that monitor marine environmental and ecological systems and
changes comprise an informal but collaborative, informationrich, and spatially extensive …

ABSTRACT Hands-on, out-of-doors, environmental citizen and community science invites a
wide range of publics to participate in data collection in the spaces and places local to them; …

Citizen scientist platforms such as eBird and iNaturalist are dramatically increasing the
biodiversity data available for scientific research. Questions remain about the validity of data …