Across HCI and social computing platforms, mobile applications that support citizen science,
empowering non-experts to explore, collect, and share data have emerged. While many of …

Online citizen science projects have been increasingly used in a variety of disciplines and
contexts to enable large-scale scientific research. The successes of such projects have …

Citizen science is a form of collaborative research engaging the public with professional
scientists. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are a leading factor in the …

For over a century, citizen scientists have volunteered to collect huge quantities of data for
professional scientists to analyze. We designed Pathfinder, an online environment that …

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

This paper examines how social networks can be used to recruit and promote a
crowdsourced citizen science project and compares this recruiting method to the use of …

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 …

Citizen science projects can collect a wealth of scientific data, but that data is only helpful if it
is actually used. While previous citizen science research has mostly focused on designing …

In this chapter, we highlight the added value of mobile and web apps to the field of citizen
science. We provide an overview of app types and their functionalities to facilitate …

Online citizen science projects engage volunteers in collecting, analyzing, and curating
scientific data. Existing projects have demonstrated the value of using volunteers to collect …