Caren B. Cooper|Jennifer Shirk|Benjamin Zuckerberg
The Invisible Prevalence of Citizen Science in Global Research: Migratory Birds and Climate Change
Cornell University|Cornell University|University of Wisconsin–Madison
citizen science research practice relies public contributions data strong recognition educational value combined need novel methods handle subsequent large complex data sets raises question citizen science effective science quantitative assessment contributions citizen science core purposescientific researchis lacking examined contribution citizen science review paper ornithologists formulated ten central claims impact climate change avian migration citizen science never explicitly mentioned review article claims ornithologists scored opinions amount research effort invested claim strongly claim supported evidence allowed us also determine whether trust claims unwittingly related degree claims relied primarily data generated citizen scientists found papers based citizen science constituted 24 77 references backing claim evidence mistrust claims relied heavily citizenscience data reveal many papers may easily recognized drawing upon volunteer contributions search terms citizen science volunteer would overlooked majority studies back ten claims birds climate change results suggest significance citizen science global research endeavor reliant longterm information large spatial scales might far greater readily perceived better understand track contributions citizen science future urge researchers use keyword citizen science papers draw efforts nonprofessionals