Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned

Citizen science projects seem to have a high potential to provide systematized, high-quality biodiversity observations for science and other purposes. iNaturalist offers users purposeful participation by creating projects that allow observations to be grouped with a taxonomic and geographic focus, a...

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Autores: Martínez-Sagarra, Gloria, Castilla, Felipe, Pando, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/288628
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:bioblitz
Citizen science
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
iNaturalist
Natusfera
Projects
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spelling Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons LearnedMartínez-Sagarra, GloriaCastilla, FelipePando, FranciscobioblitzCitizen scienceGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iNaturalistNatusferaProjectsCitizen science projects seem to have a high potential to provide systematized, high-quality biodiversity observations for science and other purposes. iNaturalist offers users purposeful participation by creating projects that allow observations to be grouped with a taxonomic and geographic focus, as well as on a given time scale. Between 2014 and December 2021, 720 iNaturalist projects have been created for Spain, most of them after the establishment of Natusfera—the Spanish branch of the iNaturalist global Community—in 2020. In this paper, we analyze how iNaturalist projects are created; how they perform in terms of engagement, data contribution, and impact; and assess the degree and possible causes of their success. A database with project descriptors and indicators was created for this purpose. We discovered that a high percentage of the projects (more than 25%) perform far short of expectations, and that bioblitzes are in general very successful in terms of creation, dissemination, and participation. Finally, we present some recommendations aiming to make these projects more effective.Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciónMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2023202320222023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/288628reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141711093Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2886282026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned
title Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned
spellingShingle Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned
Martínez-Sagarra, Gloria
bioblitz
Citizen science
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
iNaturalist
Natusfera
Projects
title_short Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned
title_full Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned
title_fullStr Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned
title_full_unstemmed Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned
title_sort Seven Hundred Projects in iNaturalist Spain: Performance and Lessons Learned
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martínez-Sagarra, Gloria
Castilla, Felipe
Pando, Francisco
author Martínez-Sagarra, Gloria
author_facet Martínez-Sagarra, Gloria
Castilla, Felipe
Pando, Francisco
author_role author
author2 Castilla, Felipe
Pando, Francisco
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv bioblitz
Citizen science
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
iNaturalist
Natusfera
Projects
topic bioblitz
Citizen science
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
iNaturalist
Natusfera
Projects
description Citizen science projects seem to have a high potential to provide systematized, high-quality biodiversity observations for science and other purposes. iNaturalist offers users purposeful participation by creating projects that allow observations to be grouped with a taxonomic and geographic focus, as well as on a given time scale. Between 2014 and December 2021, 720 iNaturalist projects have been created for Spain, most of them after the establishment of Natusfera—the Spanish branch of the iNaturalist global Community—in 2020. In this paper, we analyze how iNaturalist projects are created; how they perform in terms of engagement, data contribution, and impact; and assess the degree and possible causes of their success. A database with project descriptors and indicators was created for this purpose. We discovered that a high percentage of the projects (more than 25%) perform far short of expectations, and that bioblitzes are in general very successful in terms of creation, dissemination, and participation. Finally, we present some recommendations aiming to make these projects more effective.
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