Strengths and Challenges of Using iNaturalist in Plant Research with Focus on Data Quality

iNaturalist defines itself as an “online social network of people sharing biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature” and it is likely one of the largest citizen science web portals in the world, as every year millions of observations across thousands of species are gathered and...

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Autores: López-Guillén, Eduard, Herrera, Ileana, Bensid, Badis, Gómez-Bellver, Carlos, Ibáñez, Neus, Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro, Mairal Pisa, Mario José, Mena-García, Laura, Nualart, Neus, Utjés-Mascó, Mònica, López-Pujol, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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spelling Strengths and Challenges of Using iNaturalist in Plant Research with Focus on Data QualityLópez-Guillén, EduardHerrera, IleanaBensid, BadisGómez-Bellver, CarlosIbáñez, NeusJiménez-Mejías, PedroMairal Pisa, Mario JoséMena-García, LauraNualart, NeusUtjés-Mascó, MònicaLópez-Pujol, Jordi58Botánica (Biología)2417 Biología Vegetal (Botánica)iNaturalist defines itself as an “online social network of people sharing biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature” and it is likely one of the largest citizen science web portals in the world, as every year millions of observations across thousands of species are gathered and collectively compiled by an engaged community of nearly 3 million users (November 2023). The strengths and potentialities that explain the success of the platform are reviewed and include, among others, its usability and low technical requirements, immediacy, open-access, the possibility of interacting with other users, artificial-intelligence-aided identification, versatility and automatic incorporation of the validated records to GBIF. iNaturalist has, however, features that scientists need to carefully consider when using it for their research, making sure that the quality of observations does not limit or hinder its usefulness in plant research. While these are identified (e.g., the lack of representative photographs for many observations or the relatively frequent identification errors), we provide some suggestions to overcome them and, by doing so, improve the use and add value to iNaturalist for plant research.Universidad Complutense de Madrid20242024-01-0120242024-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96527reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/965272026-06-02T12:44:21Z
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title Strengths and Challenges of Using iNaturalist in Plant Research with Focus on Data Quality
spellingShingle Strengths and Challenges of Using iNaturalist in Plant Research with Focus on Data Quality
López-Guillén, Eduard
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Botánica (Biología)
2417 Biología Vegetal (Botánica)
title_short Strengths and Challenges of Using iNaturalist in Plant Research with Focus on Data Quality
title_full Strengths and Challenges of Using iNaturalist in Plant Research with Focus on Data Quality
title_fullStr Strengths and Challenges of Using iNaturalist in Plant Research with Focus on Data Quality
title_full_unstemmed Strengths and Challenges of Using iNaturalist in Plant Research with Focus on Data Quality
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López-Guillén, Eduard
Herrera, Ileana
Bensid, Badis
Gómez-Bellver, Carlos
Ibáñez, Neus
Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro
Mairal Pisa, Mario José
Mena-García, Laura
Nualart, Neus
Utjés-Mascó, Mònica
López-Pujol, Jordi
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author_facet López-Guillén, Eduard
Herrera, Ileana
Bensid, Badis
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Ibáñez, Neus
Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro
Mairal Pisa, Mario José
Mena-García, Laura
Nualart, Neus
Utjés-Mascó, Mònica
López-Pujol, Jordi
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Bensid, Badis
Gómez-Bellver, Carlos
Ibáñez, Neus
Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro
Mairal Pisa, Mario José
Mena-García, Laura
Nualart, Neus
Utjés-Mascó, Mònica
López-Pujol, Jordi
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author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 58
Botánica (Biología)
2417 Biología Vegetal (Botánica)
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Botánica (Biología)
2417 Biología Vegetal (Botánica)
description iNaturalist defines itself as an “online social network of people sharing biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature” and it is likely one of the largest citizen science web portals in the world, as every year millions of observations across thousands of species are gathered and collectively compiled by an engaged community of nearly 3 million users (November 2023). The strengths and potentialities that explain the success of the platform are reviewed and include, among others, its usability and low technical requirements, immediacy, open-access, the possibility of interacting with other users, artificial-intelligence-aided identification, versatility and automatic incorporation of the validated records to GBIF. iNaturalist has, however, features that scientists need to carefully consider when using it for their research, making sure that the quality of observations does not limit or hinder its usefulness in plant research. While these are identified (e.g., the lack of representative photographs for many observations or the relatively frequent identification errors), we provide some suggestions to overcome them and, by doing so, improve the use and add value to iNaturalist for plant research.
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