Trust and epistemic communities in biodiversity data sharing
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
How oversight improves member-maintained communities
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Articulations of wikiwork: uncovering valued work in wikipedia through barnstars
Proceedings of the 2008 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Proceedings of the 19th international conference on World wide web
From Conservation to Crowdsourcing: A Typology of Citizen Science
HICSS '11 Proceedings of the 2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
The polymath project: lessons from a successful online collaboration in mathematics
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Creek watch: pairing usefulness and usability for successful citizen science
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Supporting content curation communities: The case of the Encyclopedia of Life
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Comparing the use of social networking and traditional media channels for promoting citizen science
Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Free as in puppies: compensating for ict constraints in citizen science
Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Prototyping in PLACE: a scalable approach to developing location-based apps and games
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Do games attract or sustain engagement in citizen science?: a study of volunteer motivations
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Using crowdsourcing to support pro-environmental community activism
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Competing or aiming to be average?: normification as a means of engaging digital volunteers
Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
Editing beyond articles: diversity & dynamics of teamwork in open collaborations
Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
The effects of individualized feedback on college students' contributions to citizen science
Proceedings of the companion publication of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
Does motivation in citizen science change with time and culture?
Proceedings of the companion publication of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
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Online citizen science projects engage volunteers in collecting, analyzing, and curating scientific data. Existing projects have demonstrated the value of using volunteers to collect data, but few projects have reached the full collaborative potential of scientists and volunteers. Understanding the shared and unique motivations of these two groups can help designers establish the technical and social infrastructures needed to promote effective partnerships. We present findings from a study of the motivational factors affecting participation in ecological citizen science projects. We show that volunteers are motivated by a complex framework of factors that dynamically change throughout their cycle of work on scientific projects; this motivational framework is strongly affected by personal interests as well as external factors such as attribution and acknowledgment. Identifying the pivotal points of motivational shift and addressing them in the design of citizen-science systems will facilitate improved collaboration between scientists and volunteers.