Dissemination of the project results and informing participants about the ways in which their data have been used
Domain
Society
Qualitative/Quantitative
Quantitative
Primary/Secondary data
Secondary data
Source of data
Raw classification files and project backups generated by the Zooniverse platform, as well as web analytics for individual projects, blogs, and Twitter feeds
Time series
No
Unit of measurement (observation)
Absolute values
Unit of analysis
Project
Analytical level (logic model)
Outcome, impact
Links with indicators in other domains
N/A
Data collection method(s)
Review of project documentation; web analytics for individual projects, blogs, and Twitter feeds
Data collection item(s)
Number of papers with citizen scientist co-authors
Project age
Number of project Tweets, blog posts, talk posts
Number of science team Talk posts, and blog replies
Project active period
Indicator building
Collaboration (Total number of papers where the list of authors contains at least one citizen scientist author divided by project age squared)
Communication (Sum total of project communication activity measured across multiple channels divided by project active period squared)
Interaction (Sum total of occurrences of interaction between the science team and volunteers divided by project active period squared)
Availability of data
Low
Feasibility
Minimal resources required
Comments/caveats
The concepts used for the indicator building are too complex to derive data collection items