Publications on Participatory Science

Measuring science identity in informal settings through citizen science: it’s complicated. 2025. Tina B Phillips, Claire E. Hebbard, and Rita Karl. International Journal of Science Education, Part B. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2025.2488405

Participant retention in a continental-scale citizen science project increases with the diversity of species detected. 2023. David N. Bonter, Victoria Y. Martin, Emma I. Greig, and Tina B. Phillips. BioScience 1–8. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad041.

Informal Learning through Citizen Science: Authentic, Meaningful, Impactful. 2023. Tina B. Phillips and Heidi Ballard. In Amplifying Informal Science Learning. Routledge.

The role of citizen science in management of invasive avian species: What people think, know, and do. 2021. Phillips, T.B., R.L. Bailey, V.Y. Martin, H.A. Faulkner-Grant, and D.N. Bonter. Journal of Environmental Management 280(2021): 111709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111709

Engagement in science through citizen science: Moving beyond data collection. 2019. Phillips, T.B., H.L. Ballard, B.V. Lewenstein, and R. Bonney. Science Education 2019:1–26. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21501

Young adults’ motivations to feed wild birds and influences on their potential participation in citizen science: An exploratory study. 2019. V. Y. Martin and E. I. Greig. Biological Conservation, 235:295-307.

Data validation in citizen science: A case study from Project FeederWatch. 2012. D. N. Bonter and C. B. Cooper. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10:305307.

What is our impact? Toward a unified framework for evaluating impacts of citizen science. 2012. Phillips, T., R. Bonney, and J. Shirk. Citizen Science: Public Collaboration in Environmental Research (J.L. Dickinson and R. Bonney, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9780801449116.003.0006

Public participation in scientific research: Defining the field and assessing its potential for informal science education. 2009. Bonney, R., H. Ballard, R. Jordan, E. McCallie, T. Phillips, J. Shirk, and C.C. Wilderman.  A CAISE (Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education) Inquiry Group Report. Washington, D.C. Available here.

Citizen science: A developing tool for expanding science knowledge and scientific literacy. 2009. Bonney, R., C.B. Cooper, J. Dickinson, S. Kelling, T. Phillips, K.V. Rosenberg, and J. Shirk.  BioScience 59(11):977-984. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.11.9

A citizen science approach to ornithological research: Twenty years of watching backyard birds. 2009. D. N. Bonter and W. M. Hochachka. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference: Tundra to Tropics, 453-458.

A case study of citizen science. 2006. Phillips, T.B., B. Lewenstein, and R. Bonney. In (C. Donghong, J. Metcalfe, B. Schiele, eds.) At the Human Scale, International Practices in Science Communication. Science Press, Beijing.

Scientific knowledge and attitude change: The impact of a citizen science project. 2005. Brossard, D., B. Lewenstein, and R. Bonney. International Journal of Science Education 27(9):1099-1121. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690500069483

FeederWatch: An example of a student-scientist partnership. 1997. R. Bonney and A. A. Dhondt. Chapter 3 In: Internet Links for Science Education: Student-Science Partnerships. Karen C. Cohen, ed. Plenum Press, New York.

Thinking scientifically during participation in a citizen-science project. 2000. D. Trumbull, R. Bonney, D. Bascom, and A. Cabral. Science Education, 84:265–275.