Systematic Review of 84 Citizen Science Projects for Chemistry and Biology Education

A systematic literature review following PRISMA methodology, compiled by Carmen Viviana Basantes-Vaca and last updated in March 2026. The dataset contains analysis from 84 selected primary studies on citizen science projects in educational contexts. It focuses on participant profiles, disciplinary applications, and contributions to social and educational challenges.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of project topics between Biology and Chemistry based on the described focus areas.
• Profiling participant demographics, such as high school and university students, as indicated in the results.
• Identifying common challenges in educational citizen science projects, like resource limitations and teacher training.
• Studying the contributions of projects to environmental and health data collection as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Methodology is explicitly stated as a systematic review following PRISMA, based on 84 primary studies.
• Results describe specific disciplinary focuses, such as ecology, biodiversity, water quality, and pollution.
• File is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The dataset is small at 432.6 KB, indicating limited raw data scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Carmen Viviana Basantes-Vaca.

Collection Method

Compiled via a systematic literature review of primary studies.

Time Range

Temporal coverage of the reviewed studies is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 13:06:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spatial coverage of the reviewed projects is not specified.