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Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-25-201-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/we-25-201-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
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28 Oct 2025
Standard article |  | 28 Oct 2025

User interface design principles for peer-to-peer distributed databases for ecological citizen science projects

Julien Jean Malard-Adam, Wietske Medema, Nallusamy Anandaraja, Joel Harms, Johanna Dipple, Sheeja, and Palanivelan Jaisridhar

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Citizen science involves people from outside of academia in data collection and research, for example, taking photographs of insects or birds that are then shared with other users and used for biodiversity and conservation purposes. However, these apps require large servers to function, which can be very costly. In this paper, we present serverless peer-to-peer alternatives and suggest best practices for user interface design so that these apps remain easy to adopt.
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