It’s always a joy when I’m reading a scientific paper and see an iNaturalist observation cited somewhere in the text. Is there a library or catalogue on here that keeps track of each of these instances?

It’s so exciting to see iNat mentioned… well, outside of iNat! I’d love some sort of catalog like that. I’m sure something like that exists

If you are looking for a source that documents any mention of iNat, you’re probably out of luck. However, these wikis lists published papers that use iNat data through 2019 and 2020 onward . Then there are all of the publications that cite GBIF exports of iNat data .

You could try Google Scholar. Put in the group name, and add iNat to the search. I’ve never done it, but it might throw up some papers.

Is there an "iNaturalist library" that lists mentions in scientific papers?

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Archive of papers published with iNat data and feasibility of disseminating to submitters? General	10	1650	May 3, 2019
How many peer-reviewed publications use iNaturalist data? General	6	1663	November 30, 2022
List of publications by researchers where iNat has been used General	2	644	July 20, 2020
List of studies using iNaturalist data? General question	1	589	February 1, 2020
Is there a way to see what studies your observations have been cited by? General	4	650	May 23, 2025

Is there an "iNaturalist library" that lists mentions in scientific papers?

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