This is a fifth wiki providing a user-curated list of scientific publications that use iNaturalist data, covering the years 2026 and 2027. For previous wikis see: Publications in 2010–2019 Publications in 2020–2021 Publications in 2022–2023 Publications in 2024–2025 Please add relevant publicat…

Not a paper but the link to 2024-2025 doesn’t use a dash but instead a hyphen which is so unsatisfying lol

it’s a wiki - anyone can edit the post.

Added a new paper by Otto et al that relied extensively on iNat data to find new populations of a rare bumblebee. Please let me know if I added the citation correctly :-)

Heteropteron 77: https://www.heteropteron.de/downloads/hetero-77.pdf There are several iNat references here. I am linking the document here so that it doesn’t get forgotten.

https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plag020 Added this, it is new from May about the success of ID apps for vascular plants.

This is my first post. How do I edit the list? to add: Engel, L.D., Smith, A., Cardenas, I. et al. The impact of non-native trees on galling and herbivory in New York City across space and time. Oecologia 208, 127 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-026-05951-0

Published papers that use iNaturalist data - wiki 5 (2026 and 2027)

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edgar_crispino September 28, 2026, 11:10pm 10

Added a new publication to the list, which had previously been mentioned here.

Topic		Replies	Views
Published papers that use iNaturalist data - wiki 4 (2024-2025) General	30	4658	April 23, 2026
Published papers that use iNaturalist data - wiki 3 (2022 and 2023) General	52	9042	March 12, 2024
Published papers that use iNaturalist data - wiki 1 (up to 2019) General	51	13867	March 11, 2021
Published papers that use iNaturalist data - wiki 2 (2020 and 2021) General	20	6043	July 16, 2025
Articulos cientificos que usan datos de iNaturalist Charla de naturaleza - Español	8	1301	December 18, 2021

Published papers that use iNaturalist data - wiki 5 (2026 and 2027)

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