Llorente Lope, Carolina, 1989-Revuelta, GemaCarrió, Mar2021-10-152021-10-152021Llorente C, Revuelta G, Carrió M. Characteristics of Spanish citizen participation practices in science. JCOM. 2021;20(04):A05. DOI: 10.22323/2.200402051824-2049http://hdl.handle.net/10230/48663A new regime of science production is emerging from the involvement of non-scientists. The present study aims to improve understanding of this phenomenon with an analysis of 16 interviews with Spanish coordinators of participatory science practices. The results indicate a majority of strategic and captive publics and point to communication as a key tool for the development of successful practices. Five key elements of the degree of integration required to develop a citizen participation in science practice were analysed: derived outputs, level of participant contribution, participation assessment, practice replicability, and participant and facilitator training. Proposals for strategies to remove barriers to citizen participation are the study's principal contribution.application/pdfeng© The Author(s). This article is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution — NonCommercial — NoDerivativeWorks 4.0 License.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.20040205Citizen scienceParticipation and science governancePublic engagement with science and technologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess