I don't think many citizen science projects credit the citizen contributors on the resulting paper(s), do they? The only few that I have contributed to did not, but I'm not super familiar with what the norm is.
I think being a student and seeing your name on the resulting paper is a big part of the encouragement and excitement.
the few that I've been part of have, but I guess it depends on the PIs ultimately
"Citizen science" is kind of a demeaning term, as if the only way to do "Real science" is to work for a university.
Well, yeah. Everyone knows you aren’t pulling in millions in grant money or making millions off of patentable discoveries, you aren’t a real scientist.
do you think that grad students doing research at a university are pulling in millions in grant money