| S. no. | Reasons of participation | Citation |
| 1 | Honoraria | [71] | 2 | Future employments/work | [8, 35, 37, 43, 60, 71, 72, 77] | 3 | Enhancing performance | [12, 71] | 4 | Money | [8, 16, 23, 27, 29, 41, 43, 48, 52, 55, 56, 60, 61, 68, 77] | 5 | Payment | [3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 18, 19, 35, 37–39, 45, 64–66, 72, 73, 80] | 6 | Cash | [50, 75] | 7 | Entertainment/fun/enjoyment | [5, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 37, 41, 54, 60–62, 68, 70, 72, 78] | 8 | Skills development | [6, 8, 15, 17, 22, 27, 41, 45, 47, 49, 61, 68, 77, 78] | 9 | Reputation | [16, 17, 22, 35, 54, 65, 68, 77] | 10 | Gaining/sharing knowledge | [6, 11, 15–17, 21, 49, 53, 60, 61, 70, 75, 78] | 11 | Prize/reward | [36, 37, 49, 71, 78] | 12 | Funds collection | [12, 49, 53, 75] | 13 | Finding answers to questions | [3, 35, 49] | 14 | Inspiration | [49] | 15 | Education/learning | [6, 12, 15–17, 19, 20, 35, 37, 45, 47, 49, 60, 70, 72, 77] | 16 | Appreciation | [49] | 17 | Incentives | [11, 35, 37, 52] | 18 | Recognition | [6, 11, 14, 37, 41, 52, 60–62, 75, 77] | 19 | Fame | [37] | 20 | Gaining and sharing experiences | [12, 17, 27, 39, 41, 53, 60, 62] | 21 | Altruism | [12, 16, 38, 62, 77] | 22 | Rewards (monetary/nonmonetary, economical) | [1, 3, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 25, 30, 41, 42, 45, 47, 54, 55, 59, 60, 62–64, 69, 70, 75, 77, 78, 83] | 23 | Friendship | [16] | 24 | Socialization | [5, 8, 11, 12, 16, 20, 54, 70] | 25 | Gaining and sharing idea/ideology | [12, 17, 20, 38, 53, 60, 75, 80] | 26 | Self-need | [38] | 27 | Self-development | [38] | 28 | Authorship | [38] | 29 | Increasing utility | [18] | 30 | Extra bonus/income/points | [12, 18, 23, 35, 71] | 31 | Compensation | [16, 31, 61, 66] | 32 | Extrinsic and intrinsic rewards/needs | [5, 6, 12, 14, 20, 21, 60, 67, 77] | 33 | Self esteem | [6, 16, 78] | 34 | Voluntary participation | [6, 10, 74] | 35 | Well-being/love of community, intellectual stimulation | [2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16, 41, 77] | 36 | Communication | [39, 53] | 37 | Cooperation | [15, 20, 72] | 38 | Collaboration | [12, 15, 49, 53] | 39 | Competition | [15, 16, 61] | 40 | Remuneration | [2, 19, 41, 56] | 41 | Career perspective | [14, 19, 20, 41] | 42 | Provision of services | [2, 40, 62, 80] | 43 | Sharing and acquiring information | [40, 62] | 44 | Accomplishing task | [12, 40, 41] | 45 | Self-marketability | [41, 60, 77] | 46 | Pleasure | [41] | 47 | Self-efficacy | [20, 41, 54] | 48 | Contribution/sharing work | [41, 60] | 49 | Earning extra income | [43] | 50 | Providing or gathering feedback | [47, 55] | 51 | Fee | [57] | 52 | Enhancement of expertise level | [59] | 53 | Integrative motivation | [60] | 54 | Self-advertisement/self-expression | [60, 61] | 55 | Individuals are free to performing tasks, i.e., task autonomy | [61] | 56 | Social comparison | [54] | 57 | Self-evaluation | [54] | 58 | Sponsorship | [61] | 59 | Achievements of goals | [61] | 60 | For recommendation | [62, 75] | 61 | Suggestion | [62] | 62 | Financial benefits/rewards | [6, 11, 22, 25, 41, 62, 63, 73, 78] | 63 | Ranking | [62] | 64 | Solution | [17, 39, 53, 60] | 65 | Tangible and intangible rewards | [54] | 66 | Satisfaction | [12, 21, 60, 61, 70] | 67 | Co-creation | [70] | 68 | Co-development | [70] | 69 | Crowd acquisition | [70] | 70 | Advocating | [70] | 71 | Specifying tasks | [70] | 72 | Evaluating outcomes | [70] | 73 | Earning profit | [75] | 74 | Cambros | [75] | 75 | Credit points | [75] | 76 | Selling | [75] | 77 | Voting | [75] | 78 | Scoring | [75] | 79 | Commenting | [75] | 80 | Sharing reviews | [75] | 81 | Decision-making | [17, 75] | 82 | Gaining social capital | [16, 17] | 83 | Brainstorming | [17] | 84 | Finding alternative solutions | [3, 17] | 85 | Altruistic contribution | [9] | 86 | Financial and nonfinancial motives | [7] | 87 | Immediate/delayed payoffs | [5] | 88 | Importance | [41] | 89 | Competence | [8, 12, 41, 60, 61] | 90 | Best job performer | [41] | 91 | Trusted | [41] | 92 | Interest | [16, 60, 61, 65] | 93 | Curiosity | [12, 60, 77] | 94 | Self-affirmation | [60] | 95 | Professional and personal relation | [17, 60] | 96 | Self-belongingness | [60] | 97 | Meaningfulness | [12] | 98 | Relatedness | [12] | 99 | Self-development | [12] | 100 | Membership | [20] | 101 | Reciprocity | [20] | 102 | Visibility | [7] | 103 | Task variety | [61] | 104 | Task complexity | [61] | 105 | Expectation | [78] | 106 | Detect and correct errors | [21] | 107 | Desire for satisfying standards | [21] |
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