Fig. 6

Scientists preferences for the earliest stage of public consultation in scientific projects (Q18). Respondents were asked ‘When do you think citizens should become involved?’. Multiple responses were possible, but only the earliest is represented here. Histograms a, are grouped by whether respondents are a citizen of a malaria or dengue endemic country (Q3) and if their field of research (Q12) includes genetically modified insects (red) or not (green). b Country specific histograms from nations with the largest number of respondents per continent. Field of research is colored as above. X-axis of all histograms provides a non-linear time series from project conception to deployment. ‘NR’ indicates that none of the provided responses were selected