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citizen science
Sign in to saveAlso known as networked science, science by the people, civic science, community science, crowd-sourced science, volunteer monitoring, crowd science, participatory monitoring
collaborative approach that involves members of the public in scientific research
Research
5,295 papers- Citizen science and marine conservation: a global review.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020
- Citizen science in marine litter research: A review.Marine pollution bulletin · 2022
- Citizen science in ecology: a place for humans in nature.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2020
- Dark citizen science.Public understanding of science (Bristol, England) · 2024
- Use citizen science to turbocharge big-data projects.Nature · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
Citizen science can inspire scientific curiosity and help contextualize scientific discoveries by linking research findings to observations made in natural environments.
Citizen science is research conducted with the participation of the general public, amateur or nonprofessional researchers, or participants from the fields of science, social science, and many other disciplines. The exact definition of "citizen science" varies, with different individuals and organizations having their own specific interpretations of its scope. Citizen science is employed in a wide range of areas of study, including ecology, biology, conservation, health and medical research, astronomy, media and communications, and information science.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “citizen science” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.