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Scientific contributions of citizen science applied to rare or threatened animals

Conservation Biology, 2022
Citizen science is filling important monitoring gaps and thus contributing to the conservation of rare or threatened animals. However, most researchers have used peer‐reviewed publications to evaluate citizen science contributions. We quantified a larger
Amélie Fontaine, Anouk Simard, Nicolas D. Brunet, K. Elliott   +3 more
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Prepare for Citizen Science Challenges at CERN [PDF]

, 2013
: To inspire more people to contribute to science, and educate the public about science, two Citizen Science "challenges" were prepared during summer 2013: the CERN Summer Webfest 2013 and the Virtual LHC Challenge.
Gold, Margaret, Grey, Francois, Segal, Ben, Skands, Peter, Zhang, Jiannan   +4 more
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“For whom? By whom?”: critical perspectives of participation in ecological citizen science

Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2022
This paper is a search for common ground between two natural scientists, two childhood studies and education scholars and two human–animal studies or critical animal studies scholars all working within a shared citizen science project.
P. Rautio, Tuure Tammi, Tuomas Aivelo, Riikka Hohti, Anttoni Kervinen, M. Saari   +5 more
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Contours of citizen science: a vignette study

Royal Society Open Science, 2021
Citizen science has expanded rapidly over the past decades. Yet, defining citizen science and its boundaries remained a challenge, and this is reflected in the literature—for example in the proliferation of typologies and definitions. There is a need for
Muki Haklay, Dilek Fraisl, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, Susanne Hecker, Margaret Gold, Gerid Hager, Luigi Ceccaroni, Barbara Kieslinger, Uta Wehn, Sasha Woods, Christian Nold, Bálint Balázs, Marzia Mazzonetto, Simone Ruefenacht, Lea A. Shanley, Katherin Wagenknecht, Alice Motion, Andrea Sforzi, Dorte Riemenschneider, Daniel Dorler, Florian Heigl, Teresa Schaefer, Ariel Lindner, Maike Weißpflug, Monika Mačiulienė, Katrin Vohland   +25 more
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Editorial: The Science of Citizen Science Evolves [PDF]

, 2021
AbstractCitizen science broadly refers to the active engagement of the general public in scientific research tasks. Citizen science is a growing practice in which scientists and citizens collaborate to produce new knowledge for science and society. Although citizen science has been around for centuries, the term citizen science was coined in the 1990s ...
Vohland, Katrin, Land-Zandstra, Anne, Ceccaroni, Luigi, Lemmens, Rob, Perelló, Josep, Ponti, Marisa, Samson, Roeland, Wagenknecht, Katherin   +7 more
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Do Ecological or Molecular Biological Citizen Science Projects Affect the Perceptions of Undergraduate Students Toward Pursuing Future Citizen Science?

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2021
Science literacy, including intrinsic motivation to participate in science outside of STEM careers, is an important goal of introductory biology courses aimed at non-majors.
Kristin Bedell, Terry Gates
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Citizen Science: Schoolteachers’ Motivation, Experiences, and Recommendations

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
Citizen science offers teachers a way to bring authentic scientific research into their classrooms by providing both teachers and their students with opportunities to contribute to authentic research.
M. Aristeidou, Julia Lorke, Nashwa Ismail   +2 more
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Participatory mass observation and citizen science. [PDF]

, 2011
The authors outline and reflect upon a new research agenda on participatory mass observation and citizen science as an introduction to the 3 project outlines in this special section of ...
Ellis, Rebecca, Hemment, Drew, Wynne, Brian   +2 more
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Understanding Engagement, Marketing, and Motivation to Benefit Recruitment and Retention in Citizen Science

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2022
In November 2020, a meeting was held to explore what citizen science practitioners can gain from understanding engagement, marketing, and volunteer motivations in order to benefit recruitment and retention in environmental citizen science.
A. Hart, D. Adcock, Matt Barr, Stuart Church, Tamara L. Clegg, Samuel Copland, K. De Meyer, R. Dunkley, R. Pateman, R. Underhill, K. Wyles, Michael J. O. Pocock   +11 more
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Citizen Science 2.0 : Data Management Principles to Harness the Power of the Crowd [PDF]

, 2011
Citizen science refers to voluntary participation by the general public in scientific endeavors. Although citizen science has a long tradition, the rise of online communities and user-generated web content has the potential to greatly expand its scope ...
A. Flanagin, A. Rorissa, A.I. Nicolaou, B.L. Sullivan, B.R. Allen, D. Gefen, D.J. Coleman, E. Hand, E. Rosch, G. Lakoff, G.L. Murphy, J. Foster-Smith, J. Parsons, J. Parsons, J. Parsons, J. Silvertown, J. Silvertown, J.J. Young, J.L. Dickinson, J.S. Bowers, K. Grill-Spector, L.S.B. Raccoon, M. Bishr, M. Goodchild, M.A. Bunge, P. Palvia, R. Agarwal, S.Y.X. Komiak, W.E.G. Aaron, Y. Wand, Y. Wand, Y.F. Wiersma   +31 more
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