Journal articles: 'Citizen science'

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Fan, Fa-ti, and Shun-Ling Chen. "Citizen, Science, and Citizen Science." East Asian Science, Technology and Society 13, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 181–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/18752160-7542643.

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Campos, Rita, José Monteiro, and Cláudia Carvalho. "Engaged Citizen Social Science or the public participation in social science research." Journal of Science Communication 20, no. 06 (October 11, 2021): A06. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.20060206.

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Acknowledging the consolidation of citizen science, this paper aims to foster a collective debate on two visible gaps of the field. First, how to overcome the limited participation of social sciences and humanities in the broader field of citizen science, still dominated by natural sciences. Second, how to develop a citizen social science that allows for an active participation of citizens and for a critical engagement with contemporary societies. The authors coordinate a state-sponsored program of scientific dissemination within a Portuguese research institution and this paper intends to lay the groundwork for a future project of Citizen Social Science based on a new concept of “engaged citizen social science”.

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Aberasturi Rodríguez, Ainara, Ignacio Fierro Bandera, and Jose Navarro-Pedreño. "Can Citizens Do Science? Science in Common and Social Responsibility." Sci 6, no. 2 (May 1, 2024): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sci6020026.

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Citizen science is an effective tool that unites ordinary citizens and scientists for a common cause. In particular, this tool enables ordinary citizens to participate in research and increases the likelihood of generating new knowledge. It is seen as the democratization of science. It is mainly applied in developed countries, and citizens usually help obtain environmental data with emerging technologies. However, training citizens to obtain good-quality data is one of the most significant challenges. It is also important to involve citizens in other phases, such as data analysis, discussion, and knowledge generation. Citizen science can be a tool for integrating different groups in science to promote social inclusion, including environmental, agricultural, earth, and life sciences. Thus, citizen science can contribute to education, sustainability, and climate change mitigation.

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Hetland, Per. "Citizen science." Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies 8, no. 2 (November 19, 2020): 5–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5324/njsts.v8i2.3547.

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How do civic educators and citizen communities co-construct access, interaction, and participation and bridge contributory and democratized citizen science? This study builds on interviews and observations with amateur naturalists, professional biologists, and public authorities about their participation in the Species Observations System (SO)—Norway’s largest citizen science (CS) project. Over more than twenty years, CS has been understood as either contributory (contributing with data) or democratized (emancipating the pursuit of science). Following these models, CS studies has developed a number of classifications of CS projects. The present article aims to bridge contributory CS and democratized CS by using the access, interaction, and participation (AIP) model outlined by Carpentier, without extending the number of classifications. Access and interaction signify contributory CS. Well-functioning technology is a precondition for joining the ranks of records, contributors, validators, and institutional actors. Interaction is the second founding stone of participation, and organizations are crucial to facilitating interaction. Participation signifies democratized CS. The choice of technology involves important dimensions of power, as technology structures actions. However, the ability to build and sustain the technological infrastructure also illustrates that participation is organizational power, enacted both from the bottom-up and top-down.

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Crease, Robert P. "Citizen science." Physics World 20, no. 11 (November 2007): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/20/11/29.

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Ruiz-Mallén, Isabel, Livio Riboli-Sasco, Claire Ribrault, Maria Heras, Daniel Laguna, and Leïla Perié. "Citizen Science." Science Communication 38, no. 4 (April 13, 2016): 523–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547016642241.

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Schnoor, Jerald L. "Citizen science." Environmental Science & Technology 41, no. 17 (September 2007): 5923. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es072599+.

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Rowe, Sylvia, and Nick Alexander. "Citizen Science." Nutrition Today 51, no. 6 (2016): 301–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nt.0000000000000180.

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Adams, Annis Lee. "Citizen Science." Public Services Quarterly 16, no. 1 (January 2, 2020): 20–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2019.1698385.

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Mercer, Kenneth L. "Citizen Science." Journal - American Water Works Association 110, no. 6 (May 29, 2018): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/awwa.1093.

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Zizka, Georg. "Citizen Science." Biologie in unserer Zeit 47, no. 1 (February 2017): 40–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biuz.201710611.

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Nugent, Jill. "Citizen Science: Celebrate Urban Birds with Citizen Science." Science Scope 43, no. 1 (August 2019): 14–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08872376.2019.12291252.

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Peter, Maria, Tim Diekötter, Tim Höffler, and Kerstin Kremer. "Biodiversity citizen science: Outcomes for the participating citizens." People and Nature 3, no. 2 (March 3, 2021): 294–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10193.

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Kafka, S., and E. Griffin. "Stellar Variability: from Citizen Science to Citizen Astronomy." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 14, S339 (November 2017): 215–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921318002636.

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AbstractThe contribution of citizens to research is irrefutable. Especially this century with the outburst of all-sky surveys, professional astronomers use citizen-science projects to engage the public in analysing and sorting large quantities of data, often leading to noteworthy discoveries. From crowdsourcing to acquiring data, citizens are leaving a significant mark in the science landscape, assisting professional astronomers with their work. In turn, citizen science is a means of increasing science literacy and public understanding of science. At the same time, the time domain enables a more active engagement of backyard observers in research. Citizen astronomers not only take data, but also reduce and analyse them, and participate in preparing scientific manuscripts.

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Piera, Jaume, and Ángela Justamante. "Citizen science through Cos4Cloud." EU Research Winter 2022, no. 33 (January 2023): 27–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.56181/qmhu1875.

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Citizen observatories can play an important role in research, engaging the wider public on scientific topics and enabling citizens to share observations with experts. We spoke to Dr Jaume Piera and Ángela Justamante about the work of the Cos4Cloud project in developing technological services designed to enhance citizen science observatories.

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Gascoigne, Thomas, Jenni Metcalfe, and Michelle Riedlinger. "The Ladder of Power: Science Communication and Citizen Science." Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais 9, no. 2 (December 22, 2022): 15–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.21814/rlec.4059.

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On March 28, 2022, the Journal of Science Communication published a special issue on participatory science communication featuring 15 papers and essays. The Journal of Science Communication special issue sparked a debate among the four editors over the wording of the call for papers. What is the difference between “participatory science communication” and “citizen science”? Are they different points along a continuum stretching from “simple” to “more involved”? Does “citizen science” incorporate “participatory science communication”? And is all citizen science participatory? A key consideration is the level of involvement by “citizens” in these endeavours, and that consideration translates to questions of power. This essay explores definitions of participatory science communication and citizen science. It examines each of these concepts through the framework of shifting relationships and the implicit power imbalance between scientists and various publics. In doing this, we revisited Sherry Arnstein’s (1969) paper, “A Ladder of Citizen Participation”, and constructed complementary ladders for science communication and citizen science.

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Nugent, Jill. "Citizen Science: Hop Into Spring With Amphibian Citizen Science." Science Scope 43, no. 7 (March 2020): 22–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08872376.2020.12291328.

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Nugent, Jill. "Citizen Science: iNaturalist: Citizen Science for the Digital Age." Science Teacher 87, no. 8 (April 2020): 58–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00368555.2020.12293533.

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Hargitai, Evelin Gabriella, Attila Sik, Alexandra Samoczi, Milan Hathazi, and Csaba Bogdán. "Bottom-Up and Reciprocal Citizen Science: Untapped Resources of Novel Ideas. Preliminary Experiences of a Citizen Science As Public Engagement Program." Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais 9, no. 2 (December 22, 2022): 119–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.21814/rlec.3996.

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In scientific research, citizen science is widely regarded as an involvement of the general public in scientific research initiated by universities, scientific organisations or research centres. In this top-down approach (top-down citizen science), participating citizens usually collect data or provide samples for research — that is, they are considered volunteer research assistants following instructions. This study analyses alternatives of top-down citizen science: one, widely known, which is the bottom-up way of citizen science and another, the reciprocal approach suggested by the authors. Bottom-up is based on local initiatives and is constituted by community-led projects. For bottom-up citizen science, scientific organisations may provide methodological and organisational frames. However, the idea and the implementation remain in the competence of the participant citizens. Reciprocal citizen science emerged from a need for a more holistic policy toward citizen science. As part of this, identifying viable citizen-initiated projects, measuring their scientific and/or innovation potential, and integrating them into a citizen science mentor program are questions to be systematically discussed and solved. This study addresses methodological challenges in mentoring citizen science projects, covering a mentor training concept for citizen science designed by the Institute of Transdisciplinary Discoveries. Encouraging citizen research is needed for a new impetus to scientific discoveries. The perspectives of people with no scientific background can also advance problems — mainly those that require fresh and unbiased approaches. Citizen science may also be a solution for leveraging the knowledge of science leavers.

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Jakubowski, Jakub, and Jarosław Janczak. "Co to jest citizen science?" Politeja 21, no. 1(88/3) (December 6, 2024): 131–45. https://doi.org/10.12797/politeja.21.2024.88.3.09.

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WHAT IS CITIZEN SCIENCE? A DISCUSSION ON THE ELEMENTS OF ONTOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF CS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES The primary goal of this article is to undertake a critical examination of the Citizen Science (CS) concept, with a specific focus on its comprehension, evolution, as well as its purported and observed role within the realm of social sciences. The authors formulate several research inquiries pertaining to: (1) the contemporary understanding of CS in science; (2) the mechanisms shaping CS as an increasingly recognised approach in scientific research; and (3) the feasibility of applying CS in research within social sciences disciplines. Methodologically, the analysis relies on an interdisciplinary literature review, further enriched by employing the method of critically deliberating with representatives across a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines, showcasing diverse European academic traditions. The derived conclusions shed light on prevalent narratives concerning the core of CS, the mapping of its practical implementation, and both the constraints and opportunities within the field of social sciences.

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Duží, Barbora, Robert Osman, Jiří Lehejček, Eva Nováková, Pavel Taraba, and Jakub Trojan. "Exploring citizen science in post-socialist space: Uncovering its hidden character in the Czech Republic." Moravian Geographical Reports 27, no. 4 (December 1, 2019): 241–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0019.

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Abstract Citizen science is a relatively new phenomenon in the Czech Republic and currently a general overview of existing citizen science projects is not available. This presents the challenge to uncover the ‘hidden’ citizen science landscapes. The main objective of this paper is to explore the (public) representation of citizen science (CS) projects and to describe their heterogeneity. The study aims to answer the question of what type of projects in the Czech Republic meet the definition of citizen science. Based on a specific methodological data-base search approach, we compiled a set of CS projects (N = 73). During the classification process, two general citizen science categories were identified. The first group (N = 46) consists of “pure” CS projects with a prevalence towards the natural sciences, principally ornithology, and thus corresponding to general European trends. Citizens usually participate in such research in the form of data collection and basic interpretation, and a high level of cooperation between academia and NGOs was detected. The second group of “potential” CS projects (N = 27) entails various forms of public participation in general, frequently coordinated by NGOs. Based on these results, we discuss the position of citizen science in the Czech Republic, including socially-oriented citizen science. Further research is strongly encouraged to achieve a more in-depth insight into this social phenomenon.

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Katapally, Tarun Reddy. "The SMART Framework: Integration of Citizen Science, Community-Based Participatory Research, and Systems Science for Population Health Science in the Digital Age." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 7, no. 8 (August 30, 2019): e14056. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/14056.

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Citizen science enables citizens to actively contribute to all aspects of the research process, from conceptualization and data collection, to knowledge translation and evaluation. Citizen science is gradually emerging as a pertinent approach in population health research. Given that citizen science has intrinsic links with community-based research, where participatory action drives the research agenda, these two approaches could be integrated to address complex population health issues. Community-based participatory research has a strong record of application across multiple disciplines and sectors to address health inequities. Citizen science can use the structure of community-based participatory research to take local approaches of problem solving to a global scale, because citizen science emerged through individual environmental activism that is not limited by geography. This synergy has significant implications for population health research if combined with systems science, which can offer theoretical and methodological strength to citizen science and community-based participatory research. Systems science applies a holistic perspective to understand the complex mechanisms underlying causal relationships within and between systems, as it goes beyond linear relationships by utilizing big data–driven advanced computational models. However, to truly integrate citizen science, community-based participatory research, and systems science, it is time to realize the power of ubiquitous digital tools, such as smartphones, for connecting us all and providing big data. Smartphones have the potential to not only create equity by providing a voice to disenfranchised citizens but smartphone-based apps also have the reach and power to source big data to inform policies. An imminent challenge in legitimizing citizen science is minimizing bias, which can be achieved by standardizing methods and enhancing data quality—a rigorous process that requires researchers to collaborate with citizen scientists utilizing the principles of community-based participatory research action. This study advances SMART, an evidence-based framework that integrates citizen science, community-based participatory research, and systems science through ubiquitous tools by addressing core challenges such as citizen engagement, data management, and internet inequity to legitimize this integration.

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Tancoigne, Elise. "Invisible brokers: “citizen science” on Twitter." Journal of Science Communication 18, no. 06 (December 16, 2019): A05. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.18060205.

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Who speaks for “citizen science” on Twitter? Which territory of citizen science have they made visible so far? This paper offers the first description of the community of users who dedicate their online social media identity to citizen science. It shows that Twitter users who identify with the term “citizen science” are mostly U.S. science professionals in environmental sciences, and rarely projects' participants. In contrast to the original concept of “citizen science”, defined as a direct relationship between scientists and lay participants, this paper makes visible a third category of individual actors, mostly women, who connect these lay participants and scientists: the “citizen science broker”.

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Bowser, Anne. "Standardizing Citizen Science?" Proceedings of TDWG 1 (September 25, 2017): e21123. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.21123.

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Roy, Rustum. ""Citizen Friendly" Science." Science 251, no. 4992 (January 25, 1991): 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.251.4992.362.a.

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Mercer, Kenneth L. "Citizen Water Science." Journal AWWA 114, no. 3 (April 2022): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/awwa.1879.

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Crow, Michael M. "Citizen Science U." Scientific American 307, no. 4 (September 18, 2012): 48–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1012-48.

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Bonnefond, M., L. Riboli-Sasco, and G. Sescousse. "Repainting citizen science." Science 350, no. 6260 (October 29, 2015): 518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.350.6260.518-b.

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ROY, R. ""Citizen Friendly" Science." Science 251, no. 4992 (January 25, 1991): 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.251.4992.362.

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Rolland, Jenny. "Citizen Science Projects." Castlemaine Naturalist 45, no. 485 (April 2020): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.402092.

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D'Andrea, Luciano, Evanthia Kalpazidou Schmidt, Elena Bužan, Mariana Vidal Merino, Elke Dall, Claudia Colonnello, Ebbe Krogh Graversen, Jacopo Cerri, Laura Iacolina, and Fabio Feudo. "Evaluating citizen science initiatives through a citizen science-based approach." fteval JOURNAL for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, no. 54 (September 2022): 43–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.22163/fteval.2022.570.

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Citizen Science (CS) has gained increased recognition over the last two decades. This turn is occurring in strong connection with the profound transformations that have affected science over the last few decades, leading towards a new social model of science characterised by greater openness to society regarding research content actors involved, research processes, and expected societal and economic impact. CS is at the centre of this complex change dynamics as a tool that strongly sustains the shift towards the “open social model” of science supporting a new approach to the science-society relationship. However CS is rarely evaluated for its long-term structural effects on science and the science-society relationship. This article addresses this topic, having as a point of departure the ongoing EC-funded Step Change project, aimed at promoting five Citizen Science Initiatives (CSIs) in different research fields (health, energy, and environment). Under the project, an Evaluation Framework has been developed, shaping the evaluation process as a citizen science project by adopting a developmental and participatory approach. The Evaluation Framework is organised into two different but intertwined levels, one focused on the evaluation of the individual CSI (analytical level) and a second aimed at identifying recurrent patterns of obstacles, facilitating factors, or a mix of them (neutral situations) across the CSIs (cross-cutting level). While the analytical level is intended as a service to better implement the CSIs, the cross-cutting level is intended as a research process to generate new knowledge on how CS could serve as a tool for a better anchorage of science into society.

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Wagenknecht, Katherin, Tim Woods, Christian Nold, Simone Rüfenacht, Silke Voigt-Heucke, Anne Caplan, Susanne Hecker, and Katrin Vohland. "A question of dialogue? Reflections on how citizen science can enhance communication between science and society." Journal of Science Communication 20, no. 03 (May 10, 2021): A13. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.20030213.

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Citizen science is a transdisciplinary approach that responds to the current science policy agenda: in terms of supporting open science, and by using a range of science communication instruments. In particular, it opens up scientific research processes by involving citizens at different phases; this also creates a range of opportunities for science communication to happen This article explores methodological and practical characteristics of citizen science as a form of science communication by examining three case studies that took different approaches to citizens' participation in science. Through these, it becomes clear that communication in citizen science is ‘÷always’ science communication and an essential part of “doing science”.

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Winther, Cathrine. "Engaging communities in citizen science." Journal of Science Communication 21, no. 05 (August 24, 2022): R04. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.21050604.

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How can citizen science (CS) be engaging? What does engagement entail? Who needs to be engaged? What are the challenges and opportunities of engagement in CS? After two years of lockdown and isolation, these were some of the questions debated by engaged researchers, students, and practitioners at the ‘Engaging Citizen Science Conference 2022’, (CitSci2022), held April 25th–26th at Aarhus University, Denmark. The conference aimed to showcase and share knowledge, ideas, and innovations on engaging citizens in scientific processes to secure the field of citizen science to thrive and expand. Nearly 250 participants, mainly from Europe, participated in an extensive programme with various session formats that provided an interactive and inspirational space for presenting and negotiating experiences, challenges, and enthusiasm for CS. This review presents highlights from the event and some reflections from the reviewer, including thoughts on what engagement means, and concluding with focus points that practitioners, researchers, and students may consider when engaging citizens in science and organizing similar events in future.

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Yamori, Katsuya. "Open Science for Fostering Seismologic Science Literacy." Journal of Disaster Research 19, no. 1 (February 1, 2024): 139–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2024.p0139.

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This paper reports on an attempt to introduce “open science” into the field of seismology to improve disaster literacy in seismology and related fields. The term “open science” has a variety of meanings, but the core idea is of diverse stakeholders “doing science collaboratively.” This study reports on four pieces of action research to improve seismology-related disaster literacy through the idea of “open science,” which focuses on “doing science collaboratively” with the active participation of citizens (non-experts) and researchers (experts). In particular, this study focuses on the “citizen science” perspective because disaster literacy, first and foremost, refers to the disaster literacy of the general public. Specifically, we improved earthquake literacy by operating the Abuyama Earthquake Observatory Science Museum; promoting citizen-participatory earthquake and tsunami evacuation drills by developing and implementing Nige-tore, a smartphone app to support tsunami evacuation drills; promoting the Minna de Honkoku project to decipher historical materials related to natural disasters through citizen involvement; and conducting a trial “open/citizen science”-oriented seismologic-data observation program, the Manten Project, for inland earthquake research.

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Davis, Lloyd S., Lei Zhu, and Wiebke Finkler. "Citizen Science: Is It Good Science?" Sustainability 15, no. 5 (March 3, 2023): 4577. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15054577.

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Citizen science projects, which entail scientific work undertaken by members of the public, have increased substantially over the last three decades. However, the credibility of such science has been questioned, especially with respect to its prospects for producing peer-reviewed publications, the principal means by which science is communicated and validated. We conducted a meta-analysis of 895 citizen science projects launched between 1890 and 2018. Three-quarters (674) did not produce a single peer-reviewed paper. The remaining 221 projects produced 2075 publications, although just five projects accounted for nearly half the publications. The average time from project launch to first publication was 9.15 years. Projects in health and medicine and astronomy were most likely to produce publications. Projects in biology (65.8% of all projects), computer science, and social sciences were least likely to publish their results. In conclusion, the “science” element of most citizen science projects is largely irrelevant as it is never validated or communicated. We propose reclassifying citizen science projects into two types: (i) Citizen Science, where the focus is on science, and participants essentially function as sampling devices; and (ii) Citizen Engagement, where the value lies more in citizen engagement than it does in citizen science.

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Salmon, Rhian A., Samuel Rammell, Myfanwy T. Emeny, and Stephen Hartley. "Citizens, Scientists, and Enablers: A Tripartite Model for Citizen Science Projects." Diversity 13, no. 7 (July 8, 2021): 309. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d13070309.

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In this paper, we focus on different roles in citizen science projects, and their respective relationships. We propose a tripartite model that recognises not only citizens and scientists, but also an important third role, which we call the ‘enabler’. In doing so, we acknowledge that additional expertise and skillsets are often present in citizen science projects, but are frequently overlooked in associated literature. We interrogate this model by applying it to three case studies and explore how the success and sustainability of a citizen science project requires all roles to be acknowledged and interacting appropriately. In this era of ‘wicked problems’, the nature of science and science communication has become more complex. In order to address critical emerging issues, a greater number of stakeholders are engaging in multi-party partnerships and research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary. Within this context, explicitly acknowledging the role and motivations of everyone involved can provide a framework for enhanced project transparency, delivery, evaluation and impact. By adapting our understanding of citizen science to better recognise the complexity of the organisational systems within which they operate, we propose an opportunity to strengthen the collaborative delivery of both valuable scientific research and public engagement.

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Moharana, Tamanna. "The Science of Citizen Science." Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS) 51, no. 2 (October 29, 2021): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v51i2.11167.

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Hecht, Julie, and Eleanor Spicer Rice. "Citizen science in canine science." Journal of Veterinary Behavior 9, no. 6 (November 2014): e15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2014.09.051.

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Nugent, Jill. "Citizen Science: Stream Tracker Science." Science Scope 45, no. 1 (September 2021): 74–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08872376.2021.12291441.

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Spoel, Philippa. "Constituting good citizen scientists within environmental citizen science discourse." Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie 31 (January 23, 2022): 179–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.31468/dwr.897.

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Approaching citizen science discourse as a form of epideictic rhetoric, in this paper I explore how citizen scientists are rhetorically constituted through public-facing communication by five Ontario-based organizations involved in water quality monitoring initiatives. Working from the perspective that it is important to consider both the macro-level (ideo)logics that frame these initiatives as well as their situated diversity and complexity, my analysis identifies shared and distinctive value-laden characteristics of the “good” water-monitoring citizen scientist interpellated by these organizations. This analysis contributes to our understanding of the shifting and complex interaction between governing logics and contextual specificities not only in the kinds of science that citizen science programs pursue but also of the kinds of citizens that they value and constitute.

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Kimura, Aya H., and Abby Kinchy. "Citizen Science: Probing the Virtues and Contexts of Participatory Research." Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 2 (December 4, 2016): 331. http://dx.doi.org/10.17351/ests2016.99.

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Citizen science is an increasingly popular activity, from bird counts to amateur water sample collection to air quality monitoring. Researchers and theorists in the field of science and technology studies (STS) have typically applauded these efforts because they make science more participatory, providing an example of the democratization of science, or, at least, more equitable engagement between experts and the lay public. However, a broader review of the literature on citizen science suggests that participation is but one of many virtues that practitioners and observers find in the practices of citizen science. This literature review makes two interventions. First, we discuss the dimensions of citizen science that do not easily fit in a typology or spectrum of participatory practices. We identify seven different virtues claimed of citizen science: increasing scientific data; increasing citizens' scientific literacy and awareness; building community capacity for environmental protection; building more equal relationship between scientists and citizens; filling knowledge gaps and challenging official accounts; driving policy change; and catching polluters. Second, we consider the social and political contexts that often create contradictory situations or dilemmas for citizen scientists. Going forward, a robust framework for the analysis of citizen science would not only address the ways scientific data is collected and put to a particular use, but also situate the project in relation to broader structural forces of scientization, neocolonialism, globalization, and neoliberalization.

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Unterfrauner, Elisabeth, Claudia Magdalena Fabian, Gary Hemming, and Beatriz Garcia. "What’s in it for citizen scientists? An analysis of participant’s gains from a democratisation perspective." Open Research Europe 4 (October 14, 2024): 124. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17436.2.

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Citizen science projects optimise the democratisation of the production of scientific knowledge. In these initiatives, research processes do not rely solely on scientists’ but on citizens’ engagement likewise with benefits on both sides. As previous work shows, the democratisation perspective of citizen science projects might be viewed critically as some groups of citizens tend to be overrepresented in these initiatives while other are left out. This paper explores the claim of democratisation and the citizens’ benefits based on four citizen science projects in the fields of astrophysics and particle physics on the citizen science platform Zooniverse. Besides a general engagement strategy, the citizen science projects addressed two groups specifically, the elderly and people with visual impairments. The claim for democratisation is reflected in the analysis of citizens’ demographic variables as an indicator for accessibility of the research projects. We used a pre-post design with questionnaires on science attitudes, motivations, skills, self-efficacy, and knowledge to assess what citizen scientists gained from participating in the project. The demographic analysis of the data reveals that participants were quite heterogeneous and that people who feel that they belong to a group that is discriminated against are particularly motivated to participate in citizen science projects. In terms of benefits, the results indicate knowledge and scientific skills gains, but no changes on other evaluative dimensions. Their attitude towards science was, in general, already rather positive when joining the projects, thus not leaving much room for change. These results confirm the importance of and call for a diversified citizen science engagement strategy and show that even in citizen science projects where the citizens’ task is limited to classifying data lead to scientific knowledge and skills gains.

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Trojan, Jakub, Sven Schade, Rob Lemmens, and Bohumil Frantál. "Citizen science as a new approach in Geography and beyond: Review and reflections." Moravian Geographical Reports 27, no. 4 (December 1, 2019): 254–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0020.

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Abstract Issues related to the evolving role of citizen science and open science are reviewed and discussed in this article. We focus on the changing approaches to science, research and development related to the turn to openness and transparency, which has made science more open and inclusive, even for non-researchers. Reproducible and collaborative research, which is driven by the open access principles, involves citizens in many research fields. The article shows how international support is pushing citizen science forward, and how citizens’ involvement is becoming more important. A basic scientometric analysis (based on the Web of Science Core Collection as the source of peer reviewed articles) provides a first insight into the diffusion of the citizen science concept in the field of Geography, mapping the growth of citizen science articles over time, the spectrum of geographical journals that publish them, and their citation rate compared to other scientific disciplines. The authors also discuss future challenges of citizen science and its potential, which for the time being seems to be not fully utilized in some fields, including geographical research.

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O’Grady, Michael, Gregory O’Hare, Stephanie Ties, and Jamie Williams. "The Citizen Observatory: Enabling Next Generation Citizen Science." Business Systems Research Journal 12, no. 2 (December 1, 2021): 221–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2021-0029.

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Abstract Background: Citizen science offers an attractive paradigm for addressing some of the complex problems facing society. However, translating the paradigm’s potential into meaningful action and sustainable impact remains a formidable challenge. Historically, the citizen science landscape was fractured into silos of activities; nonetheless, it has demonstrably delivered credible results. An innovative concept of the Citizen Observatory offers a tractable means of mitigating many of the recurring issues that historically afflicted citizen science initiatives, thus empowering a new generation of citizen scientists. Citizen Observatories may be regarded as open, standardised software platforms for community-based monitoring of any phenomenon of interest. Objectives: This paper seeks to validate a Citizen Observatory in a traditional citizen science context, that of butterfly recording. Methods/Approach: A case study was undertaken in a UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve. Results: A community of citizen scientists successfully recorded various observations concerning butterflies, their feeding behaviours, and their habitat. The resultant dataset was made available to the local government environmental agency. Conclusions: The Citizen Observatory model offers a realistic basis for enabling more sustainable participatory science activities. Such developments have implications for non-government organisations, businesses, and local governments.

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Kobori, Hiromi. "Educational practice of citizen science by ICT for the purpose of biodiversity conservation through domestic and international collaboration." Impact 2021, no. 3 (March 29, 2021): 73–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2021.3.73.

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Citizen Science is on the rise. It involves members of the public taking part in research and collecting datasets that can be used by academic institutions and can help foster innovations. Numerous Citizen Science projects are underway in the UK and US but the concept isn't as widespread in Japan. In recent times, though, there have been efforts to engage the Japanese public in Citizen Science by demonstrating its benefits to society. Dr Hiromi Kobori, Tokyo City University, Japan, is exploring ways that Citizen Science innovations can boost the socialisation of science. This involves enabling open science and encouraging citizens to proactively engage in the scientific process. The idea is to involve citizens in multiple research processes and foster a sense of co-creation between citizens and scientists. Kobori's Citizen Science project is contributing to overcoming issues facing the natural and social environment and also involves the use of smartphones, which is an effective way to boost public involvement in science. Specifically, Kobori is involved in a project focusing on biodiversity and how its health can be restored and preserved. Her goal is to re-establish the connection between living things and nature and form a sustainable society.

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박진희 and 강윤재. "Environmental Problems, Citizen Knowledge, and Citizen Science: Chance and Challenges of Citizen Science in Environmental Problems." Environmental Philosophy ll, no. 25 (June 2018): 93–124. http://dx.doi.org/10.35146/jecoph.2018..25.004.

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Shrestha, R., and J. Flacke. "LEVERAGING CITIZEN SCIENCE TO ADVANCE INTERACTIVE SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY: A SWOT ANALYSIS." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-5/W3 (December 5, 2019): 99–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-5-w3-99-2019.

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Abstract. Over three decades, the Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) concept has evolved significantly exploiting information technology to assist decision maker in a variety of fields of research, development, and practice. With the communicative turn in planning, which emphasizes public participation in all levels of planning and decision making, these technologies have further matured to support participatory planning by means of supporting diverse stakeholders in the decision making process. However, for multiple reasons, SDSS are still in the domain of expert, largely failing to incorporate general citizens in its use and applications. On the same note, citizen science as a method of inquiry is gaining much attention in recent years to engage general citizens in the scientific research, thereby also empowering them to participate in the decisions of the issues affecting them. As such, it seems likely that citizen science shows great promise for advancing SDSS for achieving broad citizen engagement in planning and decision-making. This paper discusses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) of integrating citizen science with SDSS by analyzing existing literature on SDSS and citizen science. In particular, we explore the integration of aspects of citizen science in Interactive Planning Support System (PSS), as one form of SDSS to support wider citizen engagement.

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Carvalho, Erika Rayanne Silva de, and Fernando César Lima Leite. "Análise do atual cenário da pesquisa científica sobre a ciência cidadã no campo da ciência da informação." Páginas a&b : Arquivos & Bibliotecas, esp. (2020): 26–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.21747/21836671/pagnespc3.

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This article aimed to analyze studies that constitute the current research scenario on Citizen Science in the field of the Information Science, as presented in the scientific literature. This is a bibliographic research in which the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database was used for data collection. After careful evaluation, eleven papers were selected to compose the study. The results achieved point out that there is disciplinary diversity in Citizen Science projects, there is an opportune context for libraries to conduct scientific training practices, several factors influence the participation of citizens in scientific projects, the domain of citizens over digital resources is highly relevant in Citizen Science projects and the citizen participation in scientific projects seems to turn around large-scale data collection, which does not necessarily reflect the collaborative potential of these citizens.

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Lowry, Christopher S., and Kristine F. Stepenuck. "Is Citizen Science Dead?" Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 8 (March 30, 2021): 4194–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c07873.

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Bergerot, Benjamin. "The Citizen Science Paradox." Land 11, no. 8 (July 26, 2022): 1151. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11081151.

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Citizen science (CS) is now very popular in ecology. The number of scientific publications referencing CS has increased steadily over the past 15 years, with more than 1150 publications today. However, the multiplicity of research involved suggests that this number is highly underestimated. Based on this paradox, a literature review on CS shows that while its formalization in 2009 facilitated its referencing, about 70% of the publications are not referenced using CS as keyword. To understand this under-representation, an analysis of 149 publications related to the famous Christmas Bird Count program shows that this underestimation is not mainly related to the diversity of keywords used to describe CS, but rather to the fact that CS is mainly considered as a method (four publications out of five). The results also show that taking into account the whole text of a publication would represent a substantial improvement for the analysis of scientific databases, whatever the field of research.

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