Citizen science (similar to community science, crowd science, crowd-sourced science, civic science, participatory monitoring, or volunteer monitoring) is research conducted with participation from the general public, or amateur/nonprofessional researchers or participants for science, social science and many other disciplines.[1][2] There are variations in the exact definition of citizen science, with different individuals and organizations having their own specific interpretations of what citizen science encompasses.[1] Citizen science is used in a wide range of areas of study including ecology, biology and conservation, health and medical research, astronomy, media and communications and information science.[1][3]
There are different applications and functions of citizen science in research projects.[1][3] Citizen science can be used as a methodology where public volunteers help in collecting and classifying data, improving the scientific community's capacity.[3][4] Citizen science can also involve more direct involvement from the public, with communities initiating projects researching environment and health hazards in their own communities.[3] Participation in citizen science projects also educates the public about the scientific process and increases awareness about different topics.[3][5][4] Some schools have students participate in citizen science projects for this purpose as a part of the teaching curriculums.[5][4][6]
A high school student contributes to the citizen science project EyeWire as part of a neurology course.
^ abcdKatrin Vohland, ed. (2021). The Science of Citizen Science. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-58278-4. OCLC 1230459796.
^ abcdeKullenberg, Christopher; Kasperowski, Dick (14 January 2016). Dorta-González, Pablo (ed.). "What Is Citizen Science? – A Scientometric Meta-Analysis". PLOS ONE. 11 (1): e0147152. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147152K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147152. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4713078. PMID 26766577.
^ abcSteven, Rochelle; Barnes, Megan; Garnett, Stephen T.; Garrard, Georgia; O'Connor, James; Oliver, Jessica L.; Robinson, Cathy; Tulloch, Ayesha; Fuller, Richard A. (October 2019). "Aligning citizen science with best practice: Threatened species conservation in Australia". Conservation Science and Practice. 1 (10). Bibcode:2019ConSP...1E.100S. doi:10.1111/csp2.100. ISSN 2578-4854. S2CID 202327827.
^ abDoyle, Cathal; David, Rodreck; Li, Yevgeniya; Luczak-Roesch, Markus; Anderson, Dayle; Pierson, Cameron M. (26 June 2019). "Using the Web for Science in the Classroom". Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Web Science. WebSci '19. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 71–80. doi:10.1145/3292522.3326022. ISBN 978-1-4503-6202-3. S2CID 195777103.
^Soanes, Kylie; Cranney, Kate; Dade, Marie C.; Edwards, Amy M.; Palavalli-Nettimi, Ravindra; Doherty, Tim S. (February 2020). "How to work with children and animals: A guide for school-based citizen science in wildlife research: School-based citizen science for wildlife research". Austral Ecology. 45 (1): 3–14. doi:10.1111/aec.12836. hdl:11343/286605. S2CID 209579318.
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