The invisible prevalence of citizen science in global research: migratory birds and climate change.

Citizen science is a research practice that relies on public contributions of data. The strong recognition of its educational value combined with the need for novel methods to handle subsequent large and complex data sets raises the question: Is citizen science effective at science? A quantitative a...

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Main Authors: Caren B Cooper, Jennifer Shirk, Benjamin Zuckerberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4153593?pdf=render