Finding What You Need: A Guide to Citizen Science Guidelines

García, Francisco Sanz; Pelacho, Maite; Woods, Tim; Fraisl, Dilek; See, Linda; Haklay, M; Arias, Rosa

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58278-4_21

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“…The main points can be summarised as: (1) choose a scientific question; (2) form a scientist/educator/technologist/evaluator team; (3) develop, test and refine protocols, data forms and educational support materials; (4) recruit participants; (5) train participants; (6) accept, edit and display data; (7) analyse and interpret data; (8) disseminate results and (9) measure outcomes (Castagneyrol, 2019;Hill et al, 2012;Teacher et al, 2013). We advise readers to refer to the chapter written by García et al (2021) for a more detailed review of the existing guidelines in the book directed by Vohland et al (2021). Online platform sharing protocol is also a way to give or to check experimental instructions before engaging in a project as Castagneyrol (2019) did for the 'Oak bodyguard Citizen Science project' on https://www.protocols.io.…”

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Citizen science: How to extend reciprocal benefits from the project community to the broader socio-ecological system

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Quantitative plant biology is a growing field, thanks to the substantial progress of models and artificial intelligence dealing with big data. However, collecting large enough datasets is not always straightforward. The citizen science approach can multiply the workforce, hence helping the researchers with data collection and analysis, while also facilitating the spread of scientific knowledge and methods to volunteers. The reciprocal benefits go far beyond the project community: By empowering volunteers and increasing the robustness of scientific results, the scientific method spreads to the socio-ecological scale. This review aims to demonstrate that citizen science has a huge potential (i) for science with the development of different tools to collect and analyse much larger datasets, (ii) for volunteers by increasing their involvement in the project governance and (iii) for the socio-ecological system by increasing the share of the knowledge, thanks to a cascade effect and the help of ‘facilitators’.

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Citizen science: How to extend reciprocal benefits from the project community to the broader socio-ecological system

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“…While CS has a tradition dating back centuries [6], the concept was not formally established until the 1990s. Two of the definitions developed then are still applicable today.…”

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EU-Citizen.Science: A Platform for Mainstreaming Citizen Science and Open Science in Europe

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Woods²,

Sanz³

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Citizen Science (CS) is a prominent field of application for Open Science (OS), and the two have strong synergies, such as: advocating for the data and metadata generated through science to be made publicly available [ 1 ]; supporting more equitable collaboration between different types of scientists and citizens; and facilitating knowledge transfer to a wider range of audiences [ 2 ]. While primarily targeted at CS, the EU-Citizen. Science platform can also support OS. One of its key functions is to act as a knowledge hub to aggregate, disseminate and promote experience and know-how; for example, by profiling CS projects and collecting tools, resources and training materials relevant to both fields. To do this, the platform has developed an information architecture that incorporates the public participation in scientific research (PPSR)—Common Conceptual Model ① . This model consists of the Project Metadata Model, the Dataset Metadata Model and the Observation Data Model, which were specifically developed for CS initiatives. By implementing these, the platform will strengthen the interoperating arrangements that exist between other, similar platforms (e.g., BioCollect and SciStarter) to ensure that CS and OS continue to grow globally in terms of participants, impact and fields of application.

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“…Throughout history, there have been several instances where citizens volunteered to engage in different stages of scientific processes to further our understanding of our environment, whether related to meteorology, astronomy, or oceanology (García et al 2021). The term CS, as we came to know it today, was first recorded in 1989 to describe volunteers' engagement in scientific data generation related to rain acidity levels in the USA, an issue of political relevance at that time ).…”

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The role of citizen science mobile apps in facilitating a contemporary digital agora

Hognogi,

Meltzer,

Alexandrescu

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Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The advancements in digital technologies, especially for mobile apps, enabled simplified data collection methods. Consequently, through Citizen Science, numerous opportunities arose for citizens to become contributors and not just beneficiaries of scientific research. Furthermore, through such engagement, citizens can participate in decision-making processes at different spatial scales, getting closer to the civic aspiration of a digital agora. This paper offers a systematic review of 303 studies on such initiatives to outline the potential of mobile apps in Citizen Science. Based distinctly on their specificities and the needs they address, three content categories were highlighted: a) monitoring tools, b) validation of techniques and methods to improve mobile technologies for Citizen Science, and c) participatory approaches of citizens employing mobile apps. The review also showed a susceptibility of several domains of activity towards Citizen Science, such as monitoring biodiversity and reconnecting people with nature, environmental risk monitoring or improving well-being. The findings highlight future research potential in addressing topics such as new technologies to increase Citizen Science performance and its contributions to Open Science, as well as diversification and enhancement of citizen scientists’ contributions.

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Finding What You Need: A Guide to Citizen Science Guidelines

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Citizen science: How to extend reciprocal benefits from the project community to the broader socio-ecological system

Citizen science: How to extend reciprocal benefits from the project community to the broader socio-ecological system

EU-Citizen.Science: A Platform for Mainstreaming Citizen Science and Open Science in Europe

The role of citizen science mobile apps in facilitating a contemporary digital agora

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