Meaning of citizen science | Babel Free

Definitions

Scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This postscript makes a big push⟳ for citizen science. By this I mean⟳ voluntary participation in periodic counts and measurements of the abundances of populations, the diversity of habitats, and some straightforward chemistry, […]”

“'Crowdsourcing' and 'citizen science' have⟳ been around as concepts for many years, and early forms of mass participation such as the University of Sussex's Mass observation Project, founded in 1937, have⟳ helped by providing useful […]”

“While first generation citizen science projects have⟳ successfully used the Web to crowd-source environmental data collection, “next generation” citizen science practice networks combine⟳ crowd-sourcing, joint sense⟳ of purpose, and soft […]”

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