Citizen Science refers to public participation in scientific research to advance scientific knowledge. It could involve individuals, teams or networks, often working with professional scientists towards common goals. This is particularly helpful in larger scale scientific studies where the scope is wide. Public education and outreach objects are central to many citizen science projects. In the United States, citizen science projects have received grants from institutions like National Science Foundation and there are many instances of findings from such projects published in scientific publications such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Cooper, Caren. 2017. “Citizen Science: Everybody Counts.” TEDxGreensboro, May 15.
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 2007. “What is This, “Citizen Science”?”
- Ellwood, Elizabeth. 2018. “How Citizen Science is Helping Solve Conservation Problems.” Ecological Indicators.
- Irwin, Aisling. 2018. “No PhDs Needed: How Citizen Science is Transforming Research.” Nature International Journal of Science, October 23.
- Bonney, Rick, Caren B. Cooper, Janis Dickinson, Steve Kelling, Tina Phillips, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Jennifer Shirk. 2009. “Citizen Science: A Developing Tool for Advancing Science Knowledge and Scientific Literacy.” BioScience, 59(11): 977-84.
- Ullrich, Christy. 2012. “Citizen Science.” National Geographic, May 16.