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SUBMITTER: Pettibone L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5487260 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pettibone Lisa L Vohland Katrin K Ziegler David D
PloS one 20170627 6
Citizen science has become more popular in recent years, quickly taking on a variety of potentially conflicting characteristics: a way to collect massive data sets at relatively low cost, a way to break science out of the ivory tower and better engage the public, an approach to educate lay people in scientific methods. But the extent of current citizen science practice-the types of actors and scientific disciplines who take part-is still poorly understood. This article builds on recent surveys o ...[more]