A new dawn for citizen science
Trends in Ecology & EvolutionPublished 7 July 2009
Jonathan Silvertown
Citations2,165
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A citizen scientist is a volunteer who collects and/or processes data as part of a scientific enquiry, particularly in ecology and the environmental sciences.
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A citizen scientist is a volunteer who collects and/or processes data as part of a scientific enquiry. Projects that involve citizen scientists are burgeoning, particularly in ecology and the environmental sciences, although the roots of citizen science go back to the very beginnings of modern science itself.
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