Citizen Science/Communicating Citizen Science
Like all research, the value of contributions in citizen science are greatest when communicated effectively. Further, citizen science in particular stands to benefit from the opportunities and affordances of openness, both in terms of open access (broadcast) and open collaboration (feedback). Digital and network technologies, especially the web, enable many substantive opportunities to practice and communicate citizen science.
Blogging
[edit | edit source]General Science
http://scienceblogs.com/
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/
http://arstechnica.com/author/john-timmer/
http://blogs.plos.org/citizensci/
Life Sciences
http://www.xconomy.com/life-sciences/
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/life-science/
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/mo-costandi
http://www.bamh1.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/author/maryn/
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/medicine/
http://www.upwell.us/blog
http://www.thestreet.com/topic/45381/adam-feuersteins-biotech-blog.html
http://www.genengnews.com/blog-biotech
http://lifescivc.com/
http://blogs.nature.com/tradesecrets/
http://invivoblog.blogspot.com/
Social Sciences
http://citizensocialscience.wordpress.com/
Physical Sciences
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/life-science/
Technology
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/technology/
http://io9.com/
DIY Bio
[edit | edit source]Hackteria blog & Hakcteria wiki
Articles
[edit | edit source]Projects
[edit | edit source]The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/page.aspx?pid=1664
Zooniverse http://www.zooniverse.org
OpenScientist
http://www.openscientist.org/2013/09/announcing-new-citizen-science.html
Citizen Social Science
Wiki list of projects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_citizen_science_projects
Journals
[edit | edit source]- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
- http://www.esajournals.org/toc/fron/10/6
- BioOne
- http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1641/B580303
- International Journal of Zoology
- http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijz/2012/349630/
- https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/
- http://www.openjournalproject.org/
- http://jmlr.org/
- http://arxiv.org/
- https://www.plos.org/
- http://elifesciences.org/
Organizations promoting open science
[edit | edit source]http://mozillascience.org/
http://software-carpentry.org/
http://science.okfn.org/
Crowdfunding
[edit | edit source]- eg. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wemu-a-revolution-in-epilepsy-monitoring-and-diagnosis - epilepsy monitoring clothing on indiegogo
- kickstarter/indiegogo doesn't provide any verification that the thing can actually be developed, scientific evaluation
- better:
- http://www.sciencestarter.de/home.html
- https://experiment.com/
- people based, not project based: https://www.gittip.com/
Document Writing
[edit | edit source]Collaborative Reading/Annotation
Connecting with engaged people/resources for getting started
[edit | edit source]Post to a list on http://lists.okfn.org, find help from some engaged people.
https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science (see also country-specific variations)
If local, recruit from the community.
Hacker spaces (for software): http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/
Organize/Promote through Science Hack Day.
http://scienceonline.com #scio14 #scicomm