A new dawn for citizen science.
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.
Silvertown
Jonathan
J
Department of Life Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK. j.silvertown@open.ac.uk
D004463:Ecology / Q000639:trends*; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel; D014838:Volunteers