Citizen science

Citizen science – or community science – is a relevant topic connected to the Wikimedia projects.

The Wikimedia projects can be considered citizen science or community science and they contribute to reinforce citizens' participation and the capacity of research to benefit from the contribution of citizens.

Initiatives☃☃

• Wikidata:WikiProject Citizen Science
• Try the edit button (Prova il tasto modifica) https://eu-citizen.science/project/142

References (specifically related to Citizen science and the Wikimedia projects)

• Daniel Mietchen, Citizen Science and Open Science would benefit from closer interaction (ECSA 2018) https://w.wiki/5nDF
• Wikimedia projects and citizen science (2018) https://w.wiki/5nDE
• A wiki approach to collecting, curating and managing citizen science data (2018) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2560019
• Wikimedia Projects and Citizen Science (2019) https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.34722
• The Wikimedia ecosystem as a key component of an open science landscape (2020) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4321982
• Mietchen, Daniel, & Hussain, Netha. (2021, August 14). An overview of the COVID-19 related content of Wikimedia projects. Wikimania 2021. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5201623
• Science GLAM and Open Science (2021) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5535597
• Climate knowledge and the Wikimedia ecosystem (2022) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7109345
• Daniel Mietchen, Interactions between citizen science and the ecosystem around Wikipedia, ECSA 2022 - 7 October 2022 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7134994

Networks

• ECSA European Citizen Science Association https://www.ecsa.ngo/ License CC BY-ND!)
• eu-citizen.science https://eu-citizen.science/