Open Science: The citizen's role and contribution to research

Smith, Elta; Parks, Sarah; Gunashekar, Salil; Lichten, Catherine A.; Knack, Anna; Manville, Catriona

doi:10.7249/pe246

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“…The benefits of researchers are related mainly to research quality, dissemination and science appreciation in the future (Knack et al 2017). Citizen Science actions reduce mistrust through collaborations and orient science to react according to the necessities of the society (Smith et al 2017).…”

Section: Citizen Science and The Sustainable Development Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Channels of collaboration for citizen science and the sustainable development goals

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Filho

Sommer

et al. 2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Citizen Science and The Sustainable Development Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Channels of collaboration for citizen science and the sustainable development goals

Shulla

Filho

Sommer

et al. 2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…One of the reasons is that open access significantly increases the visibility of scholarly research. Furthermore, Swan and Brown (2004) express that non-open access electronic journals reduce the number of readers and Smith et al (2017) express that open access enables scholarly research results to reach a wider readership. The citation number and impact of research whose visibility increases have inherently increased.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Academicians’ awareness, attitude, and use of open access during the COVID-19 pandemic

Turgut

Aslan

Denizalp

2021

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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The aim of this research is to reveal academics’ awareness, attitude, and use of open access. In line with the research purpose, the survey research design is adopted. This research consists 151 academics from 12 basic research areas; eight of them being Professor Dr, 17 being Associate Professor Dr, 49 being Doctor Lecturer, and 77 being Research Assistant or Lecturer. A questionnaire consisting of 19 open access and five demographic information questions was used for the data collection tool. The research results show that 75% of the academics have open access awareness and that their awareness is generally created by information that they obtain through the Internet and their friends. In addition, most of the academics indicate that their awareness of open access has increased during the pandemic period. When considering the level of academics’ use of open access, it is found that 75% of the academics use articles in open access journals for their own research and 51% of the academics do not publish any articles in open access journals.

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“…For instance, online projects are accessible to schools in different locations and to students of different ages (Aristeidou et al, 2021); a further factor could be that people generally participate where they can easily access such activities (Pocock et al, 2021) or it could be due to young people's preference for tools with displays when engaging with science (Cairns et al, 2021). The participation pattern described by teachers matches that of contributory CS project types, which are the most common types of CS projects, in which participants are generally only involved in data collection (Smith et al, 2017). Teachers involved students mainly in such data-collection activities, such as making observations, instead of engaging them in activities of higher inquiry levels (such as forming their own questions or designing their own methods).…”

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Citizen Science: Schoolteachers’ Motivation, Experiences, and Recommendations

Aristeidou

Lorke

Ismail

2022

Int J of Sci and Math Educ

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Citizen science offers teachers a way to bring authentic scientific research into their classrooms by providing both teachers and their students with opportunities to contribute to authentic research. The potential of citizen science for science education has already been highlighted in various fields and by various stakeholders. More and more studies underpin this potential by providing evidence for the learning outcomes achieved through participation in citizen science projects. In formal education settings, teachers are the gatekeepers for teaching innovations and, hence, the ones who decide whether to engage students in citizen science. However, the expertise of teachers who have already participated in citizen science with their students has not been studied on a broad international level. Therefore, to investigate their experience and learn from their expertise, this study employed a concurrent triangulation design and invited teachers to participate in a survey (N = 56) and an interview (N = 11), independent of their country of residence, their school type, and their teaching subject. The results provide insights into teachers’ motivation, the engagement techniques and types of activities they used, the challenges they faced, and their recommendations for implementing citizen science in formal education settings. The present findings have important implications for the design of professional development programmes and support networks for teachers in citizen science.

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Open Science: The citizen's role and contribution to research

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Channels of collaboration for citizen science and the sustainable development goals

Channels of collaboration for citizen science and the sustainable development goals

Academicians’ awareness, attitude, and use of open access during the COVID-19 pandemic

Citizen Science: Schoolteachers’ Motivation, Experiences, and Recommendations

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