Disciplines and Occupations

Citizen Science

Voluntary public participation in the scientific process, addressing real-world problems in ways that may include formulating research questions, conducting scientific experiments, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, making new discoveries, developing technologies and applications, for solving complex problems. (From https://www.citizenscience.gov/)

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Abstract

Voluntary public participation in the scientific process, addressing real-world problems in ways that may include formulating research questions, conducting scientific experiments, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, making new discoveries, developing technologies and applications, for solving complex problems. (From https://www.citizenscience.gov/)

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  • Citizen Sciences

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2020

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  1. H01w.770w.644w.193w.500w
  2. N03w.540w.245w.360.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Citizen Science. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000080029. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000080029
  2. Citizen Science. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science
  3. Citizen Science. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093434