气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): The science of citizen science

CCPortal

DOI	https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864045
	The science of citizen science
	Burgess; Hillary K; DeBey; Lauren B; Froehlich; Halley E; Schmidt; Natalie; Theobald; Elinore J; Ettinger; Ailene K; HilleRisLambers; Janneke; Tewksbury; Josh; Parrish; Julia K
发布日期	2016-08-24
数据集类型	dataset
英文简介	Biodiversity citizen science projects are growing in number, size, and scope, and are gaining recognition as valuable data sources that build public engagement. Yet publication rates indicate that citizen science is still infrequently used as a primary tool for conservation research and the causes of this apparent disconnect have not been quantitatively evaluated. To uncover the barriers to the use of citizen science as a research tool, we surveyed professional biodiversity scientists (n = 423) and citizen science project managers (n = 125). We conducted three analyses using non-parametric recursive modeling (random forest), using questions that addressed: scientists' perceptions and preferences regarding citizen science, scientists' requirements for their own data, and the actual practices of citizen science projects. For all three analyses we identified the most important factors that influence the probability of publication using citizen science data. Four general barriers emerged: a narrow awareness among scientists of citizen science projects that match their needs; the fact that not all biodiversity science is well-suited for citizen science; inconsistency in data quality across citizen science projects; and bias among scientists for certain data sources (institutions and ages/education levels of data collectors). Notably, we find limited evidence to suggest a relationship between citizen science projects that satisfy scientists' biases and data quality or probability of publication. These results illuminate the need for greater visibility of citizen science practices with respect to the requirements of biodiversity science and show that addressing bias among scientists could improve application of citizen science in conservation.
语种	英语
国家	国际
学科大类	气候变化
学科子类	气候变化
文献类型	数据集
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/216774
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Burgess,Hillary K,DeBey,et al. The science of citizen science.2016-08-24.https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864045.