Citizen Science/Communicating Citizen Science

Like all research, the value of contributions in citizen science are greatest when communicated effectively. Further, citizen science in particular stands to benefit from the opportunities and affordances of openness, both in terms of open access (broadcast) and open collaboration (feedback). Digital and network technologies, especially the web, enable many substantive opportunities to practice and communicate citizen science.

Blogging
General Science

http://scienceblogs.com/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/

http://arstechnica.com/author/john-timmer/

http://blogs.plos.org/citizensci/

Life Sciences

http://www.xconomy.com/life-sciences/

http://scienceblogs.com/channel/life-science/

http://www.theguardian.com/profile/mo-costandi

http://www.bamh1.com

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/author/maryn/

http://scienceblogs.com/channel/medicine/

http://www.upwell.us/blog

http://www.thestreet.com/topic/45381/adam-feuersteins-biotech-blog.html

http://www.genengnews.com/blog-biotech

http://lifescivc.com/

http://blogs.nature.com/tradesecrets/

http://invivoblog.blogspot.com/

Social Sciences

http://citizensocialscience.wordpress.com/

Physical Sciences

http://scienceblogs.com/channel/life-science/

Technology

http://scienceblogs.com/channel/technology/

http://io9.com/

DIY Bio
Hackteria blog & Hakcteria wiki

Projects
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/page.aspx?pid=1664

Zooniverse http://www.zooniverse.org

OpenScientist http://www.openscientist.org/2013/09/announcing-new-citizen-science.html Citizen Social Science

Wiki list of projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_citizen_science_projects

Journals

 * Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
 * http://www.esajournals.org/toc/fron/10/6
 * BioOne
 * http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1641/B580303
 * International Journal of Zoology
 * http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijz/2012/349630/
 * https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/
 * http://www.openjournalproject.org/
 * http://jmlr.org/
 * http://arxiv.org/
 * https://www.plos.org/
 * http://elifesciences.org/

Organizations promoting open science
http://mozillascience.org/

http://software-carpentry.org/

http://science.okfn.org/

Crowdfunding

 * eg. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wemu-a-revolution-in-epilepsy-monitoring-and-diagnosis - epilepsy monitoring clothing on indiegogo
 * kickstarter/indiegogo doesn't provide any verification that the thing can actually be developed, scientific evaluation
 * better:
 * http://www.sciencestarter.de/home.html
 * https://experiment.com/
 * people based, not project based: https://www.gittip.com/

Document Writing

 * http://sharelatex.com
 * http://authorea.com

Collaborative Reading/Annotation


 * http://peerlibrary.org
 * http://openannotation.org/
 * https://hypothes.is/

Connecting with engaged people/resources for getting started
Post to a list on http://lists.okfn.org, find help from some engaged people.

https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science (see also country-specific variations)

If local, recruit from the community.

Hacker spaces (for software): http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/

Organize/Promote through Science Hack Day.

http://scistarter.org

http://scienceonline.com #scio14 #scicomm