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| Title |
A Science Products Inventory for Citizen-Science Planning and Evaluation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BioScience, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1093/bioscience/biy028 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andrea Wiggins, Rick Bonney, Gretchen LeBuhn, Julia K Parrish, Jake F Weltzin |
| Abstract |
Citizen science involves a range of practices involving public participation in scientific knowledge production, but outcomes evaluation is complicated by the diversity of the goals and forms of citizen science. Publications and citations are not adequate metrics to describe citizen-science productivity. We address this gap by contributing a science products inventory (SPI) tool, iteratively developed through an expert panel and case studies, intended to support general-purpose planning and evaluation of citizen-science projects with respect to science productivity. The SPI includes a collection of items for tracking the production of science outputs and data practices, which are described and illustrated with examples. Several opportunities for further development of the initial inventory are highlighted, as well as potential for using the inventory as a tool to guide project management, funding, and research on citizen science. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 31% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
| France | 2 | 13% |
| Belgium | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 63% |
| Scientists | 4 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 29 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 29 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 7% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 21% |
| Unknown | 13 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 July 2018.
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#3,135,164
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Outputs from BioScience
#1,050
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#61,349
of 335,395 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BioScience
#20
of 33 outputs
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