# 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