Citizen science as a new approach in Geography and beyond: Review and reflections

TROJAN, Jakub, Sven SCHADE, Rob LEMMENS a Bohumil FRANTÁL. Citizen science as a new approach in Geography and beyond: Review and reflections. Moravian Geographical Reports. AV ČR, Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2019, roč. 27, č. 4, s. 254-264. ISSN 1210-8812. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0020.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Citizen science as a new approach in Geography and beyond: Review and reflections
• Název anglicky: Citizen science as a new approach in Geography and beyond: Review and reflections
• Autoři: TROJAN, Jakub, Sven SCHADE, Rob LEMMENS a Bohumil FRANTÁL.
• Vydání: Moravian Geographical Reports, AV ČR, Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2019, 1210-8812.

Další údaje

• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: Moravian Geographical Reports
• Impakt faktor: Impact factor: 2.479
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0020
• UT WoS: 000508941300006
• Klíčová slova anglicky: citizen science; open science; open-access; neo-geography; scientometric analysis
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

Issues related to the evolving role of citizen science and open science are reviewed and discussed in this article. We focus on the changing approaches to science, research and development related to the turn to openness and transparency, which has made science more open and inclusive, even for non-researchers. Reproducible and collaborative research, which is driven by the open access principles, involves citizens in many research fields. The article shows how international support is pushing citizen science forward, and how citizens’ involvement is becoming more important. A basic scientometric analysis (based on the Web of Science Core Collection as the source of peer reviewed articles) provides a first insight into the diffusion of the citizen science concept in the field of Geography, mapping the growth of citizen science articles over time, the spectrum of geographical journals that publish them, and their citation rate compared to other scientific disciplines. The authors also discuss future challenges of citizen science and its potential, which for the time being seems to be not fully utilized in some fields, including geographical research.

Anotace anglicky

Issues related to the evolving role of citizen science and open science are reviewed and discussed in this article. We focus on the changing approaches to science, research and development related to the turn to openness and transparency, which has made science more open and inclusive, even for non-researchers. Reproducible and collaborative research, which is driven by the open access principles, involves citizens in many research fields. The article shows how international support is pushing citizen science forward, and how citizens’ involvement is becoming more important. A basic scientometric analysis (based on the Web of Science Core Collection as the source of peer reviewed articles) provides a first insight into the diffusion of the citizen science concept in the field of Geography, mapping the growth of citizen science articles over time, the spectrum of geographical journals that publish them, and their citation rate compared to other scientific disciplines. The authors also discuss future challenges of citizen science and its potential, which for the time being seems to be not fully utilized in some fields, including geographical research.