Galaxy zoo: Motivations of citizen scientists

Astronomy Education Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jordan Raddick, M ^a   Bracey, Georgia ^b   Gay, Pamela L ^b   Lintott, Chris J ^c   Cardamone, Carie ^d   Murray, Phil ^e   Schawinski, Kevin ^f   Szalay, Alexander S ^a   Vandenberg, Jan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Fingerprint Digital Media   (United Kingdom)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84885910829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3847/AER2011021     Document Type: Article

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