A framework for addressing ethical issues in citizen science

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 475-481

  Resnik, David B ^a   Elliott, Kevin C ^b   Miller, Aubrey K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Collaboration; Community based research; Data collection; Ethics; Public

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITIZEN GROUP; CITIZEN SCIENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPONSIBILITY; SCIENTIST; TRAINING;

EID: 84942296552     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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