Citizen science in the social sciences: A call for more evidence

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 22-26

  Heiss, Raffael ^a   Matthes, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Co production of knowledge; Public participation in scientific research; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016399472     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.26.1.7     Document Type: Review

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