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citizen science

collaborative approach that involves members of the public in scientific research
Intangible academic_discipline Q1093434
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citizen science

Summary

citizen science is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 342 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #121 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • citizen science's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • citizen science is a type of participatory science[4].
  • citizen science is a type of crowdsourcing[5].
  • citizen science's Commons category is recorded as Citizen science[6].
  • citizen science's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Citizen science[7].
  • citizen science's facet of is recorded as municipalism[8].
  • citizen science's facet of is recorded as Open Citizen Science[9].
  • citizen science's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[10].
  • citizen science's hashtag is recorded as citizenscience[11].
  • citizen science's hashtag is recorded as citsci[12].
  • citizen science's practiced by is recorded as citizen scientist[13].

Body

Definition and Type

citizen science's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3]. Recorded subclass of include participatory science[4] and crowdsourcing[5].

Why It Matters

citizen science draws 342 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #121 of 1,010).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_citizen-science_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{citizen science}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/citizen-science}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Facet of → municipalism, Open Citizen Science
    Topic's main category → Category:Citizen science
    Practiced by → citizen scientist
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28992, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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