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Recommendation for citizen science

Elena Svahn, Christina Elgert, Heidi Enwald, Hanna Lahtinen, Katja Hilska-Keinänen , Saila Huuskonen, Miki Kallio, Tiina Käkelä, Eki Laitila, Teemu Leinonen, Johanna Liinamaa, Elina Multamäki, Heli Myllyniemi, Laura Niemi, Mikko Ojanen, Seliina Päällysaho, Viveca Rabb, Valtteri Rajamäki, Mari Riipinen, Tomi Rosti, Nina-Mari Salminen, Anna Suorsa, Tiina Tolonen, Elina Wirkkala; National Open Science and Research Coordination

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The purpose of this recommendation is to provide research organisations and their funders as well as other organisations operating in the interface of the civil society with principles and guidelines for promoting citizen science. The recommendation provides answers to questions on how to make citizen science projects more appealing to researchers and how citizen science methods give researchers recognition and merits. The recommendation concerns specific issues in citizen science and provides ways of establishing citizen science as an equal scientific method with other scientific methods in use. The aim of this recommendation is to provide a basis for ensuring the quality of citizen science research in the Finnish scientific community.

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December 9, 2022
ISBN 978-952-5995-76-3
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Keywords open science, culture of open scholarship, citizen science
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