...Aurora González-Teruel; María-Francisca Abad-García Purpose Citizen science (CS) has established itself as an expanding field of interdisciplinary research, although there is great heterogeneity in terms of its definition and representation as a domain of knowledge. Bibliometric studies constitute...

... proposals. Findings The current dominant OS framework naturalises commercial enclosures in relation to applied science/open innovation and displays a socially fragmented character in relation to citizen science (CS). This aligns with the openness ideology that downplays the social effect of enclosures...

...Björn Ekström As there is not one single definition of what entails a citizen scientist, current research on citizen science has been engaged with investigating how citizen scientists operate within certain applied settings and their designated projects. For citizen science projects involving...

... these visualisations as basis for interview guides and elicitation in information practices research. The methodology is illustrated and applied through a small-scale empirical study of a citizen science project. The study found that trace data visualisation enquiry enabled fine-grained investigations...