List of citizen science projects

Citizen science portal

This page includes a list of citizen science projects.

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Active projects	CS type	Science field	Access
Air Quality with Biomarkers	crowdsourcing	Air pollution	http://crowdcrafting.org/app/airquality/
Bat detective	crowdsourcing	zoology	http://www.batdetective.org/
Budburst		biology	http://budburst.org/
CS4CS	participatory science	citizen science research, learning sciences, creativity research, human-computer interaction, serious gaming	http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Portal:_citizen_science
Celebrate Urban Birds	crowdsourcing	Ornithology	http://celebrateurbanbirds.org/
Cell Slider	crowdsourcing	health, medicine, oncology	http://www.cellslider.net/
Einstein@home	distributed intelligence	Gravitational Physics	http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
Eterna			http://eterna.cmu.edu/web/
ExCiteS forest monitoring	extreme citizen science	Human-Computer Interaction, Anthropology, Software Engineering, GIScience	http://www.ucl.ac.uk/excites/projects/excites-projects/intelligent-maps/intelligent-maps
EyeWire	crowdsourcing	Neurology	http://eyewire.org/
Fold It	distributed intelligence	Biochemistry	http://fold.it/portal/
Galaxy Zoo	crowdsourcing	Astronomy	http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
GeoTag-X	crowdsourcing	Environmental sciences, Disaster risk reduction, GIS	http://geotagx.org/
Notes from Nature	crowdsourcing	biology, taxonomy, biological classification	http://www.notesfromnature.org/
Old weather	distributed intelligence		http://www.oldweather.org/
Planet Hunters		astronomy, astrophyics	http://www.planethunters.org/
ReCaptcha	crowdsourcing		http://www.google.com/recaptcha
Space Warps		astronomy, astrophysics	http://spacewarps.org/
Test4Theory		Particle Physics	http://lhcathome.web.cern.ch/test4theory
The Milky Way Project		astronomy, astrophysics	http://www.milkywayproject.org/
Transcribe Bentham	crowdsourcing	Literature	http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project
WhaleFM		Oceanography	http://whale.fm/
Worm Watch Lab		biology, genetics, medicine, neuroscience	http://www.wormwatchlab.org/

Retired projects	CS type	Science field	Access
ARL crowd sourcing	crowdsourcing
Andromeda Project	distributed intelligence	astronomy, astrophysics	https://www.zooniverse.org/project/andromedaproject
Citizen science project test	crowdsourcing	cognitive science, neuroscience
ESP game	crowdsourcing		http://www.espgame.org/
Evolution MegaLab	crowdsourcing		http://evolutionmegalab.org
Human Brain Cloud	distributed intelligence		http://www.humanbraincloud.com/
Phénoclim	crowdsourcing		http://www.creamontblanc.org/fr/phenoclim/presentation/
Plankton Portal	crowdsourcing	biology, biological oceanography, planktology, climatology	http://www.planktonportal.org/
Solar Stormwatch		astronomy, astrophyics	http://www.solarstormwatch.com/
WideNoise	participatory science		http://cs.everyaware.eu/event/widenoise

Uncompleted page:

ARL crowd sourcing, Air Quality with Biomarkers, Budburst, CS4CS, Celebrate Urban Birds, Cell Slider, ESP game, Einstein@home, Eterna, Evolution MegaLab, ExCiteS forest monitoring, EyeWire, Fold It, Notes from Nature, Phénoclim, Planet Hunters, Plankton Portal, ReCaptcha, Space Warps, Test4Theory, The Milky Way Project, Transcribe Bentham, WhaleFM, Worm Watch Lab

Completed page

Andromeda Project, Bat detective, Citizen science project test, Galaxy Zoo, Old weather

Software and infrastructure used by projects

	CS Software used	CS Infrastructure	Community tools	Social software presence
ARL crowd sourcing		Amazon mechanical turk		N/A
Air Quality with Biomarkers	Pybossa	Crowdcrafting		N/A
Andromeda Project		Zooniverse	Website Blog Forum Instant messaging	Twitter Facebook
Bat detective	CartoDB	Zooniverse	Website Blog Other	Twitter Facebook other
Budburst				N/A
CS4CS	MediaWiki software Semantic Forms extension		Forum Wiki	N/A
Celebrate Urban Birds		Cornell Lab citizen science technology	Blog	N/A
Cell Slider		Zooniverse		N/A
Citizen science project test			Blog Newsletter	Facebook
ESP game	Citizen science custom software			N/A
Einstein@home	BOINC client software BOINC server software	BOINC	Website Forum	Twitter Facebook other
Eterna			Instant messaging Wiki	N/A
Evolution MegaLab				N/A
ExCiteS forest monitoring	Sapelli Suite	ExCiteS		N/A
EyeWire			Website Blog Forum Wiki	Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Fold It	Citizen science custom software		Website Blog Forum Wiki Other	Twitter Facebook
Galaxy Zoo		Zooniverse	Website Blog Forum	Twitter Facebook other
GeoTag-X	Pybossa		Website Blog Newsletter Forum	Twitter
Human Brain Cloud	Citizen science custom software			N/A
Notes from Nature			Website Blog Forum	Twitter
Old weather		Zooniverse	Blog Newsletter Forum	N/A
Phénoclim	Citizen science custom software		Website	N/A
Planet Hunters		Zooniverse	Forum	N/A
Plankton Portal		Zooniverse	Website Blog Forum	Twitter Facebook
ReCaptcha			Website	N/A
Solar Stormwatch		Zooniverse	Blog Forum	Twitter other
Space Warps			Website Blog Forum	N/A
Test4Theory		BOINC	Forum	N/A
The Milky Way Project		Zooniverse	Website Blog Forum	N/A
Transcribe Bentham	MediaWiki software			Twitter Facebook
WhaleFM		Zooniverse	Forum	N/A
WideNoise	EveryAware Platform	Everyaware		N/A
Worm Watch Lab		Zooniverse	Website Blog Other	Twitter Facebook