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THIS PAGE DESCRIBE A CITIZEN SCIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE

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IDENTIFICATION

Zooniverse homepage

• Number of project: 46
  
• Number of users: 855018

Start date :

• Beta start date : N/A
• End date :

Active projects

Bat detective, Cell Slider, Galaxy Zoo, Old weather, Planet Hunters, The Milky Way Project, WhaleFM, Worm Watch Lab

Retired projects

Andromeda Project, Plankton Portal, Solar Stormwatch

⇳ Description [[Has project description::According to the official about page (15/10/2013), the Zooniverse is home to the internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects.]] ➠ Purpose [[Has project purpose::According to the official about page (15/10/2013), the Zooniverse and the suite of projects it contains is produced, maintained and developed by the Citizen Science Alliance. The member institutions of the CSA work with many academic and other partners around the world to produce projects that use the efforts and ability of volunteers to help scientists and researchers deal with the flood of data that confronts them.]]

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY TOOLS

• Communication: newsletter
• Social Network: N/A
• Main news site: http://daily.zooniverse.org/

MEMBERS

• Visibility of member profiles:: N/A
• Member profile elements:

⏣ Description

DEVELOPERS

SOFTWARE

Uses Citizen science software:Citizen science custom software

Provides online tool to create applications: N/A

SUPPORT

Provides support team for development: N/A

Provides documentation for development and hosting: N/A

MAIN TEAM LOCATION

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♜ DEVELOPERS TEAM Official team page:
Leader: Chris Lintott, University of Oxford
Contact:
+ Information about the team

OVERVIEW

▣ SYSTEM OVERVIEW

Zooniverse is a hub that allows members to transparently sign in to various projects.

	field_project_name	Zooniverse
field_project_purpose	The Zooniverse provides a highly flexible framework to support and host citizen science projects, as well as a committed and enthusiastic host of volunteers.
field_home_page_URL	https://www.zooniverse.org/
Total number of projects (estimate)	46
Total individual participants (estimate)	855018
Uses Citizen science software	Citizen science custom software
Programming languages (for custom development)
field_project_start_date
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Zooniverse is a hub that allows members to transparently sign in to various projects.	Completion level	High

Documented projects in this wiki:

	Has infrastructure
Andromeda Project	Zooniverse
Bat detective	Zooniverse
Cell Slider	Zooniverse
Galaxy Zoo	Zooniverse
Old weather	Zooniverse
Planet Hunters	Zooniverse
Plankton Portal	Zooniverse
Solar Stormwatch	Zooniverse
The Milky Way Project	Zooniverse
WhaleFM	Zooniverse
Worm Watch Lab	Zooniverse

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