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Defining and measuring success in online citizen science: a case study of Zooniverse projects

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Defining and measuring success in online citizen science: a case study of Zooniverse projects. / Cox, Joe; Oh, Eun Young; Simmons, Brooke et al.
In: Computing in Science & Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 4, 01.07.2015, p. 28-41.

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Cox, J, Oh, EY, Simmons, B, Lintott, C, Masters, K, Greenhill, A, Graham, G & Holmes, K 2015, 'Defining and measuring success in online citizen science: a case study of Zooniverse projects', Computing in Science & Engineering, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 28-41. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2015.65

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Cox, J., Oh, E. Y., Simmons, B., Lintott, C., Masters, K., Greenhill, A., Graham, G., & Holmes, K. (2015). Defining and measuring success in online citizen science: a case study of Zooniverse projects. Computing in Science & Engineering, 17(4), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2015.65

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Cox J, Oh EY, Simmons B, Lintott C, Masters K, Greenhill A et al. Defining and measuring success in online citizen science: a case study of Zooniverse projects. Computing in Science & Engineering. 2015 Jul 1;17(4):28-41. doi: 10.1109/MCSE.2015.65

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Cox, Joe ; Oh, Eun Young ; Simmons, Brooke et al. / Defining and measuring success in online citizen science : a case study of Zooniverse projects. In: Computing in Science & Engineering. 2015 ; Vol. 17, No. 4. pp. 28-41.

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