Citizen Science in the European Open Science Cloud

TL;DR

This paper reviews how citizen science contributes to the European Open Science Cloud, especially in astrophysics, highlighting its role in crowdsourced data mining and public engagement in open science.

Contribution

It provides an overview of citizen science applications within the European Open Science Cloud, emphasizing its importance in data mining and public participation in scientific research.

Findings

Citizen science enhances data collection and analysis in astrophysics.

Public engagement is crucial for open science in the European context.

Citizen science applications are expanding within the EOSC ecosystem.

Abstract

The European Open Science Cloud aims to make all data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. By far the largest community of users of the European Open Science Cloud is the science-inclined public. These users need a more curated experience of open science than subject specialists, but nevertheless make very substantial research contributions in open science, especially in crowdsourced data mining, i.e. citizen science. This short, non-technical invited review presents applications of citizen science in the European Open Science Cloud, with a particular focus on astrophysics and astroparticle physics.