| Title |
Crowdsourcing—Harnessing the Masses to Advance Health and Medicine, a Systematic Review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of General Internal Medicine, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11606-013-2536-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Benjamin L. Ranard, Yoonhee P. Ha, Zachary F. Meisel, David A. Asch, Shawndra S. Hill, Lance B. Becker, Anne K. Seymour, Raina M. Merchant |
| Abstract |
Crowdsourcing research allows investigators to engage thousands of people to provide either data or data analysis. However, prior work has not documented the use of crowdsourcing in health and medical research. We sought to systematically review the literature to describe the scope of crowdsourcing in health research and to create a taxonomy to characterize past uses of this methodology for health and medical research. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 17% |
| Canada | 8 | 15% |
| Brazil | 2 | 4% |
| Ireland | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 13 | 24% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 26 | 48% |
| Scientists | 16 | 30% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 327 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 77 | 22% |
| Researcher | 49 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 49 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 72 | 21% |
| Unknown | 48 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 61 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 44 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 27 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 20 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 5% |
| Other | 94 | 27% |
| Unknown | 79 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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