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Citizen Scientists’ Preferences for Communication of Scientific Output: A Literature Review Cover

Citizen Scientists’ Preferences for Communication of Scientific Output: A Literature Review

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|Jan 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.136 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 16, 2017
Accepted on: Oct 5, 2018
Published on: Jan 31, 2019
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