EPJ Plus Focus Point Issue: Citizen science for physics: from education to crowdsourcing fundamental research

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Published on 17 February 2025

Guest Editor: Despina Hatzifotiadou

Citizen science is growing in popularity and is certainly encouraged by many stakeholders, as it cements that much-needed interrelation of a modern society with the scientific and technological understanding of its members, and as a powerful tool to promote public engagement in general.

This focus point aims to foster research-level citizen science in physics, with contributions from the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) project, ATLAS Open Data, Name that Neutrino (IceCube), Gravity Spy, and LHC@home, and further revisits applications to social physics and the gamification of quantum science. Additionally, extended reviews of the results from notable European initiatives (REINFORCE, ASTERICS and ESCAPE) are presented.

This collection provides further impetus for the physics community to find new ways of connecting both fundamental and applied research with the growing demand and support for citizen science.

All articles are available here and are freely accessible until 30 April 2025. For further information read the Editorial.