Hi Jenny, hi all,
It's an old reference now, but Jonathan Silvertown's "New Dawn for Citizen Science" 2009, gives a nice overview of where the field has come from and where it was at the time of writing https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonathan_Silvertown/publication/26655910_A_new_dawn_for_citizen_science/links/548aaa720cf214269f1ad1eb.pdf
As others have said, the Citizen Science Association (US-based but members from around the world) is a good place to start http://citizenscience.org/ - they produce a journal and the editorial for the first issue last year gives a good overview too http://theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/10.5334/cstp.65/
Best wishes,
Sarah
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