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Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications.
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81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Crowdsourcing in health and medical research: a systematic review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020Pooled it
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- Pay-it-forward gonorrhoea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2020Trial
- What happens after HIV self-testing? Results from a longitudinal cohort of Chinese men who have sex with men.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Trial
- Improving crowdsourcing for AI through cognitive-inspired data engineering.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
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- Preferences for rapid implementation science: a real-time discrete choice experiment.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
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- Using a crowdsourcing open call to generate hepatitis B and C stigma-reduction materials with medical students in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Location based bursty event detection and information dissemination using influencers in Twitter.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Identifying strategies for sustaining evidence-based HIV prevention interventions for AYA in Nigeria: evidence from a crowdsourcing open call.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Music as a strategy to improve hypertension and stroke management: evidence from a crowdsourcing open call and designathon in Nigeria.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Crowdsourcing strategies to improve access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and China.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Consensus on Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Research Consent in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- The academic impact of Open Science: a scoping review.Royal Society open science · 2025Review
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Abstract
Crowdsourcing shifts medical research from a closed environment to an open collaboration between the public and researchers. We define crowdsourcing as an approach to problem solving which involves an organization having a large group attempt to solve a problem or part of a problem, then sharing solutions. Crowdsourcing allows large groups of individuals to participate in medical research through innovation challenges, hackathons, and related activities. The purpose of this literature review is to examine the definition, concepts, and applications of crowdsourcing in medicine. This multi-disciplinary review defines crowdsourcing for medicine, identifies conceptual antecedents (collective intelligence and open source models), and explores implications of the approach. Several critiques of crowdsourcing are also examined. Although several crowdsourcing definitions exist, there are two essential elements: (1) having a large group of individuals, including those with skills and those without skills, propose potential solutions; (2) sharing solutions through implementation or open access materials. The public can be a central force in contributing to formative, pre-clinical, and clinical research. A growing evidence base suggests that crowdsourcing in medicine can result in high-quality outcomes, broad community engagement, and more open science.
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