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ArticleScientific data2021

Accessible data curation and analytics for international-scale citizen science datasets.

Benjamin Murray, Eric Kerfoot, Liyuan Chen, Jie Deng, Mark S Graham, Carole H Sudre, Erika Molteni, Liane S Canas, Michela Antonelli, Kerstin Klaser and 10 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Benjamin MurrayKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom. benjamin.murray@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2413-923X
Eric KerfootKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.
Liyuan ChenKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.
Jie DengKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.
Mark S GrahamKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4170-1095
Carole H SudreKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.
Erika MolteniKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7773-8140
Liane S CanasKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2553-1284
Michela AntonelliKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.
Kerstin KlaserKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.
Alessia ViscontiKing's College London, Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4144-2019
Alexander HammersKing's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9530-4848
Andrew T ChanMassachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, GRJ 825C, Boston, MA, 02116, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7284-6767
Paul W FranksLund University, Diabetes Centre, CRC, SUS Malmö, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, House 91:12, SE-214 28, Malmö, Sweden.
Richard DaviesZoe Limited, 164 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7RW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2050-3994
Jonathan WolfZoe Limited, 164 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7RW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0530-2257
Tim D SpectorKing's College London, Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9795-0365
Claire J StevesKing's College London, Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.
Marc Modat *King's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.
Sebastien Ourselin *King's College London, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, London, SE1 7EU, United Kingdom.

Funding

British Heart FoundationMedical Research Council MC_PC_20030Medical Research Council MR/M004422/1Medical Research Council MR/V005030/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT213038/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Covid Symptom Study, a smartphone-based surveillance study on COVID-19 symptoms in the population, is an exemplar of big data citizen science. As of May 23rd, 2021, over 5 million participants have collectively logged over 360 million self-assessment reports since its introduction in March 2020. The success of the Covid Symptom Study creates significant technical challenges around effective data curation. The primary issue is scale. The size of the dataset means that it can no longer be readily processed using standard Python-based data analytics software such as Pandas on commodity hardware. Alternative technologies exist but carry a higher technical complexity and are less accessible to many researchers. We present ExeTera, a Python-based open source software package designed to provide Pandas-like data analytics on datasets that approach terabyte scales. We present its design and capabilities, and show how it is a critical component of a data curation pipeline that enables reproducible research across an international research group for the Covid Symptom Study.

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Citizen ScienceData CurationBig DataCOVID-19Data ScienceDatasets as TopicEpidemiological MonitoringHumansMobile ApplicationsSmartphoneSoftware

Identifiers

PMID34811392
PMCPMC8608807

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