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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biosocieties. 2020 Sep 28;17(2):203–228. doi: 10.1057/s41292-020-00208-2

Table 1:

Involvement of interviewees in genomic citizen science activities, by category (N=38).

Category* n (%)
Scholar 5 (13%)
Biohacker 18 (47%)
 Data biohacker 7 (18%)
 Laboratory biohacker 9 (24%)
 Self-experimentation biohacker 5 (13%)
Project organizer 12 (32%)
Community builder 19 (50%)
Entrepreneur 11 (29%)
*

Categories and subcategories not mutually exclusive. Scholars: studied citizen science. Biohackers: studied or manipulated genetic information. Data biohackers: studied or manipulated genetic information in online environments. Laboratory biohackers: studied or manipulated genetic information in non-traditional laboratory settings. Self-experimentation biohackers: conducted self-experiments based on or involving own genetic information. Project organizers: led specific genomic citizen science initiatives. Community builders: facilitated genomic citizen science activities of others. Entrepreneurs: founded or operated commercial entities related to genomic citizen science activities.