enKORE

Biological invasions are on the rise, and their global impacts on ecosystems, economies and human health are a major challenge. Invasion science is critical to mitigate invader impacts, yet due to the strong increase of data and information in this area, it has become difficult to acquire and maintain an overview of the field. As a result, existing evidence is often not found, knowledge is too rarely transferred to practice, and research is sometimes conducted in pursuit of dead ends. We address these challenges by developing an interactive atlas of invasion science that can be extended to other disciplines in the future. This online portal will be an evolving knowledge resource and open for anyone to use, including researchers, teachers, students, citizen scientists and practitioners. Users will be able to zoom into the major research questions and hypotheses of invasion science, which are connected to the relevant studies published in the field and, if available, the underlying raw data. The portal will apply cutting-edge visualization techniques, artificial intelligence and novel methods for knowledge synthesis. This project is part of our Hi Knowledge initiative: https://hi-knowledge.org.