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Massive amounts of data and information are in principle available to us almost anywhere and instantly, but most of them are in practice hidden and incomprehensible: They are not turned into real knowledge but represent what we call Knowledge in the Dark or short: Dark Knowledge ([https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2019-0007 Jeschke et al. 2019]). Illuminating Dark Knowledge is a huge challenge.

Hi Knowledge tackles this challenge. It is an online hub with interactive visualisation tools that uniquely structure data and information to make them better accessible and comprehensible. The Hi Knowledge website was first launched in 2018, featuring an interactive tool to complement the book “Invasion Biology: Hypotheses and Evidence” ([https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780647647.0000 Jeschke & Heger 2018]). This tool allows you to dive into 12 major hypotheses in invasion biology and ca. 1100 studies addressing them.

The [https://v2020.hi-knowledge.org/ 2020 extension of Hi Knowledge] introduced two additional tools: (i) a large, clustered network of 39 invasion hypotheses (based on [https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13082 Enders et al. 2020]) that are connected to the data collected for the above-mentioned book and (ii) branches of science, a tool connected to Wikipedia that allows you to find out where you can study which discipline in Germany.

The current, 2024 extension of Hi Knowledge features several additional tools that allow you to: (i) find papers and data in invasion science, (ii) explore the fields of invasion science and urban ecology, (iii) analyse and synthesize and (iv) contribute and curate data and information.

We are continuing to improve these tools and work on similar tools for other research fields, so that we eventually have an interactive atlas of knowledge covering all fields of research. This is our vision.