Charts showing the trend in publications (academic articles) on invasive alien species (IAS) of plants in Brazil from 2002 to 2021 as retrieved from the Web of Science, Scopus and SciELO databases (see Table 2) A number of publications retrieved per year B proportion of publications providing a definition of IAS C proportion of categories of publications D proportion of methodological approaches (i.e. study environment) E proportion of publications that addressed some type of impact F proportion of publications presenting measures of management.

 
 
  Part of: Fachinello MC, Romero JHC, Chiba de Castro WA (2022) Defining invasive species and demonstrating impacts of biological invasions: a scientometric analysis of studies on invasive alien plants in Brazil over the past 20 years. In: Giannetto D, Piria M, Tarkan AS, Zięba G (Eds) Recent advancements in the risk screening of freshwater and terrestrial non-native species. NeoBiota 76: 13-24. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.76.85881