The datasets included are the underlying data for the project "Identifying the drivers of public interest in invasive alien specie (IAS) listed as IAS of Union Concern". The following files are included: Underlying Google Health Trends data: data_google_uc.csv: Weekly Google Health Trends data (Jan 2016 - Dec 2024) for the 88 species that are listed in the 3rd update of the List of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern published in 2022. Note that data for 2 species is included in seperate files. vespa_velutina_nigrithorax.csv & axis_axis.csv: Google Health Trend data for the two missing species Vespa velutina nigrithorax and Axis axis that need to be added to data_google_uc.csv Descriptive data for 9 species that were included in in-depth analysis (includes the variables species, country, name, established, first_record): descriptive_data_racoondog_clean.csv - descriptive data for racoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonides) descriptive_data_racoon_clean.csv - descriptive data for racoon (Procyon lotor) descriptive_data_nasua_clean.csv - descriptive data for coati (Nasua nasua) descriptive_data_muskrat_clean.csv - descriptive data for muskrat (Ondathra zibethicus) descriptive_data_impatiens_clean.csv - descriptive data for Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) descriptive_data_her_so_clean.csv - descriptive data for Sosnowskyi's hogweed (Heracleum sosnowskyi) descriptive_data_her_ma_clean.csv - descriptive data for giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) descriptive_data_coypus_clean.csv - descriptive data for coypu (Myocastor coypus) descriptive_data_ailanthus_clean.csv - descriptive data for racoon dog (Ailanthus altissima) descriptive_data_vespa_clean.csv - descriptive data for asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) Dataset with the identified top 10 peaks per country with additional information on classification of anomalies updated_top_10_peaks_per_country_anomalies_TH.csv List of species' common names in the local languages for the top 10 species: Top10_species_names_local_languages.csv Template for the manual driver identification: Template manual identification of potential drivers of peaks.xlsx Identified drivers (i.e. topics covered by media), platforms (i.e. websites, social media), and actors linked to increased public interest in 9 IAS listed as IAS of Union concern. Data was collected via a manual search on the Google search platform.: peak identification.csv