The increasing difficulties experienced by the scientific community in efficiently constructing knowledge from the flood of data being continuously produced are discussed and a concrete solution – a BUKI (Building Up Knowledge Initiative) – proposed for research on the environmental chemistry of antimony. A BUKI is a collaborative approach based on the combination of a web-based platform and the elaboration of systematic reviews. The antimony BUKI described here aims to improve our knowledge of antimony in environmental systems but also to stir up discussion about how research works nowadays and to provide a model for the development of other BUKIs.