OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Economic Botany is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Gender and Trait Preferences for Banana Cultivation and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review1	33
Hop (Humulus lupulus L.): Traditional and Present Use, and Future Potential	30
The Contribution of Wild Edible Plants to the Mediterranean Diet: An Ethnobotanical Case Study Along the Coast of Campania (Southern Italy)	24
“Hexing Herbs” in Ethnobotanical Perspective: A Historical Review of the Uses of Anticholinergic Solanaceae Plants in Europe	17
A New Global Estimation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species in Commercial Cultivation and Their Conservation Status	13
The Inextricable Link Between Food and Linguistic Diversity: Wild Food Plants among Diverse Minorities in Northeast Georgia, Caucasus	10
Socio–Economic Factors Determining Conservation and Cultivation of Garcinia kola Heckel—A Medicinal Plant Extinct in the Wild in Benin	10
On-Farm Management of Rice Diversity, Varietal Preference Criteria, and Farmers’ Perceptions of the African (Oryza glaberrima Steud.) Versus Asian Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the Republic of Benin (West	10
Underutilized Crops in the Agricultural Farms of Southeastern Sri Lanka: Farmers’ Knowledge, Preference, and Contribution to Household Economy	9
Neither Wild nor Cultivated: American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) Seller Surveys Provide Insights into in situ Planting and Husbandry1	9
Comparing Apples and Pears: the Hidden Diversity of Central African Bush Mangoes (Irvingiaceae)	9
Ethnicity Differences in Uses and Management Practices of Bitter Kola Trees (Garcinia kola) in Cameroon	7
Migrant Pharmacopoeias: An Ethnobotanical Survey of Four Caribbean Communities in Amazonia (French Guiana)	7
From the “Norwegian Flora” (Eighteenth Century) to “Plants and Tradition” (Twentieth Century): 200 Years of Norwegian Knowledge about Wild Plants	7
Maya Medicinal Fruit Trees: Q’eqchi’ Homegarden Remedies	7
The Inextricable Link between Ecology and Taste: Traditional Plant Foraging in NW Balochistan, Pakistan	7
Qarakhanids on the Edge of the Bukhara Oasis: Archaeobotany of Medieval Paykend	6
Nubian Agricultural Practices, Crops and Foods: Changes in Living Memory on Ernetta Island, Northern Sudan	6
Economic Assessment of Morel (Morchella spp.) Foraging in Michigan, USA	5
Caribbean Women’s Health and Transnational Ethnobotany	5
Socio–Cultural Significance of Yerba Maté among Syrian Residents and Diaspora	5
Population Biology of Palm Heart (Euterpe edulis Martius–Arecaceae) in Managed Landscape Units in Southern Brazil	5
People and Plants Through Generations of Polish Descendants in Brazil	5
The Relationship between a Western Amazonian Society and Domesticated Sedges (Cyperus spp.)	5
Are Mixtec Forgetting Their Plants? Intracultural Variation of Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Oaxaca, Mexico	5

Ethnobotanical Knowledge Complexity in a Conservation Area of Northern Uruguay: Interlocutors-Medicinal Plant Network and the Structural Patterns of Interaction	4
People and Plants in Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada): Examining Plants as a Foundational Aspect of Culture in the Subarctic	4
Mind the Gap: Maize Phytoliths, Macroremains, and Processing Strategies in Southern New England 2500–500 BP	4
Indigenous Biosystematics of Enset (Ensete ventricosum [Welw.] Cheesman) in its Center of Origin and Diversity, Southwest Ethiopia: Folk Nomenclature, Classification, and Descriptors	4
Use Categories and Local Perception of Decline in Plant Populations: a Case Study of Woody Medicinal Plants in Northeastern Brazil	4
More than Maize, Bananas, and Coffee: The Inter– and Intraspecific Diversity of Edible Plants of the Huastec Mayan Landscape Mosaics in Mexico1	3
Tracing the Tradition: Regional Differences in the Cultivation, Utilization, and Commercialization of Bitter Kola (Garcinia kola, Clusiaceae) in Cameroon	3
Dulong People’s Traditional Knowledge of Caryota obtusa (Arecaceae): a Potential Starch Plant with Emphasis on Its Starch Properties and Distribution Prediction	3
Homegarden Variation and Medicinal Plant Sharing among the Q’eqchi’ Maya of Guatemala	2
Commercialization of Aframomum spp. in Africa: a Systematic Review of Literature and Supporting Botanical Vouchers	2
Identifying the Ecosystems Services of the Ivory Palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis Spruce): A Qualitative Study from the Central Coast of Ecuador	2
From Tree Species to Forest Services: Ethnic Differences in Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo	2
Pre-European Plant Consumption and Cultural Changes in the Coastal Lluta Valley, Atacama Desert, Northern Chile (Ca. 5140–390 Cal Yr BP)	2
Characterizing the Diversity of Hawai‘i Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.)	2
Cultural Effects on Sorghum Varieties Grown, Traits Preferred, and Seed Management Practices in Northern Ethiopia	2
Pises (Xanthosoma robustum, Araceae): Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Farming Practices of a Neglected and Underutilized Crop in a Mexican Indigenous Community	1
Ethnobotanical Uses of Pandanaceae Species in Selected Rural Communities in the Philippines	1
Ethnoveterinary Practices of Medicinal Plants Used in Animal Health Management in the Dawuro Zone, Southern Ethiopia	1
Accelerating Peer Review: Ten Tips for Swift Publication	1
The Spiritual Valuation of Erythrophleum suaveolens, a Cultural Keystone Species in the Democratic Republic of Congo	1
Diversity and Value of Extant Hawaiian Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum [L.]) Cultivars	1
Vernacular Names of Traditional Rice Varieties Reveal the Unique History of Maroons in Suriname and French Guiana	1
Interpreting the Indigenous and Imported Heritage of Medicinal and Culinary Plant Use in St. Vincent through the Gardens of John Nero and Alexander Anderson	1
Silvicultural Practices in the Management of Diospyros melanoxylon (Tendu) Leaf Production: Options and Trade-offs	1
The Ethnobotanical Evolution of the Mediterranean Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)	1
Current Use of Local Folk Medicine (Rimèd Razyé) in the French Lesser Antilles: Diversity Patterns and Links Between Food and Health	1
An Ethnobotanical Study of the Genus Elymus1	1
The Dispersal of Bananas (Musa spp.) to the Americas in the Sixteenth Century	1
How Do Local Medical Systems Work? An Overview of the Evidence	1
What Is the Most Efficient Methodology for Gathering Ethnobotanical Data and for Participant Selection? Medicinal Plants as a Case Study in the Peruvian Andes	1