OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Economic Botany is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Hop (Humulus lupulus L.): Traditional and Present Use, and Future Potential	34
A New Global Estimation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species in Commercial Cultivation and Their Conservation Status	16
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	11
The Inextricable Link Between Food and Linguistic Diversity: Wild Food Plants among Diverse Minorities in Northeast Georgia, Caucasus	10
Neither Wild nor Cultivated: American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) Seller Surveys Provide Insights into in situ Planting and Husbandry1	9
Migrant Pharmacopoeias: An Ethnobotanical Survey of Four Caribbean Communities in Amazonia (French Guiana)	9
Caribbean Women’s Health and Transnational Ethnobotany	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	7
Economic Assessment of Morel (Morchella spp.) Foraging in Michigan, USA	6
Socio–Cultural Significance of Yerba Maté among Syrian Residents and Diaspora	6
Are Mixtec Forgetting Their Plants? Intracultural Variation of Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Oaxaca, Mexico	6
Population Biology of Palm Heart (Euterpe edulis Martius–Arecaceae) in Managed Landscape Units in Southern Brazil	6
Nubian Agricultural Practices, Crops and Foods: Changes in Living Memory on Ernetta Island, Northern Sudan	6
Vernacular Names of Traditional Rice Varieties Reveal the Unique History of Maroons in Suriname and French Guiana	5
Indigenous Biosystematics of Enset (Ensete ventricosum [Welw.] Cheesman) in its Center of Origin and Diversity, Southwest Ethiopia: Folk Nomenclature, Classification, and Descriptors	4
More than Maize, Bananas, and Coffee: The Inter– and Intraspecific Diversity of Edible Plants of the Huastec Mayan Landscape Mosaics in Mexico1	4
Mind the Gap: Maize Phytoliths, Macroremains, and Processing Strategies in Southern New England 2500–500 BP	4
Commercialization of Aframomum spp. in Africa: a Systematic Review of Literature and Supporting Botanical Vouchers	4
Dulong People’s Traditional Knowledge of Caryota obtusa (Arecaceae): a Potential Starch Plant with Emphasis on Its Starch Properties and Distribution Prediction	4
Identifying the Ecosystems Services of the Ivory Palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis Spruce): A Qualitative Study from the Central Coast of Ecuador	4
People and Plants in Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada): Examining Plants as a Foundational Aspect of Culture in the Subarctic	4
Tracing the Tradition: Regional Differences in the Cultivation, Utilization, and Commercialization of Bitter Kola (Garcinia kola, Clusiaceae) in Cameroon	3
Silvicultural Practices in the Management of Diospyros melanoxylon (Tendu) Leaf Production: Options and Trade-offs	2
The Future Is in the Younger Generations: Baka Children in Southeast Cameroon Have Extensive Knowledge on Medicinal Plants	2

Homegarden Variation and Medicinal Plant Sharing among the Q’eqchi’ Maya of Guatemala	2
Cultural Effects on Sorghum Varieties Grown, Traits Preferred, and Seed Management Practices in Northern Ethiopia	2
The Ethnobotanical Evolution of the Mediterranean Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)	2
Characterizing the Diversity of Hawai‘i Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.)	2
From Tree Species to Forest Services: Ethnic Differences in Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo	2
An Ethnobotanical Study on the Dietary Use of Wild Trees as Traditional Vegetables by Three Ethnic Communities in Manipur, North East India	2
Ecosymbiotic Complementarity, an Old Theory Applicable in Today’s Ethnobiological Studies	2
The Soga Saga: The Potential of Maclura cochinchinensis (Moraceae) as an Eco–Friendly Dye in Indonesia	2
Ethnobotanical Uses of Pandanaceae Species in Selected Rural Communities in the Philippines	2
Pre-European Plant Consumption and Cultural Changes in the Coastal Lluta Valley, Atacama Desert, Northern Chile (Ca. 5140–390 Cal Yr BP)	2