OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine is 21. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The legacy of traditional rice cultivation by descendants of Indian contract laborers in Suriname	222
Traditional medical practices for children in five islands from the Society archipelago (French Polynesia)	77
Legendary fermented herbs: an ethnobotanical study of the traditional fermentation starter of the Chuanqing people in Northwestern Guizhou, China	48
An ethnoveterinary study on medicinal plants used by the Bai people in Yunlong County northwest Yunnan, China	45
Wild food plants of Brazil: a theoretical approach to non-random selection	42
Honey production, an economic alternative for coastal areas with mangrove ecosystems: a case study in Sabancuy, Campeche, southeastern Mexico	38
Medicinal plants traded in Hakka communities of southeastern Guangxi, China	37
An ethnobiological study on traditional knowledge associated with black-boned sheep (Ovis aries) in Northwest Yunnan, China	37
Aboriginal medicinal plants of Queensland: ethnopharmacological uses, species diversity, and biodiscovery pathways	35
Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China	33
Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)	29
Descriptive ethnobotanical studies are needed for the rescue operation of documenting traditional knowledge	28
Farmers’ knowledge on cultivation, utilization and conservation practices of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in three selected districts in Ethiopia	24
Plant cultural indicators of forest resources from the Himalayan high mountains: implications for improving agricultural resilience, subsistence, and forest restoration	24
Taste and chemical composition as drives for utilitarian redundancy and equivalence: a case study in local medical systems in Northeastern Brazil	23
Isolated Mediterranean foraging: wild greens in the matrifocal community of Olympos, Karpathos Island, Greece	22
The contemporary challenge for ethical research involving the knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities and afro-descendants and other marginalized, minority, or minoritized groups	22
The traditional knowledge about the biodiversity of edible Brazilian fruits and their pollinators: an integrative review	22
Faith healing: the threat of "Surucucu" and the local cure of Amazon floodplain dwellers	22
Healing from the wild: an ethnozoological exploration of animal-based medicine in Jhargram, West Bengal, India	21
Traditional sports and games among the Sámi people in Northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi): an ethnobiological perspective	21
Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats	21