Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine is 4. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Legendary fermented herbs: an ethnobotanical study of the traditional fermentation starter of the Chuanqing people in Northwestern Guizhou, China76
Traditional medical practices for children in five islands from the Society archipelago (French Polynesia)63
Nerium oleander L., a circum-Mediterranean study of the etymological, ecological, historical, mythological, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names61
Honey production, an economic alternative for coastal areas with mangrove ecosystems: a case study in Sabancuy, Campeche, southeastern Mexico50
Aboriginal medicinal plants of Queensland: ethnopharmacological uses, species diversity, and biodiscovery pathways47
Editorial: 2025 JEET Emerging Scientist Award in Ethnobiology and Winner Announcement40
Descriptive ethnobotanical studies are needed for the rescue operation of documenting traditional knowledge38
An ethnobiological study on traditional knowledge associated  with black-boned sheep (Ovis aries) in Northwest Yunnan, China37
Gold from nature’s pantry: a diachronic study of Rubus chamaemorus L. (Rosaceae) in swedish gastronomy and economy36
Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)36
Indigenous knowledge-based production practices and utilization of stingless bee honey in humid Afromontane Forest zones of the Southwest and Semi-Arid Forest zone of Ethiopia35
Medicinal plants traded in Hakka communities of southeastern Guangxi, China33
An ethnoveterinary study on medicinal plants used by the Bai people in Yunlong County northwest Yunnan, China32
Wild edible plants and associated indigenous knowledge among the Setswana-speaking people of North West Province in South Africa31
Wild food plants of Brazil: a theoretical approach to non-random selection31
Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats31
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants gathered and sold by Jbala society in the Tingitan Peninsula (Northwest Morocco)30
Cyclamen persicum Mill. and Leontice leontopetalum L., common vernacular names – and their relation to washing, incense and the unexplained ‘Jordan Dome’29
Reflections on the future of European ethnobiology28
Plant cultural indicators of forest resources from the Himalayan high mountains: implications for improving agricultural resilience, subsistence, and forest restoration27
The contemporary challenge for ethical research involving the knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities and afro-descendants and other marginalized, minority, or minoritized groups27
Farmers’ knowledge on cultivation, utilization and conservation practices of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in three selected districts in Ethiopia26
Edible wild plant species used by different linguistic groups of Kohistan Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan25
Healing from the wild: an ethnozoological exploration of animal-based medicine in Jhargram, West Bengal, India25
Faith healing: the threat of "Surucucu" and the local cure of Amazon floodplain dwellers25
Could non-humans have Traditional Ecological Knowledge? And if so, what should we do about it?25
Isolated Mediterranean foraging: wild greens in the matrifocal community of Olympos, Karpathos Island, Greece24
The traditional knowledge about the biodiversity of edible Brazilian fruits and their pollinators: an integrative review24
Ethno-medicinal uses and cultural importance of stingless bees and their hive products in several ethnic communities of Bhutan24
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human and livestock ailments in Addi Arkay district, northwest Ethiopia23
Local people’s interaction with Wejig-Mahgo-Waren Massif Forest in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia23
Ethnomycological knowledge of Slavic immigrant descendants in southern Brazil22
Traditional knowledge 10 min far from Barcelona: ethnobotanical study in the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula), a heavily anthropized agricultural area20
Making the most of scarce biological resources in the desert: Loptuq material culture in Eastern Turkestan around 190020
Ethnographic research on plant species used in ritual festivals of the Nung people in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam20
Biocultural memory of reciprocity: the Mapuche trafkintu as social-ecological relationships of care and vindication20
Climate change perceptions and adaptation by Sebei pastoralists in Mount Elgon, Uganda: a qualitative survey20
Traditional knowledge of medicinal mushrooms and lichens of Yuman peoples in Northern Mexico19
Ethnobotanical investigation of central and rural villages (neighborhoods) in the Ergani district of Diyarbakır, Turkey19
Female naturalists and the patterns of suppression of women scientists in history: the example of Maria Sibylla Merian and her contributions about useful plants19
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan19
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Dibatie district, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, western Ethiopia19
Plural and commoning? Forecasting four scenarios for ethnobiology and ethnomedicine by 203519
Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in multiethnic areas of the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone18
Folk taxonomy of wild mushrooms in communities of the indigenous groups Chatino, Chontal, and Chinantec in Oaxaca, Mexico18
Rural reality contradicts the ethnographic literature—a nationwide survey on folk beliefs and people's affection for the stork in Poland18
Socio-agronomic features define the structure of socioecological seed exchange network and “on farm” conservation of agrobiodiversity in quilombola communities in Brazil18
Conservation of wild food plants from wood uses: evidence supporting the protection hypothesis in Northeastern Brazil17
Peasant perception of beekeeping constraints and practices in large honey production areas in Burkina Faso17
Exploring local vegetables cultivated in home gardens of Pa Tio District, Yasothon Province, Thailand: ethnobotanical knowledge, nutritional value, and horticultural potential17
Sociocultural drivers of mycological knowledge: insights from Wixarika and Mestizo groups in western Mexico17
Foraging for the future: traditional culinary uses of wild plants in the Western Himalayas–Kashmir Valley (India)16
Changes in homegardens in relocation villages, a case study in the Baiku Yao area in Southern China16
The dawn of ethnomicrobiology: an interdisciplinary research field on interactions between humans and microorganisms16
Correction: Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines16
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil16
Bamboo worm collection activity and the changes in rural livelihoods in Yunnan Province, China16
Study of medicinal plants used in ethnoveterinary medical system in riverine areas of Punjab, Pakistan16
Eating "rubbish"? Exploring the herbal secrets of "Laji-He," a traditional herbal rice snack from southern China16
Cultural significance and conservation challenges of the hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) and other vulture species in northeastern Benin15
Ethnobotanical uses of plants in Nigeria: an analysis of current research trends and patterns15
Ethnomedicinal value of karst paddy weeds: insights from Zhuang communities in Jingxi, China15
Ethnobotanical documentation and conservation assessment of medicinal plants used by the Somali community in Karamara forest patches, Eastern Ethiopia14
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Bulang people in Yunnan, China14
Exploring unconventional food plants used by local communities in a rural area of West Java, Indonesia: ethnobotanical assessment, use trends, and potential for improved nutrition14
Traditional knowledge and consumption of wild edible plants in rural households, Limpopo Province, South Africa13
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania13
Edible caterpillars and their host plants: ethnobotanical insights in Kwilu, Democratic Republic of Congo13
Unravelling taboos and cultural beliefs associated with hidden hunger among pregnant and breast-feeding women in Buyende district Eastern Uganda12
Palm Sunday in central Mexico: among sellers, palms and syncretism12
Consumption of wild edible plants in the Kofale and Heban-Arsi districts, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia12
Ethnobotanical study of wild and semi-wild edible plants in Yeki district, Sheka Zone, Southwest Ethiopia12
Medicinal plant use in a context of coloniality: Congolese perspectives on lost and preserved healing traditions in Belgium12
Diversity of ethnomycological knowledge and mushroom foraging culture in a small nation: case of Lithuania12
Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines12
Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review12
The quest for Homer’s moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex12
Sociodemographic characteristics and participation of women in meliponiculture from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico12
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon11
“I know a lot about medicinal plants. I read, I watch, and I search": towards hybrid knowledge systems in the modern era11
Wild edible vegetables of ethnic communities of Mizoram (Northeast India): an ethnobotanical study in thrust of marketing potential11
The nexus between ecology of foraging and food security: cross-cultural perceptions of wild food plants in Kashmir Himalaya11
A potion for prolonged life? Germes’ recipe, a secret handwritten note from an 18th-century Swedish physician11
A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China11
The influence of urbanization on local ecological knowledge: a systematic review11
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the Miao people in Hainan, China10
Botanical Ethnoknowledge Index: a new quantitative assessment method for cross-cultural analysis10
Diversity, management, and uses of edible plants in a Ñäñho community of Southern Querétaro, Mexico10
Towards a forward-looking ethnobiology: envisioning and co-creating biocultural futures10
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia10
Wild edible plants of the Yao people in Jianghua, China: plant-associated traditional knowledge and practice vital for food security and ecosystem service10
A review of the melliferous flora of Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on the basis for the honey production cycle10
Ethnobotany study on wild edible plants used by the Tujia ethnic group in Laifeng, southwest Hubei, China10
The local medicinal plant knowledge in Kashmir Western Himalaya: a way to foster ecological transition via community-centred health seeking strategies10
Indigenous communities’ perceptions reveal threats and management options of wild edible plants in semiarid lands of northwestern Kenya10
Influence of the sociodemographic profile of hunters on the knowledge and use of faunistic resources9
Local knowledge of homegarden plants in Miao ethnic communities in Laershan region, Xiangxi area, China9
Socio-cultural motives drive free-range livestock farming in Estonia9
Correction: Andorran ethnomycology: culinary uses and beyond9
Variation of local zoological knowledge about Southern river otter and other semi-aquatic mammals in Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina)9
Documenting traditional knowledge of the Trans-Himalaya: ethnic uses of plants in Drass valley, Ladakh9
Ethnomedicinal and indigenous healing practices of the Tripuri people of Northeast India9
Andorran ethnomycology: culinary uses and beyond9
Correction: The quest for Homer’s moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex9
Medicinal plants trade in Harare’s urban markets: diversity, conservation status, and economic significance9
Beekeepers as guardians of apitherapeutic knowledge in Estonia, SW Ukraine, and NE Italy9
Ethnobotanical contributions to global fishing communities: a review8
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Metema and Quara districts, Northwestern Ethiopia8
Food taboos and animal conservation: a systematic review on how cultural expressions influence interaction with wildlife species8
Ethno-ecological knowledge of tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) across contrasted climate zones: uses, diversity, production system, and perception of climate change in Togo (West Africa)8
Gathering, agriculture, and exchange: an ethnoecological approach to the study of food patterns and feedstuff sources in communities of the Central Andes, Peru8
Traditional knowledge of animal-derived medicines used by Gelao community in Northern Guizhou, China8
Ethnobotany of traditional medicinal plants and associated indigenous knowledge in Dawuro Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia8
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human ailments in Quara district, northwestern Ethiopia8
Ethnobotanical review of traditional use of wild food plants in Japan8
Beyond household meals: a game-based approach to unveiling the role of insects in Malagasy children’s diets8
Composition of homegarden plants and cultural use in an indigenous community in Northwest Ethiopia8
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human ailments in Woleqa, Betto, and Abay National Park and its vicinity, Northeast Ethiopia8
Ethnobotanical studies on rice landraces under on-farm conservation in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, China8
Advancing ethnobiology for the ecological transition and a more inclusive and just world: a comprehensive framework for the next 20 years8
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants used by the Tibetan in the Rongjia River Valley, Tibet, China8
Medicinal waterbirds in the traditional healthcare system: an assessment of biodiversity–cultural linkages in Eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan8
Who are leeches? Exploring malleability in human–leech relations through ethnographies from Dagestan and Turkey8
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia8
Hunting practices in southwestern Amazonia: a comparative study of techniques, modalities, and baits among urban and rural hunters8
From the name to the popular image of the plant: the Polish names for the black elder (Sambucus nigra)7
Rooted in culture, constrained by means: exploring crops and associated motivations among Masikoro and Antandroy farmers in Southwestern Madagascar7
Governance and wild food plant value chains: a look at the Brazilian context7
Can family structure and contact with natural resources influence young people’s knowledge about medicinal plants? An approach in the Northeast of Brazil7
Displacement threatens local knowledge: plant foraging in a cross-cultural context in the Gomal area, NW Pakistan7
Food resilience and adaptation on the move: the importance of fostering studies on the Romani local knowledge systems7
Ethnobotanical knowledge of wild edible plants for empowering food and nutritional security in the Garo Hills, India7
Ethnobotanical study of traditional herbal medicine in the multi-ethnic convergence zone of Northwestern, Guizhou, China7
Local and traditional knowledge systems, resistance, and socioenvironmental justice7
Feed plants, ethnoveterinary medicine, and biocultural values: insights on the Luchuan pig from Hakka communities in China7
From healing landscapes to biocultural conservation: the role of Ficus septica in karst ecosystems of South Sulawesi, Indonesia7
Correction: Incorporating local stakeholders’ voices and knowledge into conservation decisions: a case study on the Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus Linnaeus, 1758) in Taijiang, Guizhou, China6
Beyond the border: comparative ethnobotany in Valmalenco (SO, Italy) and Valposchiavo (Canton of Grisons, Switzerland)6
The medicinal plant used in the Guangxi Fangcheng Golden Camellias national nature reserve, a coastal region in southern China6
Students’ knowledge of and conservation attitude toward the black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) in Guizhou, China: insights for conservation6
Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into habitat restoration: implications for meeting forest restoration challenges6
Ecological apparency, ethnobotanical importance and perceptions of population status of wild-growing medicinal plants in a reserve of south-central Mexico6
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal wild plants in the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Lebanon6
Interactions between local medical systems and the biomedical system: a conceptual and methodological review in light of hybridization subprocesses6
Patterns associated with hunting with dogs in a semiarid region of northeastern Brazil6
Plants of the USA: recordings on native North American useful species by Alexander von Humboldt6
From home garden to market: ethnobotanical insights from Jīn Sān Jiǎo Agricultural Market, Baise City, Guangxi, China6
Ethnomedicinal plants and traditional healing practices of indigenous communities in Dan Sub-district, Kap Choeng District, Surin Province, Thailand6
Wild edible plants and their cultural significance among the Zhuang ethnic group in Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China6
Academic history, domains and distribution of the hot-cold system in Mexico6
Ethnographic mapping of edible insects in Tanzania: cultural knowledge, biodiversity, and food system implications6
Can socioeconomic factors and the availability of medicinal plant resources influence people's perception of risk in relation to diseases?6
Avian diversity and ethnoornithology in Pawukon - a 19th-Century Javanese manuscript : informing contemporary conservation of vulnerable species5
Cultural and ethnobotanical legacy of native potatoes in Colombia5
Traditional knowledge of wild plants on traditional tools, materials, products and economic practices in southern Yemen5
Traditional ecological knowledge for great ape conservation in Gabon5
Ethnobotanical study of the wild edible and healthy functional plant resources of the Gelao people in northern Guizhou, China5
Wild food plant knowledge in multicultural peri-urban area of North-Western Punjab, Pakistan5
Study on medicinal food plants in the Gaoligongshan Biosphere Reserve, the richest biocultural diversity center in China5
Green pharmacy at the tips of your toes: medicinal plants used by Setos and Russians of Pechorsky District, Pskov Oblast (NW Russia)5
Healing hands: a traditional bone-setting practice in South Wollo, Kelala Woreda Ethiopia5
Access restrictions to forest resources, rather than COVID-19 bans, drive the selection of firewood species for bonfires during Festas Juninas in northeastern Brazil5
Correction: Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Bulang people in Yunnan, China5
How do plant demographic and ecological traits combined with social dynamics and human traits affect woody plant selection for medicinal uses in Benin (West Africa)?5
Does plant form recapitulate its therapeutic function? a test for red sap plants5
“The climate itself must have hidden some medicines”: traditional veterinary medicine of indigenous and non-indigenous campesinos of the southern Andes5
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local people in Habru District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia5
Wild edible plants selection of Tibetan and Naxi people in Northwest Yunnan, China5
Patterns of use of wild food plants by Brazilian local communities: systematic review and meta-analysis5
How can ethnobiology and ethnomedicine foster more applied and concrete solutions to safeguard medicinal systems of Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local communities?5
Ethnobotanical study of underutilized wild edible plants and threats to their long-term existence in Midakegn District, West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia4
Plant diversity and ethnobotanical importance of home gardens in Ghana’s middle belt: a cross-sectional survey of the Sunyani municipality4
Cultural and ethnopharmacological uses of wildlife in the himalayan region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan4
How funnel chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis) became an urban forager favorite in Scandinavia4
Ethnobotanical insights into the traditional food plants of the Baiku Yao community: a study of cultural significance, utilization, and conservation4
Crumbotti and rose petals in a ghost mountain valley: foraging, landscape, and their transformations in the upper Borbera Valley, NW Italy4
Gendered traditional agroecological knowledge in agri-food systems: a systematic review4
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the indigenous community of the western region of Mizoram, India4
Boat-shaped houses of the indigenous Li people on Hainan Island, China: plant resources and ecological adaptations4
Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia4
Beautifully dangerous or dangerously beautiful: perceptions of southern African pythons (Python natalensis) in southern African rural and urban areas4
Correction: Conservation of wild food plants from wood uses: evidence supporting the protection hypothesis in Northeastern Brazil4
Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads4
The ecology of plant ingredients, food heritage, and adaptation among Syrian, Afghan, and Egyptian Coptic diasporas in Northwestern Italy4
Keeping reptiles as pets in Brazil: keepers’ motivations and husbandry practices4
Traditional ecological knowledge sustains due to poverty and lack of choices rather than thinking about the environment4
Harmony in nature: understanding the cultural and ecological aspects of plant use in Ladakh4
What are the most significant challenges that ethnobiology and ethnomedicine have faced so far, and how were they dealt with?4
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