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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Legendary fermented herbs: an ethnobotanical study of the traditional fermentation starter of the Chuanqing people in Northwestern Guizhou, China85
Editorial: 2025 JEET Emerging Scientist Award in Ethnobiology and Winner Announcement75
Nerium oleander L., a circum-Mediterranean study of the etymological, ecological, historical, mythological, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names74
Wild food plants of Brazil: a theoretical approach to non-random selection54
An ethnoveterinary study on medicinal plants used by the Bai people in Yunlong County northwest Yunnan, China50
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 Ethiopia44
Honey production, an economic alternative for coastal areas with mangrove ecosystems: a case study in Sabancuy, Campeche, southeastern Mexico41
Utilization of non-chemical pest control practices among agro-pastoralist farmers in Gambella region, Ethiopia40
Medicinal plants traded in Hakka communities of southeastern Guangxi, China39
Gold from nature’s pantry: a diachronic study of Rubus chamaemorus L. (Rosaceae) in swedish gastronomy and economy39
Traditional medical practices for children in five islands from the Society archipelago (French Polynesia)38
Aboriginal medicinal plants of Queensland: ethnopharmacological uses, species diversity, and biodiscovery pathways36
Descriptive ethnobotanical studies are needed for the rescue operation of documenting traditional knowledge33
Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)33
The traditional knowledge about the biodiversity of edible Brazilian fruits and their pollinators: an integrative review32
Faith healing: the threat of "Surucucu" and the local cure of Amazon floodplain dwellers32
Healing from the wild: an ethnozoological exploration of animal-based medicine in Jhargram, West Bengal, India31
Isolated Mediterranean foraging: wild greens in the matrifocal community of Olympos, Karpathos Island, Greece31
Farmers’ knowledge on cultivation, utilization and conservation practices of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in three selected districts in Ethiopia31
Cyclamen persicum Mill. and Leontice leontopetalum L., common vernacular names – and their relation to washing, incense and the unexplained ‘Jordan Dome’30
Ethno-medicinal uses and cultural importance of stingless bees and their hive products in several ethnic communities of Bhutan30
Could non-humans have Traditional Ecological Knowledge? And if so, what should we do about it?30
Plant cultural indicators of forest resources from the Himalayan high mountains: implications for improving agricultural resilience, subsistence, and forest restoration29
Reflections on the future of European ethnobiology28
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
Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats27
Wild edible plants and associated indigenous knowledge among the Setswana-speaking people of North West Province in South Africa27
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human and livestock ailments in Addi Arkay district, northwest Ethiopia27
Edible wild plant species used by different linguistic groups of Kohistan Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan26
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants gathered and sold by Jbala society in the Tingitan Peninsula (Northwest Morocco)26
Socio-agronomic features define the structure of socioecological seed exchange network and “on farm” conservation of agrobiodiversity in quilombola communities in Brazil26
Biocultural memory of reciprocity: the Mapuche trafkintu as social-ecological relationships of care and vindication25
Making the most of scarce biological resources in the desert: Loptuq material culture in Eastern Turkestan around 190025
Ethnomycological knowledge of Slavic immigrant descendants in southern Brazil24
Ethnographic research on plant species used in ritual festivals of the Nung people in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam22
Traditional knowledge 10 min far from Barcelona: ethnobotanical study in the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula), a heavily anthropized agricultural area22
Female naturalists and the patterns of suppression of women scientists in history: the example of Maria Sibylla Merian and her contributions about useful plants22
Ethnobotanical investigation of central and rural villages (neighborhoods) in the Ergani district of Diyarbakır, Turkey22
Local people’s interaction with Wejig-Mahgo-Waren Massif Forest in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia22
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan22
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Dibatie district, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, western Ethiopia21
Conservation of wild food plants from wood uses: evidence supporting the protection hypothesis in Northeastern Brazil21
Plural and commoning? Forecasting four scenarios for ethnobiology and ethnomedicine by 203521
Rural reality contradicts the ethnographic literature—a nationwide survey on folk beliefs and people's affection for the stork in Poland21
Sociocultural drivers of mycological knowledge: insights from Wixarika and Mestizo groups in western Mexico21
Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in multiethnic areas of the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone21
Peasant perception of beekeeping constraints and practices in large honey production areas in Burkina Faso21
Climate change perceptions and adaptation by Sebei pastoralists in Mount Elgon, Uganda: a qualitative survey21
Foraging for the future: traditional culinary uses of wild plants in the Western Himalayas–Kashmir Valley (India)20
Folk taxonomy of wild mushrooms in communities of the indigenous groups Chatino, Chontal, and Chinantec in Oaxaca, Mexico20
Exploring local vegetables cultivated in home gardens of Pa Tio District, Yasothon Province, Thailand: ethnobotanical knowledge, nutritional value, and horticultural potential20
Study of medicinal plants used in ethnoveterinary medical system in riverine areas of Punjab, Pakistan19
Ethnomedicinal value of karst paddy weeds: insights from Zhuang communities in Jingxi, China19
Cultural significance and conservation challenges of the hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) and other vulture species in northeastern Benin18
Correction: Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines18
Eating "rubbish"? Exploring the herbal secrets of "Laji-He," a traditional herbal rice snack from southern China18
Bamboo worm collection activity and the changes in rural livelihoods in Yunnan Province, China17
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil17
The dawn of ethnomicrobiology: an interdisciplinary research field on interactions between humans and microorganisms17
Traditional knowledge and consumption of wild edible plants in rural households, Limpopo Province, South Africa16
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Bulang people in Yunnan, China16
Ethnobotanical uses of plants in Nigeria: an analysis of current research trends and patterns16
Sociodemographic characteristics and participation of women in meliponiculture from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico15
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania15
Medicinal plant use in a context of coloniality: Congolese perspectives on lost and preserved healing traditions in Belgium15
Exploring unconventional food plants used by local communities in a rural area of West Java, Indonesia: ethnobotanical assessment, use trends, and potential for improved nutrition15
Ethnobotanical documentation and conservation assessment of medicinal plants used by the Somali community in Karamara forest patches, Eastern Ethiopia15
Changes in homegardens in relocation villages, a case study in the Baiku Yao area in Southern China15
Palm Sunday in central Mexico: among sellers, palms and syncretism14
Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines14
Diversity of ethnomycological knowledge and mushroom foraging culture in a small nation: case of Lithuania13
Unravelling taboos and cultural beliefs associated with hidden hunger among pregnant and breast-feeding women in Buyende district Eastern Uganda13
Edible caterpillars and their host plants: ethnobotanical insights in Kwilu, Democratic Republic of Congo13
Consumption of wild edible plants in the Kofale and Heban-Arsi districts, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia13
Ethnobotanical study of wild and semi-wild edible plants in Yeki district, Sheka Zone, Southwest Ethiopia12
“I know a lot about medicinal plants. I read, I watch, and I search": towards hybrid knowledge systems in the modern era12
The quest for Homer’s moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex12
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon12
A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China12
Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review12
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the Miao people in Hainan, China12
Wild edible vegetables of ethnic communities of Mizoram (Northeast India): an ethnobotanical study in thrust of marketing potential11
Botanical Ethnoknowledge Index: a new quantitative assessment method for cross-cultural analysis11
Ethnobotany study on wild edible plants used by the Tujia ethnic group in Laifeng, southwest Hubei, China11
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia11
A potion for prolonged life? Germes’ recipe, a secret handwritten note from an 18th-century Swedish physician11
The nexus between ecology of foraging and food security: cross-cultural perceptions of wild food plants in Kashmir Himalaya11
The influence of urbanization on local ecological knowledge: a systematic review11
The local medicinal plant knowledge in Kashmir Western Himalaya: a way to foster ecological transition via community-centred health seeking strategies10
Towards a forward-looking ethnobiology: envisioning and co-creating biocultural futures10
Between gods and green: ritual plant use of traditional festivals in the Chaoshan region, China10
Correction: Andorran ethnomycology: culinary uses and beyond10
Indigenous communities’ perceptions reveal threats and management options of wild edible plants in semiarid lands of northwestern Kenya10
Beekeepers as guardians of apitherapeutic knowledge in Estonia, SW Ukraine, and NE Italy10
Socio-cultural motives drive free-range livestock farming in Estonia10
Diversity, management, and uses of edible plants in a Ñäñho community of Southern Querétaro, Mexico10
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
Ethnomedicinal and indigenous healing practices of the Tripuri people of Northeast India10
Andorran ethnomycology: culinary uses and beyond9
Does aroma influence Indigenous and local people’s selection and utilization of plants? A scoping review9
Documenting traditional knowledge of the Trans-Himalaya: ethnic uses of plants in Drass valley, Ladakh9
Ethnobotanical studies on rice landraces under on-farm conservation in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, China9
Medicinal waterbirds in the traditional healthcare system: an assessment of biodiversity–cultural linkages in Eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan9
Medicinal plants trade in Harare’s urban markets: diversity, conservation status, and economic significance9
Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants in The Kuancheng Traditional Chestnut Eco-Planting System, a globally important agricultural heritage system in Hebei, China9
Ethnobotanical review of traditional use of wild food plants in Japan9
Food taboos and animal conservation: a systematic review on how cultural expressions influence interaction with wildlife species9
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Metema and Quara districts, Northwestern Ethiopia9
Correction: The quest for Homer’s moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex9
Variation of local zoological knowledge about Southern river otter and other semi-aquatic mammals in Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina)9
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants used by the Tibetan in the Rongjia River Valley, Tibet, China9
Advancing ethnobiology for the ecological transition and a more inclusive and just world: a comprehensive framework for the next 20 years9
Local knowledge of homegarden plants in Miao ethnic communities in Laershan region, Xiangxi area, China9
Ethnobotanical contributions to global fishing communities: a review8
Who are leeches? Exploring malleability in human–leech relations through ethnographies from Dagestan and Turkey8
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human ailments in Woleqa, Betto, and Abay National Park and its vicinity, Northeast Ethiopia8
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
Ethnoveterinary practices and traditional medicinal plant use in North Wollo, Ethiopia8
Ethnobotanical study of traditional herbal medicine in the multi-ethnic convergence zone of Northwestern, Guizhou, China8
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
Can family structure and contact with natural resources influence young people’s knowledge about medicinal plants? An approach in the Northeast of Brazil8
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human ailments in Quara district, northwestern Ethiopia8
Beyond household meals: a game-based approach to unveiling the role of insects in Malagasy children’s diets8
Hunting practices in southwestern Amazonia: a comparative study of techniques, modalities, and baits among urban and rural hunters8
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia8
From the name to the popular image of the plant: the Polish names for the black elder (Sambucus nigra)8
Displacement threatens local knowledge: plant foraging in a cross-cultural context in the Gomal area, NW Pakistan7
From healing landscapes to biocultural conservation: the role of Ficus septica in karst ecosystems of South Sulawesi, Indonesia7
Ethnomedicinal plants and traditional healing practices of indigenous communities in Dan Sub-district, Kap Choeng District, Surin Province, Thailand7
Feed plants, ethnoveterinary medicine, and biocultural values: insights on the Luchuan pig from Hakka communities in China7
Local and traditional knowledge systems, resistance, and socioenvironmental justice7
Rooted in culture, constrained by means: exploring crops and associated motivations among Masikoro and Antandroy farmers in Southwestern Madagascar7
Food resilience and adaptation on the move: the importance of fostering studies on the Romani local knowledge systems7
Governance and wild food plant value chains: a look at the Brazilian context7
Ecological apparency, ethnobotanical importance and perceptions of population status of wild-growing medicinal plants in a reserve of south-central Mexico7
Ethnobotanical knowledge of wild edible plants for empowering food and nutritional security in the Garo Hills, India7
Nature-human’s celebratory ties: indigenous foodways and festive traditions of central India7
Environmental change, risk perception, and adaptation: a study with extractivists of the Babaçu palm (Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng) in an ecotonal environment in Northeastern Brazil7
How can ethnobiology and ethnomedicine foster more applied and concrete solutions to safeguard medicinal systems of Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local communities?6
Wild food plant knowledge in multicultural peri-urban area of North-Western Punjab, Pakistan6
Patterns associated with hunting with dogs in a semiarid region of northeastern Brazil6
Interactions between local medical systems and the biomedical system: a conceptual and methodological review in light of hybridization subprocesses6
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
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal wild plants in the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Lebanon6
Plants of the USA: recordings on native North American useful species by Alexander von Humboldt6
Refocusing the study of human–plant relations to the genus scale: Indigenous selection pressures in Xanthosoma6
Healing hands: a traditional bone-setting practice in South Wollo, Kelala Woreda Ethiopia6
Temple prescription slips as living ethnomedicine: practitioner knowledge and exploratory bioinformatics mapping of Malaysian Chinese folk therapeutics6
Wild edible plants and their cultural significance among the Zhuang ethnic group in Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China6
Wild plant trade in Mexican traditional market: an ethnobotanical review from a socio-ecological systems perspective6
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
Does plant form recapitulate its therapeutic function? a test for red sap plants6
Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into habitat restoration: implications for meeting forest restoration challenges6
Avian diversity and ethnoornithology in Pawukon - a 19th-Century Javanese manuscript : informing contemporary conservation of vulnerable species6
From home garden to market: ethnobotanical insights from Jīn Sān Jiǎo Agricultural Market, Baise City, Guangxi, China6
Academic history, domains and distribution of the hot-cold system in Mexico6
Bryophytes of Benin Republic: traditional knowledge, uses and perceived threats6
Ethnographic mapping of edible insects in Tanzania: cultural knowledge, biodiversity, and food system implications6
Study on medicinal food plants in the Gaoligongshan Biosphere Reserve, the richest biocultural diversity center in China6
Can socioeconomic factors and the availability of medicinal plant resources influence people's perception of risk in relation to diseases?6
Keeping reptiles as pets in Brazil: keepers’ motivations and husbandry practices5
Patterns of use of wild food plants by Brazilian local communities: systematic review and meta-analysis5
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local people in Habru District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia5
Cultural and ethnobotanical legacy of native potatoes in Colombia5
Boat-shaped houses of the indigenous Li people on Hainan Island, China: plant resources and ecological adaptations5
Traditional ecological knowledge for great ape conservation in Gabon5
Access restrictions to forest resources, rather than COVID-19 bans, drive the selection of firewood species for bonfires during Festas Juninas in northeastern Brazil5
The Tupinambá of Maranhão State, Brazil, and medicinal plants described in the 17th century chronicles of the Capuchins Claude d’Abbeville and Yves d’Évreux5
Ethnobotanical insights into the traditional food plants of the Baiku Yao community: a study of cultural significance, utilization, and conservation5
Ethnobotanical study of the wild edible and healthy functional plant resources of the Gelao people in northern Guizhou, China5
Wild edible plants selection of Tibetan and Naxi people in Northwest Yunnan, China5
Correction: Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Bulang people in Yunnan, China5
Traditional medicinal bath plants along the Beibu Gulf coast of Guangxi, China5
Traditional knowledge of wild plants on traditional tools, materials, products and economic practices in southern Yemen5
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
Ethnobotanical study of underutilized wild edible plants and threats to their long-term existence in Midakegn District, West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia4
Harmony in nature: understanding the cultural and ecological aspects of plant use in Ladakh4
Beautifully dangerous or dangerously beautiful: perceptions of southern African pythons (Python natalensis) in southern African rural and urban areas4
Indigenous water governance in a China-Vietnam borderland: ethnographic insights from Nung and Tay communities4
Ethnobiology! Until when will the colonialist legacy be reinforced?4
Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia4
Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads4
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the indigenous community of the western region of Mizoram, India4
Correction: Conservation of wild food plants from wood uses: evidence supporting the protection hypothesis in Northeastern Brazil4
Gendered traditional agroecological knowledge in agri-food systems: a systematic review4
Sustaining colors of tradition: ethnobotanical study on natural dye plants in Guangxi, China4
Nanhai Jigui Neifa Zhuan: exploration of and research on hygiene, medicine and health care knowledge in ancient India4
Cultural and ethnopharmacological uses of wildlife in the himalayan region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan4
What are the most significant challenges that ethnobiology and ethnomedicine have faced so far, and how were they dealt with?4
Plant diversity and ethnobotanical importance of home gardens in Ghana’s middle belt: a cross-sectional survey of the Sunyani municipality4
Traditional utilization of weeds and ethnic ecological wisdom in Longsheng terraces—a study based on globally important agricultural heritage systems4
Traditional ecological knowledge sustains due to poverty and lack of choices rather than thinking about the environment4
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