OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine is 10. 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.)

Article	Citations
Legendary fermented herbs: an ethnobotanical study of the traditional fermentation starter of the Chuanqing people in Northwestern Guizhou, China	85
Editorial: 2025 JEET Emerging Scientist Award in Ethnobiology and Winner Announcement	75
Nerium oleander L., a circum-Mediterranean study of the etymological, ecological, historical, mythological, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names	74
Wild food plants of Brazil: a theoretical approach to non-random selection	54
An ethnoveterinary study on medicinal plants used by the Bai people in Yunlong County northwest Yunnan, China	50
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 Ethiopia	44
Honey production, an economic alternative for coastal areas with mangrove ecosystems: a case study in Sabancuy, Campeche, southeastern Mexico	41
Utilization of non-chemical pest control practices among agro-pastoralist farmers in Gambella region, Ethiopia	40
Gold from nature’s pantry: a diachronic study of Rubus chamaemorus L. (Rosaceae) in swedish gastronomy and economy	39
Medicinal plants traded in Hakka communities of southeastern Guangxi, China	39
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 pathways	36
Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)	33
Descriptive ethnobotanical studies are needed for the rescue operation of documenting traditional knowledge	33
The traditional knowledge about the biodiversity of edible Brazilian fruits and their pollinators: an integrative review	32
Faith healing: the threat of "Surucucu" and the local cure of Amazon floodplain dwellers	32
Healing from the wild: an ethnozoological exploration of animal-based medicine in Jhargram, West Bengal, India	31
Isolated Mediterranean foraging: wild greens in the matrifocal community of Olympos, Karpathos Island, Greece	31
Farmers’ knowledge on cultivation, utilization and conservation practices of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in three selected districts in Ethiopia	31
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 Bhutan	30
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 restoration	29
Reflections on the future of European ethnobiology	28
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	27

Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats	27
Wild edible plants and associated indigenous knowledge among the Setswana-speaking people of North West Province in South Africa	27
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human and livestock ailments in Addi Arkay district, northwest Ethiopia	27
Edible wild plant species used by different linguistic groups of Kohistan Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan	26
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 Brazil	26
Biocultural memory of reciprocity: the Mapuche trafkintu as social-ecological relationships of care and vindication	25
Making the most of scarce biological resources in the desert: Loptuq material culture in Eastern Turkestan around 1900	25
Ethnomycological knowledge of Slavic immigrant descendants in southern Brazil	24
Ethnographic research on plant species used in ritual festivals of the Nung people in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam	22
Traditional knowledge 10 min far from Barcelona: ethnobotanical study in the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula), a heavily anthropized agricultural area	22
Female naturalists and the patterns of suppression of women scientists in history: the example of Maria Sibylla Merian and her contributions about useful plants	22
Ethnobotanical investigation of central and rural villages (neighborhoods) in the Ergani district of Diyarbakır, Turkey	22
Local people’s interaction with Wejig-Mahgo-Waren Massif Forest in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia	22
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan	22
Plural and commoning? Forecasting four scenarios for ethnobiology and ethnomedicine by 2035	21
Rural reality contradicts the ethnographic literature—a nationwide survey on folk beliefs and people's affection for the stork in Poland	21
Sociocultural drivers of mycological knowledge: insights from Wixarika and Mestizo groups in western Mexico	21
Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in multiethnic areas of the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone	21
Peasant perception of beekeeping constraints and practices in large honey production areas in Burkina Faso	21
Climate change perceptions and adaptation by Sebei pastoralists in Mount Elgon, Uganda: a qualitative survey	21
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Dibatie district, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, western Ethiopia	21
Conservation of wild food plants from wood uses: evidence supporting the protection hypothesis in Northeastern Brazil	21
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, Mexico	20
Exploring local vegetables cultivated in home gardens of Pa Tio District, Yasothon Province, Thailand: ethnobotanical knowledge, nutritional value, and horticultural potential	20
Study of medicinal plants used in ethnoveterinary medical system in riverine areas of Punjab, Pakistan	19
Ethnomedicinal value of karst paddy weeds: insights from Zhuang communities in Jingxi, China	19
Cultural significance and conservation challenges of the hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) and other vulture species in northeastern Benin	18
Correction: Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines	18
Eating "rubbish"? Exploring the herbal secrets of "Laji-He," a traditional herbal rice snack from southern China	18
Bamboo worm collection activity and the changes in rural livelihoods in Yunnan Province, China	17
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil	17
The dawn of ethnomicrobiology: an interdisciplinary research field on interactions between humans and microorganisms	17
Traditional knowledge and consumption of wild edible plants in rural households, Limpopo Province, South Africa	16
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Bulang people in Yunnan, China	16
Ethnobotanical uses of plants in Nigeria: an analysis of current research trends and patterns	16
Sociodemographic characteristics and participation of women in meliponiculture from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico	15
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania	15
Medicinal plant use in a context of coloniality: Congolese perspectives on lost and preserved healing traditions in Belgium	15
Exploring unconventional food plants used by local communities in a rural area of West Java, Indonesia: ethnobotanical assessment, use trends, and potential for improved nutrition	15
Ethnobotanical documentation and conservation assessment of medicinal plants used by the Somali community in Karamara forest patches, Eastern Ethiopia	15
Changes in homegardens in relocation villages, a case study in the Baiku Yao area in Southern China	15
Palm Sunday in central Mexico: among sellers, palms and syncretism	14
Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines	14
Unravelling taboos and cultural beliefs associated with hidden hunger among pregnant and breast-feeding women in Buyende district Eastern Uganda	13
Edible caterpillars and their host plants: ethnobotanical insights in Kwilu, Democratic Republic of Congo	13
Consumption of wild edible plants in the Kofale and Heban-Arsi districts, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia	13
Diversity of ethnomycological knowledge and mushroom foraging culture in a small nation: case of Lithuania	13
“I know a lot about medicinal plants. I read, I watch, and I search": towards hybrid knowledge systems in the modern era	12

The quest for Homer’s moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex	12
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon	12
A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China	12
Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review	12
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the Miao people in Hainan, China	12
Ethnobotanical study of wild and semi-wild edible plants in Yeki district, Sheka Zone, Southwest Ethiopia	12
Wild edible vegetables of ethnic communities of Mizoram (Northeast India): an ethnobotanical study in thrust of marketing potential	11
Botanical Ethnoknowledge Index: a new quantitative assessment method for cross-cultural analysis	11
Ethnobotany study on wild edible plants used by the Tujia ethnic group in Laifeng, southwest Hubei, China	11
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia	11
A potion for prolonged life? Germes’ recipe, a secret handwritten note from an 18th-century Swedish physician	11
The nexus between ecology of foraging and food security: cross-cultural perceptions of wild food plants in Kashmir Himalaya	11
The influence of urbanization on local ecological knowledge: a systematic review	11
Diversity, management, and uses of edible plants in a Ñäñho community of Southern Querétaro, Mexico	10
Wild edible plants of the Yao people in Jianghua, China: plant-associated traditional knowledge and practice vital for food security and ecosystem service	10
A review of the melliferous flora of Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on the basis for the honey production cycle	10
Ethnomedicinal and indigenous healing practices of the Tripuri people of Northeast India	10
The local medicinal plant knowledge in Kashmir Western Himalaya: a way to foster ecological transition via community-centred health seeking strategies	10
Towards a forward-looking ethnobiology: envisioning and co-creating biocultural futures	10
Between gods and green: ritual plant use of traditional festivals in the Chaoshan region, China	10
Correction: Andorran ethnomycology: culinary uses and beyond	10
Indigenous communities’ perceptions reveal threats and management options of wild edible plants in semiarid lands of northwestern Kenya	10
Beekeepers as guardians of apitherapeutic knowledge in Estonia, SW Ukraine, and NE Italy	10
Socio-cultural motives drive free-range livestock farming in Estonia	10