OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine is 20. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
The legacy of traditional rice cultivation by descendants of Indian contract laborers in Suriname	218
Traditional medical practices for children in five islands from the Society archipelago (French Polynesia)	75
Legendary fermented herbs: an ethnobotanical study of the traditional fermentation starter of the Chuanqing people in Northwestern Guizhou, China	47
Wild food plants of Brazil: a theoretical approach to non-random selection	41
An ethnoveterinary study on medicinal plants used by the Bai people in Yunlong County northwest Yunnan, China	41
Honey production, an economic alternative for coastal areas with mangrove ecosystems: a case study in Sabancuy, Campeche, southeastern Mexico	36
Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)	35
Descriptive ethnobotanical studies are needed for the rescue operation of documenting traditional knowledge	34
Aboriginal medicinal plants of Queensland: ethnopharmacological uses, species diversity, and biodiscovery pathways	31
Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China	30
An ethnobiological study on traditional knowledge associated with black-boned sheep (Ovis aries) in Northwest Yunnan, China	29
Plant cultural indicators of forest resources from the Himalayan high mountains: implications for improving agricultural resilience, subsistence, and forest restoration	28
Farmers’ knowledge on cultivation, utilization and conservation practices of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in three selected districts in Ethiopia	24
Taste and chemical composition as drives for utilitarian redundancy and equivalence: a case study in local medical systems in Northeastern Brazil	22
Isolated Mediterranean foraging: wild greens in the matrifocal community of Olympos, Karpathos Island, Greece	21
The traditional knowledge about the biodiversity of edible Brazilian fruits and their pollinators: an integrative review	21
Faith healing: the threat of "Surucucu" and the local cure of Amazon floodplain dwellers	21
Ethno-medicinal uses and cultural importance of stingless bees and their hive products in several ethnic communities of Bhutan	21
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	21
Healing from the wild: an ethnozoological exploration of animal-based medicine in Jhargram, West Bengal, India	20
Traditional sports and games among the Sámi people in Northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi): an ethnobiological perspective	20
Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats	20