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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Legendary fermented herbs: an ethnobotanical study of the traditional fermentation starter of the Chuanqing people in Northwestern Guizhou, China225
Traditional medical practices for children in five islands from the Society archipelago (French Polynesia)49
An ethnoveterinary study on medicinal plants used by the Bai people in Yunlong County northwest Yunnan, China48
Medicinal plants traded in Hakka communities of southeastern Guangxi, China46
An ethnobiological study on traditional knowledge associated  with black-boned sheep (Ovis aries) in Northwest Yunnan, China46
Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)44
Honey production, an economic alternative for coastal areas with mangrove ecosystems: a case study in Sabancuy, Campeche, southeastern Mexico43
Descriptive ethnobotanical studies are needed for the rescue operation of documenting traditional knowledge40
Wild food plants of Brazil: a theoretical approach to non-random selection38
Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China32
Aboriginal medicinal plants of Queensland: ethnopharmacological uses, species diversity, and biodiscovery pathways28
Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats27
Farmers’ knowledge on cultivation, utilization and conservation practices of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in three selected districts in Ethiopia26
The contemporary challenge for ethical research involving the knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities and afro-descendants and other marginalized, minority, or minoritized groups26
Traditional sports and games among the Sámi people in Northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi): an ethnobiological perspective26
Isolated Mediterranean foraging: wild greens in the matrifocal community of Olympos, Karpathos Island, Greece25
Taste and chemical composition as drives for utilitarian redundancy and equivalence: a case study in local medical systems in Northeastern Brazil25
Faith healing: the threat of "Surucucu" and the local cure of Amazon floodplain dwellers23
Healing from the wild: an ethnozoological exploration of animal-based medicine in Jhargram, West Bengal, India22
Edible wild plant species used by different linguistic groups of Kohistan Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan22
The traditional knowledge about the biodiversity of edible Brazilian fruits and their pollinators: an integrative review22
Plant cultural indicators of forest resources from the Himalayan high mountains: implications for improving agricultural resilience, subsistence, and forest restoration22
Ethno-medicinal uses and cultural importance of stingless bees and their hive products in several ethnic communities of Bhutan22
Female naturalists and the patterns of suppression of women scientists in history: the example of Maria Sibylla Merian and her contributions about useful plants21
Reflections on the future of European ethnobiology21
Biocultural memory of reciprocity: the Mapuche trafkintu as social-ecological relationships of care and vindication21
Traditional knowledge of medicinal mushrooms and lichens of Yuman peoples in Northern Mexico21
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human and livestock ailments in Addi Arkay district, northwest Ethiopia21
Traditional knowledge 10 min far from Barcelona: ethnobotanical study in the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula), a heavily anthropized agricultural area20
Climate change perceptions and adaptation by Sebei pastoralists in Mount Elgon, Uganda: a qualitative survey19
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan19
Making the most of scarce biological resources in the desert: Loptuq material culture in Eastern Turkestan around 190019
Local people’s interaction with Wejig-Mahgo-Waren Massif Forest in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia19
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Dibatie district, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, western Ethiopia18
Plural and commoning? Forecasting four scenarios for ethnobiology and ethnomedicine by 203518
Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in multiethnic areas of the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone18
Conservation of wild food plants from wood uses: evidence supporting the protection hypothesis in Northeastern Brazil17
Sociocultural drivers of mycological knowledge: insights from Wixarika and Mestizo groups in western Mexico16
Rural reality contradicts the ethnographic literature—a nationwide survey on folk beliefs and people's affection for the stork in Poland16
Foraging for the future: traditional culinary uses of wild plants in the Western Himalayas–Kashmir Valley (India)16
Folk taxonomy of wild mushrooms in communities of the indigenous groups Chatino, Chontal, and Chinantec in Oaxaca, Mexico16
Peasant perception of beekeeping constraints and practices in large honey production areas in Burkina Faso16
‘A disease like any other’ traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use and perspectives in the context of COVID-19 among the Congolese community in Belgium15
A study of the plant folk nomenclature of the Yi people in Xiaoliangshan, Yunnan Province, China, and the implications for protecting biodiversity15
Eating "rubbish"? Exploring the herbal secrets of "Laji-He," a traditional herbal rice snack from southern China14
Correction: Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines14
Study of medicinal plants used in ethnoveterinary medical system in riverine areas of Punjab, Pakistan14
Integrated pond aquaculture and regional identity: ethnobiology of the golden humped tench of Poirino highlands, Northwest Italy14
Traditional knowledge and consumption of wild edible plants in rural households, Limpopo Province, South Africa14
Changes in homegardens in relocation villages, a case study in the Baiku Yao area in Southern China14
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil14
Exploring unconventional food plants used by local communities in a rural area of West Java, Indonesia: ethnobotanical assessment, use trends, and potential for improved nutrition13
Ethnobotanical uses of plants in Nigeria: an analysis of current research trends and patterns13
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Bulang people in Yunnan, China13
Cultural significance and conservation challenges of the hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) and other vulture species in northeastern Benin13
The dawn of ethnomicrobiology: an interdisciplinary research field on interactions between humans and microorganisms12
Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines12
Sociodemographic characteristics and participation of women in meliponiculture from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico12
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania12
Use of wild vertebrates for consumption and bushmeat trade in Brazil: a review12
A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China11
Palm Sunday in central Mexico: among sellers, palms and syncretism11
Diversity of ethnomycological knowledge and mushroom foraging culture in a small nation: case of Lithuania11
Unravelling taboos and cultural beliefs associated with hidden hunger among pregnant and breast-feeding women in Buyende district Eastern Uganda11
The quest for Homer’s moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex11
Consumption of wild edible plants in the Kofale and Heban-Arsi districts, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia11
Ethnobotanical study of wild and semi-wild edible plants in Yeki district, Sheka Zone, Southwest Ethiopia11
Edible caterpillars and their host plants: ethnobotanical insights in Kwilu, Democratic Republic of Congo11
The local medicinal plant knowledge in Kashmir Western Himalaya: a way to foster ecological transition via community-centred health seeking strategies10
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the Miao people in Hainan, China10
Ethnobotany study on wild edible plants used by the Tujia ethnic group in Laifeng, southwest Hubei, China10
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon10
Wild edible vegetables of ethnic communities of Mizoram (Northeast India): an ethnobotanical study in thrust of marketing potential10
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia10
The influence of urbanization on local ecological knowledge: a systematic review10
Botanical Ethnoknowledge Index: a new quantitative assessment method for cross-cultural analysis9
Beekeepers as guardians of apitherapeutic knowledge in Estonia, SW Ukraine, and NE Italy9
Indigenous communities’ perceptions reveal threats and management options of wild edible plants in semiarid lands of northwestern Kenya9
Wild edible plants of the Yao people in Jianghua, China: plant-associated traditional knowledge and practice vital for food security and ecosystem service9
A potion for prolonged life? Germes’ recipe, a secret handwritten note from an 18th-century Swedish physician9
The loneliness of the long-distance ethnobotanist: a constructive critique of methods used in an ethnoveterinary study in Mongolia9
Traditional uses and practices of edible cultivated Allium species (fam. Amaryllidaceae) in Sweden9
Diversity, management, and uses of edible plants in a Ñäñho community of Southern Querétaro, Mexico9
The nexus between ecology of foraging and food security: cross-cultural perceptions of wild food plants in Kashmir Himalaya9
A review of the melliferous flora of Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on the basis for the honey production cycle9
Shifting perceptions, preferences and practices in the African fruit trade: the case of African plum (Dacryodes edulis) in different cultural and urbanization contexts in Cameroon9
Medicinal plants trade in Harare’s urban markets: diversity, conservation status, and economic significance8
Local perception of ecosystem services and their conservation in Sudanian savannas of Burkina Faso (West Africa)8
Variation of local zoological knowledge about Southern river otter and other semi-aquatic mammals in Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina)8
Influence of the sociodemographic profile of hunters on the knowledge and use of faunistic resources8
Towards a forward-looking ethnobiology: envisioning and co-creating biocultural futures8
Indigenous farmers’ perceptions of problems in the rice field agroecosystems in the upper Baram, Malaysia8
Ethnomedicinal and indigenous healing practices of the Tripuri people of Northeast India8
Correction: The quest for Homer’s moly: exploring the potential of an early ethnobotanical complex7
Medicinal waterbirds in the traditional healthcare system: an assessment of biodiversity–cultural linkages in Eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan7
Ethnobotany of traditional medicinal plants and associated indigenous knowledge in Dawuro Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia7
Advancing ethnobiology for the ecological transition and a more inclusive and just world: a comprehensive framework for the next 20 years7
Food taboos and animal conservation: a systematic review on how cultural expressions influence interaction with wildlife species7
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Metema and Quara districts, Northwestern Ethiopia7
In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names7
Ethnobotanical studies on rice landraces under on-farm conservation in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, China7
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human ailments in Quara district, northwestern Ethiopia7
Ethnobotanical contributions to global fishing communities: a review7
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants used by the Tibetan in the Rongjia River Valley, Tibet, China7
Local knowledge of homegarden plants in Miao ethnic communities in Laershan region, Xiangxi area, China7
Ethnomedicinal study of medicinal plants used by Mizo tribes in Champhai district of Mizoram, India7
Ethnobotanical review of traditional use of wild food plants in Japan7
From the name to the popular image of the plant: the Polish names for the black elder (Sambucus nigra)6
Beyond the border: comparative ethnobotany in Valmalenco (SO, Italy) and Valposchiavo (Canton of Grisons, Switzerland)6
Known but not called by name: recreational fishers’ ecological knowledge of freshwater plants in Hungary6
Wild edible plants and their cultural significance among the Zhuang ethnic group in Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China6
Can family structure and contact with natural resources influence young people’s knowledge about medicinal plants? An approach in the Northeast of Brazil6
Gathering, agriculture, and exchange: an ethnoecological approach to the study of food patterns and feedstuff sources in communities of the Central Andes, Peru6
Hunting practices in southwestern Amazonia: a comparative study of techniques, modalities, and baits among urban and rural hunters6
Feed plants, ethnoveterinary medicine, and biocultural values: insights on the Luchuan pig from Hakka communities in China6
Ecological apparency, ethnobotanical importance and perceptions of population status of wild-growing medicinal plants in a reserve of south-central Mexico6
Cultural consensus and intracultural diversity in ethnotaxonomy: lessons from a fishing community in Northeast Brazil6
Academic history, domains and distribution of the hot-cold system in Mexico6
Food resilience and adaptation on the move: the importance of fostering studies on the Romani local knowledge systems6
Traditional knowledge of animal-derived medicines used by Gelao community in Northern Guizhou, China6
Who are leeches? Exploring malleability in human–leech relations through ethnographies from Dagestan and Turkey6
Local and traditional knowledge systems, resistance, and socioenvironmental justice6
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
The medicinal plant used in the Guangxi Fangcheng Golden Camellias national nature reserve, a coastal region in southern China6
Interactions between local medical systems and the biomedical system: a conceptual and methodological review in light of hybridization subprocesses6
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal wild plants in the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Lebanon6
Governance and wild food plant value chains: a look at the Brazilian context6
Composition of homegarden plants and cultural use in an indigenous community in Northwest Ethiopia6
Hearty recipes for health: the Hakka medicinal soup in Guangdong, China6
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia6
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Adwa District, Central Zone of Tigray Regional State, Northern Ethiopia5
Plants of the USA: recordings on native North American useful species by Alexander von Humboldt5
Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into habitat restoration: implications for meeting forest restoration challenges5
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
Patterns of use of wild food plants by Brazilian local communities: systematic review and meta-analysis5
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
Patterns associated with hunting with dogs in a semiarid region of northeastern Brazil5
Local traditional ecological knowledge about hay management practices in wetlands of the Biebrza Valley, Poland5
Wild food plant knowledge in multicultural peri-urban area of North-Western Punjab, Pakistan5
Green Christmas: bryophytes as ornamentals in Croatian traditional nativity scenes5
Cultural and ethnobotanical legacy of native potatoes in Colombia5
Ethnobotanical study of the wild edible and healthy functional plant resources of the Gelao people in northern Guizhou, China5
Students’ knowledge of and conservation attitude toward the black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) in Guizhou, China: insights for conservation5
Traditional knowledge of edible plants used as flavoring for fish-grilling in Southeast Guizhou, China5
Can socioeconomic factors and the availability of medicinal plant resources influence people's perception of risk in relation to diseases?5
Study on medicinal food plants in the Gaoligongshan Biosphere Reserve, the richest biocultural diversity center in China5
“The climate itself must have hidden some medicines”: traditional veterinary medicine of indigenous and non-indigenous campesinos of the southern Andes5
Green pharmacy at the tips of your toes: medicinal plants used by Setos and Russians of Pechorsky District, Pskov Oblast (NW Russia)5
Keeping reptiles as pets in Brazil: keepers’ motivations and husbandry practices5
Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants traditionally used by Messiwa people, Morocco4
Ethnobotanical insights into the traditional food plants of the Baiku Yao community: a study of cultural significance, utilization, and conservation4
Traditional ecological knowledge for great ape conservation in Gabon4
Wild edible plants selection of Tibetan and Naxi people in Northwest Yunnan, China4
Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus4
Ethnobotanical study on herbal tea drinks in Guangxi, China4
Plant diversity and ethnobotanical importance of home gardens in Ghana’s middle belt: a cross-sectional survey of the Sunyani municipality4
From forgotten to frontier: vindicating Latin America’s indigenous biotechnology4
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the indigenous community of the western region of Mizoram, India4
The folk illness kimeo and “traditional” uvulectomy: an ethnomedical study of care seeking for children with cough and weakness in Dar es Salaam4
Boat-shaped houses of the indigenous Li people on Hainan Island, China: plant resources and ecological adaptations4
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local people in Habru District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia4
Crumbotti and rose petals in a ghost mountain valley: foraging, landscape, and their transformations in the upper Borbera Valley, NW Italy4
Sympathetic science: analogism in Brazilian ethnobiological repertoires among quilombolas of the Atlantic forest and Amazonian ribeirinhos4
Gendered traditional agroecological knowledge in agri-food systems: a systematic review4
Market survey on the traditional medicine of the Lijiang area in Yunnan Province, China4
Utilitarian diversity and options for the sustainable use of the bush banana Uvaria chamae P. Beauv. in Benin (West Africa)4
Ethnobotanical study of underutilized wild edible plants and threats to their long-term existence in Midakegn District, West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia4
Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads4
Correction: Conservation of wild food plants from wood uses: evidence supporting the protection hypothesis in Northeastern Brazil4
Traditional knowledge of wild plants on traditional tools, materials, products and economic practices in southern Yemen4
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
Traditional ecological knowledge sustains due to poverty and lack of choices rather than thinking about the environment4
Ethnobotany for food security and ecological transition: wild food plant gathering and consumption among four cultural groups in Kurram District, NW Pakistan4
How funnel chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis) became an urban forager favorite in Scandinavia4
Nanhai Jigui Neifa Zhuan: exploration of and research on hygiene, medicine and health care knowledge in ancient India4
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