OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine is 8. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Entomophagy practices, use patterns, and factors influencing perception and consumption frequency of edible insects in the Republic of Benin	85
Wild food plants of Brazil: a theoretical approach to non-random selection	63
The nexus between ecology of foraging and food security: cross-cultural perceptions of wild food plants in Kashmir Himalaya	41
The local medicinal plant knowledge in Kashmir Western Himalaya: a way to foster ecological transition via community-centred health seeking strategies	40
An ethnobiological study on traditional knowledge associated with black-boned sheep (Ovis aries) in Northwest Yunnan, China	39
Nanhai Jigui Neifa Zhuan: exploration of and research on hygiene, medicine and health care knowledge in ancient India	35
What are the factors influencing the aversion of students towards reptiles?	34
Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China	33
Beyond the border: comparative ethnobotany in Valmalenco (SO, Italy) and Valposchiavo (Canton of Grisons, Switzerland)	28
The ethnobotanical heritage of Lotkuh, a high-altitude tribal haven of Chitral, the Eastern Hindu Kush, Pakistan	27
Dark local knowledge: the yet-to-be scientifically discovered and locally acknowledged aspects of local knowledge systems	26
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal wild plants in the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Lebanon	24
Ethnobotany of vascular plants use, conservation and management practice in the homegardens by the people of Dawuro in Southwestern Ethiopia	21
Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia	20
Ethnobiology! Until when will the colonialist legacy be reinforced?	20
Academic history, domains and distribution of the hot-cold system in Mexico	19
Ethnobotany for food security and ecological transition: wild food plant gathering and consumption among four cultural groups in Kurram District, NW Pakistan	19
A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between Daman people and Tibetans in Gyirong River Valley, Tibet, China	19
The influence of urbanization on local ecological knowledge: a systematic review	19
Traditional ecological knowledge sustains due to poverty and lack of choices rather than thinking about the environment	19
Ethnobotany study on wild edible plants used by the Tujia ethnic group in Laifeng, southwest Hubei, China	18
Botanical Ethnoknowledge Index: a new quantitative assessment method for cross-cultural analysis	18
Wild edible plants and their cultural significance among the Zhuang ethnic group in Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China	18
The Primate Cultural Significance Index: applications with Popoluca Indigenous people at Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve	17
Collection calendar: the diversity and local knowledge of wild edible plants used by Chenthang Sherpa people to treat seasonal food shortages in Tibet, China	17

Descriptive ethnobotanical studies are needed for the rescue operation of documenting traditional knowledge	16
Interactions between local medical systems and the biomedical system: a conceptual and methodological review in light of hybridization subprocesses	16
Cultural consensus and intracultural diversity in ethnotaxonomy: lessons from a fishing community in Northeast Brazil	16
An ethnoveterinary study on medicinal plants used by the Bai people in Yunlong County northwest Yunnan, China	15
Wild edible vegetables of ethnic communities of Mizoram (Northeast India): an ethnobotanical study in thrust of marketing potential	15
Ethnobotany of an indigenous tree Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh. (Fabaceae) in the arid and semi-arid areas of South Omo Zone, southern Ethiopia	15
Correction: Incorporating local stakeholders’ voices and knowledge into conservation decisions: a case study on the Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus Linnaeus, 1758) in Taijiang, Guizhou, China	15
Perception of health risks in contexts of extreme climate change in semiarid Northeastern Brazil: an analysis of the role of socioeconomic variables	15
Correction: The local medicinal plant knowledge in Kashmir Western Himalaya: a way to foster ecological transition via community-centred health seeking strategies	15
Legendary fermented herbs: an ethnobotanical study of the traditional fermentation starter of the Chuanqing people in Northwestern Guizhou, China	15
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon	14
Ethnobotanical study on herbal tea drinks in Guangxi, China	14
Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú	14
Sympathetic science: analogism in Brazilian ethnobiological repertoires among quilombolas of the Atlantic forest and Amazonian ribeirinhos	13
Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)	13
Giving a voice to “the silent killer”: a knowledge, attitude and practice study of diabetes among French Guiana’s Parikweneh people	13
Quality blues: traditional knowledge used for natural indigo identification in southern China	13
Nahua biocultural richness: an ethnoherpetological perspective	13
Ethnobiological study on traditional medicinal plants and fungi recorded in the Naxi Dongba sutras	13
Variation in traditional knowledge of culturally important macromycete species among three indigenous communities of Oaxaca, Mexico	12
Known but not called by name: recreational fishers’ ecological knowledge of freshwater plants in Hungary	12
Market survey on the traditional medicine of the Lijiang area in Yunnan Province, China	12
Tradition and trade: culture and exploitation of avian fauna by a rural community surrounding protected areas in the south of Bahia’s State, Northeastern Brazil	12
The legacy of traditional rice cultivation by descendants of Indian contract laborers in Suriname	12
Ethnobotanical study on edible flowers in Xishuangbanna, China	12
Traditional medical practices for children in five islands from the Society archipelago (French Polynesia)	12
Ornamental plants associated with Buddhist figures in China	11
Correction: Wild edible plants of the Yao people in Jianghua, China: plant-associated traditional knowledge and practice vital for food security and ecosystem service	11
Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China	11
A qualitative exploration of cultural illness perceptions and barriers to modern healthcare: the case of Ikirimi and traditional uvulectomy in Rwanda	11
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia	11
Aboriginal medicinal plants of Queensland: ethnopharmacological uses, species diversity, and biodiscovery pathways	11
Diversity, management, and uses of edible plants in a Ñäñho community of Southern Querétaro, Mexico	10
Farmers’ knowledge on cultivation, utilization and conservation practices of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in three selected districts in Ethiopia	10
Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia	10
Not “just necessity”? Two-x-eco-cultural dilemmas and the ethnobiological importance of the informal grannies’ markets in Moldova	10
Plant use and perceptions in the context of sexual health among people of Congolese descent in Belgium	10
Ethno-medicinal uses and cultural importance of stingless bees and their hive products in several ethnic communities of Bhutan	10
Ethnobotanical insights on the management of plant pests and diseases by smallholder farmers in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa	10
Human–forest interaction of useful plants in the Wof Ayzurish Forest, North Showa Zone, Ethiopia: cultural significance index, conservation, and threats	10
The traditional knowledge about the biodiversity of edible Brazilian fruits and their pollinators: an integrative review	10
Ethnomedicinal plants in Champadevi rural municipality, Okhaldhunga district, Nepal	10
Food and medicinal uses of Annona senegalensis Pers.: a country-wide assessment of traditional theoretical knowledge and actual uses in Benin, West Africa	9
On-farm diversity, use pattern, and conservation of enset (Ensete ventricosum) genetic resources in southern Ethiopia	9
Local plant knowledge and its variation among farmer’s families in the Napf region, Switzerland	9
Folk nomenclature and traditional knowledge of breadfruit [Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg] diversity in four Anglophone Caribbean countries	9
Ethnopharmacology of five flowers herbal tea, a popular traditional beverage in Hong Kong and South China	8
Patterns associated with hunting with dogs in a semiarid region of northeastern Brazil	8
A cross-cultural study of high-altitude botanical resources among diverse ethnic groups in Kashmir Himalaya, India	8
Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats	8

Beekeepers as guardians of apitherapeutic knowledge in Estonia, SW Ukraine, and NE Italy	8
An ethnobotany survey of wild plants used by the Tibetan people of the Yadong River Valley, Tibet, China	8
Anthropogenic legacies shaping the present composition of demarcation trees in a temperate upland field landscape in Japan	8
Traditional sports and games among the Sámi people in Northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi): an ethnobiological perspective	8
A review of the melliferous flora of Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on the basis for the honey production cycle	8