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Ethnobotany Research and Applications
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Ethnobotany Research and Applications

1547-3465

Published by: Ilia State University

https://ethnobotanyjournal.org/index.php/era

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 246 10 87 15
Plant Science and Agronomy 294 7 19 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 24
Documents by Best Scientists*: 110
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 38
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.434
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Ethnobotany Research and Applications?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Ethnobotany, Traditional knowledge, Medicinal plants, Agroforestry and Traditional medicine. Ethnobotany Research and Applications holds forums on Ethnobotany that merges themes from other disciplines such as Plant species, Ethnology and Socioeconomics. The Traditional knowledge works featured in Ethnobotany Research and Applications incorporate elements from Biodiversity and Ethnic group.

While it focused on Medicinal plants, it was also able to explore topics like Lamiaceae and Flora. While Agroforestry is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Agriculture, Livelihood, Threatened species and Sustainability. It is focused mainly on Traditional medicine, particularly Phytochemical.

  • Ethnobotany (40.98%)
  • Traditional knowledge (22.48%)
  • Medicinal plants (20.64%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Purposive Sampling as a Tool for Informant Selection (1073 citations)
  • Traditional use of medicinal plants in Bangladesh to treat urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases (176 citations)
  • Wine, Beer, Snuff, Medicine, and Loss of Diversity - Ethnobotanical travels in the Georgian Caucasus (160 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Ethnobotany Research and Applications:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Traditional knowledge, Ecology and Domestication. The Ethnobotany study featured in the most cited publications falls within the wider field of Botany. The published papers facilitate discussions on Ecology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Diversity (politics) and Ethnology.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Traditional knowledge, Traditional medicine and Socioeconomics. The Ethnobotany study which was featured in the journal aims to expound on the research in Botany. Traditional knowledge research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Biodiversity, Flora and Ethnomedicine.

The Traditional medicine research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Plant species and the closely related topic of Achillea millefolium. The close relationship between Livelihood and Food security is one of the points of interest dissected in Socioeconomics research. Agroforestry research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Diversity (politics) and Traditional Use.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Assessing human pressure on wild food and forage tree species for designing effective conservation actions in West Africa Sahel region (2 citations)
  • Wild and semi-wild edible plants used by the communities of Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda (2 citations)
  • Diversity and Ethnobotany of genus Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Assam, Eastern Himalaya (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Ethnobotany Research and Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rainer W. Bussmann (54 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • შალვა სიხარულიძე (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • ზაალ კიკვიძე (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • ქეთევან ბაცაცაშვილი (11 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Ethnobotany Research and Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ilia State University (16 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Makerere University (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tribhuvan University (10 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Paraíba (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National University of Benin (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 40.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.18% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.55% of all publications and 43.64% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Plants and fungi in the ethnomedicine of the medieval East - a review

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Quantitative study on medicinal plants traded in selected herbal markets of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • An overview of Ethnomedicinal plants of Uzbekistan

    Olim Kahharovich Khojimatov;Dilovar Tolidjonovna Khamraeva;Alisher Nuralievich Khujanov;Rainer W. Bussmann

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Quantitative ethnomedicinal study of indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants used by the tribal communities of Central Kurram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Ethnomedicinal survey of the plants used for gynecological disorders by the indigenous community of District Buner, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan;Samin Jan;Rainer W Bussmann;Latif Ahmad

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Ethnopharmacology and phenology of high-altitude medicinal plants in Kashmir, Northern Himalaya

    Abrar Yousuf Mir;Umer Yaqoob;Musheerul Hassan;Faiza Bashir

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • An Ethnobotanical Survey of Wild Food Plants used by the Local Communities of Kumrat Valley in District Upper Dir, Pakistan

    Latif Ahmad;Muhammad Riaz;Hammad Ahmad Jan;Andrew J. Semotiuk

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Food and culture: Cultural patterns related to food by indigenous communities in Kashmir – A Western Himalayan region

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Anatomical and phytochemical studies and ethnomedicinal uses of Colchicum autumnale L.

    (2023)
    19 Citations

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